Servite’s Tomas Cernius slides head first to score ahead of the throw to Orange Lutheran catcher Brady Murrietta in the third innning in a Trinity League baseball game in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Servite’s Nathan Kang, left, is lifted high by a teammate as he returns to the dugout after hitting a two-run home run againt Orange Lutheran in the fifth inning in a Trinity League baseball game in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Orange Lutheran right fielder Seth Huante can’t reach a sinking drive by Servite’s PJ Becerra in a Trinity League baseball game in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Servite’s Nathan Kang, right, is greeted at home plate by Miles Scott, left, and Austin Boatright, center, after hitting a two-run home run against Orange Lutheran in the fifth inning in a Trinity League baseball game in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Orange Lutheran’s Brady Murrietta connects for a sacrifice fly to deep center to score Marcus Greis in the fourth inning in a Trinity League baseball game against Servite in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Orange Lutheran’s Wyatt Hanoian motions to teammates after hitting a triple against Servite in a Trinity League baseball game in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Rounding third, Servite’s Nathan Kang is congratulated by Coach Shawn Gilbert after hitting a two-run home run against Orange Lutheran in the fifth inning in a Trinity League baseball game in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Orange Lutheran’s Josiah Hartshorn looks to the umpire to make sure he made it safely back to the bag at first on a pick off attempt by Servite in a Trinity League baseball game in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Orange Lutheran’s Seth Huante fields a short fly ball on one hop during a Trinity League baseball game against Servite in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Orange Lutheran’s Ricardo Hurtado is hit by the pitch in a Trinity League baseball game against Servite in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Servite’s Tomas Cernius speeds home to score in the third inning against Orange Lutheran in a Trinity League baseball game in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Servite shortstop Josh Flores mis-judges an infield fly ball in a Trinity League baseball game against Orange Lutheran in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Orange Lutheran’s Marcus Greis scores on a sacrifice fly by Brady Murrietta in the fourth inning in a Trinity League baseball game against Servite in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Orange Lutheran starting pitcher Colt Peterson delivers a pitch against Servite in a Trinity League baseball game in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Servite’s PJ Becerra crawls back to the bag at third for a triple against Orange Lutheran in the fourth inning after thinking twice about continuing home in a Trinity League baseball game in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Servite coach Shawn Gilbert during a Trinity League baseball game against Orange Lutheran in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Orange Lutheran coach RJ Farrell during a Trinity League baseball game against Servite in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Show Caption1 of 17Servite’s Tomas Cernius slides head first to score ahead of the throw to Orange Lutheran catcher Brady Murrietta in the third innning in a Trinity League baseball game in Anaheim on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (Photo by Paul Rodriguez, Contributing Photographer) Expand
ANAHEIM – Orange Lutheran’s baseball team shut out Santa Margarita three times last week in Trinity League games.
Servite scored only 11 runs over their previous 10 games.
So what happened Tuesday was most unexpected, as Servite beat Orange Lutheran 11-4 in a Trinity League game at Servite High.
Servite coach Shawn Gilbert’s postgame evaluation …
“That’s baseball,” he said.
It was the type of baseball Servite needs to play to get through the logjam for the league’s third and final guaranteed playoff berth. Tied at 4-6 are Servite JSerra and Santa Margarita. Santa Margarita beat JSerra 3-2 on Tuesday.
Mater Dei was 3-6 in league going into its home night game against league-leading St. John Bosco on Tuesday.
Orange Lutheran is in second place at 6-4.
“This one is huge,” Gilbert said. “We’ve got to get a couple more. We’re good enough, we’ve just got to show up and play.”
It is Orange Lutheran’s most lopsided loss this season. Previously, its largest margin of defeat was a 3-0 loss to St. John Bosco two weeks ago. It was also the most runs scored against Orange Lutheran.
The Friars, No. 10 in this week’s Orange County Top 25, play No. 2 Orange Lutheran two more times this week — Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. — at Hart Park in Orange.
Servite, where former MLB player Denny Hocking is the batting coach, collected 10 hits against the Lancers, whose pitching staff came into this week with a 1.60 ERA
Friars senior third baseman Nathan Kang hit a two-run home run and finished with three RBIs. Senior designated hitter Hayden Woodson, a USC commit, had a two-run double and three RBIs overall. Senior right fielder Miles Scott had two hits, including a double, drove in a run and scored a run.
Senior first baseman Tomas Cernius, who was an All-CIF football defensive end this past fall and is headed to Princeton, scored a run and had an RBI. Senior center fielder Avery Jones drove in a run and scored twice and sophomore shortstop Josh Flores had two hits and an RBI.
Friars starting pitcher Toby Kwon, a senior right-hander, struck out seven over four innings. He shut out Orange Lutheran through three innings before the Lancers scored twice in the fourth inning. Kwon walked one, hit two batters and surrendered five hits as he improved to 7-1.
Gilbert said Kwon has been better than he was Tuesday.
“Kwon was not himself today,” Gilbert said. “He usually throws a lot more strikes. Sometimes, you’re just not yourself.”
Servite scored two runs in the second inning with the help of two Orange Lutheran errors and Flores’ RBI single. The Friars’ three-run third inning included an RBI single by Cernius and a two-run double by Woodson for a 5-0 lead.
Orange Lutheran scored twice in the top of the fourth on a run-scoring single by freshman second baseman Zion Avina and junior catcher Brady Murrietta’s sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the fourth Servite sophomore catcher P.J. Becerra tripled and scored on a single by Jones for a 6-2 lead.
Kang’s two-run homer in the fifth stretched the Servite lead to 8-3.
Orange Lutheran junior Hamilton Friedberg, who entered the week batting .375 with a team highs of 24 hits and 23 RBIs, was limited to pinch-hitting duty because he missed Monday’s practice because of an eye infection. Pinch hitting in the sixth, Friedberg singled and scored to make it 8-4.
Servite in the sixth inning sent eight batters to the plate and scored three runs, without a hit and without an error contributing to those runs.
Scott, who leads the Friars in RBIs with 20 RBIs, said Tuesday’s result alleviated some recent frustration.
“We lost a couple of tough ones the last couple of weeks,” Scott said. “We’re battling for a spot in the playoffs. A win like this to open a series is always big.”
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