No. 19 Canyons Baseball Back in Postseason vs. No. 6 Orange Coast

For the second time in as many seasons, College of the Canyons will play in the postseason with a three-game series at Orange Coast College on the docket.

No. 19 Canyons (22-16, 13-8) will be on the road to face No. 6 Orange Coast College (25-14, 11-10) in a best-of-three series beginning Friday, May 5. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.  

Game 2 is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, May 6. If necessary, a third game would take place at approximately 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Canyons finished the regular season third in the Western State Conference (WSC), South Division standings behind conference champions Glendale College (29-11, 18-3) and second-place L.A. Valley (23-17, 14-7).

The Cougars lost three of their final four games down the stretch but emerged victorious in a 12-10 final score vs. Citrus in the regular season finale at Cougar Field.

Orange Coast also dropped three of its last four contests before defeating Cypress 10-9 on the road to close out the regular season. The Pirates finished fifth in the competitive Orange Empire Conference (OEC) behind co-conference champions Saddleback (29-10, 15-6) and Riverside City College (28-11, 15-6).

Canyons and Orange Coast were scheduled for a two-game home/away series back in February, but saw those dates reduced to one game due to inclement weather. The Pirates won that game 10-8 back on Feb. 28 in Costa Mesa.

The full schedule of CCCAA SoCal Regional Playoff matchups is listed here.

The 2023 CCCAA State Championship tournament will be held May 27-29 at Folsom Lake College.

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