Baseball Recap: Corona takes down Harvard-Westlake in a playoff battle

By Team Reports May 19, 2024, 12:11am

Baseball Recap: Corona Panthers vs. Harvard-Westlake Wolverines

Corona extended their postseason success on Saturday against Harvard-Westlake. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Harvard-Westlake Wolverines a 5-0 shutout. The victory was familiar territory for Corona who now have eight in a row.

The result came thanks to Ethan Schiefelbein's shutout, as he gave up just two hits and racked up nine Ks. He has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.

At the plate, Corona saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sam Burgess, who went 2-for-2 with a home run, three RBI, and two runs.

Corona has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 30-3 record this season. As for Harvard-Westlake, their defeat dropped their record down to 27-5-1.

As of now, neither Corona nor Harvard-Westlake have any future games scheduled.

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