It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but South San Francisco had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They beat the Evergreen Valley Cougars by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 6-4. The victory was nothing new for South San Francisco as they're now sitting on six straight.
Martin Chen was incredible, scoring a run while going 4-for-4. Jacob Nabung was another key contributor, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
On Evergreen Valley's side, Liam Wong and Mason Scullion stepped up to the plate in a big way. Wong scored a run while going 3-for-4, while Scullion scored two runs and stole a base while going 2-for-4.
Even though they lost, Evergreen Valley didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South San Francisco only tossed three.
South San Francisco pushed their record up to 22-5 with that win, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Evergreen Valley, their loss ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-11.
As of now, neither South San Francisco nor Evergreen Valley have any future games scheduled.
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