Prep roundup: Dublin baseball, Amador Valley softball pull off upsets

Baseball

No. 6 Dublin 3, No. 4 De La Salle 2

Dublin’s pitching duo of Colin Glines and Tyler Thompson helped the Gaels do one thing the crew’s senior class had by no means completed earlier than — defeat East Bay Athletic League powerhouse De La Salle. 

Dublin’s 3-2 victory over the Spartans got here a little bit over a 12 months after De La Salle routed them 19-1. Glines allowed one hit via six innings, and Thompson closed out the sport within the seventh.

“De La Salle has been our No. 1 crew to beat,” mentioned Glines, including “and we simply did it.”

De La Salle led off the primary inning with a mushy single by Kai Smith, and Connor Harrison drove him in on a sacrifice fly. That was it for scoring by both crew till the fifth. 

Dublin batted across the lineup in that inning, beginning it off with two walks and a hit-by-pitch to load the bases. Jaden D’Souza drove in a single run on an infield single, and Carston Pearson drove in two extra. 

Smith Chandler reduce the Dublin result in one run within the sixth inning with an RBI, and the Spartans had two runners on with no outs within the seventh inning. Thompson settled down after that, although, and Dublin got here away with the victory. 

“It was wonderful,” Glines mentioned of Thompson’s efficiency. “That’s my greatest buddy proper there, and he simply got here via to lock it down for me.”

Dublin improved to 12-2 and 4-1 in league play, whereas De La Salle dropped to 11-4 and 5-1 within the league. 

Sequoia 1, No. 16 St. Ignatius 0

Max Stallings was distinctive in Sequoia’s 1-0 non-league victory over St. Ignatius. The junior allowed 4 hits and no runs in a complete-game shutout. Senior Aaron Melz drove in the one run of the day, going 2 for 3 with a double. SI’s Jackson Brief additionally had an outstanding displaying on the mound, throwing a whole recreation and putting out six. Sequoia improved to 7-5-1, and St. Ignatius fell to 10-6. 

No. 17 Pioneer 4, Westmont 1

Pioneer improved to 10-4-1 and 6-3 in league play with a 4-1 victory over Westmont. Juniors Noah Morales, Nathan Tichy and Cesar Sancen mixed for seven of Pioneer’s 14 hits. Sancen had two RBIs too. Tichy struck out seven Westmont batters and allowed two hits whereas pitching the entire recreation. Junior Aiden Kobata drove in Westmont’s (8-8) one run. 

Sacred Coronary heart Prep 9, No. 15 Menlo-Atherton 5 

SHP had six completely different gamers acquire no less than one RBI in a high-scoring victory over ranked Menlo-Atherton in a non-league matchup. Connor Schmalzle and Tyler Wong led SHP (12-4-1) with two RBIs every. Wong additionally added two stolen bases and pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings. M-A (10-4) senior Davis Phillips went 4 for 4 and scored two runs. 

Pittsburg 11, Deer Valley 1

Pittsburg improved to 11-5 with a straightforward victory over Bay Valley Athletic League opponent Deer Valley. Cole Leschak went 2 for 4 with a triple, and Ty Thompson and Daniel Trujillo every drove in two runs. Pittsburg pitcher Josh Painter struck out 9 and allowed solely two hits in seven innings. Deer Valley’s Lincoln Adams drove within the crew’s solely run of the evening.

Alameda 6, Bishop O’Dowd 2

Luis Licea and Cole Aney every had two hits and an RBI to guide Alameda previous Bishop O’Dowd within the Willie Stargell Traditional championship recreation at Encinal.

Aney additionally pitched 5 1/3 innings, permitting two runs and 4 hits. Aeneas Salaam had a success and knocked in a run for O’Dowd.

Alameda scored three within the backside of the third to take a 4-2 lead and added two runs within the fourth because it improved to 8-7.

O’Dowd fell to 6-10.

Softball

Amador Valley 4, No. 2 San Ramon Valley 3

For the third time in per week, Amador Valley upset a top-10 crew within the Bay Space Information Group rankings. After defeating Archbishop Mitty and Livermore final weekend, the Dons took down No. 2 San Ramon Valley 4-3 in an EBAL extra-inning walk-off stunner.

On the final pitch of the eleventh inning, Aleena Helms slapped a floor ball that was too robust to deal with for a San Ramon Valley fielder. Kaylee Davis ran house from second base and secured Amador Valley’s seventh victory of the season.

Davis pitched all 11 innings, giving up one earned run and putting out 10. Dueling her was SRV pitcher Paige McLeod, who struck out eight batters in an exhilarating recreation. 

With the sport tied at 1-1 coming into the eleventh, SRV’s Ava Lyons drove in Sophia Jin and Brianna Schapiro to offer the guests a two-run cushion. Mai Falcone answered proper again for Amador Valley, slamming a two-run homer to tie the sport, and arrange Helms for her heroics a number of batters later. 

Amador Valley is now 7-9 and 2-3 in EBAL play, whereas San Ramon Valley dropped to 12-3 and 4-1. 

No. 1 St. Francis 10, No. 15 Branham 0

The Lancers continued to show why they're the No. 1 crew within the Bay Space with one other dominant victory over a ranked crew, this time routing No. 15 Branham in a non-league matchup. St. Francis pitchers Kate Munnerlyn and Shannon Keighran mixed for 12 strikeouts and solely two hits allowed. Senior Carly Cummings had three RBIs and senior Alexis O’Gorman drove in two runs. Sophomore Ava Bulanti hit a solo house run. 

No. 6 Capuchino 14, Burlingame 1

Capuchino (13-2) improved to an ideal 5-0 in league play with a rout over Burlingame (2-5). Capuchino sophomore Avery Motroni went 3 for 4 with a house run and 5 RBIs, and Madison Choi, Lola Sierra and Elizabeth Do every had two RBIs. Nohemi Livingston threw six innings and didn't permit an earned run. 

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