Delta Trio Combines for No Hitter

Three Delta pitchers combined for a no hitter Thursday as the Mustangs rolled to a 17-0 victory over Modesto Junior College.

KohlDrake threw 6 2/3 of no-hit baseball before coming out for a pitch count. Drake earned his first win recordingfive strikeouts while yieldingone walk and one hit by pitch. The sophomore southpawhas given up just three hits this season in17.3 inningswhile postingan ERA of 1.02.Nate Morris relieved Drake after he reached 99 pitches in the seventh inning. Morris threw an inning and a third recording one strikeout while hitting one batter.

As with any no hitter there is usually one great play that preserves it. Such a play occurred in the bottom of the eighth. After Morris hit a batter, AnthonyEscalade hit a ground ball up the middle. Second Baseman Tommy Roverranged behindsecond base,backhanded the groundballand in one motion flipped the ball with his glove to shortstop Kemet Brown who threw on to first for the double play.Beau Peters came in the ninth to with the task of completing the no hitter. He made quick work of it getting a groundball to first, a strikeout, and ending it with a flyball to leftfield.Offensively, the Mustangs were paced by Dillon Tatum (3-3 with 3 rbi), Jack Colville (2-4, 2B, 3B, 4 rbi) and Richie Kabasinskas (2-2, SF 3 rbi)