Noah Johnson and John Short drive in two runs each for Cypress.
Getting a bunch of hits is great for a baseball team.
It’s better when those hits are bunched together.
Cypress on Wednesday got the timely hits the Centurions have been frequently missing this season in a 7-4 win over JSerra in a nonleague baseball game at Cypress High where two teams in the Orange County Top 10 met for the first game of a two-game home-and-home series this week.
Centurions senior designated hitter John Short singled to drive in a tying run in the first inning and added a sacrifice fly for another RBI in the sixth. Junior catcher delivered a two-run single in their four-run fourth inning.
Cypress, No. 6 in the Orange County rankings, improved to 5-4. No. 4 JSerra is 3-2.
The teams play each other at JSerra on Friday at 4:30 p.m. Both are in the Boras Classic South tournament that begins Tuesday.
JSerra junior center fielder Blake Bowen hit a two-run home run and drove in another run with a sacrifice fly.
Short said it was a relief to get the hits when they were most needed.
