The Golden West baseball team hasn't lost a game since Feb. 10 and continued that streak on March 3 when the Rustlers hosted the Irvine Valley, and held them off to earn a win, 1-0.

The only run of the game came during the second inning after William Shaw started off the inning with a single. Shaw later stole second base allowing Josh Cunningham to hit an RBI single and bring Shaw home.

The true hero of the game, though, was pitcher Jason Deitrich who pitched the entire game, and along with the defense, was able to shut out the opposition.

"He pitched a great game, the pitch count was fine, that's why we didn't take him out of the game. He has proven he could go nine ininings before," said Rustlers head coach Bert Villarreal.

In the fourth inning, Irvine Valley threatened to tie, loading the bases with two outs, but Deitrich was able to force Dan Jimenez into a grounder that turned into an out at first base.

"Jason [Deitrich] is doing heck of a job right now. He kept them off balance the entire game, and got them out of jams when he needed to," Villarreal said.

On March 6, Golden West traveled to play Saddleback. The Rustlers will next play on the road against Riverside at 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 8 and host Orange Coast at 12 p.m. on Saturday, March 10.

By Sarah Martinez 
Western Sun staff writer