Close encounters of the baseball kind are among the best displays of performance under pressure. There were a number of cliffhangers on area diamonds last week.
Desperate Dons
At the start of the week, San Marcos High led the Channel League with a 3-0 record, while the Santa Barbara Dons were 1-3. Unless they could string together some wins, the Dons were in danger of missing out on the CIF playoffs for the first time in 19 years.