LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Starting this weekend there will be 6 Mavericks playing and coaching in the Div I College World Series Tournament.  Good Luck Mavericks make LCC proud.

1.  Max McNabb - LHP USD

2.  Garrett Hughes - LHP Stanford

3.  Michael Swanner - RHP Pepperdine

4.  Danny Bethea - C St. Johns

5.  Matt Hall - C/DH Cornell

6.  Brad Marcelino - Asst. Coach USD

In Saturday's CIF Playoff Elimination Games:

Division II:  Valhalla  5   Helix  3;     Westview   4   Steele Canyon  3

Division I:   Carlsbad  4  Torrey Pines  2;  Rancho  Buena Vista  4  Granite Hills   0

The Avocado West League teams continue their strong showing in the CIF Playoffs.

The Mavericks faced off against the Valhalla Norsemen in second round play of the 2012 CIF Playoffs.  The Norsemen proved they were a serious contender when they started the game with 3 straight singles, a deep sacrifice fly and a perfectly executed suicide squeeze to score 2 runs in the top of the first inning.  The Mavericks replied in the bottom of the 1st with a run of their own after Martin hit a long double and then scored on an overthrow error.

In the 4th inning the Mav's added 2 more when Winters hit, Miller reached on an error and Schrieber pushed a run in with a basehit.  In the 5th the Mavs scored two more when Solomon started the inning with a triple down the right field line.   Balderas followed with a base on balls and Winters collected another RBI with a single.  The Mav's had yet another 2-run inning in the 6th when Martin and Balderas both had singles and Winters pushed them both across the plate with a double.  The game ended with a final score of 7-2.

After facing adversity in the first inning, Andrew Hinkle gathered himself and was almost unhittable for the rest of the game.  He gave up 4 hits on the day (just 1 after the first inning), and he struck out 9 batters.  He got the complete game victory.

The Mavericks will now play on Tuesday at 3:30 against Valhalla.   (See brackets below.)

LCC entered the 2012 CIF Playoffs as the #2 seed, giving them home field advantage against Ramona.  LCC jumped on the board with 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st after Martin and Solomon walked and Winters hit a line shot for 2 RBI's.  LCC added 2 more in the 3rd after Balderas walked, Miller singled, and Armstrong walked.  Lyon got an RBI with a bases-loaded walk and Martin drove in a run with an RBI single. 

Ramona posted 4 runs in the top of the 5th to tie the game.  Neither team could muster a run and the game went in to extra innings. 

The Mav's scored in the bottom of the 9th when Hinkle started the inning with a base hit single, and Balderas followed with another single - Miller ended the game with a walk-off RBI single down the right field line.  The final score was Mavs 5, Bulldogs 4.

Jake Schulz pitched 8 strong innings, giving up just 2 earned runs.  Drew Krassny spelled relief in the top of the 9th giving up no runs and earning the win.

The Mavericks now advance to the second round of CIF Playoffs, facing Valhalla on Friday at 3:30 pm at LCC.

Division I

Carlsbad   4   Otay Ranch   0;   Poway  10  Eastlake  9;  Patrick Henry  12  San Pasqual  5.

Division  II

Ramona  5   Hill Top  1;  Westview  4  El Centro Southwest 0; San Marcos  4  Bonita Vista  2.