Merced-area high school sports summaries for Wednesday, May 18
Baseball
High School
Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV Playoffs
Bear River 8, Los Banos 7 (8)
Los Banos | 520 | 000 | 00 | — | 7 | 13 | 2 |
Bear River | 000 | 070 | 01 | — | 8 | 10 | 2 |
Josh Gould, Kody Cardoza (5) and Tyler Wilson. Justin Leonard, Joe Rantz (4), Bear Belding (8) and Jake Rogers. WP – Belding. LP – Cardoza.
Los Banos (16-7) – James Bostick 2-4 (2B, 2 run, RBI), Gould 2 RBIs, Kevin Spencer 2-3 (2 SB, run), Rick Abejuela 3-4 (2B, run), Josh Gomes 2 RBIs.
Bear River (18-9-1) – Belding 3-4 (run), Jacob Cross 2B (3 RBIs), Rogers 2-4 (HR, RBI).
El Capitan 7, Placer 1
Placer | 010 | 000 | 0 | — | 1 | 8 | 2 |
El Capitan | 002 | 212 | x | — | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Radd Thomas, Austin Silva (5) and Connor Collins. Sai Davuluri and Brendan Kemps. WP – Davuluri. LP – Thomas.
Placer (15-10) – Dylan Larkey 2-4, Corey Yunk 2-3.
El Capitan (20-7) – Braiden Ward 3-4 (3B, 2 runs, 2 SB, RBI).
Softball
High School
Sac-Joaquin Section Division II Playoffs
St. Mary’s 5, Atwater 1
Atwater | 100 | 000 | 0 | — | 1 | 9 | 0 |
St. Mary’s | 200 | 021 | x | — | 5 | 6 | 1 |
Cheyenne Mahy and Maritza Iglesias. Carley Morfey and Hannah Russell. WP – Morfey. LP – Mahy.
Atwater (16-7) – Eileen Martinez 1-3 (run), Brittany Massa 3-3 (2B, RBI), Megan Escobar (2B), Katie Bettis 2-3.
St. Mary’s (15-8) – Vanessa Tirado 1-1 (run, RBI), Morfey (2B, RBI), Russell (2 RBIs), Alex Preston 1-3 (2B, run), Abigail Parises 1-3 (2B, RBI).
This story was originally published May 19, 2016 at 6:14 PM with the headline "Merced-area high school sports summaries for Wednesday, May 18."