Baseball Recap: De La Salle Spartans vs. Dougherty Valley Wildcats
De La Salle stacked an eighth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They never let the Dougherty Valley Wildcats onto the board and left with a 6-0 victory. This was payback for De La Salle, who suffered a 6-5 defeat the last time these two teams met.
Not much got past Jack Karst, who gave up just one hit and racked up eight Ks to keep Dougherty Valley off the board. It was the first time this season that Karst pitched five or more innings.
On the hitting side, Tyler Spangler was excellent, scoring three runs while getting on base in all four of his plate appearances. Another player making a difference was Ethan Sullivan, who went 2-for-2 with three RBI and a stolen base.
Even though they lost, Dougherty Valley didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with ten strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
De La Salle's win was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 15-5. As for Dougherty Valley, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven games, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-15 record this season.
De La Salle will look to defend their home field on Wednesday against California at 4:00 p.m. The two teams have allowed few runs on average, (California: 3.4, De La Salle: 2.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Dougherty Valley, they will head out on the road to face off against Dublin at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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