HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP : Snow Shines in 10th for Crespi

Crespi High shortstop Casey Snow stood at the plate amid a blizzard of bad fortune Wednesday at St. Bernard in a Mission League game. The sophomore had gone hitless in his first five at-bats, striking out out three times against St. Bernard right-hander Andy Diver.

Then in the 10th inning, with two out, the score tied and the bases loaded, Snow faced an 0-2 count.

Snow, though, provided a sunny ending by lining the next pitch sharply into right field to score Kyle Carden, lifting Crespi to a 10-9 win in a 3 hour 15 minute game.

Snow’s heroics not only kept first-place Crespi (10-6, 4-0) on top of the league standings, it also made a winner of another unlikely hero, Celt reliever Ryan Staley.

Staley (2-2), a senior submariner used primarily as a one-inning closer, pitched the final five innings, surrendering just one run on four hits and striking out four.

St. Bernard (9-5-1, 3-2) saw three home runs and an 8-5 lead go to waste when Crespi scored three times in the sixth inning. Diver (3-2), the Vikings’ ace, lost a hard-luck decision after striking out nine and watching his team commit five errors.

Crespi, which had 18 hits, received three-hit games from Brodie VanWagenen (home run, double), Kyle Carden (four runs scored), Vic Seper and Jim Horacek.