Malibu will host Temple City in a first-round CIF Division V playoff game on Friday, May 20, at 3:15 p.m. Playoff pairings were announced this afternoon on the CIF web site.
The Temple City Rams finished in a tie for second (with Monrovia) behind La Canada in the Rio Hondo League with an 11-4 league record. The Rams were 16-6 overall on the season with non-league wins over St. Francis (12-13), Pasadena (7-13), Keppel (1-17-1), Mountain View (12-12), and South Hills (17-6). In the most recent Division V Coaches' Poll, Temple City was ranked sixth, two spots ahead of the Sharks.
Senior pitcher Ryan Tucker led the Temple City staff with 68.1 innings pitched and a 1.13 ERA. Tucker struck out 112 in compiling a 6-4 record. Devin Dearth, another senior, threw 40 innings with a 2.10 ERA en route to a 5-1 record.
The leading hitters for the Rams, who averaged just over five runs scored per game, were Tucker (.340, 3 HRs, 17 RBIs), Chris Almacellas (.333, 0 HRs, 12 RBIs), and Mike Mendoza (.317, 0 HRs, 11 RBIs), and Devin Dearth (.309, 0 HRs, 15 RBIs).
The winner of Friday's game will face the winner of the Oak Park-Mary Star game in a second-round game on Tuesday, May 24.
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