LA COSTA CANYON HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

San Diego Union-Tribune - By John Maffei:

The Streak Is Over.  Torrey Pines senior right-hander Joey Magrisi had his record-setting streak of scoreless innings snapped at 54 2/3.  So he won Wenesday's Open Division first-round playoff game with his bat, clubbing a two-out, two strike, two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to propel the Falons to a dramatic 4-3 baseball win over La Costa Canyon.   With the victory, No. 2-seeded Torrey Pines (26-6) stays in the winner's bracket and hosts No. 3 Rancho Bernardo on Friday.  La Costa Canyon (21-9), seeded No. 7, drops into the loser's bracket and plays at No. 6 San Marcos on Friday.

  "Obviously, I knew the situation," Magrisi said of his seventh-inning at-bat. "I knew what was at stake.  "I tried to stay calm. Put everything that had happened before in the game out of my mind.  "I just wanted to get a base hit, keep the line moving."  Instead, Magrisi smoked a curveball over the fence in deepest left-centerfield, driving in Max Isaacman, who was hit by a pitch to start the inning. Six of Magrisi's eight home runs this year have come on curves.  "It felt really nice to pick up myself and my teammates," Magrisi said.

  This was the fourth meeting between Avocado West League rivals LCC and Torrey Pines. Magrisi had thrown back-to-back shutouts against the Mavericks, allowing just seven hits with one walk and 23 strikeouts in racking up 14 of his 51 consecutive scoreless innings.  He blanked LCC for the first three innings Wednesday before the Mavericks finally broke through in the fourth with Garrett Bevacqua's double driving in Spencer Jones.  Magrisi was done on the mound after six innings, allowing two earned runs on six hits.  He struck out 12 and had one intentional walk.  "Honestly, I was a little shaky on the mound," said Magrisi, who is headed to Cal State Fullerton. "Now the streak is over. I'm not relieved it's over, but I don't have to worry about it, either."

  For most of the game LCC's Keaton Carattini, who is Michigan bound, had Torrey Pines tied in knots, striking out nine before Magrisi's game winner.  "What a tough way to lose," said LCC coach Justin Machado. " I'm so proud of my guys. They played their butts off. We were more aggressive today (stealing four bases). But that's because we finally had guys on base."

  Magrisi has worked 76 innings this season with just eight walks and 105 strikeouts. "Joey is the greatest high school competitor I've ever seen," said Torrey Pines coach Kirk McCaskill. "He's what high school baseball is all about. Carattini was fantastic.  We were lucky to scratch anything out against him. But we had an ace in the hole in Joey."

2018 OPEN DIVISION FIRST ROUND GAMES

Torrey Pines 4 La Costa Canyon 3;   Poway 3  Eastlake 1; Rancho Bernardo 9 San Marcos 1; Cathedral Catholic 3 Helix 1