Crespi was unranked in the preseason Southern Section Division 2 baseball rankings, but coaches voting in the poll may want to take a look at the Celts, who are 7-0-1 and still haven’t started the reigning Mission League pitcher of the year, Isaiah Magdaleno, who has performed catching duties.
Crespi’s last victory came on Saturday morning, a 2-0 victory over Chaminade in which sophomore Diego Velazquez threw six shutout innings and had an RBI single.
“He’s having a great start to the season,” said coach Mike Glendenning of Velazquez, who has 14 hits in 24 at bats and strikes out 20 in 17 innings with a 2-0 record.
Crespi started this week’s Mission League play with two wins over Chaminade and a draw after Friday’s game was abandoned due to darkness. It’s a positive sign of the Celts’ pitching depth while waiting for Magdaleno to recover from a sore arm.
“It shows you the chemistry of our team and the culture of our program,” said Glendenning. “We’re doing good things.”
Sierra Canyon 3, Loyola 0: Ethan Montes pitched 6 2/3 shutout innings for the undefeated Sierra Canyon, which went 3-0 this week in its Mission League debut under coach Tom Meusborn.
Corona 2, Offshoot 0: Ethan Schiefelbein struckout seven batters and walked none in four innings and Jaylen White had two hits and two RBI’s for Corona.
El Modena 14, Santa Ana 2: Greg Koutures closed with three hits for El Modena.
King 2, Huntington Beach 1: Jase Evangelista struckout five batters in three shutout innings for King. Eric Aguayo drove in both points.
Palisades 1, Westlake 0: Mason Edwards struckout 14 for Palisades. He walked two batters and gave up two hits.
El Dorado 2, Yorba Linda 1: Jack Fishel struckout seven in six innings. Garvey Rumary hit a two-run home run.
Anaheim Canyon 7, Vista Murrieta 3: Austin Duarte had a three-run pinch-hit triple to speed up Canyon.
7 Newbury Park, Southern Hills 3: Evan Needham had two hits and two RBIs for the Panthers. Derek Turner got the save.
Santa Monica 2, Venice 1: Sean Bowker struckout six in five innings for Santa Monica.
