Facing a very strong Spartans team stacked with NCAA D1 recruits, the Dons came up short on a beautiful day in Lathrop CA.  At the beautiful multi-million dollar facility, Michael Castelli retired the first 6 Spartans he faced, while the Dons managed 5 baserunners in the first 2 innings vs DSL’s USC committed pitcher, Eli Gennis.  Unfortunately the Dons came up empty in both innings, stranding 5.  In the 3^rd and 4^th innings DSL started to pull away thanks in part to some plays that just didn’t break our way, and good strong hitting , especially from their D1 committed players.  The Dons were hoping for more but managed 2 runs to keep it close (5-2), thanks to hits by White and Hutchingson, and walks by Heyman and Cusamano.

Montgomery and Heyman relieved to pitch 2 scoreless innings (2Ks, 0 hits hits) and keep the game close until the 7^th.  In the bottom of the 7^th, the Dons threatened,  scoring 2 on Bergman’s line drive single and White’s 2 run bomb to right field.  The rally continued with a long triple by Hutchingson and a walk to McPhail.  So the Dons brought the tying run to the plate but couldn’t get any closer as the 5^th DSL pitcher got the job done.  In the end, the 32 man Spartan team was too deep, but the Dons showed they could give them a good game, despite being one of the top ranked teams in CA (1^st in NCS D1, and #30 in CA with an 8 game win streak).

Up next for the Dons, a 3 game series vs Campolindo, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (Games are away, home, and away respectively)