Irvine baseball team moves into second place with 8-0 PCL victory over Portola

Bubba Filia rips a double for the Vaqueros in the first inning and later comes around to score. (Photos courtesy Jim Tomlin, For OC Sports Zone)

Irvine High’s baseball team moved into undisputed second place in the Pacific Coast League defeating Portola 8-0 Friday afternoon at Irvine.

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Irvine's Leonard Memon delivers a pitch in Friday's game vs. Portola.

Irvine's Grant Lockwood tries to tag out Portola's Jamison King during Friday's game.

Portola's Kaeden Foucart takes a swing Friday against Irvine.

Irvine's Grant Lockwood takes a swing and delivers a base hit Friday.

Portola's battery gets together during a break in the PCL game vs. Irvine.

Bubba Filia led Irvine's offense in Friday's PCL win over Portola.

Portola's Tyler Sylvester throws a pitch in Friday's game vs. Irvine.

JC Allen scores a run for the Vaqueros in Friday's game vs. Portola.

“It was great to see us jump out of the gate ready to go,” said Irvine Coach Gabriel Cota. “Our guys knew Portola is well coached so we were going to have to respect the game and play well to beat them.

“Leonard Memon set the tone on the mound. Our pitchers have been outstanding with four straight shutouts. We were happy to be able to get a lot of our guys in the game today.”

Irvine (15-8, 9-4) was led offensively by Bubba Filia, who was 2 for 4 with a double, triple, two RBI and a run scored. Jack Redington was 1 for 2 with two RBI and a run scored and JC Allen was 1 for 2 with two RBI and two runs scored.

Memon went the first four innings, striking out six and allowing two hits.

Portola fell to 4-16 overall and 1-12 in PCL play.