Castellanos, Poly Zero In on Quarry

Zero was the number of the day at Poly High on Wednesday as the host Parrots disposed of Valley Pac-8 Conference rival Birmingham, 2-0. Pitcher Eddie Castellanos improved his Valley-leading record to 6-0 and his team improved its flawless conference record to 7-0.

But the zeroes on the scoreboard weren’t the only ones. The oftentimes spectacular Poly defense committed zero errors behind Castellanos, who pitched a seven-hitter to notch his fifth complete game.

Sparkling plays by center fielder Will Molina, shortstop Gabe Chavez, second baseman Roy Lozano and first baseman Francisco Flores aided Castellanos.

Birmingham’s Josh Brown (4-2), author of a three-hitter, was not as fortunate. In the second inning, a wild throw from first baseman Noah Kirshbaum to third baseman Rubin Flores allowed Gabe Chavez to score. Steve Chavez’s bloop single knocked in the other run later in the inning.