On Saturday, June 1, Cypress High starting pitcher Kevin Lillicrop tossed his second consecutive shutout in the postseason – and the most important of his high school career – against Temecula Valley in the CIF Division-II championship game at Dodger Stadium. His effort led the Centurions to a 5-0 victory, which also marked their first playoff title since 2005.

Lillicrop was truly masterful, allowing just three hits while tossing the complete-game shutout. He also struck out four and retired 13 straight hitters to open the contest. The Bears finally touched him with a single in the fifth inning.

The Cypress offense, on the other hand, had little trouble denting the board early in the contest. In fact, it struck in the bottom of the first. Steven Andrade, who reached on an error, scored on a sacrifice fly that David Fletcher hit against Bears pitcher Brendon Koch to take a 1-0 lead.

In the fourth, Fletcher came through again for the Centurions. He reached on a single, stole second and then third – due to a passed ball – before coming home on a sacrifice fly lifted by catcher Tyler Alamo.

In the sixth, the Centurions took advantage of one of the many errors committed by the Bears to break open the game and plate three runs. During that stretch Stephen Lohr delivered an RBI triple. Alamo also knocked in his second RBI of the contest with a single.

Cypress finished the season with a 26-8 overall record. It also finished in first place in the Empire League.

Coach John Weber would go on to be named the OC Register Baseball County Coach of the Year.

Here are the full statistics from the CIF-Southern Sections Division 2 championship game. Cypress defeated Temecula Valley 5-0 at Dodger Stadium.

Linescore

Temecula Valley 000 000 0 – 0 3 3

Cypress 100 103 x – 5 5 0

Individual Statistics

TEMECULA VALLEY (23-6)

Hitters

David Maldonado – 1-3, 2B
Drew Seelman – 0-3
Kyle Plantier – 0-3
A.J. Sawyer – 1-3
Mitch Kemp – 1-3
Jared Morton – 0-2
Bruce Young – 0-1
Alec Garrett – 0-2
Cole Lucey – 0-1
Samari Buchanan – 0-1
Jordan Gardner 0-2

Pitchers

Brandon Koch – 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
Garrett Nimmo – 0.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
David Sevenikar – 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 K

Fielding

Errors – Plantier, Kemp, Nimmo. Passed Balls – Lucey 2.

CYPRESS (26-8)

Hitters

Steven Andrade – 0-3, 2 R
Nick Valdez – 2-3, 2B, RBI
Garret Brockel – 0-0, 1 R
David Fletcher – 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB
Stephen Lohr – 1-3, 3B, 1 R, 1 RBI
Tyler Alamo – 1-2, 2 RBI
Brandon Alamo – 0-2
Elijah Skipps 0-3
Kevin Lillicrop 0-2
Dominic Fletcher 0-2

Pitchers

Kevin Lillicrop – 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Fielding

No errors.