CIF SS Baseball: Temecula Valley Beats Valencia 6-4 in the Wildcard Game

 Published on: May 20, 2015 @ 04:14

The Golden Bears Advance to Play JSerra in Round One of the CIF SS Division 1 Playoffs Thursday

11223556_490988027715155_2130986094359443301_nGolden Bears starter Jarrod Iwasaki survived a shaky four run fourth inning and went on to beat Valencia 6-4 in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 Wildcard game Tuesday.

“I was having trouble hitting my spots and got into a little trouble” said Iwasaki. “The team played excellent defense behind me and helped me out of a few jams. The insurance run that Maldonado scored in the fifth was a huge boost”.

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Temecula Valley scored three in the first inning and two in the second to take a comfortable 5-0 lead. That was until the Tigers scored four runs in the fourth. The Golden Bears scored again in the fifth and Iwasaki shut down Valencia for the rest of the game and picked up his fifth win of the season.

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David Maldonado was the offensive catalyst or the Golden Beas. He went 2-for-3 and scored three times. Griffin Doran singled three times, scored and drove in a run. Connor Trippet, Jacob Boney, Caleb Harmond and Matt Poladian all drove in a run apiece against Valencia.
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Temecula Valley will travel to San Juan Capistrano to play JSerra in round one of the CIF SS Division 1 playoffs on Thursday. The Lions were the Trinity League Champions and finished the season with a 25-4-1 record.

Photos by Scott Padgett

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