{"id":347726,"date":"2026-06-05T07:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347726\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T07:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:32:14","slug":"valley-christian-baseball-ends-de-la-salles-54-game-playoff-home-win-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347726\/","title":{"rendered":"Valley Christian baseball ends De La Salle&#8217;s 54-game playoff home win streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"75\">Great pitching will stop great hitting all the time. And miraculous comebacks as well. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"78\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/high-school\/stats\/california\/baseball\/teams\/266513-valley-christian-warriors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valley Christian<\/a>, the fourth-seed in the CIF Northern California Division 1 playoffs, extended its pitching scoreless streak to 32 innings with a 3-0 win at top seed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/high-school\/stats\/california\/baseball\/teams\/266391-de-la-salle-spartans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">De La Salle <\/a>on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alex Kim with strikeout. Valley Christian will not be denied or scored upon. Ends De La Salle 54-game home playoff win streak with 3-0 win. NorCal D1 semifinal! VC has gone 32 innings without giving up a run. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WMe0tVnhNk\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/WMe0tVnhNk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mitch Stephens (@MitchBookLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MitchBookLive\/status\/2062707440035233822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7e\">Gabe Felix and Alex Kim combined on a seven-hitter to not only avenge a bitter 11-8 loss to De La Salle in the 2023 NorCal finals, but also end the Spartans&#8217; remarkable 54-game home playoff win streak that dates back to 2006. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7h\">De La Salle had not lost a home playoff game since a 4-3 defeat to Bishop O&#8217;Dowd on May 31, 2006. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7k\">Alex Moutzouridis drove in two runs for Valley christian (22-9), including a solo home run in the fourth inning, a deep drive to right-center. He also drove in a run on a groundout in the first after losing pitcher Kaleo Jones gave up a single, walk and hit batsman. Jones dropped a popup to score logan Mull to make it 2-0. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7n\">From there it was all Felix, who improved to 9-3 and lowered his ERA to less than 1.00. Kim recorded his fifth save, by striking out two including freshman Brandon Manlvong with two on to end it. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alex Moutzouridis with mammoth solo homer gives Valley Christian a 3-0 lead at top seed \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DLSBaseball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@DLSBaseball<\/a>\u2069. T4. Great call on NFHS Network by Pat O\u2019Rourke. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gycOslTwsh\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gycOslTwsh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mitch Stephens (@MitchBookLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MitchBookLive\/status\/2062689169638621503?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7t\">De La Salle (23-5, 23-2 on the field) had won NorCal titles in 2022, 2023 and 2025, all with seventh inning rallies including a six-ran uprising at Valley Christian in 2023, when the Warriors led 8-5 entering the last frame. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7w\">Valley Christian will now play at second-seed Elk Grove, an 11-7 winner over Granada, in Saturday&#8217;s championship game. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7z\">Check back for more on this game and other CIF baseball semifinal action later. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great pitching will stop great hitting all the time. 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