(Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) De La Salle’s Alec Blair beats the tag against Pittsburg’s Andres Lopez as he scores during their North Coast Section Division I semifinals at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. As I told them yesterday, I am going to teach them until the very last time that we’re together.” De La Salle’s Alec Blair makes a catch on a flyball hit by Pittsburg’s Vic Valle in the second inning of their North Coast Section Division I semifinals at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. “We have stuff that we’ve got to fix obviously from today. “We’re learning, this group is still learning,” DLS coach David Jeans said. He struck out the only batter he faced to end the three-hour game. RJ Meyn, the fifth pitcher De La Salle sent to the mound, made the most of his opportunity. Pittsburg walked 10 times, De La Salle seven. You can’t give them runs, and that’s kind of what we did.”īoth offenses took advantage of a tight strike zone. With a championship team like they have and like they were last year, you have to punch them in the mouth from the get. “It was awesome to get to that point and have a chance after how it started. “It went through my mind,” Cartagena said about closing in on a shot to pull even. Ignatius to semifinal win over Bellarmine NorCal baseball playoffs: Freshman’s masterpiece leads St. Pittsburg needed just one more baserunner to bring up the tying run. They loaded the bases with nobody out and then got a sinking flyball by Cole Leschak that seemed destined to drop in shallow right-center until right fielder Tanner Griffith charged in to make a diving catch.Ī run scored from third on the play, but it could have been worse for De La Salle, given what followed.Īfter a pop-up to first for the second out, Aaron Del Real crushed a triple to center to bring in two more runs, cutting the deficit to 12-9. Trailing 12-6 after the sixth, the Pirates weren’t content playing the full seven innings. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) Pittsburg’s Halen Guerrero steals second against De La Salle High in the third inning of their North Coast Section Division I semifinals at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. We wore pitchers out and that’s what we ended up doing.” Pittsburg’s Francisco Partida dives safely to score past De La Salle catcher Connor Harrison in the fifth inning of their North Coast Section Division I semifinals at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. “It’s kind of what I told you before, just gritty to the end,” said Pittsburg coach Marco Cartagena, a De La Salle alum. When De La Salle scored two more runs in the fourth, Pittsburg trailed 12-2.īut there would be no mercy-rule outcome. De La Salle’s Smith Chandler hits a three-run triple against Pittsburg High in the second inning of their North Coast Section Division I semifinals at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Smith Chandler had the big hit in the inning, launching a triple to center to drive in three. They sent 13 batters to the plate in the second inning, seven scored, and their lead widened to 10-1. The Spartans were just getting warmed up. The early innings Tuesday belonged to De La Salle.Īfter an error led to a Pittsburg run in the top of the first, Smith answered for De La Salle in the home half of the frame with a three-run homer to left.
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