The St. Joseph Knights will head out on the road to square off against the Cabrillo Conquistadores at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. St. Joseph is looking to tack on another W to their six-game streak on the road.
St. Joseph's pitching crew heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-0 win over Righetti.
Hunter Hammond spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered just zero earned runs on three hits. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't given up more than two walks in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jack Ferguson, who went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI.
Meanwhile, Cabrillo put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They won by a run and slipped past Atascadero 1-0.
Cabrillo saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Landon Mabery, who scored a run while going 2-for-3.
St. Joseph's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 11-9. As for Cabrillo, their win bumped their record up to 20-0.
The batters for both teams will have to hit smart on Wednesday as both have some strikeout artists on the roster. St. Joseph has been retiring batters left and right this season, having averaged 7.3 strikeouts per game. However, it's not like Cabrillo struggles in that department as they've been averaging 9.3. Considering how easily both teams rack up Ks, the hitters on both teams better bring their A-game into this one.
St. Joseph couldn't quite finish off Cabrillo when the teams last played back in March and fell 4-2. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cabrillo's Gage Mattis, who struck out six batters over seven innings while giving up just two earned runs off seven hits. Now that St. Joseph knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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