With a playoff game on the line, St. Joseph rose to the challenge on Tuesday. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Hanford Bullpups a 1-0 shutout. The victory made it back-to-back wins for St. Joseph.
Not much got past Hunter Hammond, who gave up just three hits to keep Hanford off the board.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Jayson Rodriguez, who went 2-for-2 with two doubles and an RBI.
On Hanford's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Thane Herman, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base.
St. Joseph pushed their record up to 16-13 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Hanford, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 15-13.
As of now, neither St. Joseph nor Hanford have any future games scheduled.
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