Baseball Recap: Vintage Crushers vs. De Anza Dons
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Vintage had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the De Anza Dons 5-3. Five seems to be a good number for Vintage as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of runs in their previous game.
Noah Piersig spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three earned runs on seven hits and racked up six Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than one walk in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Kai Gulliksen, who went 1-for-2 with two runs, a triple, and an RBI. James Burgess was another key contributor, going 2-for-3 with a triple.
The win was the third in a row for Vintage, bringing their record for this year to 17-10. As for De Anza, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-12.
Vintage will head out on the road to challenge Benicia at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Vintage is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road. De Anza does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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