May 25, 2026 Palomar at Santa Ana

(43-8)

(44-7-1)

Line Score
Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Palomar	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	0
Santa Ana	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	X	7	14	1

Box Score

Palomar

Santa Ana

Palomar Batters
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
lf Braedon Peterson-Cheek	5	1	2	0	0	2	1
rf Gavin Malcomson	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
dh Elijah Stephens	4	2	3	3	0	0	0
1b Michael Rodda	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
cf Justin Tucker	4	0	1	0	0	1	3
ss Preston Conklin	4	1	2	0	0	1	1
2b Jacob Loving	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
c Rainn McMillan	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
3b Adrian Macias	3	0	1	0	1	2	2
p Jordan Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joey Halter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dylan Berentis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Angel Barron	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
p Jude Atley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	4	10	4	2	9	7

Batting

2B: Preston Conklin

HR: Elijah Stephens (2)

RBI: Elijah Stephens (3) , Rainn McMillan

Sac: Gavin Malcomson , Jacob Loving

Sac Fly: Rainn McMillan

GIDP: Gavin Malcomson

Baserunning

SB: Justin Tucker

CS: Braedon Peterson-Cheek

Fielding

DP: Michael Rodda (3) , Preston Conklin , Jacob Loving (2) , Adrian Macias

Santa Ana Batters
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB
Adrian Villegas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ss Jack Mueller	5	2	3	1	0	1	2
2b Aiden Marquez	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
cf Evan Reiter	5	0	1	1	0	2	1
dh Barrett Ronson	3	2	2	0	1	0	1
rf Nikko Paoletto	2	3	2	2	1	0	0
3b Ken Tomitaka	2	0	1	0	0	0	2
lf Nathaniel Williams	4	0	1	0	0	1	0
1b Ben Melendrez	4	0	1	1	0	1	2
c Carlos Morales	4	0	2	0	0	1	0
p Colin Galvin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
p Andrew Phillips	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	34	7	14	5	2	6	8

Batting

2B: Evan Reiter , Nikko Paoletto

HR: Jack Mueller , Nikko Paoletto

RBI: Jack Mueller , Evan Reiter , Nikko Paoletto (2) , Ben Melendrez

Sac: Ken Tomitaka

GIDP: Aiden Marquez , Nathaniel Williams

Fielding

E: Jack Mueller

DP: Aiden Marquez , Ben Melendrez

Palomar Pitchers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	WP	BF	AB	NP
Jordan Green	3.0	3	2	2	2	2	1	0	13	11	47
Joey Halter	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	4	19
Dylan Berentis (L, 4-2)	1.2	6	3	3	0	1	1	1	11	11	27
Angel Barron	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	5	4	15
Jude Atley	1.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	12
Totals	8.0	14	7	7	2	6	2	1	39	34	120

Pitching

Batters faced: Jordan Green (13) , Joey Halter (6) , Dylan Berentis (11) , Angel Barron (5) , Jude Atley (4)

WP: Dylan Berentis

BK: Angel Barron

HBP: Joey Halter (2)

Pitches-Strikes: Jordan Green (47-29), Joey Halter (19-10), Dylan Berentis (27-22), Angel Barron (15-13), Jude Atley (12-10)

Santa Ana Pitchers
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	BF	AB	NP
Colin Galvin	2.2	6	4	3	0	2	2	14	12	36
Andrew Phillips (W, 9-0)	6.1	4	0	0	2	7	0	24	21	87
Totals	9.0	10	4	3	2	9	2	38	33	123

Pitching

Batters faced: Colin Galvin (14) , Andrew Phillips (24)

Pitches-Strikes: Colin Galvin (36-30), Andrew Phillips (87-58)

Scoring Summary
Innings	Play	V - H
Palomar 1st	Elijah Stephens homered to right center, RBI (0-0).	1 - 0
Santa Ana 1st	Jack Mueller homered to left field, RBI (1-0 B).	1 - 1
Palomar 2nd	Rainn McMillan flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI (1-2 FBSF); Preston Conklin scored, unearned.	2 - 1
Palomar 3rd	Elijah Stephens homered to right field, 2 RBI (0-2 KF); Braedon Peterson-Cheek scored.	4 - 1
Santa Ana 4th	Nathaniel Williams grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-1 BBK); Ken Tomitaka out on the play; Nikko Paoletto advanced to third; Barrett Ronson scored.	4 - 2
Santa Ana 4th	Ben Melendrez singled to center field, RBI (2-1 KBB); Nikko Paoletto scored.	4 - 3
Santa Ana 5th	Nikko Paoletto homered to right center, 2 RBI (1-1 BK); Barrett Ronson scored.	4 - 5
Santa Ana 6th	Evan Reiter doubled to left center, RBI (0-0); Jack Mueller scored.	4 - 6
Santa Ana 7th	Nikko Paoletto scored on a balk.	4 - 7

Other Information

Location:

Irvine, CA

Stadium:

Great Park

Attendance:

312

Duration:

2:31

Umpires:

Home plate - Alan Walker , First base - Grant Meyers , Second base - Chris Maher , Third base - Bruce Raymond

Game 7 of he 2026 3C2A Championships

Play By Play

Scoring Summary
Innings	Play	V - H
Palomar 1st	Elijah Stephens homered to right center, RBI (0-0).	1 - 0
Santa Ana 1st	Jack Mueller homered to left field, RBI (1-0 B).	1 - 1
Palomar 2nd	Rainn McMillan flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI (1-2 FBSF); Preston Conklin scored, unearned.	2 - 1
Palomar 3rd	Elijah Stephens homered to right field, 2 RBI (0-2 KF); Braedon Peterson-Cheek scored.	4 - 1
Santa Ana 4th	Nathaniel Williams grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-1 BBK); Ken Tomitaka out on the play; Nikko Paoletto advanced to third; Barrett Ronson scored.	4 - 2
Santa Ana 4th	Ben Melendrez singled to center field, RBI (2-1 KBB); Nikko Paoletto scored.	4 - 3
Santa Ana 5th	Nikko Paoletto homered to right center, 2 RBI (1-1 BK); Barrett Ronson scored.	4 - 5
Santa Ana 6th	Evan Reiter doubled to left center, RBI (0-0); Jack Mueller scored.	4 - 6
Santa Ana 7th	Nikko Paoletto scored on a balk.	4 - 7

All Plays

Palomar Top of 1st Inning

Braedon Peterson-Cheek singled through the right side (3-2 KKBBB).

Braedon Peterson-Cheek out at second c to ss, caught stealing. (1 out)

Gavin Malcomson grounded out to ss (0-1 S). (2 out)

Elijah Stephens homered to right center, RBI (0-0).

Michael Rodda out at first p to 1b to p (0-0). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Santa Ana Bottom of 1st Inning

Jack Mueller homered to left field, RBI (1-0 B).

Aiden Marquez grounded out to 2b (0-1 K). (1 out)

Evan Reiter lined out to cf (0-2 KF). (2 out)

Barrett Ronson walked (3-1 BBBKB).

Nikko Paoletto walked (3-0 BBBB); Barrett Ronson advanced to second.

Ken Tomitaka flied out to cf (2-1 KBB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Palomar Top of 2nd Inning

Justin Tucker struck out looking (1-2 FFBK). (1 out)

Preston Conklin doubled down the lf line (0-1 F).

Jacob Loving reached first on a throwing error by ss (0-0); Preston Conklin advanced to third.

Rainn McMillan flied out to cf, sacrifice fly, RBI (1-2 FBSF); Preston Conklin scored, unearned.

Adrian Macias struck out swinging (0-2 KKS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 1 Hits , 1 Errors , 1 LOB

Santa Ana Bottom of 2nd Inning

Nathaniel Williams flied out to lf (0-1 K). (1 out)

Ben Melendrez grounded out to 3b (1-2 SSB). (2 out)

Carlos Morales struck out swinging (2-2 KFBBS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Palomar Top of 3rd Inning

Braedon Peterson-Cheek singled through the left side (0-2 KS).

Gavin Malcomson grounded out to 3b, SAC (0-0); Braedon Peterson-Cheek advanced to second. (1 out)

Elijah Stephens homered to right field, 2 RBI (0-2 KF); Braedon Peterson-Cheek scored.

Michael Rodda out at first 1b to p (1-0 B). (2 out)

Justin Tucker singled to shortstop (0-1 K).

Andrew Phillips to p for Colin Galvin.

Justin Tucker stole second.

Preston Conklin struck out swinging (2-2 KFBBS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 2 Runs , 3 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Santa Ana Bottom of 3rd Inning

Jack Mueller singled down the rf line (1-1 BF).

Aiden Marquez grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (3-2 BBKBFF); Jack Mueller out on the play. (2 out)

Evan Reiter struck out swinging (0-2 KFS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Palomar Top of 4th Inning

Jacob Loving flied out to cf (0-1 K). (1 out)

Rainn McMillan grounded out to ss (1-2 SSB). (2 out)

Adrian Macias walked (3-2 BKKBBB).

Braedon Peterson-Cheek struck out looking (3-2 BKBBKFK). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Santa Ana Bottom of 4th Inning

Barrett Ronson singled through the left side (0-2 KK).

Joey Halter to p for Jordan Green.

Nikko Paoletto hit by pitch (3-2 BKKBH); Barrett Ronson advanced to second.

Ken Tomitaka hit by pitch (1-0 H); Nikko Paoletto advanced to second; Barrett Ronson advanced to third.

Nathaniel Williams grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-1 BBK); Ken Tomitaka out on the play; Nikko Paoletto advanced to third; Barrett Ronson scored.

Ben Melendrez singled to center field, RBI (2-1 KBB); Nikko Paoletto scored.

Carlos Morales singled to left field (1-0 B); Ben Melendrez advanced to second.

Jack Mueller grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-2 SF). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 2 Runs , 3 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Palomar Top of 5th Inning

Gavin Malcomson struck out swinging (0-2 KKS). (1 out)

Elijah Stephens singled to third base (0-1 K).

Michael Rodda struck out looking (1-2 SKBK). (2 out)

Justin Tucker reached on a fielder's choice to second base (1-1 BF); Elijah Stephens out at second 2b unassisted. (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Santa Ana Bottom of 5th Inning

Dylan Berentis to p for Joey Halter.

Aiden Marquez lined out to cf (0-2 SKF). (1 out)

Evan Reiter struck out swinging (0-2 KFS). (2 out)

Barrett Ronson singled through the right side (1-0 B).

Barrett Ronson advanced to second on a wild pitch.

Nikko Paoletto homered to right center, 2 RBI (1-1 BK); Barrett Ronson scored.

Ken Tomitaka singled up the middle (0-1 S).

Nathaniel Williams singled to right center (1-2 SKB); Ken Tomitaka advanced to third.

Ben Melendrez flied out to lf (0-0). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 2 Runs , 4 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Palomar Top of 6th Inning

Preston Conklin singled up the middle (0-1 K).

Jacob Loving grounded out to p, SAC (2-1 KBB); Preston Conklin advanced to second. (1 out)

Rainn McMillan grounded out to 3b (1-0 B). (2 out)

Adrian Macias struck out swinging (2-2 KSBBS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Santa Ana Bottom of 6th Inning

Carlos Morales grounded out to ss (2-1 BBK). (1 out)

Jack Mueller singled to shortstop (0-1 K).

Aiden Marquez flied out to cf (0-0). (2 out)

Evan Reiter doubled to left center, RBI (0-0); Jack Mueller scored.

Angel Barron to p for Dylan Berentis.

Barrett Ronson popped up to 2b (1-2 KSB). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Palomar Top of 7th Inning

Braedon Peterson-Cheek flied out to lf (3-2 KKBBB). (1 out)

Gavin Malcomson singled through the left side (0-1 K).

Elijah Stephens flied out to rf (1-1 BK). (2 out)

Michael Rodda walked (3-2 BBSFBB); Gavin Malcomson advanced to second.

Justin Tucker flied out to rf (0-0). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 2 LOB

Santa Ana Bottom of 7th Inning

Nikko Paoletto doubled to left center (0-0).

Ken Tomitaka grounded out to 3b, SAC (0-0); Nikko Paoletto advanced to third. (1 out)

Nikko Paoletto scored on a balk.

Nathaniel Williams struck out looking (1-2 FFBFK). (2 out)

Ben Melendrez struck out looking (0-2 FKFK). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 1 Runs , 1 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Palomar Top of 8th Inning

Preston Conklin grounded out to ss (3-2 BBBKF). (1 out)

Jacob Loving flied out to rf (0-1 K). (2 out)

Rainn McMillan struck out swinging (0-2 KFS). (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 0 Hits , 0 Errors , 0 LOB

Santa Ana Bottom of 8th Inning

Jude Atley to p for Angel Barron.

Carlos Morales singled to right field (1-2 SSB).

Jack Mueller struck out swinging (0-2 FSS). (1 out)

Aiden Marquez singled to left field (0-1 S); Carlos Morales advanced to second.

Evan Reiter lined into double play 1b (1-1 BS); Aiden Marquez out on the play. (3 out)

Inning Summary: 0 Runs , 2 Hits , 0 Errors , 1 LOB

Palomar Top of 9th Inning

Adrian Macias singled to first base (0-0).

Braedon Peterson-Cheek struck out swinging (0-2 FKS). (1 out)

Gavin Malcomson grounded into double play 2b to 1b (1-2 KKFB); Adrian Macias out on the play. (3 out)