Baseball: My first-round playoff predictions

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Valencia’s Robbie Mousselli

For the most part, it’s easy predicting winners in football games. Sure, I had my gaffes last fall (Mission League football comes to mind), but I came out right on more than 75% of my picks for the season.

So, I decided to really test my prediction skills by picking the winners of Thursday and Friday’s first-round divisional baseball playoff games in the SF/Valley North region. I’m bound to get nowhere near my football success rate, but I’m doing everything I can to force you to scribble a heart-felt response on the comment board.

Here we go...

DIVISION I (Thursday)
Royal 6, Anaheim Canyon 4
Valencia 7, Fountain Valley 3
Simi Valley 13, Vista Del Lago 1
Hart 6, Westlake 2
Thousand Oaks 6, Millikan 1
Saugus 5, Norco 4

DIVISION II (Friday)
Chino Hills 8, San Luis Obispo 5
Foothill 4, Oxnard 3
Katella 7, Arroyo Grande 2
Palos Verdes 10, Dos Pueblos 3
Vista Murrieta 14, Burbank Burroughs 2
Camarillo 6, Alta Loma 5
Santa Barbara 5, Damien 3
West Torrance 9, Hueneme 2

DIVISION III (Thursday)
Crespi 11, Gahr 0
Don Lugo 8, Palmdale 2
Quartz Hill 9, Bellflower 7
Notre Dame 12, Garey 1

DIVISION IV (Friday)
Sonora 8, Oak Park 3
Culver City 8, Lompoc 4
St. Bonaventure 12, Magnolia 1
La Habra 5, Santa Maria St. Joseph 2
Patriot 13, Santa Ynez 1

DIVISION V (Thursday)
Campbell Hall 7, Grace Brethren 3
Carpinteria 9, Cathedral 3
St. Paul 12, Montclair Prep 2
Western Christian 6, Paraclete 3

DIVISION VI (Friday)
Desert Christian 10, Brethren Christian 2
Riverside Notre Dame 9, Santa Clarita Christian 5

-- Austin Knoblauch

-- Image by Austin Knoblauch