CIF NorCal baseball roundup: Serra edges College Park in 12-inning thriller

Three days after capturing their first Central Coast Section title in years Serra delivered quite the encore Tyler Harrison worked a bases-loaded walk with one out in the bottom of the th inning bringing home Evan Bradshaw with the game-ending run Third-seeded Serra playing on its home field in San Mateo outlasted sixth-seeded College Park - on Tuesday in the opening round of the CIF Northern California Division I regionals The Padres advanced to play host to seventh-seeded Los Gatos in the semifinals on Thursday The Wildcats upset No seed Franklin-Elk Grove on Tuesday Bradshaw began the winning rally with a single Davis Minton followed with a walk and Jack Armstrong singled to right to load the bases Harrison then walked to end a marathon that included seven strong innings on the mound by College Park s James Voorhies he allowed one run and seven shutout innings in relief by Serra s Aiden Waters and Minton Serra took a - lead in the fourth when Harrison opened with a double and Aaron Minton s bunt single moved him to third Aaron Maier then grounded into a fielder s choice to drive in Harrison College Park responded in the fifth as Davin Koepp singled Desmond Cobb doubled and Dante Nishizawa s sacrifice fly knocked in courtesy runner Jack Carpenter to even the tally - The contest stayed tied until Harrison s walk-off walk Serra improved to - College Park finished - No Los Gatos No Franklin-Elk Grove Tied - through five innings Los Gatos erupted for five runs in the sixth to put host Franklin in a sizeable hole Turns out the visitors needed all of those runs to hold off Franklin the upset accomplishment sending Los Gatos back to the Bay Area for a semifinal meeting Thursday at Serra Brayden Smith doubled and drove in three runs and Rowen Smith doubled and knocked in two runs to lead Los Gatos - which scored the tournament s first four runs Franklin rallied for three in the home half of the third to pull to within one and tied the total with a run in the fourth Royal McKinney and Brandon Williams each had two RBIs for Franklin which finished - Division II No Acalanes No Chico After winning their first North Coast Section baseball title in nine years last weekend the Dons saw no reason to take their trophy and go home Acalanes went right back on the road for the first round of the CIF NorCal baseball championships scored a run in the third to go up - then piled on eight more runs in the fifth for a relatively easy supremacy Next up is a visit to second-seeded St Francis on Thursday The trip to Mountain View won t be as far as Chico but the opponent is likely to be a little tougher Logically the Panthers should have been a solid favorite coming in with a - record and an -game winning streak Acalanes on the other hand is - - with the last five victories all coming in the postseason The Dons concluded the regular season by losing seven out of Ando Butner who began the postseason hitting under got the Acalanes offense started with a two-out single in the third He advanced to second on a Chico error then scored when James Stadt one of the Dons leading hitters this season doubled The Acalanes fifth began with Dominic Patitucci taking a leadoff walk and Butner crushing is team-leading fifth homer of the season to left-center Stadt then singled but had to be replaced because of an injury Keegan Goddard was hit by a pitch and David Gonzales walked to load the bases Tyler Winkles singled to make it - and Drew Asadorian doubled for two more runs Two hit batters an error and a sacrifice fly led to the other three runs for the Dons Branson Smith worked five innings for Acalanes yielding two unearned runs on five hits He walked one and struck out seven The Dons who averaged just over four runs per challenge during the regular season have outscored their five opponents - in the playoffs Related Articles CIF NorCal baseball softball Tuesday s scores updated schedule Menlo School s Jackson Flanagan fires gem in NorCal D-IV playoff shutout De La Salle boys finish second at CIF state golf as SoCal freshman wins individual title CIF stands by De La Salle sprinter Jaden Jefferson s record-breaking run CIF NorCal baseball softball Top storylines as regional games begin Tuesday No St Francis No Central Catholic Nick Chow pitched a four-hitter with five strikeouts and no walks and Henry Dommer homered and doubled to lead host St Francis to a supremacy over Central Catholic in a NorCal Division II first-round challenge The Lancers scored three runs in the first to take immediate command and put the event away with two in the fifth Bobby Hill Gino Cappellazzo and Jack Leeper also knocked in a run for St Francis which will be at home Thursday to play Acalanes in the semifinals St Francis improved to - Central Catholic finished - Check back for updates