Then and now: Ben Casparius, left, played basketball as well as baseball for Staples High before graduating in 2017 (photo by David Dreyfuss); at right, Casparius on the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers during NLCS game Sunday against the New York Mets (screenshot, Fox Sports).
Ben Casparius reacts after striking out the Mets’ Starling Marte for the final out in the Dodgers’ 9-0 victory in the first NCLS game Sunday (screenshot, Fox Sports).

WESTPORT — Ben Casparius, a 2017 Staples High School graduate, had “nothing” to show after taking the mound for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the New York Mets in Sunday’s game one of the National League Championship Series.

No hits, no runs were given up by Casparius in a 1-2-3 inning to close out the home-standing Dodgers’ 9-0 victory over the Mets.

Casparius’s debut post-season performance also helped the Dodgers pitching staff reach the brink of baseball history by notching their 33rd consecutive scoreless inning — a record set by the Baltimore Orioles in 1966.

At Staples, Casparius played both varsity baseball and basketball for the Wreckers.

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