The College of San Mateo Express hit a speed bump Tuesday, as one of Northern California’s hottest teams experienced a14-5 Coast Pacific Conference loss that was as untimely as it was lopsided.
The Bulldogs (23-10, 15-4), who’d won 19 of their last 21 games going into Tuesday, saw their conference lead trimmed to a half game over the second-place Vikings (20-13, 15-5).
CSM, which leads by one game in the loss column, has four conference games left. West Valley has three.
CSM starter Clay Bauer (3-5) lasted just 2 1/3 innings after allowing seven runs on six hits and three walks.
Nick Davenport (Sequoia High), Cody Zimmerman, Trevin Craig and Mike Kathan each had two hits to lead CSM offensively.
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West Valley 14, San Mateo 5
West Valley......... 304 030 013 - 14 12 1 (19-13, 14-5)
San Mateo.......... 300 002 000 - 5 13 4 (23-9, 15-3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pitchers: West Valley - Ryan Williams; Ryan Reese(6); Brandon Willard(6); Scott Rudolph(7); Robert Anderson(8) and Travis Bonner. San Mateo - Clay Bauer; Andrew Herrera(3); Dj Sharabi(6); Ryan Wood(8); Luke McCreesh(8); Parker Swindell(9) and Nick Davenport; Logan Trowbridge. Win-Ryan Williams(6-3) Loss-Clay Bauer(3-5). T-3:15 A-155 Weather: sunny, warm R. Reese faced 2 batters in the 6th.
