baseball roundup:

Second place Crossroads lost a pair of games to first place Windward, 9-2 and 5-1, bringing its overall record to 12-5, including 3-3 in the Alpha League.New Roads lost to Viewpoint, 13-8 and Rolling Hills Prep, 5-4. The Jaguars are 5-13 overall and 2-4 in the Harbor League despite having a potent lineup led by Jake Flynn with a .500 batting average and Quinn Barbini at .429.Brentwood lost a pair of games to Paraclete, 8-3 and 9-0, bringing the Eagles’ record to 7-11, including 3-8 in the Alpha League.Mikey Wapnick has a .426 batting average.Palisades defeated Venice, 6-4 for its 20th win of the season against nine losses. The Dolphins are 16-0 in the Western League with two games remaining before the LA City Section playoffs. Venice followed its loss to Palisades with a 9-5 loss to Westchester and is 9-14, including 6-9 in the Western League.Daniel Hordo is batting .464 and leads the team in RBI with 12.