Oakland Section championship: Skyline holds off tough Oakland Tech team to win third title in a row
Kaplan pitched well and kept Tech in the game, striking out two and allowing just two earned runs in six innings. Tech senior Shaun Mante also pitched an inning and struck out two.
Mante, Kaplan, Hayden Burton, Rasheed Pittman and Brandon Hemphill each had one hit for Oakland Tech, which finished the season 13-11 and proved to be the only Oakland Section team that could play Skyline tough. Oakland Tech lost 2-0 in nine innings and 5-4 in eight innings to Skyline in the regular season. By comparison, the Titans demolished every other Section opponent by at least 12 runs, not including two victories by forfeit.
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