Baseball Playoffs: Southland Christian knocks out Cantwell; Whittier Christian marches on

 Southlands Christian High vs Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary High at CSHM's Montebello, Calif. campus field May 19, 2015. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb/Whittier Daily News)

Southlands Christian High vs Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary High at CSHM’s Montebello, Calif. campus field May 19, 2015. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb/Whittier Daily News)


By Stephen Ramirez

MONTEBELLO — Cantwell Sacred Heart of Mary High School has shown a never-say die mentality this season, but asking the Cardinals to rally for a third time Tuesday proved to be too much to ask.James Goodwin had a RBI double in the 12th and was solid in relief as Southlands Christian held off host Cantwell for a 7-5 victory in a CIF-Southern Section Division 5 wild-card game.Scott Brashear also had four hits for the Eagles, who improved 10-15 and advanced to face No. 4 seed Sierra Canyon in Thursday’s first round. Goodwin, who was 2 for 5 and scored two runs, finished the final 6 and 2/3 innings. He allowed four hits and struck out nine.Cantwell, which trailed 4-0 after three innings, finished 13-12. Elijah Vazquez and Jordan Mora had two hits and two RBIs each for the Cardinals, who had won eight of their last nine games to make the playoffs.

Cantwell coach Larry Patino: “This game was in a nutshell who we were as a team (this season). We were down 4-0 early, came back to tie it. They went up one, we tied it. We played 12 innings of Cantwell Cardinals baseball. It was a great game. Hat’s off to Southlands Christian. They kept battling. It’s baseball.”
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Chris Thompson pitched a complete game, striking out four, and Cooper Hughes went 2 for 3 with a home run, a double and two runs scored to lead the Heralds (17-11) to the CIF-SS Division 5 wild-card victory. Whittier Christian’s Damon Holm went 2 for 3 and had a stolen base and Trevor McGee and Logan Veloff each had a hit and an RBI. The Heralds will play against Monrovia on Thursday in the first round.

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