Baseball Recap: Rancho Cotate Finds Playoff Glory Versus Tamalpais

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Rancho Cotate had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Tamalpais Red Tailed Hawks. For the Cougars, this counts as revenge for the 2-0 win the Red Tailed Hawks walked away with the last time they faced one another back in February of 2024.

Camden Henington was a major factor while hitting and pitching. He pitched seven innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. Henington was also solid in the batter's box, getting on base in three of his four plate appearances with two runs.

Henington wasn't the only one making solid contact as five players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Caden Bolin Percy, who went 1-for-3 with two runs and one RBI.

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Previous 3 Games (Away)

05/28/25 @ Tamalpais	6-1
05/24/25 @ Livermore	12-10
05/21/25 @ Justin-Siena	12-5

Rancho Cotate pushed their record up to 16-12 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 10.0 runs over those games. As for Tamalpais, their loss dropped their record down to 19-9.

Coming up, Rancho Cotate will venture away from home to square off against Acalanes at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. The Dons' pitching crew has only allowed 2.7 runs per game this season, so the Cougars' hitters will have their work cut out for them. Tamalpais does not have any more games scheduled as of now.