Valley Christian beats Los Gatos behind stellar pitching duo, advances to CCS Division I championship game

SAN JOSE Pitching is a key part of any baseball club s playoff run The way Valley Christian s pitchers were throwing on Wednesday the Warriors may have quite a bit of success for the rest of this playoff season Valley put on a pitching showcase in the Central Coast Section Division I semifinal at Excite Ballpark in San Jose holding Los Gatos to one run and consistently escaping jams by limiting the damage And the Warriors at last gave their hurlers various run aid in the late innings plating one in the fourth and three in the fifth That was plenty on a night where starter Quinten Marsh and reliever Rohan Kasanagottu combined to allow one earned run and strike out batters powering Valley Christian to a - win Related Articles CCS roundup Wilcox Willow Glen advance to section baseball finals Kate Skinner strikes out as Liberty beats Foothill to clinch NCS title event berth NCS roundup Acalanes takes charge in first upsets Cardinal Newman in D-II semifinals Hayden Hummel s HR ignites St Francis into CCS Open softball final CCS NCS scores Wednesday s baseball softball results championship contest matchups Valley Christian will face Serra for the Division I championship on Saturday Both teams qualified for the CIF NorCal regional tournament and their season will continue into next week