Last month, the Cordova High School baseball team was in the thick of the race in the Sierra Valley Conference.

The Lancers had battled conference leader Union Mine, plus Liberty Ranch, El Dorado, and Rosemont to be grab one of the conference’s top three playoff spots that earns a spot in the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs that start this month.

But the last two games have seen the Lancers’ opportunities eliminated. On Tuesday in their final home game of the regular season against Rosemont, Cordova led until the final inning when the visiting Wolverines posted an 11-5 victory.

The loss eliminated Cordova (5-9 in the SVC, 6-13-1), but it could still play the spoiler going into Thursday’s SVC finale at Rosemont. Union Mine (9-5 in the SVC) sits alone in first place. Liberty Ranch, Rosemont and El Dorado are tied for second place, as each sport an 8-6 mark. On Thursday, Liberty Ranch played Galt (4-10) and Union Mine took on El Dorado. A Cordova win over Rosemont would favor Liberty Ranch and El Dorado, should they win their conference finale.

Cordova led 5-4 entering the seventh frame. That’s when Rosemont scored seven runs in which the Lancer committed three errors.

“We played well for six innings but you need to play well for seven,” said Cordova head coach Doug Hughes. “We got a very good pitching performance from Jacob Larson who made is pitching debut on Senior Day.”

Larson tossed 3 2/3 innings and allowed one run in the contest.

At the plate, the Lancers’ bats were led by Jeremy Buck, who went 3-for-4 that included double and 2 RBIs. Logan Appino followed by going 2-for-3 and scored twice and Zach Guerrero was 2-for-4, scored a run and had an RBI.

The other Lancer seniors on the squad are Jarrett Harris, Jerimiah Anderson and Matthew Williams.

Liberty Ranch 11, Cordova 1

In an SVC game in Galt on April 28th, the Lancers were held to four hits. Two of the Lancers’ hits came off the bat of Spencer Gudgel, who also had an RBI.

The game was tied 1-1 after the first inning. Then in the fourth inning, the Hawks scored six times and four more runs in the fifth that halted the game because of the mercy rule.

The host Hawks had 13 hits in the game. Corey Potthoff and Thomas Mickelsen had three hits each.

After yesterday, Thursday’s SVC finale, Cordova is scheduled to play a non-league game at McNair of Stockton on Tuesday, May 10th. Game time is scheduled for 4 p.m.