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San Diego Union Tribune - By John Maffei
"The records just keep falling Joey Magrisi. The Torrey Pines High senior right-hander turned in perhaps his most-dominant performance of the season on Tuesday, shutting out No. 6 ranked La Costa Canyon on two hits as the No. 2 falcons edged the Mavericks 2-0 to win the Avocado West League baseball title.
The shutout was the sixth in a row for Magrisi, tying the San Diego Section mark set by Point Loma left-hander David Wells in 1982. Magrisi ran his scoreless streak to 51, after eclipsing Wells' streak of 42 last week. According to the National Federation, the record for consecutive scoreless innings is 80 by Joey Porter of South Natchez Adams (Miss.) in 1973. Only 14 pitchers nationally have thrown at least 52 consecutive scoreless innings. "David helped me all summer," said Magrisi, who was injured and didn't pitch last season after going 16-3 in two seasons at Rancho Bernardo. " I hadn't pitched for a year, so he helped clean up my mechanics, fine tune things." Magrisi said he plans to have Wells - the winner of 239 major league games and the author of a perfect game - sign a game-used ball.
Magrisi struck out 12 and allowed just two singles against LCC. The Mavericks (21-8, 12-3) got only one runner as far as second base. Magrisi retired the last 12 batters he faced, striking out eight. He is 11-0 on the season for Torrey Pines (25-6, 13-2). In 77 innings, Magrisi has allowed just 36 hits, walked only eight and has 104 strikeouts. His ERA is 0.36.
"I think that's the best game in the streak," said Torrey Pines coach Kirk McCaskill, who won 106 big league games. "The first pitch of the game was a change-up. That set the tone. Joe had a plan and he executed it flawlessly." Magrisi needed just 82 pitches to hurl his latest gem. "Honestly, I try not to think about the records," said Magrisi, who is committed to Cal State Fullerton. "Winning the league was the goal today. Breaking the record, throwing a shutout, makes it that much more awesome."
SCORELESS STREAK
Mission Hills IP 6; San Marcos IP 3; Sage Creek IP 7; Carlsbad IP 7, San Dieguito IP 7; La Costa Canyon IP 7; Canyon Crest IP 7; and La Costa Canyon IP 7.
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