Skyline wins baseball playoff opener; CSM eliminated

Starting pitcher Charlie Dohemann took care of business on the mound, working through a hiccup in the second to eat up seven innings, allowing five runs on seven hits, a walk and a hit batsman while striking out seven. The sophomore right-hander’s record improves to 7-1. Will Hansen and Tyler Pechetti combined to set down six straight over the final two frames to close it out.

Skyline cleanup hitter Ethan Casas-Wu had RBIs in each of the first three innings. The freshman designated hitter got his team on the board with an RBI single in the first. After Ohlone swung ahead 2-1 in the second, Casas-Wu fueled a three-run rally in the bottom of the inning with a two-run single. Then in the third, the Trojans batted around in a seven-run inning, highlighted by Casas-Wu’s two-run single with the bases loaded, before Gabriel Melara capped the rally with a two-run single.

Casas-Wu finished 3 for 3 with a walk, five RBIs and two runs scored. Haake added three hits with two RBIs, Melara and Ethan Reader and Ethan Bergan had two hits apiece, and Fairchild was 1 for 4 with two walks and three RBIs.

Ohlone (28-13) totaled seven hits on the day, paced by Mahi Tabata’s 2-for-4 afternoon. Tabata tagged a solo home run in the sixth. Designated hitter Brendan Comerford also homered for the Renegades, a solo shot in the fourth.

The best-of-three series continues Saturday at Trojan Diamond at 11 a.m. An if-necessary game is tentatively scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. The winner of the series advanced to the CCCAA Super Regionals, and four-team, double-elimination format opening Thursday, May 9.

CSM eliminated in Santa Rosa

The No. 14-seed College of San Mateo Bulldogs (24-16) saw their season come to an end Friday with a 10-2 loss in the Game 3, winner-take-all finale of their best-of-three CCCAA regional playoff series at No. 11 Santa Rosa Junior College (30-13). Bear Cubs starting pitcher Hekili Robello went the distance, allowing two runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out seven. Both CSM’s runs came in the top of the ninth.

Freshman right-hander Chris Yocum took the loss, allowing three runs on four hits through 2 1/3 innings. Yocum piggybacked his appearance in Game 2 from earlier in the day, in which he pitched a scoreless ninth in CSM’s 6-3 victory in Game 2 of the series.

AJ Carter paced the Bulldogs with two hits in the finale, while pinch-hitter Emilio Feliciano tabbed a two-run single in the ninth. Santa Rosa catcher Cameron Duran led all batters with four hits, as the Bear Cubs totaled 17 hits in the game.

In Game 2, aophomore right-hander Danny Peters delivered eight strong innings to even the series at one game apiece. Santa Rosa won Thursday’s series opener 10-3.

Peters worked eight innings, navigated single-run rallies in the seventh and eighth, to earn the win, improving his record to 7-4. The sophomore has now won each of his last three starts. Yocum fired a perfect ninth to close it out.

The Bulldogs jumped ahead in the first with a sacrifice fly from Rowan Felsch. In the fourth, CSM upped the lead to 3-0 on a pair of RBI doubles from Aidan Taclas and Vicente Feliciano. The Bear Cubs got a run back in the fifth on an RBI double from Jake McCoy. But the Bulldogs taxed the Santa Rosa bullpen for two runs in the sixth, with an RBI single from Nathan Martinez and a sacrifice fly from Carter to make it 5-1.

Santa Rosa made it 5-2 on a solo home run from Aidan Lombardi in the seventh. But Peters’ true test came in the eighth. After Keenan Morris drove home a run with an RBI groundout, the Bulldogs stuck with Peters to face a two-on, two-out jam. The sophomore delivered by retiring pinch-hitter Dalen Tinsley to retire the side, leaving the potential tying runs on base.

CSM added an insurance run in the eighth when with runners at the corners, Collin Driscoll dashed home as Charlie Welsh got caught in a rundown between first and second.

Cañada drops playoff opener

The No. 19-seed Cañada Colts (23-18) fell 18-6 in the opener of their best-of-three CCCAA playoff series at No. 6 Los Medanos in Pittsburg.

Colts starter Brady Greene shouldered 5 2/3 innings, but surrendered seven runs on 12 hits. Los Medanos banged out 19 hits, with at least one hit from every starter. Rocco Borrelli totaled three of those hits, including an RBI double in the third and a solo home run in the sixth. Brandon Marion and Yuto Sato added three hits apiece.

The Mustangs led 7-3 after seven innings of play, but Cañada rallied back with three runs in the top of the eighth to make it interesting. Chalom Rosenberg led off the innings with a solo home run. Carson Vance then singled and later scored on an infield error. Dom Avila doubled home Tyler Firpo with two outs to close the deficit to 7-6, but Los Medanos reliever Kenny Esposito got Louis Coca to ground out to end the threat.

Los Medanos answered with an 11-run rally in the bottom of the inning to blow it wide open.

Vance also homered in the game for Cañada. Avila, Rosenberg, Vance, Max Ross and Chris Arce tabbed two hits apiece for the Colts.

The series continues Saturday in Pittsburg with Cañada looking to play two. Game 2 is scheduled for 11 a.m. An if-necessary Game 3 is tentatively scheduled for 2 p.m.