The following is an excerpt from an article that appeared in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and was written by Jim Seimas. Click HERE for the full article.
Cabrillo College's baseball team wasn't ready to see its season end, so it played like there was no tomorrow. And, now, there is.
The No. 3 Seahawks scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, and rallied past No. 2 Santa Rosa for a thrilling, 7-6, walk-off win in an elimination game at the Chabot Super Regional in Hayward on Friday.
Cabrillo (23-22), the third-place finisher in the Coast Conference South Division, faces No. 1 Chabot (32-11), the Coast Conference North Division champion, in the championship game on Saturday at noon.
The winner advances to the NorCal Regional Finals, which run Friday-May 19.
The 3C2A State Championship Tournament takes place at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut on May 25-27.
Oscar Knapp doubled to drive in Seita Shiratori with the tying run and pinch runner Josiah Granados with the winning run.