SAN JOSE — Drew Diffenderfer didn’t want a lot run help on Saturday as No. 8 Santa Clara battled No. 2 St. Francis SCP for the Central Coast Part Division IV championship recreation.
However as the sport received into the late innings, it turned a query of whether or not he’d get any in any respect. John Kepner supplied a loud reply within the fifth inning.
His bases-clearing double to left-center ignited the Bruins and gave them a three-run lead, and that was all Diffenderfer wanted. Santa Clara scored 4 extra runs within the subsequent two innings, as Diffenderfer helped his trigger with a two-run single to proper within the sixth.
The senior hurler then returned to the mound completed off a one-hit gem. Ending off an 8-0 shutout, Diffenderfer clinched the primary part championship at school historical past for Santa Clara, the bottom seed within the D-IV bracket.
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