St. Bonaventure Continues to Pull Surprises, 7-6

Pat Devericks singled home David Chaparro in the sixth inning to snap a tie, and unseeded St. Bonaventure High, which had to win a wild-card game to reach the playoffs, upset L.A. Baptist, 7-6, Friday in a Southern Section Division V quarterfinal game at St. Bonaventure.

L.A. Baptist (19-6), the Alpha League champion and No. 4-seeded team, trailed, 6-0, after three innings but rallied and appeared to tie the score with two out in the top of the seventh when Ed Almeida hit a ball into the right-field gap, bringing home Raul Pacheco.

The Seraphs (12-12) appealed, claiming Almeida failed to touch first base. The umpire agreed and Almeida was called out, erasing the run.

“I don’t think anybody would have predicted that we would get this far, but we’re here now,” said St. Bonaventure Coach Dennis Johnson, whose team finished third in the Tri-Valley League and will meet Temecula Linfield in a semifinal game Tuesday.

Freshman Gilbert Infante (7-2) allowed no earned runs over the final three innings, and Tim Coultas and Frank Quinones each had two hits for the Seraphs.

Pacheco had three hits and an RBI and John Hubbard had two hits and scored for the Knights.

DIVISION II

La Mirada 14, Hueneme 3--La Mirada (20-8) pounded out 13 hits, including four home runs, and eliminated Hueneme (17-11) after five innings on the 10-run rule at La Mirada.

Hueneme was hitless through four innings until Carlos Rodriguez, David Schoomaker and Robert Avila each singled in a three-run fifth.

DIVISION III

South Hills 9, Burroughs 6--Jeremy Cartee had two doubles and drove in two runs, but the Indians (16-13) couldn’t get past South Hills (23-4) at Burroughs.

Burroughs, which trailed 5-1 early, scored three times in the seventh on Tony Sandoval’s two-run home run and Mike Shamoon’s home run.

DIVISION IV

Westminster La Quinta 1, St. Francis 0--Josue Pena and Bobby Crosby hit back-to-back doubles with two out in the seventh to beat St. Francis (16-10) at La Quinta.

Jason Garcia (12-1) threw a one-hitter for No. 1-seeded La Quinta (29-1). St. Francis’ Ariel Bellofiore (7-2) allowed six hits.

DIVISION VI

Pacific Coast Christian 4, Grace Brethren 2--Pacific Coast Christian’s Andy Cullop (12-0), who has 112 strikeouts in 66 innings, allowed two hits at Grace Brethren.

Danny Buckley, Tim Thompson, Jeremy Humphries and Dave Stevenson singled for Grace Brethren.