The streaking Varsity Dons travelled to Marin County on Saturday to take on the highly ranked Tamalpais High School Red Tailed Hawks. It turned out to be a nail-bitter of game, highlighted by gritty offense and resilient pitching. The Dons got things started in the top of the 1st when Miles Bergman (sr) walked, advanced to 2nd on Will Berrien’s…
The JV Baseball Dons have been getting truly outstanding pitching this season, with a combined team ERA of 1.189, an astonishingly low number for any level of competition. And yet, Jack Giorgianni and the Dons team defense managed to lower that number on a breezy Saturday, playing a “home” game away from home in beautiful setting below the foot of Mt. Tamalpais…
After winning a doubleheader against Miramonte in convincing fashion before spring break, the Acalanes Freshman Baseball team took the field against their cross-town rival again on Friday and completed the season sweep, winning by a score of 8-5. The Acalanes offense had chances through the first 6 innings of the game with 8 hits and 2 walks, but only managed…
Sometimes baseball can just be a strange game, and on Thursday it was for the Dons as they faced off in a non-stop rain affair against a good Pittsburgh team. The Dons handed the soggy ball to Benjy Braunstein, who came into the game having thrown 2 complete games in a row. We should have known we were in for…
The Dons Varsity Baseball team won a lopsided affair on Saturday 18-4 in a mercifully shortened 5 inning contest over St. Mary’s of Berkeley to get back into the Win column and improve their record to 9-5. The Dons pitchers have been inspired of late. After throwing 2 complete game shutouts last week, and losing a 2-0 battle against highly…
The JV Baseball Dons are enjoying a great season. The team is deep, and has benefited from consistently great pitching and defense, and had some solid offensive performance earlier in the season. More recently, Dons’ bats cooled off some, but they are still finding ways to win ballgames, although admittedly they’ve been relying on good baseball fortunes a bit much…
The Acalanes Freshman baseball team swept their doubleheader versus cross-town rival Miramonte High School, winning game 1 by a score of 8-2 and game 2 by a score of 11-1. In game 1, the offense started out slow as Miramonte quickly mowed down the first 6 Acalanes hitters, 4 by strikeout. All that changed in the top of the 3rd…
The Dons Varsity Baseball team has been infected with the Complete-Game-Bug. Unlike most viruses, this is one you want to catch. Prior to last Tuesday, Dons pitchers have only gone the distance once in the past 5 years (Benjy Braunstein (sr) did last year). On Wednesday, Benjy threw the Dons’ 3rd complete game in their last 4 games, and his…
“Consistency is a mark of a champion”, as the old saying goes. The JV Dons have been demonstrating consistent results for many games now, lately employing the same basic script: start slow, scratch out some runs, pitch well, play solid defense, be patient at the plate, and the runs will come sooner or later. On the Wednesday afternoon at Las…
Before Tuesday, it had been several years since an Acalanes Varsity pitcher threw a complete game shutout. On Saturday, Ethan Rowland (sr) became the second Don of the week to do so. Before the game started, the team learned that planned reliever Dante Montgomery (sr) had injured a finger on his throwing hand and wouldn’t be able to pitch, so…
