The Santa Margarita High Eagles defeated La Costa Canyon 3-2 to win the Southern California Regional Division I baseball championship on Saturday.
At some point that night, though, their mentality for Saturday changed, said Balsz, the Eagles’ catcher.
“We were all like, ‘Well, graduated from high school, that’s pretty cool,’” Balsz said. “‘We’ve done a lot for this school. We’ve worked very hard. What’s the point of not coming out and trying to win the game tomorrow?’” he continued. “And we just kind of flipped a switch.”of regionals, a common occurrence explained by JSerra coach Brett Kay as “there’s only one dogpile.
The Eagles were helped by opportune infield defense behind sophomore starter Hayden George, who gutted out four tough innings of one-run ball and managed to wriggle his way out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the fourth inning. In the seventh, with sophomore Chris Saucedo filling in admirably in relief, Malec emptied the tank by sending out senior Sammy Cova and sophomore Brennan Bauer each to get a single out.
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