CORONA DEL MAR — Corona del Mar High baseball coach John Emme took a bit of a chance saving his ace Andrew McCormack to open the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs.
But the choice didn't seem like any sort of risk because of Billy Macdonald.
The senior pitcher delivered a complete-game, three-hit shutout to help lead the Sea Kings to a 5-0 win over Beverly Hills (14-11) in a wild-card game Tuesday at CdM.
"We rolled the dice and came up aces," Emme said.
Macdonald struck out two and walked six. The CdM defense also played well. Junior Hunter Heckendorn had seven assists at third base and the Sea Kings (16-11) recorded three double plays.