Saddleback Upsets Second-Seeded Hancock in 15th

Sara Petrella’s bloop single behind first base in the bottom of the 15th inning drove in the winning run as seventh-seeded Saddleback upset No. 2 Hancock, 1-0, in the second round of the Southern California playoffs Friday in Santa Maria.

Petrella’s single scored Treva Whitaker, who had started the inning with a single and continued to second when it was left uncovered. Whitaker had an RBI double in the seventh to give Saddleback a 3-2 victory over Los Angeles Pierce earlier Friday.

Saddleback (31-11) needs one more victory to advance to the state tournament.

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Fullerton wins twice--Cara Hart had two hits and drove in three runs as Fullerton beat host Long Beach, 10-1, in game called after five innings because of the mercy rule.

Michelle Rodriguez, Kristy Osborne and Jennifer Johnson each had two hits for Fullerton (33-10), which scored four runs in the first inning.

Fullerton also beat Ventura, 3-0, and needs one victory today to advance to the state tournament.

Cypress wins twice--The host Chargers scored an unearned run in the fourth to beat Rancho Santiago, 1-0, in a winners’ bracket game. The run came in the fourth when Lise Delligatta scored with the help of two errors by Rancho Santiago.

Jamie Wilkes (25-5) pitched a four-hitter with three strikeouts for Cypress (46-13), which also beat Imperial Valley, 8-0.

Sheryl Anderson (31-9) took the loss for Rancho Santiago (34-17), which beat Southwestern, 4-2.

Imperial Valley and Southwestern play at 10 a.m. today and the winner plays Rancho Santiago at noon.

The winner of that game meets Cypress at 2 p.m. Cypress needs one more victory to advance to the state tournament for the eighth consecutive year.