Queen Creek wins 3rd straight elimination game to reach 6A semis
No. 1 Queen Creek won three straight games in the losers' bracket to advance to the 6A baseball state semifinals.
Top-seeded Queen Creek won a third straight game out of the 6A losers' bracket, beating Mesa Red Mountain 9-2 on Tuesday, May 12 to avoid elimination and advance to the 6A baseball semifinals. The Bulldogs got home runs from David Howard, Diego Armenta and Frank Gearhart to end Red Mountain's season. Gearhart and Howard each drove in three runs.
Gearhart added two doubles. Queen Creek (28-4) will face defending state champion and No. 4 seed Tempe Corona del Sol on Friday, May 15, at 4 p.
m. , at Mesa's Hohokam Stadium. Meanwhile, No.
2 Casteel saw its season end in a 12-3 loss to Phoenix Sandra Day O'Connor, which had put the Colts into the losers' bracket last week. Pitcher Tommy Pascanu again pitched the Eagles past Casteel (22-9) a week after a 3-0 win over the Colts. This time, the left-hander worked 5⅔ innings, giving up six hits and two earned runs, striking out six.