Lompoc won the last time they faced Santa Ynez, and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Lompoc Braves narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Santa Ynez Pirates 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Lompoc.
Owen Mendoza looked comfortable as he pitched three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Nicolas Gomez, who scored a run and stole two bases while going 1-for-1.
On Santa Ynez's side, they saw four different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Ben Flores, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with a stolen base.
Lompoc has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-12 record this season. As for Santa Ynez, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-11.
Lompoc will have a chance to go back-to-back against Santa Ynez: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 3:30 p.m. on Friday.
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