{"id":5813,"date":"2026-06-05T20:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/verdugo-hills-baseball-eliminated-after-bench-clearing-incident\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T20:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:03:07","slug":"verdugo-hills-baseball-eliminated-after-bench-clearing-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/verdugo-hills-baseball-eliminated-after-bench-clearing-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Verdugo Hills baseball eliminated after bench-clearing incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Verdugo Hills baseball was five outs from achieving its goal of reaching a CIF regional title game.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/sports-image-festival-to-feature-some-of-sis-greatest-photos\/\">Sports Image Festival to Feature Some of SI\u2019s Greatest Photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>But an incident against No. 5 seed Roosevelt in the CIF SoCal Division V Regional semifinals drowned No. 1 seed Verdugo Hills\u2019 expanded postseason title hopes.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Verdugo Hills and Roosevelt were both disqualified from the regional playoffs after a bench-clearing fracas in the bottom of the sixth inning Thursday night, according to CIF Director of Media Rebecca Brutlag.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Rolling Hills Prep baseball overcomes adversity<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Family ties at El Camino Real baseball<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Verdugo Hills was ahead 5-1 and on the verge of reaching the Division V regional championship against Coastal Academy of Oceanside.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Coastal Academy was declared the Division V champion, Brutlag confirmed Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/yankees-place-aaron-judge-on-il-spencer-jones-recalled-2\/\">Yankees place Aaron Judge on IL, Spencer Jones recalled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The fracas took place after an exchange between a Verdugo Hills baserunner and an Roosevelt infielder. The Verdugo Hills baserunner was caught in a rundown between third base and home plate. The runner collided with an Roosevelt infielder attempting to make a tag at third base, based on footage available on the NFHS network.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Benches from both sides emptied and afterward the umpires declared the game over.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Verdugo Hills would have been just the second CIF LA City Section team to advance to a CIF SoCal Regional final since the expanded playoffs for baseball began in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Requests for comment from Verdugo Hills athletic director Tami Revel and LAUSD Police Department public information officers weren\u2019t answered at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/yankees-place-aaron-judge-on-il-spencer-jones-recalled\/\">Yankees place Aaron Judge on IL, Spencer Jones recalled<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency. All Rights Reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><\/p>\n<p>This story was originally published <span>June 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM<span>.<\/span><\/span><!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verdugo Hills baseball was five outs from achieving its goal of reaching a CIF regional title game. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Verdugo Hills baseball eliminated after bench-clearing incident - San Diego Relocation News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/verdugo-hills-baseball-eliminated-after-bench-clearing-incident\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Verdugo Hills baseball eliminated after bench-clearing incident - 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