Baseball: Mission League set for wild ending

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There’s one game left on Thursday in the Mission League season, and no one knows who’s going to end up as league champion after another crazy day on Tuesday.

West Hills Chaminade could have wrapped up the league title with a victory over Mission Hills Alemany, but Alemany put together a 10-run fourth inning and came away with an 11-6 victory. Coupled with Encino Crespi’s 4-2 win over Los Angeles Loyola, it means Chaminade and Crespi are tied for first with 8-3 records and Alemany is one game back at 7-4.

Highlighting the Warriors’ inning were a two-run single by Andrew Davidson, a two-run double by Cody Sulflow and a two-run single by Scott Rhodes.

Sherman Oaks Notre Dame defeated St. Francis, 9-5, in the other Mission League game.

For Crespi, John Kearns allowed four hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Chaminade hosts Alemany on Thursday, with ace Brando Tessar of Chaminade scheduled to take on sophomore Cody Thompson. Crespi will play at Loyola.In a nonleague game, North Hollywood Harvard-Westlake (15-13-1) finished the regular season with a 9-2 win over Dos Pueblos. Lucas Giolito allowed three hits in 5 1/3 innings and Sam Horn had two hits.

-- Eric Sondheimer