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Dana Hills Baseball Loses Finale at Tesoro, Misses Playoffs for First Time Since 2013

by Dana Point Times
May 5, 2022 1:36PM
in SPORTS & OUTDOORS, Sports Headlines
Dana Hills Baseball Loses Finale at Tesoro, Misses Playoffs for First Time Since 2013

Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh

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By Zach Cavanagh

Despite sitting seven games under .500 overall and three games under in league play, the Dana Hills baseball team still had created an opportunity for a CIF-SS playoff berth entering the Dolphins’ final game.

It was winner-takes-all for the final guaranteed playoff berth out of the South Coast League in the season finale at Tesoro on Friday, April 29.

Tesoro had beaten the Dolphins, 8-1, on April 26, and Dana Hills returned the favor at home, 8-2, the next day, April 27, to set up the showdown.

Both teams’ offenses were kept in check on Friday, until things spiraled away from Dana Hills in the fifth inning. The Dolphins couldn’t get anything going at the plate, and Tesoro capitalized on Dana Hills mistakes to claim the victory, 5-0, and a CIF-SS playoff berth.

  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh
  • Dana Hills baseball. Photo: Zach Cavanagh

Dana Hills (10-18, 4-8) missed the postseason for the first time since 2013.

Tesoro (20-8, 6-6) scratched out a run in the first inning for the one-run lead it would hold until the fifth. Tesoro loaded the bases in the second and third innings, but the Dolphins worked out of the jams.

The Titans led off the fifth with a single, a sacrifice bunt, and another two singles to score, 2-0. It was in the next at-bat that the game got away from Dana Hills.

During the ensuing at-bat, the Dolphins attempted a pickoff from the catcher back to first base, and while the Tesoro runner was out of position, the umpire ruled that Dana Hills had missed the tag. While that play went on, a Tesoro runner stole home for the 3-0 lead. Dana Hills coach Tom Faris was furious with the call and earned an ejection for his vehement argument with the umpire.

From there, Dana Hills allowed a run on an error, and the runner that reached on the error came around to score immediately on an RBI double to increase Tesoro’s lead to 5-0, the eventual final score.

FINAL: Tesoro 5, Dana Hills 0

Tesoro nabs the third and final playoff berth out of the South Coast League.

The Dolphins’ season is done. @dhhs_athletics @DanaBaseball pic.twitter.com/2yYg6CKlEu

— South OC Sports (@SouthOCsports) April 30, 2022

Offensively, the Dolphins were stymied, as Tesoro’s starting pitcher faced only two batters over the minimum through six innings. Dana Hills batters struck out only three times over that stretch, but the Tesoro defense was perfectly positioned for everything else.

Dana Hills finally threatened with back-to-back, one-out walks in the seventh, but that was all the Dolphins could muster, as Tesoro held on for the shutout.

Dana Hills, which split the South Coast League championship last season, lost 11 of its final 15 games.

Zach Cavanagh

Zach Cavanagh is the sports editor for Picket Fence Media. Zach is multiple California Journalism Award winner and has covered sports in Orange County since 2013. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @ZachCav and follow our sports coverage on Twitter @SouthOCSports. Email at zcavanagh@picketfencemedia.com.

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