Branson Smith recorded 25 of the 27 outs it took for Acalanes to keep Alhambra off the scoreboard Thursday.
Cody Michlitsch got the final two.
The dominance on the mound set the stage for Nicky Fosina to win the Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division game with a two-out, run-scoring single in the bottom of the ninth, a hit that lifted Acalanes to a 1-0 victory.
In a high-level pitchers’ duel, Acalanes was just a little stronger as the Dons — ranked 14th by the Bay Area News Group — bounced back from a 6-2 loss at Alhambra earlier in the week to improve to 11-5-1 overall and 2-2 in the league.
Alhambra, ranked 16th, dropped to 12-6, 2-2.
Runs figured to be in short supply as Alhambra started Arizona commit Cameron Millar, who has yet to allow an earned run in nine starts this season.
He struck out 11 and allowed three hits in six innings.
Smith, meanwhile, pitched 8 1/3 innings for Acalanes. He gave up three hits and struck out five while throwing 106 pitches, lowering his season ERA to 1.64.
Live Oak 4, Sobrato 0
Austin Meads pitched a three-hitter and Nathan Newberg tripled and knocked in two runs as the host Acorns handed crosstown rival Sobrato its first loss in Blossom Valley Athletic League Santa Teresa Division play.
Nathan Bergstrom and Noah Baquiran each had two hits and scored a run as Live Oak improved to 8-11, 8-4.
Sobrato is 14-3, 11-1.
No. 13 St. Ignatius 5, Sacred Heart Cathedral 0
FInn Demuth struck out eight over five innings and Emmett Johnson had a hit and drove in two runs to lead St. Ignatius to a victory over visiting Sacred Heart Cathedral in a West Catholic Athletic League game.
SI scored a run in the first and added four in the fifth to run its record to 11-7-2, 6-3.
SHC is 10-11, 2-7.
No. 20 College Park 6, No. 15 Clayton Valley 0
James Voorhies pitched six scoreless innings and Davin Koepp, TJ Reinhart and Reece Mahay each knocked in a run as College Park won on the road over Clayton Valley in DAL Foothill play.
College Park broke open the game with four runs in the fifth as the Falcons improved to 8-8, 3-1.
Clayton Valley is 14-4, 2-2.
No. 12 Benicia 9, Campolindo 0
Andrew Murphy pitched a four-hitter with eight strikeouts and Ayden Thompson doubled and drove in three runs as Benicia rolled over visiting Campolindo in a DAL Foothill game.
Peyton Rowles had two hits, scored twice and knocked in a run as for Benicia, which improved to 13-4, 3-1.
Campo fell to 10-8, 0-4.
Lincoln 5, Prospect 2
Jayden Peters, Braden Alvarez and Ryan Bernwanger each had two hits and an RBI as Lincoln prevailed at home over Prospect in BVAL Santa Teresa play.
Peters also pitched a complete game as Lincoln improved to 17-4, 10-2.
Kyle Pollace and Dale Gurtler had two hits apiece for Prospect, which fell to 10-7, 7-4.
Softball
No. 15 San Ramon Valley 3, No. 18 Foothill 2
Trailing by two in the home half of the sixth, San Ramon Valley rallied for three runs to edge Foothill in an East Bay Athletic League game.
Kayden West, Ava Lyons and Charlie Callison each knocked in a run for SRV, which upped its record to 12-6-2, 6-3.
Foothill, which got two hits and an RBI from Ellie Novitske, dropped to 11-5-1, 6-3.
Carondelet 3, Granada 2
Kiley Abrojena drove in two runs and Kamilynn Luu knocked in one — all in the fourth inning — as Carondelet erased an early one-run deficit to beat Granada in EBAL play.
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Carondelet is 9-11, 7-2. Granada fell to 10-8, 5-4.
No. 9 Mills 16, Menlo-Atherton 1
Mills erupted for five runs in the second, eight in the third and three in the fourth to rout host M-A in a Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division game called after four innings.
Morgan Chu had three hits and Lucy Esquivel drove in four runs as Mills improved to 14-3-1, 4-1.
M-A slipped to 10-6, 3-3.
Los Gatos 5, Homestead 1
After Homestead scored a run in the bottom of the first, Los Gatos responded with five in the second to complete the scoring in this Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division game as the Wildcats ran their record to 12-6-1, 5-1.
Homestead is 7-4, 4-3.
Ria Sharma and Grace Tucker each had two RBIs for Los Gatos. Cierra Hagan had three hits for Homestead.
