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Soquel waltzed into their match on Tuesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They put the hurt on the Santa Cruz Cardinals with a sharp 10-4 victory. The Knights might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine games by six runs or more this season.
Soquel got a great performance from Luke Shoemaker as he pitched 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
On the hitting side, Soquel let Noah Piona and Sam Whelan run wild. Piona went 3-for-4 with two runs and one RBI, while Whelan went 2-for-3 with three runs. Those three runs gave Whelan a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Enzo Goff, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and one stolen base.
Soquel was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .406. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .304 or higher in six consecutive contests.
Soquel pushed their record up to 18-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.7 runs over those games. As for Santa Cruz, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 10-6.
Soquel will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Cardinals: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
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