De La Salle’s eight-year playoff winning streak ends as Granada’s A.J. Martinez delivers walk-off hit in Division I final
Granada’s A.J. Martinez celebrates after hitting the game winning walk-off single against De La Salle in the 14th inning of their NCS Div. 1 Championship game at Granada High School in Livermore, Calif., on Saturday, May 25, 2024. The game was started yesterday in Danville but was suspended for darkness at the end of 10th inning with the score tied 0-0. Granada defeated De La Salle 1-0 with a walk-off single in the 14th inning hit by Granada’s A.J. Martinez .
The North Section Division I championship that Granada captured on its home field was the pinnacle of coach Corrigan Willis’ 16 seasons leading the Livermore school’s program Granada’s Tommy Brown and Quinn Boyd embrace teammate A.J. Martinez after he connected for the game winning walk-off single against De La Salle in the 14th inning of their NCS Div. 1 Championship game at Granada High School in Livermore, Calif., on Saturday, May 25, 2024. The game was started yesterday in Danville but was suspended for darkness at the end of 10th inning with the score tied 0-0. Granada defeated De La Salle 1-0 with a walk-off single in the 14th inning hit by Granada’s A.J.
De La Salle’s RJ Meyn pitched eight hitless innings, striking out six. Granada ace Jake Sekany was on the mound for nine innings, allowing just two hits and also striking out six. In the sixth, De La Salle had two on and two outs with power-hitter Alec Blair at the plate. Sekany pitched a breaking ball low in the zone and Blair hit a pop-up to second base, which ultimately ended the Spartans’ half of the inning.
When neither side scored in the 10th inning, NCS officials met with the umpires and administrators from both schools to discuss whether the game should continue. Granada’s Mikey Boyd gestures to his teammates after connecting for a single against De La Salle in the 14th inning of their NCS Div. 1 Championship game at Granada High School in Livermore, Calif., on Saturday, May 25, 2024. The game was started yesterday in Danville but suspended for darkness at the end of 10th inning with the score tied 0-0. Granada defeated De La Salle 1-0 with a walk-off single in the 14th inning hit by Granada’s A.J. Martinez . That’s when Martinez stepped up in a big way.
Both teams could see each other again next week as Granada and De La Salle are expected to be high seeds in the NorCal playoffs.
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