Prep baseball: Los Gatos takes command early, holds off Los Altos in league opener

LOS ALTOS — The last time the two staff aces hooked up the result was a 2-1 pitchers’ duel in the final week of the 2024 regular season.

The expectation was for more of the same Wednesday.

But on this occasion, as in so many others in the annals of baseball, that most unpredictable of athletic endeavors, you might as well expect the unexpected.

Los Gatos (8-3, 1-0) scored nine runs in the first three innings and held on for a 9-5 victory over Los Altos in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League De Anza Division opener.