Channel League-champion San Marcos and runner-up Dos Pueblos drew home games for the first round of the CIF-SS baseball players, while third-place Santa Barbara will play in a wild-card game on the road.
The Dons (14-13) will travel to Culver City to face the Bay League’s No. 2 team (14-7) in a Division 4 wild-card game. The winner will play at Ventura in the first round on Thursday.
San Marcos (17-7) will host the winner of the wild-card game between Loyola (14-12) and Montebello on Thursday in Division 4.
Dos Pueblos (16-11) opens the Division 3 playoffs on Friday against St. Bonaventure (7-20), the Tri-Valley League runner-up.
“We haven’t had a home playoff game since 2018, so it’s exciting to play at home,” said DP coach George Hedricks.
Santa Ynez, the No. 4 team from the Channel League, and Bishop Diego were drawn into the Division 6 playoffs.
Bishop (8-9, TVL No. 3) will play at Liberty League champion Milken Community (14-1) on Thursday while Santa Ynez (14-11) travels to Frontier League champion Foothill Tech (10-14) in Ventura.
The second round for all divisions is on Tuesday, May 10.