ENCINO — Harvard-Westlake baseball is happily settled in as the Mission League’s top team midway through the season, but Wolverines pitcher Duncan Marsten was throwing angry on Wednesday afternoon against second-place Chaminade.
He channeled his energy to throw for six innings in a 4-1 win over Chaminade, striking out nine hitters and allowing three hits and no runs in his time on the mound.
“I hadn’t really had the most ideal outings in the last two games before this,” Marsten said. “I was just taking the anger from those outings and pushing it towards this one and trusting my stuff again like I should.”
Marsten was an inning away from a complete game, but Jake Chung entered in relief as Marsten exceeded his pitch count.
After Tuesday’s 4-2 loss to the Eagles (12-5 overall, 8-4 league), Harvard-Westlake (14-2-1, 10-1-1) got its offense going early with two runs in the first inning.
Leading the Mission League is something the Wolverines take pride in, and a bounce-back win was on their agenda.
“It’s kind of our spot,” Marsten said. “Once we’re on top, we don’t like to lose that spot. But now it’s time to show what we’ve got against some bigger teams coming up.”
Away games against Villa Park and Orange Lutheran are on deck for Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, before Harvard-Westlake heads to the USA Baseball National Training Complex in North Carolina for the National High School Invitational.
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