The Pinole Valley Spartans will challenge The Bay School Breakers at 5:00 p.m. on Friday.
Pinole Valley is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 14 runs on May 2nd, they were much more limited against De Anza on Wednesday. They fell 5-2 to the Dons.
Pinole Valley saw seven different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Max Castro, who went a perfect 2-for-2 with one run.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but The Bay School had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They skirted past the Titans 4-3. Winning may never get old, but the Breakers sure are getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Ansel Hermanos spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered three runs (all of which were unearned) on five hits. He has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than one walk in 16 consecutive appearances.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Max Lee, who went 1-for-2 with three RBI and one double. Those three RBI gave him a new career-high.
The Bay School pushed their record up to 17-5 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. The home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.3 runs on average over those games. As for Pinole Valley, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 10-1 and their overall record down to 11-11-1.
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