Photo by Audrey Bonavich
Baseball:
Pasadena won’t be competing in the 2026 CIF-SS playoffs.
However, the Bulldogs ended the season having won six of their final nine games.
And that included Wednesday’s 6-3 victory at South Pasadena.
Dylan Derosier went five scoreless innings and scattered five hits to earn the win.
Derosier didn’t issue a walk and registered four strikeouts.
South Pas got to Bruno Pierandozzi for three runs (one earned) on one hit, a walk and a hit batter over one inning of work.
Reese Kim got the final three outs.
Matt Rogers had an RBI ground out in the three-run bottom of the sixth inning.
Anthony Ortiz doubled and scored.
Kory How singled and scored.
Isaiah Esquivel walked and scored.
Aaron Kawasaki walked and had a pair of singles.
Phil Malatesta doubled and Cody Robinson singled.
Hanson Chan was charged with two runs on five hits over two innings.
Chan didn’t allow a walk and struck out a pair of Bulldogs.
Phil Malatesta got the loss after allowing four runs on four hits, a walk, and a hit batter in two innings.
Malatesta struck out a trio of PHS batters.
Jayden Mendoza singled three times, doubled and scored two runs.
Dylan Derosier went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Maximus Reynolds singled three times in four at-bats.
Aaron Martinez singled and scored.
Kai Cunningham walked, singled and scored.
Bruno Pierandozzi went 3-for-4, including a double and four RBIs.
That included a two-run single in the second inning and a two-run double in the sixth.
Jackson Bradley had an RBI single and scored.
Harrison Gwaltney was hit by pitch and scored.
Box Score:
PHS: 0-2-0-0-0-4-0-(6)
SP: 0-0-0-0-0-3-0-(3)
Win: Dylan Derosier
Loss: Phil Malatesta
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2B: Bruno Pierandozzi (P), Jayden Mendoza (P); Anthony Ortiz (SP), Phil Malatesta (SP)’
Records: Pasadena (9-13); South Pasadena (6-21-1)