Escalon had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.1 runs), and they went ahead and made it nine on Tuesday. They never let the Ripon Indians onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. For Escalon, this counts as revenge for the 11-0 defeat Ripon walked away with the last time they faced one another back in March of 2023.
Not much got past Greg Adams, who gave up just two hits and racked up 11 Ks to keep Ripon off the board.
On Ripon's side, Joseph Molthen was a force to be reckoned with on the mound despite the final result: he struck out seven batters over 4.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off two hits.
On the hitting side, Ripon saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Joseph Brizuela, who went 1-for-3 with a double.
Escalon is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-10 record this season. As for Ripon, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 15-9.
Escalon will have a chance to go back-to-back against Ripon: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
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