South San Francisco High School pushed three runs across the plate in the bottom of the 5th inning to defeat Mills High School 3-2 Tuesday afternoon at Orange Park in PAL action.
"It's been a long, tough season for us," said South City Coach Daryl Semien. "So this was a good one to get."
Down 2-0 as the 5th inning began, Warrior first baseman Gregorio Jimenez singled in two runs with the bases loaded off Mills starting pitcher Joey Carney.
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The hard-throwing Carney took the loss, despite striking out twelve Warrior batters. He walked five. South San Francisco pitcher Joe Marcucci was the winner, moving his record to 4-3 with an ERA of 2.00. Marcucci had 10 strikeouts.
3rd baseman Bryan Hidalgo and catcher Sean McHugh notched two hits apiece for Mills. Jimenez had two hits for South City.
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Mills drops to 14-12 overall, 8-5 in PAL action. South San Francisco improves to 7-19, with a 5-8 PAL record.
The two teams will conclude their seasons by playing each other Thursday at 4:00 p.m on the Mills' diamond.
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