There are two interesting rematches for Orange County teams in the second round of the CIF Southern Section baseball playoffs Tuesday.
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In Division 2, Servite and Foothill play each other for the second time this season. Foothill beat Servite 2-0 on March 7.
In Division 4, a pair of Pacific Coast League teams, Woodbridge and Laguna Beach, will meet for the third time this season. Woodbridge defeated Laguna Beach in their two league games, 3-2 on March 11 and 5-4 on March 13.
“Both were well-pitched, well-contested baseball games,” said Woodbridge coach Ryan Brucker.
Woodbridge’s Camacho twins — Caleb and Caden — were important to both wins.
Caleb Camacho’s walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning at Windrow Park gave the Warriors the 3-2 win in the league opener for both teams.
Caden Camacho drove in three runs for Woodbridge in a 5-4 win over Laguna Beach two days later.
Caden is the team’s catcher and Caleb plays right field.
The twins, who are seniors, are joined on the team by their brother, Ezra, who is a freshman and the team’s starting second baseman.
Woodbridge (19-10 overall) won the Pacific Coast League championship with a 12-2 league record. Laguna Beach (17-11) finished third in the eight-team Pacific Coast League with a 9-5 record.
The game Tuesday is at Laguna Beach at 3:15 p.m.
In the Foothill-Servite game on March 7, Foothill junior right-hander Caden Lauridsen shut out the Friars on three hits for five innings at Servite. The Knights scored both of their runs in the top of the first inning. They scored on an RBI double by Evan Kim and Aidan Gogley had a single that drove in Kim.
Foothill coach Chris Price said he does not know how much that outcome will matter in the rematch Tuesday at Foothill at 3:15 p.m.
“That game was so long ago,” Price said. “The lineups for both teams are probably different. We’ve had guys go in and out of our lineup, and that might be the same for them.”
The Knights (18-11 overall) finished third in the Crestview League. Servite (16-13) finished third in the Trinity League.
NOTES
All five Sunset League teams that qualified for the playoffs are playing Tuesday: Huntington Beach (22-6-1) is at La Mirada in Division 1; Newport Harbor (19-9) is at Great Oak (17-10-1) in Division 2; Edison (13-16) is at home against Dos Pueblos (18-10) and Corona del Mar (15-13) is at Fullerton (16-12) in Division 3; and Marina (14-15) is home against La Quinta of La Quinta (18-9-1) in Division 4. …
All four Pacific Coast League teams that qualified for the playoffs advanced to the second round Tuesday. In addition to the Woodbridge-Laguna Beach game, Irvine (15-13) plays at home against Citrus Valley (14-14) in Division 5 and Northwood (14-15) is home against El Rancho (17-12) in Division 6. …
All-County senior catcher Noah Johnson has been cleared to serve as a designated hitter for Cypress. A foul tip broke a bone in his right hand this season. Benjamin Martinez has been an outstanding replacement as catcher for Cypress (22-8), which is 1-1 in the Division 1 double-elimination playoffs. Cypress plays at home Tuesday against Sierra Canyon (24-6), which also is 1-1 in Division 1. …
The Sierra Canyon-Cypress winner plays at Harvard-Westlake in the Division 1 quarterfinals Friday. The Huntington Beach-La Mirada winner plays at St. John Bosco in the Division 1 quarterfinals on Friday. …
Orange Lutheran pitcher Cooper Sides knew what he was getting into when he transferred for his senior year from Red Bluff in Northern California. The LSU-committed Sides (6-5, 210) is 6-0 with a 1.10 ERA and 44 strikeouts in 44⅔ innings although he had to sit out half of the season’s days because of the transfer. “I’d heard about the Trinity League, was told about it,” Sides said, “and I was lucky enough to land at Orange Lutheran. I’ve known CJ (Weinstein, Orange Lutheran second baseman) and Marcus (Greis, Lancers pitcher) since eighth grade and I’ve known (Lancers pitcher) Gary Morse a long time, too.” …
Pitching and defense led Garden Grove to the Orange Coast League championship this season. The Argonauts (21-9) will be home Tuesday for a second-round game against Norwalk (15-7) in Division 7. They have been led by: Khai Anderson, who is 10-1 with a 0.75 ERA and is batting .430 with 26 RBIs and 15 steals; Manny Martinez, who has a 1.33 ERA and is batting .365; and outfielder/catcher Walker Bass, who is batting .400 with 21 steals.
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