Costa baseball team continues to roll
The Bay League got off to a rough start in the CIF Southern Section-Toyota Division 2 championships with Mira Costa emerging as the lone team to advance to the second round but the Mustangs are continuing their late-season surge.Dalton Barge had two hits in Mira Costa’s 8-3 win over Cypress in the second round of the CIF Division 2 playoffs. The Mustangs travel to La Mirada tomorrow for a quarterfinal contest. Photo Mira Costa is playing without slugger Jake Jelmini, who required surgery for a broken jaw after being hit by a bat in a freak batting practice accident two days before the Mustangs opened the postseason with a 4-3 victory over visiting San Marcos. The loss of a vital cog in the Mustang machine seems to have pulled to team together even closer as Mira Costa (17-14) is using key hits and defensive plays in advancing to the quarterfinals. First year head coach Cassidy Olson’s squad upset fourth-seeded Cypress 8-3 in the second round Tuesday and will travel to face No. 5 La Mirada (23-8) tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. Semifinal games will be played Tuesday and the championship game is slated for 4:30 p.m. Saturday, June 5 at The Diamond, home of the Lake Elsinore Storm minor league…
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