Regardless of which pitcher or pitchers Greene County faces tonight Boone, they’ll face individuals who doesn’t give up much in the way of earned runs. The 11-16 Rams open Class 3A District 4 play tonight in Boone against the eighth ranked Toreadors in the second half of a doubleheader. Ballard (Huxley) and Gilbert play at 5 p.m. with the Rams and Boone to follow. Game two can be heard tonight on KG98 and streamed “live” on www.raccoonvalleyradio.com.

The Toreadors are 25-6 and starting pitching is a big reason why. In 213-2-3 innings this season Boone pitchers have allowed just 58 earned runs for a staff ERA of 1.90. Boone’s defense has allowed 33 unearned runs, or about one per game. Boone pitchers have allowed 194 hits, have struck out 131 batters, walked 60, and hit 27 with pitches. Sophomore Dresden Wilson is 7-2 with a 1.35 ERA. He threw just three innings on Monday of this week in a 7-0 shut out of Norwalk. Spencer Wilkening, another sophomore, tossed three innings in that same game and he has a 1.83 ERA. Jackson Hull threw all seven innings on Tuesday as Boone downed Webster City 6-1. Hull’s earned run average is 1.43.

Greene County is likely to start freshman Austin Delp on the mound. He is 3-1 and has the only winning record on the team. among players with more than one decision. Delp has a 2.06 ERA in 34 innings on the varsity level with 30 strikeouts to just five walks.