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Newport Harbor baseball starts Sunset League play with three straight shutouts of Corona del Mar

March 22, 2025

NEWPORT BEACH — Newport Harbor baseball coach Josh Lee and his Sailors couldn’t have asked for a better start to their Sunset League schedule.

Pitcher Lucas Perez allowed two hits and one walk and had six strikeouts over six scoreless innings in the Sailors’ 2-0 victory over Corona del Mar on Friday at Newport Harbor High School.

He also doubled and scored the game’s first run in the second.

The victory completed a three-game sweep for the Sailors (7-1, 3-0), who won all three games by shutouts over their Battle of the Bay rivals.

The Sailors, who are ranked No. 15 in Orange Cunty, won the opener, 4-0, on Tuesday and took the second game, 1-0, at Corona del Mar (6-4, 0-3) on Wednesday.

“The Battle of the Bay here in any sport you go to, a volleyball game, a water polo game or a girls field hockey game, and it’s a rivalry,” Lee said. “We’ve got a long way to go. We’ve got to get our offense on track, but you know it’s not a bad thing when your pitchers pick up your hitters.”

Perez was making his first appearance since the Sailors’ 3-2 nonleague victory over Northwood on Feb. 17.

The senior right-hander allowed a two-out double in the first and went on to retire the next five hitters before giving up a one-out walk in the third.

Perez then retired six in a row before giving up a leadoff single to Jack Phillips in the sixth.

He struck out two of the next hitters and got the third on a fielder’s choice.

Perez doubled to lead off the second, took third on a sacrifice bunt from Adam Martin and scored on Wyatt Graham’s ground out.

Newport Harbor’s Lucas Perez throws a pitching during a 2-0 victory over Corona del Mar in a Sunset League game Friday, March 21, at Newport Harbor High. (Photo by Lou Ponsi)

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Newport Harbor’s Lucas Perez throws a pitching during a 2-0 victory over Corona del Mar in a Sunset League game Friday, March 21, at Newport Harbor High. (Photo by Lou Ponsi)

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“I was just looking to have fun,” Perez said. “Tons of people here, great environment for baseball. I was able to put up (six strikeouts), fill it up, and only give up two hits, and I thought that was pretty good.

The Sailors scored their second run when Ryan Williams walked to lead off the sixth, stole second, stole third and scored on the play when the catcher threw the ball wide of third and into the outfield while attempting to throw out Williams.

In the seventh, the Sea Kings had runners on first and second with one out.

Charlie Kaster, the runner on first, was called out for runner’s interference when he was hit by the ball while running to second.

A dead ball was called and the runner who had been on second had to stay at third.

Williams, who came in to pitch in the final inning, retired the next hitter on a fielder’s choice to end the game.

Newport Harbor baseball starts Sunset League play with three straight shutouts of Corona del Mar Orange County Register

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