Mustangs’ catcher Chris Olson congratulates pitcher Kyoungseo Min in the come from behind win with a 7-4 victory over the West Vikings in the opening game of the 3C2A Baseball Playoffs at the Skyline Regional in San Bruno, CA on Friday, May 1, 2026. Photo: Professor B Media
By Professor B Media
San Bruno, CA —The Los Medanos Mustangs won with a come-from-behind thriller in the opener of the 2026 California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A) playoffs at the Skyline Regional, Friday afternoon, May 1, 2026, on the campus of Skyline Community College, with a 7-4 win over the West Valley College Vikings from the Coast South Conference.
The Vikings led 4-1 through the first four innings before chipping away at the Vikings’ lead when by scoring a run in the 6th inning to slice the Vikings lead to 4-2 the outfielder Carlos Garcia hit a game-tying two run homer to tie the game at 4-4 then the Mustangs scored three more times to make the final 7-4 as the Mustangs overcame a 4-1 deficit to score six unanswered runs while Mustangs reliever Kyoungseo Min pitched 3 ⅔ no-hit scoreless innings giving up no runs, no hits, walked two with a strikeout to get the win in relief.
Leading the way for the Mustangs Carlos Garcia who went 2 for 5 with the big two-run homer to tie the game in the 7th inning while Nate Liddcoat went 2 for 2 at the plate with a pair of runs scored while third baseman Antonio Moriera went 1 for 4 at the plate with a pair of runs scored and Zack Madrigal went 1 for 3 at the plate scoring a pair of runs and a RBI.
Source: 3C2A
With the win Mustangs improves their record to (27-13) while West Valley falls to (27-13-1) as the Mustangs have now won 11 of their last 13 games. (See game details and game video)
The Mustangs (1-0) will now advance into the winner’s bracket as they will face either West or Skyline from the loser’s bracket in game 3 of the Skyline Regional as the Vikings (28-13-1) upset the top-seeded host Skyline (30-12) Trojans 22-7 meaning the Mustangs are trying to remain in the winners bracket in game four Saturday afternoon as the Mustangs are now only one win away from to earn a berth and advance to the Championship Final of the Skyline Regional.
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