Garfield, Narbonne earn a trip to Dodger Stadium

With its residence baseball diamond beneath building, Garfield has had no residence video games this season whereas working towards floor balls on the grass soccer area and grime monitor. That’s been fairly a sacrifice however the Bulldogs are about to obtain an unforgettable reward. They get to play on a most pristine area at Dodger Stadium on Saturday morning.

Senior pitcher Anthony Cardenas retired 13 consecutive batters after giving up a leadoff single to start out the sport and completed with a two-hitter to raise Garfield previous Bell 3-0 within the Metropolis Part Division I semifinals on Tuesday night time at USC’s Dedeaux Subject. Garfield will play Narbonne for the Division I title at 10 a.m. at Dodger Stadium on Saturday.

Cardenas, receiving sturdy contributions from his outfielders, struck out 5 and walked none.

“My outfielders have been nice at this time,” he mentioned.

Catcher Jose Rosas helped Cardenas by supplying an RBI double within the first inning, an RBI single within the third and an RBI double within the seventh. Demian Flores-Munoz had two hits.

Garfield introduced three buses of followers to the sport plus 12 members of its mariachi band. Taking part in at close by Dodger Stadium may convey out a lot of Bulldog supporters. And there’s an opportunity rival Roosevelt may be a part of Garfield in a doubleheader. Roosevelt performs Chatsworth in an Open Division semifinal on Wednesday at 3 p.m. at USC.

Alejandro Rosas struck out eight in six innings for Bell.

Narbonne 5, Taft 0: Juan Garcia struck out seven over six shutout innings to steer the Gauchos (18-13) into their first look at Dodger Stadium since 2019 by eliminating No. 1-seeded Taft (14-15) at USC.

Owen Martin had an inside-the-park residence run. Garcia and Lucas Torres contributed two-run singles. Taft had two gamers ejected. Pitcher Matthew Magruder was despatched to the bench after he hit his sixth batter within the sixth inning. Catcher Matthew Leiterman was ejected after objecting a name on the plate on Martin’s residence run.

Rob Atencia acquired the save after changing Garcia within the seventh and can get the beginning on Saturday. Will probably be a particular second for Narbonne coach Invoice Dillon, as a result of his son, Brandon, is the beginning left fielder as a freshman.