The La Canada Spartans (3-0) enter Friday's game against Malibu with wins over LA Baptist, North Hollywood, and Verdugo Hills. Last season the Spartans were 10-11 overall and 8-7 in the Rio Hondo League.
On the mound, the Spartans are led by junior Eric Smith and senior Wyatt Murphy. Smith has given up two earned runs in ten innings in his two starts this season. Murphy, who earned a win against North Hollywood on Saturday and a save against Verdugo Hills on Wednesday, has given up four earned runs in five innings of pitching.
Offensively, Smith has recorded two three-hit games so far this season and is hitting .750. Last season he hit .540 with 9 doubles and a homerun. Junior Brian Collins is 5-for-10 with a home run and four RBIs in three games in 2008. Senior outfielder John Ondrejcka hit .413 with 3 homeruns and 22 RBIs last year but has started the 2008 campaign with just two hits in ten at-bats. Senior catcher Max Shaetzle, who hit .333 last season, is also expected to contribute to the Spartans' lineup. Shaetzle has one of the Spartans' three homeruns through the first three games of the season.
The Sharks enter tomorrow's game with two one-run wins and a one-run loss. Ten of Malibu's fourteen runs scored in the first three games have come in the sixth and seventh innings.
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