League recap: Davis' Eckels delivers best pitching performance from past week

By Staff Report May 21, 2012, 12:00am

Delta Valley league recap: 5/21/12

Delta Valley's top pitcher this week was Davis's Ben Eckels. He picked up two wins and 22 strikeouts.

Franklin (21-9, 11-4) is riding a league-best 5-game winning streak. In the past week, the Wildcats won another four games, including a 9-1 win over Elk Grove. Tyler Blake led Franklin's offense with zero hits and zero RBIs this week.

The Blue Devils boasted the best pitching over the past week, holding opponents to the league's fewest hits and issuing the fewest walks. Davis' pitchers have been charged with only 129 hits and have struck out 190 batters. Eckels is tops on the staff with 66 Ks.

Grant sprayed a league-best 58 hits this week, but still trails Elk Grove, which holds the season lead in base knocks with 246. Jelani Davie has a team-high 22 hits on the season for second-place the Pacers, which went 0-0 this week.

Grant's Shaq Thompson led the league with 11 hits this week. His 18 hits for the year are twenty-second in the league, and he boasts a .305 batting average.