MOUNTAIN VIEW — Senior right-hander Landon Kim was bringing it for St. Francis.
Solely drawback for the Lancers, so was Acalanes sophomore Austin McManamon.
Kim had a no-hitter for five ⅔ innings earlier than Ando Butner broke it up with a clear single to proper.
Nonetheless neither staff had scored.
St. Francis lastly broke by within the backside of the sixth, utilizing the legs of freshman shortstop Landon King to fabricate a run, and went on to win 2-0 to advance to the CIF NorCal Division II ultimate.
St. Francis' Landon King (5) slides into house plate for the primary run of the sport towards Acalanes within the sixth inning of the CIF NorCal Division II baseball regionals semifinal recreation at St. Francis Excessive Faculty in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Space Information Group)
King led off with an infield single. He stole second after which, not happy to merely be in scoring place, took off for third. The throw received previous the Acalanes third baseman and into left area. King received up and made his approach house for the primary run of the sport.
“I knew if I could get it if I got a good jump,” King mentioned. “On getting to second, he gave me a little leg kick and that was my signal to go. At second I knew it wouldn’t be hard to steal third.”
The Lancers added a second run that inning when Jack Leeper walked, stole second and scored on Tanner Wall’s single.
Kim, out of the blue gifted with a lead, went again out within the prime of the seventh and retired the primary two batters he confronted earlier than Jimmy Cusumano singled and Drew Asadorian walked. However Kim, to not be denied, received a strikeout to finish it, a St. Francis victory within the semifinals.
Kim, who’s headed to Williams Faculty in Massachusetts, completed with a two-hit shutout, strolling two and putting out 5. Fourteen of the 21 outs he recorded have been ground-ball outs.
St. Francis' Landon Kim (10) delivers a pitch towards Acalanes within the seventh inning of the CIF NorCal Division II baseball regionals semifinal recreation at St. Francis Excessive Faculty in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Space Information Group)
“Just throwing strikes, letting my defense work,” he mentioned. “I throw a sinker and slider so everything moves down. (The no-hitter) was in the back of my head a little bit. A little frustrating, but that’s OK.”
The sport was over in an hour and a half.
“That’s Lancer baseball right there,” St. Francis coach Eric Eagle mentioned. “We play some quick ones.”
Nick Chow pitched a shutout within the staff’s NorCal opener towards Central Catholic, so the Lancers, with a 1.63 staff ERA going into Thursday’s contest, have but to permit a run in NorCals.
St. Francis (22-10) will play at Yuba Metropolis on Saturday for the Division II title. Wagle mentioned Ian McMahon would begin that recreation.
McManamon completed with a seven-hitter for the Dons, strolling one and putting out three.
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“Mixing it up, hitting almost every spot, throwing three pitches for a strike,” Acalanes coach Andrew Merken mentioned. ”That was in all probability the largest recreation he ever pitched in and he stepped up and actually stored us within the recreation.”
A younger Acalanes staff with six sophomores within the beginning lineup completed 18-11-1.
“We had a very up and down season,” Merken mentioned. “A very rough end to the (regular) season. We didn’t really know what to expect, but all the coaches knew we had what it took to advance that far. It just took putting it all together at the right time and fortunately we did.”
Acalanes' Jasper Stewart (24) walks to first base towards St. Francis within the seventh inning of the CIF NorCal Division II baseball regionals semifinal recreation at St. Francis Excessive Faculty in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Austin McManamon (21) delivers a pitch towards St. Francis within the sixth inning of the CIF NorCal Division II baseball regionals semifinal recreation at St. Francis Excessive Faculty in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes' Cody Michlitsch (14) makes an attempt to tag St. Francis' Landon King (5) out within the third inning of the CIF NorCal Division II baseball regionals semifinal recreation at St. Francis Excessive Faculty in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 5, 2025. King was secure after hitting a double. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Space Information Group)
St. Francis' Landon King (5) runs towards first base towards Acalanes throughout the CIF NorCal Division II baseball regionals semifinal recreation at St. Francis Excessive Faculty in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Space Information Group)
St. Francis head coach Erik Wagle speaks to his staff after defeating Acalanes within the CIF NorCal Division II baseball regionals semifinal recreation at St. Francis Excessive Faculty in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Space Information Group)
St. Francis' Landon Kim (10) greets his teamates after defeating Acalanes within the CIF NorCal Division II baseball regionals semifinal recreation at St. Francis Excessive Faculty in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes gamers greet St. Francis gamers after dropping within the CIF NorCal Division II baseball regionals semifinal recreation at St. Francis Excessive Faculty in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Space Information Group)
Acalanes head coach Connor Hornsby speaks to his gamers after dropping to St. Francis within the CIF NorCal Division II baseball regionals semifinal recreation at St. Francis Excessive Faculty in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Thien-An Truong for Bay Space Information Group)
