SF baseball takes down Westlake

Berglund (2-for-3, two doubles) hit a double to left-center field in the next at-bat and took third in a fielder’s choice as Wolverine outfielder Austin Wilson made a perfect relay to catcher Lucas Giolito to tag Nolan — who overran the stop sign by his third-base coach — out at the plate.

Despite allowing four runs in the first two innings, St. Francis wasted no time getting its offense started. In the first inning, Scottie Morrow and Karch Schreiner led the game off with two walks, each scoring on a Ryan Pires one-out double.

The Knights scored three more runs in the second inning, with Berglund, Morrow and Schreiner all crossing home plate.

“We had some big key hits, had the squeeze and we put the ball in play,” said Esquival.

Morrow was a stand-out in the lead-off position, going 1-for-2 at the plate with two stolen bases, two runs scored and one run batted in.

The Knights finished with 11 hits on the game and limited the Wolverines to just seven. Berglund was the winning pitcher for St. Francis, while Yu pitched three shutout innings in relief.

“(Berglund) is going to be a big part of what we do this year,” Esquival said. “If we are going to be successful, he has to be successful on the mound. He had some first-league-game jitters, possibly, but he went out there, settled down and threw the ball well.”

Jack Lazebnik took the loss for Harvard-Westlake.