Acalanes wins 16th straight, San Ramon Valley dominates, College Park softball hands hands Benicia first loss of season

Baseball

No. 2 Acalanes 9, Northgate 1

Acalanes extended their unbeaten start to 16 games after eliminating Northgate at home.

The Dons scored four runs in the first and three runs in the third inning as the Lafayette school had eight hits and five walks.

Third baseman for the Acalanes Gavin Bender went 2 for 2 with two RBIs.

Branson Smith, Jake Colaco, Isaac Copen And Austin McManamon combined to strike out seven and allow four hits and one run.

Connor Weitl scored the Broncos’ only run on a wild pitch in the second inning.

After Granada’s loss to Amador Valley on Wednesday, Acalanes is now the only undefeated team in the Bay Area News Group standings. Northgate fell to 3-12.

No. 8 San Ramon Valley 6, California 1

The Wolves moved ahead of Granada in the East Bay Athletic League standings with a road win over California.

The Grizzlies took a 1-0 lead after the first inning, but it was all SRV after that. The Wolves scored six runs from the second through the sixth innings in a strong offensive outing.

Colin Linteo was 2 for 4 at the plate and totaled two RBIs. Lucas Glazier And Brady Shay each hit a home run.

Nathan Herberger brought in Ryan Giffins to score the Grizzlies’ only point of the game.

SRV improved to 11-5, 6-1. California is now 7-9, 1-6.

No. 18 Leigh 6, Santa Teresa 3

The Longhorns scored all six of their points heading into the fourth inning as Leigh (10-5, 7-2) remained in first place in the Blossom Valley Athletic League Mt. Division Hamilton.

Ollie Obenour went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and a double. Jacob Madonna had two hits and two RBIs.

Senior Jacob Gilbreath recorded a double for Santa Teresa, which fell to 10-5, 6-3.

No. 20 College Park 4, Campolindo 0

College Park Pitcher Diego Emerling pitched one hit and struck out 10 batters in six innings to lead the Falcons past Campolindo at home.

Senior Park College TJ Lanza hit 2 for 2 and brought in two runners. Nathan Leffel had a hit, two RBIs and a double.

The Falcons improved to 9-5, 2-0. Campolindo fell to 7-6, 0-2.

Alhambra 1, No. 16 Berean Christian 0

Jaden is missing Daniel Polasek’s RBI single in the first inning of Thursday’s game was the only run the Bulldogs needed to beat Berean Christian in the second of a two-game series this week.

Junior Cameron Millar struck out six and allowed four hits in a complete-game shutout.

Alhambra improved to 10-8, 4-1. Berean Christian fell to 12-3, 3-2.

Soft ball

No. 19 College Park 10, No. 9 Benicia 7

College Park moved up eight spots in the opening round and held off Benicia in the final rounds to earn a key championship victory and hand Benicia its first loss of the season.

Senior Park College Ava Davis went 2 for 4 at the plate and totaled three RBIs. Jessica Delatorre was 2 for 3 with two RBIs.

Benicia scored five runs in the fifth inning to make it 9-7. But the Falcons scored a run in the sixth to take a three-run lead and didn’t allow a Benicia run through two innings to clinch the win.

Sinead Maas And Emma French each scored for Benicia (8-1, 0-1).

College Park improved to 6-3, 1-0.

No. 4 Livermore 5, Dougherty Valley 0

The Cowboys scored five runs in the second inning to beat Dougherty Valley on the road.

Sophomore at Livermore Macosky wool had a double and an RBI.

The tandem of launchers Kaci Norton And Savannah Froke combined to strike out six and allow just five hits.

Dougherty Valley Pitcher Katie Osborn came on in relief in the second and didn’t allow a run for 5 2/3 innings.

Livermore improved to 13-3.5-1. Dougherty Valley is now 3-10, 0-6.

No. 6 Foothill 12, Carondelet 2

Foothill scored a run in each inning as the Falcons’ offense proved too much for Carondelet.

Kaycie Burdick went a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate, totaled three RBIs, walked twice and had one of the best junior performances of the season for Foothill, which is now 10-3, 4- 2.

Anna Gustavson had two hits in three attempts for Carondelet (5-7, 2-5).

No. 12 Liberty 13, Antioch 0 (five innings)

The Lions scored 13 runs on 14 hits in beating Antioch by grace.

Kaitlyn Macias had two hits and two RBIs. Kate Skinner And Jewel Cooper each hit a home run.

Skinner was also solid in the pitching circle, throwing one hit and striking out 13 in a complete-game shutout.

Liberty improved to 10-2, 4-0. Antioch is now 1-12, 0-3.

No. 18 James Logan 10, American 0 (five innings)

Anastasia Marquez And Beautiful Torres combined to pitch a game-winning hit for James Logan on Thursday.

Marquez pitched four innings and Torres came on in relief in the fifth. The duo struck out eight batters.

Shannon Garcia went 2 for 2 at the plate and hit a home run. Ava Medellin went a perfect 3-for-3, scored a run and hit two triples.

James Logan improved to 13-1, 6-0. The American fell to 1-12, 0-6.