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Ashley Ng tripled and drove in two runs, Michele Scwarzwalder had two hits and drove in a run and ther Gunn softball team beat visiting Lynbrook 11-0 in five innings in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League El Camino Division contest Wednesday.
Madison Wiseman allowed two hits, struck out three and did not walk a batter in gaining the victory for the Titans (6-1, 2-1), who play at crosstown rival Palo Alto on Friday at 4 p.m.
Ng’s triple ended the game in the fifth inning, highlighting a seven-run rally. The Titans collected six of their hits in the final frame, including RBI singles by Maddie Ta and Ingrid Lee. Isabel Flores also drove in a run with a sacrifice fly.
Wiseman needed 55 pitches to complete the shutout. She retired seven of the final eight batters she faced.
Elsewhere in the SCVAL El Camino Division, Palo Alto topped visiting Monta Vista 14-4 to remain unbeaten in league play.
Fabiana Teofan allowed four runs on three hits and four walks. She struck out five for the Vikings (4-5, 3-0). Teofan also had three hits and drove in three runs.
Baseball
Josh Kasevich hasn’t allowed a run in nearly a month and he’s only allowed one earned run all season. He’s helped the Vikings pitching staff carve an overall ERA of 1.37.
Kasevich, who is on a pitch count, threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings Wednesday as Palo Alto downed visiting Mountain View 7-1 in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division contest.
The Oregon-bound senior also collected a pair of hits and drove in a run for the Vikings (10-2, 5-0), who extended their winning streak to 10 games.
Kasevich (4-0) allowed four hits and walked a batter and he struck out 10 (of the 17 outs he recorded overall) in lowering his ERA to 0.27.
The Vikings continue to put the ball in play, aggressively run the bases and taking advantage of opponents’ miscues. They’re also aware of the power of bunting and forcing the issue.
Nine pitches into the game and Palo Alto already held a 1-0 lead. Consecutive singles from Zander Darby, Kasevich and Kyle Mostofizadeh produced one run and one out later, Ritter Amsbaugh bunted home Mostofizadeh.
The Vikings added a run in the second. Tyler Foug reached first on an infield error, went to second on Hyunwoo Roh’s sacrifice and eventually scored on an error.
Paul Thie scored, without the benefit of a hit, in the bottom of the fifth to make it 4-0. Thie reached on an error and eventually made his way to third with one out. Kasevich hit a fly ball into center field that the second baseman tracked down. Thie scored after tagging up.
Kasevich retired 12 of the final 13 batters he faced. Palo Alto pitchers have allowed more than three runs in a game once thus far.
Boys volleyball
Sacred Heart Prep downed host The King’s Academy 25-16, 14-25, 25-15, 25-22 on Wednesday. The Gators (10-4, 2-1) host Gunn at 5:30 p.m. Friday.
The Titans (5-3, 2-1) swept visiting Santa Clara in three sets.
Palo Alto (7-4, 3-1) topped Fremont, 25-18, 25-19, 25-19, and travels to play Eastside Prep next Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.
Eastside Prep (0-6, 0-4) fell to visiting Wilcox, 25-18, 25-17, 15-10.
In the PAL, Menlo-Atherton (4-4, 4-4) beat visiting El Camino, 25-4, 25-7, 25-22. The Bears travel to Capuchino on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
By Palo Alto Online Sports
By Palo Alto Online Sports
By Palo Alto Online Sports
Typo – it is Ashley Ng. Thank you.
Correction has been made, thank you
The Gunn team are The Titans and not The Vikings BTW.