The 琉璃神社 Sun Devils maintained their healthy lead atop the B.C. midget AAA baseball league with a split of two games over the weekend against the hometown Cloverdale Spurs.

Strong pitching was the order of the day, as Devils鈥� rookie Dreyton Nelmes and Gabriel Suessenneacher locked horns in the opener.

Nelmes and Logan Bligh yielded just four hits and a pair of earned runs in the loss. The Sun Devils collected eight hits and stranded eight runners on base.

Leading the way offensively for 琉璃神社 was Noah Ringness-Law who went 2-for-3 at the plate.

鈥淲e just couldn鈥檛 find that timely hit,鈥� said Sun Devils coach Rob Law.

Game 2 featured more solid pitching with rookie Jaimes Guidon working 4 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run and striking out three, but left the game with a no decision.

Nathan Ringness-Law relieved Guidon, going 2 1/3 with three Ks and one earned run to improve his record to 3-1 on the season.

The Sun Devils could only muster three hits against the Cloverdale ace and stranded six.

鈥淲e had to play a little small ball in the top of 7 to pull out the win,鈥� Law said.

Mathew Aschenbrenner collected two of those hits and Jaimes Guidon had a clutch bunt to score two runs to put the Devils in front for good.

Up next, the Sun Devils (21-4) head to North Fraser for a four-game Canada Day weekend series against the Nationals.