Live Oak rallied for four runs in the seventh inning, but ultimately came up short to Westmont, falling 6-4 on Wednesday.
The Acorns had the tying run come to the plate, but were unable to keep the rally going.
Westmont likewise capitalized on a big inning to initially take the lead that allowed the Warriors to hang on.
Westmont scored four times in the fifth thanks to a pair of Acorn errors that kept the inning going.
Then in the fifth, three more errors put Westmont up 6-0 when a lead off free 90 feet turned into a run first by three stolen bases.
With two outs, a walk and two more errors brought up a second run for Westmont’s final.
Meanwhile, Live Oak was thwarted for most of the day.
The Acorns were held to two hits going into the seventh inning and had four base runners through six.
Live Oak was thrown out on the base paths twice by a pick off and caught stealing.
But still the Acorns threatened in the third inning when Alejandro Mendoza reached on a fielder’s choice and Gavin Vallez walked. They both landed in scoring position when Jacob Ryder laid down a sacrifice bunt, but Westmont got out of the inning with a flyout to center.
Then with their backs against the wall, Live Oak sent 10 hitters to the plate in the seventh inning, starting with a lead off single from Kyle Riveron.
Michael followed with a single and Chris Knopf loaded the bases when he was hit by a pitch.
PJ Rochon walked with the bases loaded to start the scoring.
Ibara followed by scoring on a ground out by Damon Rodriguez and Knopf scored on a single from Mendoza.
Rochon made it 6-4 when he scored on a single from Vallez with two outs.
The two teams square off again 4 p.m. Friday in Campbell.
Sobrato baseball
A seven-run sixth inning turned a tightly fought game at Evergreen Valley into a laugher as Sobrato won 11-1 on Wednesday.
Sobrato was up 3-1 after five innings when the Bulldogs blew the top off the game with seven runs to put things away. One more run in the seventh put Sobrato up by 10.
Matt Roth led the charge going 3-5 with two RBIs and a run scored. Mike Yamaguma, Maui Jimenez and Brian Martin added two hits each with Jonathan Newman driving in two runs.
Aaron Montano came through with two runs scored and an RBI while not recording an official at bat.
Martin got the win, going a complete seven, giving up one unearned run on four hits, two walks and 11 strikeouts.
The two teams will square off again 4 p.m. Friday in Morgan Hill.
