A walk-off sacrifice fly that scored two runs helped the St. Francis softball team advance past San Ramon Valley 4-3 Tuesday in the CIF NorCal Division I quarterfinals.
Down 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh with one out, St. Francis loaded the bases for Maya Meltz, who hit a sac fly to the warning track in right field. St. Francis’ Jamie Oakland scored from third, followed by Peyton Tsao tagging from second base and narrowly avoiding a San Ramon Valley tag at the plate.
The win for No. 4 seed St. Francis (26-4) sets up a 4 p.m. Thursday showdown at undefeated No. 1 seed Destiny Christian Academy (29-0). St. Francis lost to Destiny Christian Academy 1-0 earlier in the season.
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No. 8 seed St. Francis could not pull off an upset against No. 1 seed De La Salle Tuesday, losing 3-2 in the CIF NorCal Division I baseball quarterfinals.
St. Francis scored first in the top half of the third, but De La Salle responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning. The Lancers tied it back up in the fifth inning, 2-2, but the Spartans scored the eventual game-winner in the bottom of the fifth. St. Francis (25-5) ends its season as WCAL champion and as a Central Coast Section Division I semifinalist. De La Salle (23-4) advances to the regional semifinals against No. 4 seed Valley Christian 4 p.m. Thursday at De La Salle.
