Baseball Playoffs

Salpointe beat Mountain Ridge and will now face top seed Desert Ridge at the Camelback Ranch Stadium in Glendale on Tuesday at 7 pm. Desert Ridge hasn’t lost since March 26. With 12 seniors and 4 juniors, the Jaguars are very experienced.

Desert Ridge won the 5A-II state championship last year as the top seed and has marched right on to the higher division this year.

Salpointe has the skill to make to this a good game.

Ironwood Ridge beat Sunnyside in extra innings, giving them 2-1 record against the Blue Devils this year.

5 Ironwood Ridge does not get to host the 13 seed Marcos de Niza in the second round. Instead, the Nighthawks have to travel to Surprise. To make matters worse, the game will be played at 4 pm.

Sunnyside plays at Pinnacle because the higher seeded losers of the first round get to host…..seriously.

5A-I

Double elimination

Saturday, May 1

8 Salpointe beat 9 Mountain Ridge 7-1

Second Round – Winners Bracket

Tuesday, May 4, 7 pm

Camelback Ranch Stadium
10710 West Camelback Road

8 Salpointe vs. 1 Desert Ridge

5A-II

Double elimination

Saturday, May 1

5 Ironwood Ridge beat 12 Sunnyside, 11-10 (8 innings)

Second Round – Winners Bracket

Tuesday, May 4, 4 pm

Surprise Baseball Stadium
15850 N. Bullard Ave.

5 Ironwood Ridge vs. 13 Marcos de Niza

Second Round – Losers Bracket

12 Sunnyside at 4 Pinnacle, 7 pm, loser elimated

3A

Friday, May 7

First Round – Surprise Baseball Complex

2 Safford vs. 15 Show Low, 7 pm Field 6

11 Empire vs. 6 Holbrook, 4 pm Field 5
13 Santa Cruz vs. 4 Chino Valley, 7 pm Field 4

2A

Tuesday, May 4

First Round – Tempe Diablo Complex

2 Pusch Ridge – BYE
17 Desert Christian vs. 16 Morenci
9 Bisbee vs. 24 Horizon Honors
12 Willcox vs. 21 North Pointe
10 Thatcher vs. 23 Tonopah Valley
15 San Manuel vs. 18 Ray

The Lancers hosted their first home playoff game since the 2004-2005 season  to start the 2010 5A I State Playoffs.

Senior RHP Dan Slania took the mound for the 12^th time this season opposite Senior LHP Brian Mcnulty of the Mountainn Lions.

Mountain Lions pounced on the Lancers right away in the top of the 1^st when  Junior Joe Brinkman had a 2 out double and Junior Dan Will brought him in with a high looping grounder 1b RBI to bring in Brinkman.  Mountain Lions 1 – Lancers 0.

It was all Lancers after that as a combination of good pitching, hitting and defense came all together to stymie the visiting team. Mountain Ridge used a total of 4 pitchers this game.

Scoring Plays for Lancers:

Bottom of 1^st

Joseph Serrano – 2b and stole 3^rd base and later scored on passed ball.

Harrison Graham – Bunt 1b and stole 2^nd base.

Jacob Hunter – 1b RBI bringing in Harrison Graham.

Lancers 2 – Mountain Lions 1.

Bottom of 3^rd

Joseph Serrano – BB

Harrison Graham – Sac Bunt but as Serrano rounds 2^nd base attempts to go 3^rd, 1^st baseman made an errant throw to the 3^rd baseman scoring Serrano.

Lancers 3 – Mountain Lions 1.

Bottom of 4^th

Jack Hale – ROE

Ryan Penaflor – Sac Bunt advancing Hale to 2^nd base.

Hunter Miller- 1b RBI bringing in Hale. PR Fernando Careaga.

AJ Alexander – HBP

Harrison Graham – 2b RBI bringing in Careaga.

Lancers – 5 Mountain Lions 1

Bottom of 6^th

Jacob Hunter – SOLO HR RBI.. 6^th of season!

Marc Gavre – 2b

Dan Slania – 3b, RBI bringing in Gavre.

TOP Offensive Performers of the Game:

Jacob Hunter – 3/3, Solo HR (6), HBP, 2 RBI, Run.

Dan Slania –  3 / 4, 3b, RBI.

Joseph Serrano – 2/3, 2b (2), 2Runs.

Harrison Graham – 2/3, 2b, RBI, Run,Sac B.

Ryan Penaflor –  1 /2 , Sac B.

TOP Defensive Performers of the Game:

WP Dan Slania  (10-2) – CG, 7IP, 5Ks, 0BB, ER, 4H

The whole Lancer team  who converted all their 31 defensive chances.

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