Jake Prettol had two hits and knocked in three runs and Matthew Tiendas tripled, doubled and scored thrice to steer Wilcox to an 8-2 victory over Capuchino on Wednesday evening within the semifinals of the Central Coast Part Division II baseball playoffs at Santa Clara College.
Wilcox will play third-seeded Hollister for the championship on Saturday at Excite Ballpark in San Jose.
Mateo Escobedo pitched 4 scoreless innings for Wilcox to shut out the victory, putting out 5 and permitting one hit, after Eliah Laureles pitched the primary three.
Wilcox led 3-0 after the primary inning. Capuchino lower the margin to at least one with two within the third, however Wilcox pulled away with three within the fifth and two within the sixth.
Will Hafer had successful and two RBIs for Capuchino, which completed 18-11.
Wilcox (21-8) will likely be aiming for its sixth part baseball championship in class historical past however first since 2014.
Division II
No. 3 Hollister 8, No. 2 Menlo-Atherton 2
The Haybalers made quick work of Giants supervisor Bob Melvin’s alma mater, scoring 5 runs within the third inning for a 7-0 lead.
The Bears (21-8) didn’t rating till the underside of the seventh when a pickoff try with a runner on third was thrown away. Ryder Kelly singled for M-A’s second run.
Hollister (20-8) had 11 hits. Jake Esparza had three RBIs.
Division III
No. 3 Willow Glen 10, No. 7 Los Altos 8
Regardless of being outhit 6-4, the Rams will play within the D-III championship sport. Willow Glen was assisted by seven walks and 4 Los Altos errors.
The sport’s turning level was the underside of the fifth, when the Rams (23-6) scored six runs. Triples by Miles Austin and Ben Mudgett accounted for all however two runs. Austin’s triple got here with the bases loaded. Willow Glen trailed 4-2 earlier than the six-run rebellion.
Joshua Kaminski drove in three runs for Willow Glen.
Emmett Heath led the Los Altos (20-9) offense with a pair of doubles.
No. 1 Carmel 2, No. 5 Christopher 0
Carmel scored a run within the first and one within the fifth, which was lots to finish Christopher’s season as Kenny Sanchez and Ty Arnold mixed on the shutout.
Sanchez scattered six hits over five-plus innings and Arnold retired all six batters he confronted to ship the Padres into the title sport on Friday towards Willow Glen at Santa Clara College.
Brayden Rogers had two hits for Christopher, which completed 16-11.
Carmel is 19-10.
Softball
Division II
No. 7 San Mateo 2, No. 6 Everett Alvarez 1
The Bearcats are headed to the D-II championship sport, with a roster made up solely of freshmen and sophomores.
Shortstop Alice Han, a sophomore who leads San Mateo (16-9) with 37 runs scored, 25 RBIs and 17 extra-base hits, drove within the profitable run Wednesday with a two-out single within the high of the seventh at Capuchino Excessive.
Destina Zhou started the profitable rally with a two-out single. She then stole her twelfth base of the season and got here house on Han’s single to heart.
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San Mateo scored its first run within the fourth, additionally after two had been out. Celia Hernandez doubled and Rachel Warner singled to proper to tie the sport at 1-1.
Anushka Singh was the profitable pitcher, working the primary 6⅓ innings. The one run she allowed, within the first inning, was unearned. She improved her season’s document to 10-7. Hernandez recorded the final two outs for her sixth save.
Alvarez, positioned in Salinas, fell to 16-12. Senior Dani Amendola was the hard-luck shedding pitcher. Solely one of many two runs she allowed was earned. She walked one, yielded 5 hits and struck out 10.
