By Stephen Ramirez

MONTEBELLO — This week has the feeling of an elimination bracket for the Alhambra and Schurr high school baseball teams, who each began the week one game behind Almont leader Montebello and couldn’t afford to take a step backward.
Alhambra, at least for now, doesn’t have that concern.
Nick Giambalvo had three RBIs and the Moors kept pace in the race for the league title with an 8-2 victory over the host Spartans.
James Giambalvo also had two hits and allowed just one earned run on the mound for Alhambra, which improved to 11-5 overall and 6-2 in league play. Michael Corona had three hits and a RBI for Schurr, which slipped to 13-6-1 and 5-3. The two teams meet again at Alhambra’s Moor Field on Thursday.

Alhambra’s Nick Giambalvo: “We’re just going to have to come at Schurr (again) on Thursday and then really come at Montebello (next week). Our bats are coming alive now and we’re starting to become one as a team. (This win) means a lot. We have a lot to accomplish. We are going to keep trying and do our job.”

Schurr’s Michael Corona: “We just said to ourselves, ‘Hey, come on, we’re a good team, we can stay in it. Just fight.’ We did. Some hits were right at people and we’re outs and some where hits, but we all had good at-bats.”