After a strong CIF run, the Charger baseball team fell 5-7 to Yucaipa on June 1 in the CIF semi-finals.

Brad Bolton
Sports Editor

The team had fought hard and was in contention through the end of the seventh inning when Yucaipa made a strong comeback to grab the win.

“They were a good team, but I think we really could’ve won,” said junior Matt Chapman.  “That’s how playoffs go sometimes.”

The team had shown a lot of strength heading into the game after crushing Damien 7-0 on May 28.

“I was very happy with our pitching, and also I thought we played very good defense as well,” Coach Mike Gonzales said.

The team came out strong from the very start of the game as Garrett Donohoe hit a two run homerun in the first inning.

The team didn’t lose focus there though, as they finished the game with three consecutive homeruns by senior Chris Manning, Chapman, and Donohoe in the seventh inning.

“I just felt really good about this game,” Donohoe said.

The first two playoff games had set the trend for this dominating style, as the team beat Loyola 5-3 and Pacifica 4-2 with strong hitting from the entire team.

“Normally our pitching makes the difference, but it was our bats that carried us through this time,” Gonzales said.