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Posted on Mon, Jun 11, 2012 : 7:48 p.m.

Saline, Chelsea baseball teams play quarterfinals Tuesday at U-M's Ray Fisher Stadium

By AnnArbor.com Staff

Two Washtenaw County high school baseball teams remain alive in the MHSAA postseason.

Both play Tuesday, right here in Washtenaw County.

Chelsea faces St. Joseph at 1 p.m. in a Division 2 quarterfinal, followed by a Division 1 matchup between Saline and Livonia Stevenson at the University of Michigan's Ray Fisher Stadium.

Tickets are $5 and available at the gate.

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Chelsea junior Alex Maloney makes a play during a Division 2 regional semifinal win against Carleton Airport on Saturday.

Jeffrey Smith | AnnArbor.com

At stake for the two Southeastern Conference teams is a trip to Battle Creek for this weekend's state semifinals and finals. For Saline, it would be the fourth trip in five years for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 state runners-up. Chelsea, making its first quarterfinal appearance since 2007, last played in Battle Creek in 2006.

Saline finds itself in a mix with no dominant team left in the Division 1 playoffs. No. 8 Hudsonville is the only team ranked in the final coaches poll of the season still alive in the tournament. Livonia Stevenson (25-13) eliminated No. 10 Detroit Western International in a regional semifinal.

St. Joseph (30-9) upset Richland Gull Lake, the top-ranked team in Division 2, in a regional semifinal. No. 2 Grand Rapids Christian, No. 4 St. Clair and No. 5 Bay City John Glenn are among the eight Division 2 quarterfinal teams.

Saline and Chelsea have taken drastically different paths to this point in the tournament.

Saline, which got a no-hitter from senior pitcher Justin Goike in its regional championship game, has outscored its four postseason opponents by a score of 46-3.

Chelsea, meanwhile, won its first three playoff games by a single run -- including an extra-inning win over No. 9-ranked Tecumseh -- before beating Trenton 12-6 in a regional final.

Comments

Lac Court Orilles

Tue, Jun 12, 2012 : 12:43 p.m.

There must be something in the water in that small sleepy farm town that causes young men to become good baseball players. Hopefully this time they'll win the last game.