Baseball: Crespi 7, Huntington Beach 1

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Five innings have been completed in the Southern Section Division II championship game at Angel Stadium, and Encino Crespi holds a 7-1 lead over Huntington Beach.

Austin Walker contributed his second hit of the day, an RBI double, in the fourth for the Celts.

There was a strange play in the fifth for Huntington Beach. The game was delayed more than five minutes as umpires huddled. Sean Guite appeared to strike out on a 2-and-2 count, with the ball in the dirt, but the home-plate umpire refused to ask for help. Then on a 3-and-2 count, Crespi Coach Scott Muckey called for a pitchout, and the umpire called a third strike.

But he later reversed himself, giving Guite a walk. Up came Beau Amaral with the bases loaded, and he flied out. Ryon Healy has struck out five and allowed five hits in five innings for Crespi.

-- Eric Sondheimer