Acalanes stacked a tenth blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. Everything went their way against the Berean Christian Eagles as the Acalanes Dons made off with a 17-10 victory. The win was familiar territory for Acalanes who now have four in a row.
The team relied heavily on Riley Zirkel, who went 3-for-4 with a home run, six RBI, and three runs. Another player making a difference was Emme Young, who scored four runs and stole a base while getting on base in all five of her plate appearances.
On Berean Christian's side, Alissa Jones was cooking despite her team's loss, scoring two runs while getting on base in three of her four plate appearances. Ella Allardyce was another key contributor, going 1-for-3 with a triple, a run, and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Berean Christian hit smart and finished the game with only one strikeout. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Acalanes struck out five times.
Acalanes has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. As for Berean Christian, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-5.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Acalanes will face off against Las Lomas at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Las Lomas is on a three-game streak of home wins, Acalanes a seven-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the field. As for Berean Christian, they will head out on the road to take on Northgate at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
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