Baseball & Softball Playoffs: Close Calls & Blowouts

It's April 7.

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High school baseball and softball playoffs heated up with a ton of action across the city,

southern, and intersectional sections.

In city baseball, Crenshaw pulled out a close 9-8 win over LA Jordan, while Sun Valley

Magnet crushed Community Charter 19-2.

North Hollywood beat Verdugo Hills 5-3 and Silmar Ed San Fernando 3-2 in a nail-biter.

Shifting to the 7-section, blowouts dominated, like Buenos 21 to nothing route of Fillmore

and El Toro's 23 to nothing over.

Oxford Academy, Chino Hills topped Upland 7-3, Damien handled Rancho Cucamanga 6-2,

and Newberry Park survived Saga's 15-13-in.

High-scoring drama, Norco's shed-out Riverside King tend to nothing.

These results shake up the brackets, with powerhouses like Chino Hills and Damien advancing

strong, building momentum for deeper runs.

Close calls, such as Heritage Christians 8-7 Thriller over Mokin, show how tight these

matchups can get, testing teams grit under, pressure.

Softball brought more fireworks, starting with city standouts like Hollywood's 21-10 blast,

past Mendez and North Hollywood's 16-2.

15-squeaker against Cleveland.

In Southern, Miller demolished Pacific 29-3, Corona shed-out Artigia 22-2 to nothing,

and Rubidou rolled Pale Charter 22.

Zero.

Intersectional games wrapped with Westminster's 10-5 victory over Crawford, in baseball, and

Paloma Valley's 3-to-nothing shed-out of Rancho, Christian and Softball.

Standout performances like these keep the postseason buzzing as teams gear up for the next

round.