Baseball: Get ready for Crespi-Notre Dame this week
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Neighborhood rivals Encino Crespi and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame are set to play their two-game Mission League baseball series this week, with Tuesday’s 7 p.m. game at Birmingham and Thursday’s 3:45 p.m. game at Notre Dame. The alumni are fired up because these games are always fun.
‘You never know what’s going to happen,’ Crespi Coach Scott Muckey said. ‘It’s always a mystery. You can expect the unexpected.’
Said Notre Dame Coach Tom Dill: ‘When we play Crespi, standings don’t matter a whole lot.’
Crespi (17-4, 4-2) is battling West Hills Chaminade (18-4, 6-2) and Mission Hills Alemany (16-6, 5-3) for the league championship. Notre Dame (8-11, 2-4) is trying to help its Division II playoff chances.
Crespi is expected to start John Kearns on the mound Tuesday and come back with Ryan Brockett on Thursday. The Celts might be a little rusty after not playing any games last week.
Notre Dame will have Matt Lathuras on the mound Tuesday and freshman Jack Hartman on Thursday. And of course, David Armendariz is ready in relief, and the Celts had better make sure they aren’t behind when the hard-throwing Armendariz takes the mound.
-- Eric Sondheimer