It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Los Gatos had no problem doing just that on Saturday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Bellarmine College Prep Bells a 3-0 shutout. That's two games straight that the Wildcats have won by exactly three runs.
Not much got past Ethan Williams, who gave up just four hits to keep Bellarmine College Prep off the board. Williams has been consistent for a while: he hasn't given up more than one walk any time he's pitched this season.
At the plate, Los Gatos' win was truly a team effort as seven different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Smith, who went 1-for-2 with two RBI.
Los Gatos has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 games. That's provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.5 runs on average over those games. As for Bellarmine College Prep, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 17-14.
As of now, neither Los Gatos nor the Bells have any future games scheduled.
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