Behind Megan Sabbatini’s 12th shutout of the year, the San Benito softball team will play for its seventh-straight Central Coast Section Division I title on Saturday after beating Leland 4-0 at PAL Stadium in San Jose on Thursday.
Throughout the entire year, San Benito softball manager Scott Smith has praised the team’s pitching and offense but questioned its defense. In the quarterfinals of the Central Coast Section playoffs Saturday, San Benito proved defense shouldn’t be an issue.
How do you solve a problem like San Benito? The Gilroy High softball team has been baffled in finding an answer to that conundrum since March 21, 2006. And the Mustangs' quest will continue as the Balers again squeaked past GHS 2-0 on Tuesday in Gilroy.