Baseball Preview: Campolindo Cougars vs. Acalanes Dons
The Campolindo Cougars will head out on the road to challenge the Acalanes Dons at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Campolindo is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 13 runs on Thursday, they were much more limited against Sonoma Valley on Friday. They fell just short of the Dragons by a score of 3-2. Campolindo's defeat signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Dom Caruso was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he pitched six innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits.
At the plate, Campolindo saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Cameron Imberg, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Acalanes can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent contest on Thursday. Everything went their way against Clayton Valley Charter as Acalanes made off with a 6-0 victory. Winning may never get old, but Acalanes sure is getting used to it with their third in a row.
Acalanes also got a great performance from Peter Thorn as he didn't allow a single earned run and only one hit over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, the team relied heavily on Mason Zirkel, who scored a run while going 2-for-2.
Campolindo's record now sits at 11-11. As for Acalanes, their win bumped their record up to 20-2.
Campolindo skirted past Acalanes 5-3 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Will Campolindo repeat their success, or does Acalanes have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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