Baseball: Chaminade stays in Mission League title contention

There were questions about Chaminade’s pitching depth before the season, but now the Eagles are two wins away from a Mission League baseball championship and appear to have found an ace in Anthony Acosta, the team’s former closer.

Acosta threw five shutout innings on Monday in Chaminade’s 7-0 victory over Crespi. The Eagles are 17-8 and 12-4. Nick Kahle hit a three-run home run. Blake Rutherford hit a two-run home run. Chaminade closes with games at Crespi on Wednesday and at home on Thursday. The Eagles are tied for first place with Loyola.

Loyola 2, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 1: Alonzo Billips hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the 10th for the Cubs. Daniel Caruso of Loyola and Jamie Robertson of Notre Dame each pitched seven shutout innings. Blake Beers pitched 2 2/3 shutout innings of relief for Loyola to get the win.

Alemany 2, Harvard-Westlake 0: The Warriors kept alive their Division 1 playoff hopes behind pitcher Daniel Ritcheson, who threw a two-hitter with five strikeouts. Caden Miller and Noah Cardenas each had two hits.

Damien 9, Chino Hills 0: Nick Lodolo threw a three-hit shutout, striking out nine, to help Damien clinch the Baseline League championship for second-year Coach Andy Nieto. James Free had three hits and four RBIs. Harrison Spohn added two hits and three RBIs.

Santa Margarita 4, Orange Lutheran 1: The Eagles moved into second place in the Trinity League. Colin Rowe threw a complete-game two-hitter. Jared Witt had two hits and three RBIs.

Mater Dei 12, St. John Bosco 4: Josh Stephen had two hits and three RBIs and Emilio Rosas went three for three to lead the Monarchs to a Trinity League win. Jake Briones threw 5 2/3 innings of shutout relief.

JSerra 5, Servite 0: Collin Quinn improved to 10-0.

Corona del Mar 5, Beckman 2: The Sea Kings moved to within one game of first-place Beckman in the Pacific Coast League. Evan Larsen struck out eight with a complete game. Preston Hartsell had two RBIs.

Calabasas 7, Thousand Oaks 4: Parker Brahms threw a complete game and struck out six in the Marmonte League win. Joey Medellin had three hits.

Corona 1, King 0: Hunter Collins threw the complete game for Corona.

Long Beach Wilson 22, Compton 1: Ben Landworth-Kleinhenz went five for five with three RBIs for Wilson.

Long Beach Poly 3, Lakewood 2: The Jackrabbits won the Moore League game.

Dana Hills 12, Capistrano Valley 2: David Clawson hit a home run and Max Mircovich had three hits to lead Dana Hills.

Corona Santiago 15, Roosevelt 3: Jacob Shanks had two doubles and four RBIs and Brice Turang contributed a triple, double and single in Santiago’s Big VIII League win.

North 9, Riverside Poly 6: Shane Martinez finished with three hits and three RBIs for North. Tony Bullard also had three hits and Damien Sanchez had two doubles.

St. Paul 1, Bishop Amat 0: Julian Zaragosa threw a six-hit shutout in the Del Rey League game. Isaac Esqueda struck out 12 in six innings in defeat.

Cathedral 2, Gardena Serra 1: The Phantoms won in nine innings.

Moorpark 9, Oak Park 1: Greg Dominguez went four for five for Moorpark.

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