Poly’s Giatti Out for the Season

Senior pitcher David Giatti of Poly High will be lost for the season after surgery today on his left ankle, broken in two places during Monday’s 11-10 win over San Fernando in a Holt-Goodman tournament semifinal game at Poly.

Giatti turned the ankle fielding a ground ball on the mound and was in a cast in the Poly dugout Tuesday during the Parrots’ 7-6 loss to Birmingham in the tournament final.

Giatti, the team’s top reliever, leads the team with two saves. He had a 1-2 record through 21 1/3 innings and a 3.84 earned-run average. Last season Giatti, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound right-hander, led Valley-area City Section pitchers with a 1.22 ERA and a 6-0 record.

Poly Coach Jerry Cord said relievers Raul Torres, a 5-11 junior, and Adolfo Rocha, a 5-9 junior, will be promoted to the top relief spots.

Torres is 1-1 and Rocha 1-0 for Poly (14-3, 9-0 in Valley Pac-8 Conference play).