Atascadero won the last time they faced San Luis Obispo and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Greyhounds walked away with a 6-2 victory over the Tigers. The game snapped a strange streak: the last three times these teams have met, it?s been the away team that?s taken home the W.
Damon Mitchell
| 04/02/25 vs San Luis Obispo | 3 |
| 03/18/25 @ Pioneer Valley | 2 |
| 03/07/25 @ Ridgeview | 2 |
| 02/28/25 vs Nipomo | 2 |
| 03/27/25 vs Paso Robles | 1 |
Damon Mitchell made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He pitched 6.2 innings while giving up just two earned runs off nine hits. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in strikeouts (three). He was also stellar in the batter's box, going 2-for-4 with one home run and one stolen base. He has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played.
Mitchell wasn't the only one making solid contact as six players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Reid Gearhart, who fired off two home runs while going 2-for-4. Gearhart also scored two runs, which is notable because Atascadero is undefeated when he posts at least two runs, but 4-5 otherwise. Evan Churchill also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
Atascadero was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .385. That's the best batting average they've posted all season.
Atascadero's record now sits at 7-5. As for San Luis Obispo, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-7.
Atascadero will have a chance to go back-to-back against the Tigers: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday.
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