CIF Central Section 2023 baseball playoff brackets: Scores, matchups, game times

Bullard (Division 1), Bakersfield Christian (D2), Kingsburg (D3), Liberty (D4), Cesar E. Chavez (D5) and Shafter (D6) are the top seeds

Mitch Stephens, SBLive Sports | May 17, 2023

The brackets for the 2023 Central Section baseball playoffs have been finalized.

First round games in all six divisions begin Wednesday and conclude on May 27.

Top seeds for each divisions are Bullard (Division 1), Bakersfield Christian (D2), Kingsburg (D3), Liberty (D4), Cesar E. Chavez (D5) and Shafter (D6).

Defending champions are Stockdale (D1), Clovis East (D2), Bakersfield (D3), Madera South (D4), Kennedy (D5) and Mendota (D6).

Here are the CIF-CS playoff brackets with matchups and game times.

2023 CIF-CENTRAL COAST BASEBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 1

2023 CIF-CENTRAL COAST BASEBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 2

2023 CIF-CENTRAL COAST BASEBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 3

2023 CIF-CENTRAL COAST BASEBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 4

2023 CIF-CENTRAL COAST BASEBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 5

2023 CIF-CENTRAL COAST BASEBALL BRACKETS DIVISION 6

Published May 17, 2023

MITCH STEPHENS, SBLIVE SPORTS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.