Baseball Game Preview: Harvard-Westlake Wolverines vs. Crespi Celts

For the second straight game, Harvard-Westlake will face off against Crespi. The Wolverines will host the Celts at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Harvard-Westlake 4, Crespi 1.3) so any runs scored will be well earned.

Harvard-Westlake is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Crespi, who was ranked seventh at the time (Harvard-Westlake was ranked 24th). The Wolverines came up short against the Celts on Wednesday, falling 12-1.

Crespi pushed their record up to 19-2 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 1.0 run on average over those games. As for Harvard-Westlake, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-8.