The Cañada Colts made a run at a miracle comeback, but in the end, fell short Sunday in their elimination game of the California Community College Athletic Association baseball regionals.
No. 19-seed Cañada fell 9-3 in Game 2 of its best-of-three playoff series at No. 6 Los Medanos (32-9). The Colts cut into a 4-0 deficit to make it 4-3 in the seventh. Los Medanos answered with two runs in the eighth and three more in the ninth. Cañada dropped Game 1 last Friday 18-6.
Chris Arce
Freshman No. 2 hitter Chris Arce went 0 for 3 but manufactured two RBIs for the Colts. In the fifth, he got hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to force home Dom Avila to make it 4-1. In the seventh, he drew a bases-loaded walk to bring in Kyler Bittner, and Chalom Rosenberg followed with a sacrifice fly to draw the Colts to within a run.
Dom Avila
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Cañada (23-19) turned to right-hander Devin Bettencourt on the mound in Game 2. The freshman got touched for a run in the fourth before Los Medanos catcher Yuto Sato capped a three-run fifth with a two-RBI double. Sato was 2 for 5 with three RBIs in the contest, and finished the series 5 for 9 with three doubles and five RBIs.
Bettencourt took the loss, allowing four runs on six hits through six innings. He finishes the year with a record of 6-5, while ranking second on the team with a 4.56 ERA and 77 innings pitched. Relievers Gianvito Carriglio and Zak Sullivan combined to give up five runs on four hits and five walks over the final three frames.
Los Medanos leadoff hitter Darrell Mays paced all batters with three hits, logging a double, a triple and three RBIs. Cleanup hitter Brandon Marion added two hits and two runs scored. Avila was 2 for 4 for the Colts.
Cañada’s standout freshman Max Ross finished out the year with a six-game hitting streak, and batted safely in 11 of his last 12. The left-handed hitting outfielder out of St. Francis-Mountain View was 1 for 3 Sunday, and leads the Coast Conference North with a .410 batting average, while tied for the conference lead in home runs with 13.
No. 14 College of San Mateo was also eliminated in regional play, pushing its best-of-three series to Game 3 Friday at No. 11 Santa Rosa Junior College. The only county team still alive is No. 8 Skyline, as the Trojans swept No. 17 Ohlone to advance to the super regional tournament opening Thursday at No. 1 Feather River.
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