SAN JOSE — Stevenson and South San Francisco brought their bats to Excite Ballpark on Thursday afternoon.
Facing off in the Central Coast Section Division VI championship in San Jose, the No. 1 Pirates and No. 2 South City combined for 26 runs. Neither starting pitcher survived the third inning.
But it was the top seed from Pebble Beach that produced a few more runs. Stevenson scored in every inning but one, finishing with a 18-8 win.
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Both teams had scored a lot of runs in their respective runs to the championship game. Stevenson (19-8) beat Design Tech 7-3 in the opening round and Sobrato 12-8 in the semifinals.
South City (23-5) beat North Salinas 9-3 and Fremont-Sunnyvale 6-3.
But Thursday’s championship was something else. Eight combined runs were scored in the first inning, and that was just the appetizer.
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