The folks who determine post-season baseball tourney seeding may want to go back to the drawing board. This year's Open Division bracket is a glaring case in point. The semifinals feature nothing but low seeds: No.6, No.13, No.15 and No.16. In order, that would be Palma, Valley Christian, Serra and Mitty. Something is amiss here.
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Palma should have their ace 10-1 Sam Stoutenborough (junior Cal commit) on the mound against Serra.
We worked hard to come up with the point system used for seeding. It served the baseball community well for a long time. But, it does need to be changed. We have had the hardest time getting proposed changes through the maze that is the CCS. Very frustrating. I heard that there will be big changes next year....8 team Open. Not sure of any specifics, but changes are on the horizon. Personally, if you seed subjectively, the 16 team CCS Open is a great tournament. Not so sure it will be the same with 8...
Seems like any team could have won the CCS open this year with a little luck. Really no pushovers, but the seeding did seem a little off.
Without their head coach who resigned suddenly recently, Serra, seeded No.15, is on a CCS roll. Padres up by six runs vs. Palma in top of seventh. If they go on to win, they play No.13 VC in CCS Open finale this weekend. Can't recall two of very lowest seeds playing for a CCS crown.
Update: Serra won.
Update: Serra won.
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Great Scott! fifteenth-seeded Serra rides ace to CCS finals
May 25, 2017, 05:00 AM By Terry Bernal, Daily Journal
After a 7-1 start in West Catholic Athletic League play this season, the Serra Padres were proving to be a contender.
Then, through the last two weeks of the regular season, Serra went off the rails, losing eight of their last nine games while falling from first to fifth place in the WCAL standings. The poor showing nearly cost the Padres a place in the Central Coast Section Open Division, but they managed to just make the cut with the No. 15 seed.
Now, Serra (17-13 overall) will be playing for the CCS Open Division championship.
Backed by a steady showing of offensive thunder and the right arm of starting pitcher Mitchell Scott, the Padres advanced to the big dance for the first time since 2013 with a 7-2 win over No. 6 Palma (23-6) Wednesday night at Municipal Stadium.
Now, Serra will get another crack at the team that handed them two losses in WCAL play, squaring off with No. 13 Valley Christian at 7 p.m. Saturday at Municipal Stadium.
“Since we lost to them twice in the season, we want to get that win,” Scott said.
Scott settled in Wednesday after a shaky start to whirl a gem in his first appearance under the lights of Municipal Stadium. After surrendering a run on no hits in the first, the junior right-hander fired 5 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball before finally getting touched for a one-out single in the sixth. He ultimately dealt six innings of one-hit ball to earn the win.
“I just trusted the defense,” Scott said. “They’ve been playing good defense out there and then the offense started swinging it. I just felt great out there.”
Junior shortstop Jack Damelio — also playing his first game at Muni — had a San Jose debut to remember. Dropping to the No. 6 spot in the order, Damelio paced all hitters with a 3-for-4, two-RBI performance, including the go-ahead hit in the fourth to set off the Serra “splash down,” a celebration where the players baptize a player with bottled water when he arrives in the dugout after scoring a run. The Padres started the splash down celebrations in the first game of CCS. It seems to be working as they have now won three straight, the first such streak since early April.
“We’re just a team that likes to battle every pitch,” Damelio said. “We’ve done it all season … and I think it worked out for us tonight.”
The most prominent splash came in the fourth inning after pinch runner Josh Leventhal slid home with the go-ahead run.
Serra was a bit fortuitous when, with one out, senior Nick Garcia doubled on a high fly ball to center. The Palma center fielder initially broke back like the ball was going to sail well over his head, but he ultimately overran it, lost it in the lights, and had it fall in front of him for a double. Leventhal then entered as a pinch runner, setting the stage for Damelio.
The right-handed hitting junior followed with an RBI knock back through the middle, with Leventhal sliding home, hopping to his feet and letting go with a yell before getting doused in the first-base dugout. Damelio then advanced to third on a single by Zach Button. JJ Ota followed with a pop-out to the second baseman in short right, but with the fielder running away from the infield, Damelio turned it into a sacrifice fly by sprinting home to give Serra a 3-1 lead.
It was all the offense Scott and the Serra pitching staff would need. Scott departed after six innings and 109 pitches to make way for closer Ryan Sutter. The junior closer got touched for a run in the seventh, but he had plenty of cushion after a four-run Serra outburst in the fifth, highlighted by RBI singles from Jack Peterson, Damelio, Button and Ota.
“Line drive after line drive,” Damelio said. “You can’t complain.”
Serra interim manager Dan Nolan said after the game the Padres came in hungry to play on the big stage of Municipal Stadium, home of San Jose State baseball and San Francisco Giants’ minor league affiliate San Jose Giants. The Padres have played games at both University of San Francisco and San Francisco State this year.
“They get up for these experiences,” Nolan said. “They’ve taken them one game at a time and just built momentum.”
And with one game remaining, that momentum has come at the right time as the Padres attempt to capture their first CCS title since 2009.
Great Scott! fifteenth-seeded Serra rides ace to CCS finals
May 25, 2017, 05:00 AM By Terry Bernal, Daily Journal
Serra junior Mitchell Scott whirled a gem, taking a no-hitter into the sixth inning before getting touched for one hit in the Padres' 7-2 win over Palma in the Central Coast Section Open Division semifinals Wednesday night at Municipal Stadium.After a 7-1 start in West Catholic Athletic League play this season, the Serra Padres were proving to be a contender.
Then, through the last two weeks of the regular season, Serra went off the rails, losing eight of their last nine games while falling from first to fifth place in the WCAL standings. The poor showing nearly cost the Padres a place in the Central Coast Section Open Division, but they managed to just make the cut with the No. 15 seed.
Now, Serra (17-13 overall) will be playing for the CCS Open Division championship.
Backed by a steady showing of offensive thunder and the right arm of starting pitcher Mitchell Scott, the Padres advanced to the big dance for the first time since 2013 with a 7-2 win over No. 6 Palma (23-6) Wednesday night at Municipal Stadium.
Now, Serra will get another crack at the team that handed them two losses in WCAL play, squaring off with No. 13 Valley Christian at 7 p.m. Saturday at Municipal Stadium.
“Since we lost to them twice in the season, we want to get that win,” Scott said.
Scott settled in Wednesday after a shaky start to whirl a gem in his first appearance under the lights of Municipal Stadium. After surrendering a run on no hits in the first, the junior right-hander fired 5 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball before finally getting touched for a one-out single in the sixth. He ultimately dealt six innings of one-hit ball to earn the win.
“I just trusted the defense,” Scott said. “They’ve been playing good defense out there and then the offense started swinging it. I just felt great out there.”
Junior shortstop Jack Damelio — also playing his first game at Muni — had a San Jose debut to remember. Dropping to the No. 6 spot in the order, Damelio paced all hitters with a 3-for-4, two-RBI performance, including the go-ahead hit in the fourth to set off the Serra “splash down,” a celebration where the players baptize a player with bottled water when he arrives in the dugout after scoring a run. The Padres started the splash down celebrations in the first game of CCS. It seems to be working as they have now won three straight, the first such streak since early April.
“We’re just a team that likes to battle every pitch,” Damelio said. “We’ve done it all season … and I think it worked out for us tonight.”
The most prominent splash came in the fourth inning after pinch runner Josh Leventhal slid home with the go-ahead run.
Serra was a bit fortuitous when, with one out, senior Nick Garcia doubled on a high fly ball to center. The Palma center fielder initially broke back like the ball was going to sail well over his head, but he ultimately overran it, lost it in the lights, and had it fall in front of him for a double. Leventhal then entered as a pinch runner, setting the stage for Damelio.
The right-handed hitting junior followed with an RBI knock back through the middle, with Leventhal sliding home, hopping to his feet and letting go with a yell before getting doused in the first-base dugout. Damelio then advanced to third on a single by Zach Button. JJ Ota followed with a pop-out to the second baseman in short right, but with the fielder running away from the infield, Damelio turned it into a sacrifice fly by sprinting home to give Serra a 3-1 lead.
It was all the offense Scott and the Serra pitching staff would need. Scott departed after six innings and 109 pitches to make way for closer Ryan Sutter. The junior closer got touched for a run in the seventh, but he had plenty of cushion after a four-run Serra outburst in the fifth, highlighted by RBI singles from Jack Peterson, Damelio, Button and Ota.
“Line drive after line drive,” Damelio said. “You can’t complain.”
Serra interim manager Dan Nolan said after the game the Padres came in hungry to play on the big stage of Municipal Stadium, home of San Jose State baseball and San Francisco Giants’ minor league affiliate San Jose Giants. The Padres have played games at both University of San Francisco and San Francisco State this year.
“They get up for these experiences,” Nolan said. “They’ve taken them one game at a time and just built momentum.”
And with one game remaining, that momentum has come at the right time as the Padres attempt to capture their first CCS title since 2009.
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