The Orange County baseball rankings as of Monday, April 27.
ORANGE COUNTY BASEBALL TOP 25
Notable this week: No. 2 Huntington Beach beat Los Alamitos in two of their three Sunset League games last week. … Cypress swept Foothill in their two-game series to clinch at least a share of the Crestview League championship. … Servite went 0-3 against Trinity League-leading St. John Bosco. … Mission Viejo swept El Toro in three Sea View League games.
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(Team records through Sunday, April 26)
1. Orange Lutheran 18-4: The Lancers won twice in their three-game series against Santa Margarita in the Trinity League, including a 5-1 win in eight innings.
Previous ranking: 1
2. Huntington Beach 18-5-1: The Oilers won their first two Sunset League games against Los Alamitos, 6-3 and 4-2, before losing the series finale, 7-4, for their first league loss.
Previous ranking: 2
3. Cypress 19-5: The Centurions beat Foothill in their two Crestview League games, 1-0 in 10 innings and 8-5, to clinch their 13th straight league championship.
Previous ranking: 3
4. Mater Dei 13-8: The Monarchs are in third place Trinity League after winning two of their three games against JSerra.
Previous ranking: 4
5. Servite 13-11: The Friars dropped to fourth place in the Trinity League after getting swept by league-leading St. John Bosco by scores of 6-0, 6-3 and 10-0.
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Previous ranking: 5
6. Santa Margarita 14-10: The Eagles lost two of their three Trinity League games against Orange Lutheran, finishing the series with a 10-9 win.
Previous ranking: 6
7. Newport Harbor 18-7: The Sailors are in second place in the Sunset League with a 12-3 record.
Previous ranking: 7
8. Villa Park 16-7-1: The Spartans, the second-place team in the Crestview League, beat Canyon, 5-2, and La Serna, 4-0, in nonleague games.
Previous ranking: 8
9. Trabuco Hills 13-9: The South Coast League-leading Mustangs played one game last week, a 7-2 nonleague win over Palm Desert.
Previous ranking: 9
10. Fountain Valley 12-12: The Barons in a four-way tie for third place in the Sunset League with Corona del Mar, Edison and Marina. They went 1-2 against Newport Harbor last week.
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11. Los Alamitos 8-17
Previous ranking: 13
12. Foothill 15-9
Previous ranking: 11
13. JSerra 8-17
Previous ranking: 14
14. San Clemente 16-9
Previous ranking: 15
15. Aliso Niguel 15-7-2
Previous ranking: 12
16. Dana Hills 16-8
Previous ranking: 16
17. Corona del Mar 13-11
Previous ranking: 19
18. El Dorado 11-14
Previous ranking: 20
19. La Habra 10-13-1
Previous ranking: 18
20. El Modena 19-5
Previous ranking: 21
21. Mission Viejo 15-8
Previous ranking: 25
22. Yorba Linda 17-6-1
Previous ranking: 22
23. El Toro 11-12-1
Previous ranking: 17
24. Marina 11-14
Previous ranking: 24
25. Edison 10-15
Previous ranking: Not ranked