Baseball Recap: Make It Six in a Row for Morro Bay

By Team Reports Apr 23, 2025, 10:12am

Baseball Recap: Morro Bay Pirates vs. Santa Ynez Pirates

Pirates

Previous 6 Games

04/22/25 @ Santa Ynez3-2
04/17/25 vs Pioneer Valley6-4
04/15/25 @ Pioneer Valley7-4
04/12/25 vs Righetti6-1
04/11/25 @ Orcutt Academy1-0
04/08/25 vs Orcutt Academy14-0

Morro Bay hadn't done well against Santa Ynez recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Morro Bay had just enough and edged out Santa Ynez 3-2. Winning may never get old, but Morro Bay sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.

The team relied heavily on Cruz Wilkinson, who got on base in three of his four plate appearances with one stolen base, one run, and one double. Quentin Crotts was another key player, going 3-for-4 with one run and one double.

Morro Bay pushed their record up to 17-4 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 2.1 runs on average over those games. As for Santa Ynez, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-8.

Morro Bay will have a chance to go back-to-back against Santa Ynez: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.

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