TIME TO CELEBRATE: Mater Dei players head toward pitcher Aaron Northcraft to celebrate after he saved their 7-4 victory over Capistrano Valley in the second round of the CIF-SS Division I playoffs. KEN STEINHARDT, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER |
Baseball playoffs: Mater Dei moves on after it holds off Capo Valley
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Find out all that happened in the second round, the scores and the updated pairings.
Mater Dei baseball coach Burt Call enjoys winning, but he enjoyed Tuesday's victory a little less than usual.
The Monarchs advanced with a 7-4 home victory over Capistrano Valley, coached by Bob Zamora, Call's coach when he was a student-athlete at Capistrano Valley in the mid-1980s.
Mater Dei (23-6) will play at Los Alamitos (26-3) in the CIF-SS Division I quarterfinals on Friday. Los Alamitos beat Canyon, 7-6, on Tuesday. Los Alamitos is the home team because it has had fewer playoff home games in the playoffs. When teams that play each other after the first round have had the same number of playoff home games, a coin flip determines the home team.
Capistrano Valley finished 20-9. The Cougars had won 11 in a row.
Mater Dei had a 7-0 lead after five innings. Capistrano Valley scored four runs on two hits in the sixth, as two Cougars were hit by pitches and two others walked.
Junior pitcher Aaron Northcraft, the Monarchs' likely starter Friday, entered in the seventh and pitched a 1-2-3 inning.
The Monarchs scored three runs in the third inning, with Northcraft hitting an RBI double and Brian Fratalli driving in one with a single.
Their four-run fifth included an RBI double by Fratalli and a two-run home run by Derek Campbell.
Call said there is a good and bad side to coaching against Zamora.
“It's fun,” said Call, in his eighth year coaching the Monarchs. “But it's also tough.”
Mater Dei eliminated Capistrano Valley in the 2006 playoffs, too. The Monarchs are 4-2 against Capistrano Valley during Call's tenure at Mater Dei, which began in 2001.
(Click here for more stats from the Mater Dei-Capo Valley game)
In Division II:
Cypress 10, Santa Barbara 3: David Nick had two hits and drove in four runs for the host Centurions (19-10), who will play Vista Murrieta (22-5) in the quarterfinals Friday. A coin flip today will determine the home team.
Matt Sisto of Cypress hit his fourth home run of the playoffs.
Upland 9, Katella 4: The Knights (21-8) were eliminated by the host Highlanders. Katella was the No. 1 team from the Empire League.
In Division III:
California of Whittier 7, La Quinta 3: The visiting Aztecs (20-8) were eliminated by the Condors (19-11).
In Division IV:
Savanna 7, Culver City 2: The fourth-seeded Rebels (23-6) got first-inning home runs from Danny Campos and Dylan Roberson, and Garrett Wilson pitched six innings.
In Division VII:
Saddleback Valley Christian 15, Nuview Bridge of Nuevo 0: David Dillard pitched a shutout and contributed two RBIs for the host Warriors at San Juan Capistrano Sports Park.
Adam Cardoza, Chris Gipe and Will Kehoe also drove in two runs apiece for the Warriors, who have scored 37 runs and allowed only one in two playoff games.
Viewpoint of Calabasas 16, St. Michael's Prep 2:The visiting Pioneers (12-8) were eliminated by the host Patriots (16-8), who were led by Harrison Benson's four RBIs.
Contact the writer: sfryer@ocregister.com
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