West Covina baseball struggles early, loses to Village Christian in CIF-SS quarterfinals

WEST COVINA — West Covina baseball’s best postseason run in 30 years came to an end Friday as it lost to Village Christian 7-1 in the CIF Southern Section Division 6 quarterfinals.

West Covina (15-8-1) was making its first playoff appearance since the 2018 season, and nerves seemed to get the best of the Bulldogs early in the game.

A hit batter, a walk and then an error by West Covina gave the Crusaders (18-7-1) an unearned run in the top of the first.

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