Just as it did against Valley Christian, Los Gatos got off to a sizzling start against Palo Alto — five runs in the first inning, three more in the second.
The Wildcats, playing at home, kept rolling Wednesday on their way to a 17-5 victory over their Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division rival.
The game did not count in the league standings — the teams meet twice in league play next month — but it gave Los Gatos (3-2) bragging rights until the rematch.
Shane Doty, who just joined the baseball team after helping Los Gatos go undefeated in football, and Aidan Lazovsky each drove in four runs for the Wildcats. Antonio Nanez doubled twice and was among four Los Gatos players with two hits. The others were Kai Hori, Michael Splaine and Lazovsky.
Aidan Berger had a hit and drove in three runs and Hayden Jung-Goldberg had two hits for Palo Alto, which lost at Valley Christian 3-1 on Saturday.
For Los Gatos, ranked seventh by the Bay Area News Group, it has been a feast-or-famine start.
In their three wins, the Wildcats have scored 41 runs — 13-3 over Valley Christian, 11-7 over Los Altos and the eruption Wednesday.
In their two losses, they have scored five runs — 5-4 in 10 innings at St. Francis and 4-1 on Saturday at Leigh.
Palo Alto, ranked fifth, fell to 4-2.
No. 12 San Ramon Valley 7, No. 4 De La Salle 0
No. 12 San Ramon Valley 3, No. 4 De La Salle 0 (Wednesday)
In East Bay Athletic League play, San Ramon Valley got dominating performances by junior left-handers Jaron Nevarez and Ruben Rivera while shutting out De La Salle on Wednesday and Thursday.
Nevarez threw a complete-game 1-hit shutout with four strikeouts and three walks in the Wolves’ 7-0 victory Thursday. It was San Ramon’s seventh straight victory after an 0-3 start.
Casey Cummings, Noah Garcia and Jeffery Cambra each had two RBIs for San Ramon.
Nevarez, who didn’t allow a hit after the Spartans’ Joey Donnelly lead off with a single, is committed to San Diego State as an outfielder.
On Wednesday, Rivera pitched six shutout innings and Michael Banderas worked a scoreless seventh in a 3-0 win over the Spartans.
Blake Burke, Caleb Chance and Khari Johnson each had a hit for DLS (7-4), which has lost two in a row. The Spartans fell to St. Mary’s-Stockton 7-6 on Saturday.
The teams play for a third consecutive day when they meet at De La Salle again Friday.
No. 8 California 10, Amador Valley 4
Kyle Olimpia and Nick Hughes each drove in two runs to lead the Grizzlies, playing on their home field in San Ramon, to their eighth consecutive victory.
California (10-2) erased a 3-2 deficit with two in the fourth and broke it open with five in the sixth.
Wesley Sien had two hits and drove in three runs for Amador Valley (2-5).
Softball
No. 2 St. Francis 9, Valley Christian 1
Sydney Stewart, Jessica Oakland and Linzey Allard had three hits apiece and combined for five RBIs to lead the Lancers, playing at home in Mountain View, to a comfortable victory in West Catholic Athletic League play. St. Francis (9-0, 1-0) put away Valley (3-4, 0-1) with two runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth.
No. 4 Archbishop Mitty 10, Presentation 1
Freshman Lindsey Miller had two hits and three RBIs and junior Elon Butler had two hits and two RBIs to lead Mitty (3-0) to the WCAL victory on its home field in San Jose. Presentation dropped to 3-3. Mitty led 4-1 after two innings and broke open the game with six runs in the fifth.
No. 12 Granada 8, No. 8 Alhambra 2
Granada scored four runs in the first inning and did not look back, cruising to the non-league victory on its home field in Livermore. Alhambra, which was averaging 10.6 runs per game for the season, scored its two runs Wednesday in the fourth inning. Justine Delacruz-Carranza had two hits and an RBI for Alhambra (17-5), which has only one game left on its schedule — today at home against Benicia. Granada, which has another month to play, improved to 11-3.
No. 10 Leigh 3, Evergreen Valley 2
Haley Castro had three hits, including two home runs, and knocked in all three of Leigh’s runs in its victory on the road in San Jose. Leigh improved to 3-0. Mia Montes homered and Vida Montes had a hit and drove in a run for Evergreen Valley (1-5).
Boys basketball
No. 2 Campolindo 73, Alhambra 33
Campolindo, fresh off a victory over powerhouse Salesian in a season opener on Saturday, built a 16-point lead after one quarter on the road Wednesday in Martinez and breezed to the win.
Chase Bennett led Campo with 16 points. Shane O’Reilly (12), Emmanuel Callas (10) and Justin Yasukochi (10) also scored in double figures for the Cougars (2-0), who visit Piedmont tonight.
Alhambra is 0-1.
Clayton Valley Charter 63, Capital Christian 57
Clayton Valley Charter soared to a 17-point lead after one quarter at traditional Sacramento power Capital Christian. By the end of the third quarter, the large advantage was gone.
But Clayton Valley regrouped, outscored its host 14-8 in the final period, and returned home to Concord with an impressive season-opening victory.
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