City Section Baseball Playoffs

Sylmar 10, Cleveland 6--Bruce Gomez’s third-inning bases-loaded double knocked in three runs, and pitcher Olonzo Woodfin added a two-run single in a first-round 4-A victory at Sylmar.

Cleveland scored one run in the fourth and three in the fifth to go ahead, 4-3, but the Spartans broke the game open with six runs in the fifth, including Woodfin’s bases-loaded, two-run single.

Gomez was 2 for 3 and knocked in four runs, and Jose Gallegos was 3 for 4.

Nino Romo (8-4) picked up the win in relief of Woodfin, who allowed 4 runs and 4 hits and struck out 6 in 4 innings.

San Fernando 6, Carson 5--Pinch-runner Brent Huff scored from second base on two wild pickoff throws as host San Fernando rallied for the winning run in the sixth inning of the 4-A first-round game.

Carson rallied for two runs in the top of the sixth to tie the score, 5-5, but that only set the stage for Huff’s error-fueled dash home in the bottom of the inning.

Rudy Sanchez reached first on an error and took second on a wild throw. Huff, running for Sanchez, went to third when pitcher Tim Vasquez’s pickoff throw went into center field, then scored when the relay from center flew over third.

San Fernando’s Josh Bergara was 3 for 4 and had one RBI and one stolen base.

Banning 7, Grant 5--Javier Delahoya walked eight batters and Grant committed four errors and left 11 men on base in the first-round 4-A playoff game at Banning.

Delahoya (7-3), a junior, struck out five batters and allowed four hits but five of the seven runs he allowed were unearned.

Trailing, 6-1, in the sixth inning, Grant narrowed the deficit to one run with a two-out, four-run rally. The Lancers had only two hits, but two walks and two errors aided their cause.

San Pedro 10, El Camino Real 9--Pitcher Lance Gibson walked home the winning run with the bases loaded in the ninth inning in the first-round 4-A playoff game at San Pedro.

With one out, Gibson gave up a walk and two singles to load the bases. A walk to Robert Castaneda forced in the winning run.

3-A DIVISION

Washington 2, Eagle Rock 0--Washington’s Willie Allen (7-1) shut out Eagle Rock on two hits, handing Eagle pitcher Francisco Del Real (2-2)--author of a four-hitter--a tough loss.

Steve Sotomayer and Sean Belud each doubled to provide the only offense for Eagle Rock (11-11-1).

In Friday’s quarterfinals, Washington plays at home against Marshall, a 7-6 winner Wednesday over Venice.