Vintage waltzed into their match on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their pitchers stepped up to hand the Sonoma Valley Dragons a 4-0 shutout. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Vintage also won the last time the pair played back in April.
Charlie Alcayaga tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run over five innings pitched.
On the hitting side, John Bullock and Ian Fernandez did most of the damage at the plate: Bullock scored a run while going 2-for-4, while Fernandez scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances. Another player making a difference was James Burgess, who went 1-for-3 with a stolen base and two RBI.
Vintage is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. As for Sonoma Valley, they dropped their record down to 8-12 with that loss, which was their fifth straight at home.
Vintage will take on Casa Grande at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams have allowed few runs on average, (Casa Grande: 3.2, Vintage: 3.4) so any runs scored will be well earned. As for Sonoma Valley, they will stay at home for another game and welcome Terra Linda at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Terra Linda has struggled to contain batters this season (they've allowed 9.69 runs per game on average), something Sonoma Valley will no doubt try to take advantage of.
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