Cañada baseball sweeps at Shasta

Sophomore first baseman Cole Leschak went 6 for 15 in the series, with two hits in each game. Leschak, slashing .346/.370/.519 on the year, has now hit safely in each of Cañada’s 11 games, and has a 12-game hitting streak, dating back to last season.

Leschak got the Colts on the board Thursday with an RBI single in the first. Cañada led the rest of the way, pushing it to 2-0 in the fourth when Ryan DeMartino reached on an error to drive home Junior Malan. Clinging to a 2-1 lead in the seventh, Ryan DeMartino drew a one-out walk, and later scored on a wild pitch.

Sophomore right-hander Ryan Kinoshita earned the win in relief, allowing one run on two hits through 3 2/3 innings. Sophomore right-hander Aden Dean fired a scoreless ninth to pick up the save, his first of the year.

Shasta’s defense imploded over the final two games. The Knights (2-11) committed 11 errors in the series, with five in each of the last two blowouts.

Freshman right-hander Adam Bailey earned the win Saturday with four hitless innings of relief. It marks the longest outing of the Carlmont grad’s young college career. Sophomore leadoff hitter Noah Garcia was 3 for 6 with a double and three RBIs, and sophomore Stone Daniel-Savage had a triple and four RBIs.

Sophomore left-hander Ethan Tondag brought home the sweep Saturday, working seven shutout innings to earn the win, his first of the season. Tondag has now recorded 14 straight scoreless frames. Sophomore Justin Gladfelter backed Tondag’s effort with a 4-for-6 day, with an RBI and three runs scored. Daniel-Savage added a double, a triple and two RBIs.

Skyline keeps rolling

The Skyline Trojans (9-2) took three games from Solano Community College (2-10) to tab their second straight three-game series sweep.

Skyline trailed just once in the series, in Friday’s trip to Solano, jumping out to a 5-0 lead in the third before the Falcons rallied for six runs in the fourth. The Trojans fired right back with a two-run fifth, taking the lead on an RBI single from freshman Derek Waldvogel. Skyline went on to lead the rest of the way.

The road win was sandwiched by two home games at Trojan Diamond, a 9-3 victory Thursday and a 7-2 victory Saturday. Freshman center fielder Brayden Smith went 6 for 10 with a double, two triples, a home run and four RBIs in the series. Smith is now slashing .441/.500/.824 on the season with Skyline batting .297 as a team.

The Trojans’ three starting pitchers combined for 13 scoreless innings.

Freshman right-hander Declan Mendel fired five scoreless to earn the win in the series opener, improving to 2-1. Sophomore right-hander Luca Dickinson improved to 2-0 with five scoreless frames of one-hit ball in Saturday’s finale. Saturday, sophomore right-hander Anthony Andrews opened with three scoreless innings before sophomore Steven Dalton emerged to earn his first win of the year with 4 1/3 innings of relief, allowing one run on two hits.

CSM comeback bid falls short

The College of San Mateo Bulldogs overcame one four-run deficit, but couldn’t quite do it again Saturday in an 8-7 loss to Feather River (8-6) on the Hilltop. CSM (8-3) has now dropped three of its last four.

Trailing 8-4 in the seventh, the Bulldogs rallied for three runs in the bottom of the frame, with a two-run single from sophomore Ethan Lopez and an RBI single from freshman Carter Bleeker. Feather River shut the door, though, stranding CSM runners at first and second. In the ninth, sophomore Aaron Babaev doubled with two outs to put the potential tying run in scoring position, but reliever Kani Thomas induced a fly ball to right to close it out, earning the save with two scoreless innings.

CSM picked up a win last Tuesday 16-3 at American River. Sophomore right-hander Michael Volkman earned the win with five shutout innings, improving his record to 2-0. Freshman second baseman Joseph Hoskins was 3 for 3 with a triple and three runs scored, while freshmen Jacob Prettol and Tyler Harrison totaled two hits apiece.