Lane Compton was the best pitcher in Tri-Valley - Central this week, leading
Freeland. He picked up two wins and 22 strikeouts.
On Thursday, the top two teams in the current league standings will go head to head, as
Bullock Creek and
Shepherd meet. The Lancers currently hold a zero-game lead over the Bluejays for first place.
The Falcons boasted the best pitching over the past week, holding opponents to the league's fewest hits and issuing the fewest walks. On the season, Freeland has allowed just 142 hits, while striking out 219 batters. Compton leads Freeland with 94 strikeouts in 59 innings pitched.
Shepherd's 60 hits this week were the most in the league, adding to its season total of 235, best of any team.
Chris Williams has a team-high 38 hits on the season for second-place the Bluejays, which went 4-2 this week.
Shepherd's
Nick Ramon finished his week with 10 hits, tops in the league. He is second in the league with 29 hits this year, and has a .377 batting average.
Freeland's
Lane Compton threw five shutout innings in a 4-1 win over Shepherd on Monday. He pitched five scoreless innings and struck out 11, while giving up one hits.
Chris Williams drove in four runners as Shepherd defeated Chesaning 12-0 on Wednesday.
