Tanner Pruett was the top pitcher in Trans Valley this week, leading
Orestimba. He won one game and struck out 14 batters.
Top honors in the league this week go to
Escalon, which finished with four wins overall, good for best in the league. The Cougars beat
Ripon 13-3, the Indians 12-5,
Modesto 3-2 and
Downey 8-1.
Modesto Christian led the league with 43 runs scored this week, but Ripon still holds the season lead with 126 runs.
The Crusaders had a league-high 24 steals as a team this week, but still trail
Hughson, which has 66 on the year, for the season lead.
The league boasted 12 .400 hitters over the past week. The group was paced by Ryan Bava, who collected four hits in five at bats for a .800 average.
Breck Smith hit two home runs this week.
Ben Hood led Escalon to a win on April 1, as he notched ten strikeouts to beat the Knights, 8-1. Over seven innings of work, he gave up four hits and one run.
Lane Cobb was an RBI machine on Monday, as he knocked in four runs during the Huskies' 12-1 win over
Rio Vista. He went 3-for-3 and scored zero runs.
Story is based on stats entered in MaxPreps by Tuesday 5am PST each week.
