Baseball & Softball Playoffs: Close Calls & Blowouts

0:00It's April 7. This is California News Today, AI-powered stories from your city. High school baseball and softball playoffs heated up with a ton of action across the city, southern, and intersectional sections. In city baseball, Crenshaw pulled out a close 9-8 win over LA Jordan, while Sun Valley Magnet crushed Community Charter 19-2. North Hollywood beat Verdugo Hills 5-3 and Silmar Ed San Fernando 3-2 in a nail-biter. Shifting to the 7-section, blowouts dominated, like Buenos 21 to nothing route of Fillmore and El Toro's 23 to nothing over. Oxford Academy, Chino Hills topped Upland 7-3, Damien handled Rancho Cucamanga 6-2, and Newberry Park survived Saga's 15-13-in. High-scoring drama, Norco's shed-out Riverside King tend to nothing. These results shake up the brackets, with powerhouses like Chino Hills and Damien advancing strong, building momentum for deeper runs.

1:02Close calls, such as Heritage Christians 8-7 Thriller over Mokin, show how tight these matchups can get, testing teams grit under, pressure. Softball brought more fireworks, starting with city standouts like Hollywood's 21-10 blast, past Mendez and North Hollywood's 16-2. 15-squeaker against Cleveland. In Southern, Miller demolished Pacific 29-3, Corona shed-out Artigia 22-2 to nothing, and Rubidou rolled Pale Charter 22. Zero. Intersectional games wrapped with Westminster's 10-5 victory over Crawford, in baseball, and Paloma Valley's 3-to-nothing shed-out of Rancho, Christian and Softball. Standout performances like these keep the postseason buzzing as teams gear up for the next round.