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Danny Bethea's Three Run Blast in the top of the 5th inning combined with his defense behind the plate led the Mavericks to another CIF Playoff win and a spot in the Wednesday semi-finals to await the winner of the Tuesday match up between Vista and Granite Hills.
Cody Peterson ( 1&2/3rds ), Jake Raffaele( 1& 1/3rd ), Parker Johnson ( 3 innings ) and Tyler Korn( 1.0 ) combined to hold Vista to only three runs on six hits. Grant Jochem had two runs batted in and scored a run ahead of Danny Bethea. Garrett Smith singled and scored a run in the third inning. Phillip Evans singled to start the two out rally in the 5th and then scored on Grant Jochem's single. The Evans to Smith to Delgado combination turned another 6-4-3 double play and Garrett Smith had two other nice put outs at second. With no outs and two runners on in the bottom of the 7th inning Danny Bethea threw down to second behind the runner and Garrett Smith applied the tag to pick off the Vista runner for the first out of the 7th inning. With one out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the 7th inning, Tyler Korn reached back to strike out the final two Vista batters to end the game.
The Mavericks at 21-12 now have two chances to reach the Championship Game Saturday night at Tony Gwynn Stadium as the survivor of the Tuesday elimination game will have to beat the Mavericks both Wednesday and Thursday to reach the Championship Game.
Eastlake beats Rancho Bernardo 4-2 to advance to the Wednesday Game in the Upper Bracket. Rancho Bernardo will play Poway on Tuesday in the Loser's Bracket Elimination Game, as Poway eliminated Calexico 8-0.
Granite Hills beat Patrick Henry 3-1 to earn a spot at home against Vista in the other Tuesday Loser's Bracket Game. The winner of the Tues. game as the higher seed will host the Wednesday game against La Costa Canyon.
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