Cabrillo typically has all the answers at home, but on Wednesday St. Joseph proved too difficult a challenge. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Cabrillo Conquistadores 3-2. This was payback for St. Joseph, who suffered a 4-2 loss the last time these two teams met.
St. Joseph got a great performance from Hunter Hammond as he struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits. Hammond has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, St. Joseph's win was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Aj Stollberg, who went 2-for-5 with two RBI. Jack Ferguson was another key contributor, going 3-for-4 with an RBI.
On Cabrillo's side, Blake Gregory made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored a run and stole a base while going 3-for-5.
St. Joseph has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season. As for Cabrillo, their defeat ended a 14-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 20-1.
St. Joseph will have a chance to go back-to-back against Cabrillo: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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