{"id":78038,"date":"2025-06-04T06:27:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T06:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/78038\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T06:27:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T06:27:42","slug":"crespi-baseball-holds-off-mater-dei-to-move-on-in-regional-playoffs-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/78038\/","title":{"rendered":"Crespi baseball holds off Mater Dei to move on in regional playoffs \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Crespi\u2019s Mikey Martinez is congratulated at home after hitting a three-run homerun against Mater Dei in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Crespi\u2019s Nathan Toscano gets caught in a run down and is tagged out by Dylan Wetzel of Mater Dei during the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Mater<\/p>\n

Mater Dei\u2019s Ezekiel Lara steals home as Crespi catcher Ben Sherman has trouble with the tag in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Crespi pitcher Tyler Walton fields a Mater Dei bunt during the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Crespi\u2019s Mikey Martinez is tagged out a home by Mater Dei catcher Lawson Olmstead in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Tyler<\/p>\n

Tyler Walton starts on the mound for Crespi as they host Mater Dei in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Crespi\u2019s Mikey Martinez is safe at second as Mater Dei\u2019s Brady Guth has trouble with the throw during the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Mikey<\/p>\n

Mikey Martinez fields a ground ball for Crespi as they host Mater Dei in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Kai Bratton delivers a pitch for Mater Dei as they face Crespi in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Mikey<\/p>\n

Mikey Martinez rounds the bases after hitting a three-run homerun against Mater Dei in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Tyler<\/p>\n

Tyler Walton starts on the mound for Crespi as they host Mater Dei in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Crespi baseball coach Mike Glendenning looks on as they defeat Mater Dei in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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The Crespi dugout reacts after Mater Dei\u2019s Ezekiel Lara steals home against Crespi in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

\"Tyler<\/p>\n

Tyler Walton scores in the bottom of the sixth to put Crespi in the lead against Mater Dei in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Crespi\u2019s Josh Stonehouse runs the bases after Mikey Martinez hit a three-run homerun against Mater Dei in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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Crespi\u2019s Mikey Martinez is congratulated at home after hitting a three-run homerun against Mater Dei in the first round of CIF State SoCal Regional Division I playoffs June 3, 2025.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n

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ENCINO \u2014 Crespi infielder Mikey Martinez is a sophomore, but his character exceeds his year in school to head coach Mike Glendenning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of times I look at him,\u201d Glendenning said, \u201cand the way he carries himself, the maturity, sometimes I look at him as a 22-, 23-year-old man.\u201d<\/p>\n

So it was with little surprise that Martinez laced a three-run home run to left field to score over half of the runs needed for the Celts to beat Mater Dei 4-3 in the first round of the CIF SoCal Regional Division I playoffs.<\/p>\n

Crespi, which was eliminated in the CIF Southern Section Open Division quarterfinals, will have to wait to learn their regional semifinal opponent. Tuesday\u2019s game between Santa Margarita and Patrick Henry was rescheduled due to inclement weather and will be played at noon on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Santa Margarita shut out the Celts 12-0 to knock them out of the CIF-SS playoffs. Even though that game was nearly two weeks ago, it\u2019s still on the Celts\u2019 minds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe loss was really hurtful to us with all of our seniors leaving,\u201d Martinez said, \u201cso it kind of left something in me, a little drive to go back out there. It motivated me to do better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Martinez made his first start at shortstop on Tuesday and caught a fly ball to end the top of the second inning before stepping up to hit his home run in the bottom of the third.<\/p>\n

Leadoff hitter Troy Miller was walked and three-spot Josh Stonehouse was hit by a pitch before Martinez drove them in.<\/p>\n

Usual leadoff Landon Hodge is preparing for the MLB Draft and did not participate in Tuesday\u2019s game. Nate Lopez and Diego Lopez did not play due to prior college obligations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we do as a program trickles down into the guys who got the opportunity to play today,\u201d Glendenning said. \u201cAnd I think that showed on the field. We play a lot of small ball and execute. That younger group that\u2019s following those guys are bought into that, and it proved to be successful for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Freshman Nathan Toscano is one of those players. Tyler Walton singled and advanced to second base on an error and a single by Toscano gave him enough time to reach home plate for the go-ahead run.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe in our guys,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cEverybody trains for their moments and when it\u2019s time to come through, I know everybody will come through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson Eisenhauer closed out the final two innings on the mound and struck out the side in the bottom of the sixth to set Crespi up for the win.<\/p>\n

Walton, a UC Santa Barbara commit, provided a quality start and gave up four hits while striking out five hitters and walked three. But his start wasn\u2019t easy to come by.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wanted to pitch, so I gave him the rock,\u201d Glendenning said. \u201cI had my concerns \u2014 the last thing I want to do is jeopardize a kid\u2019s future. But he begged me and begged me and begged me. I gave him the rock, and he came out and gave us a good outing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mater Dei scored two runs in the top of the fourth inning off a single by Austin Gerken and Ezekiel Lara stole home in the top of the fifth inning.<\/p>\n

Other scores from Tuesday\u2019s regional playoffs:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Division II<\/p>\n

Point Loma 6, El Camino Real 4<\/p>\n

Division III<\/p>\n

Venice 5, Trinity Classical Academy 2<\/p>\n

University City 5, Birmingham 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crespi\u2019s Mikey Martinez is congratulated at home after hitting a three-run homerun against Mater Dei in the first…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288],"tags":[5,10156,3329,3263,2328,2304,4,2305,2303,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-78038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb-postseason","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-high-school-all-sports","10":"tag-high-school-baseball","11":"tag-high-school-sports","12":"tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","13":"tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-mlb-playoffs","16":"tag-mlb-postseason","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114623679369963325","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}