Del Campo came tearing into Monday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 runs) and they left with even more momentum. Their pitcher stepped up to hand the Capital Christian Cougars a 9-0 shutout. That's more bragging rights for Del Campo, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Mitchell Clements made a big impact while hitting and pitching. He didn't allow a single earned run while striking out 14 over seven innings pitched. Clements was also big at the plate, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
In other batting news, Brody Bieneman was incredible, going 2-for-3 with two runs, a triple, and two RBI. Robert Franklin was another key contributor, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 1-for-3.
On Capital Christian's side, they saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Brayden Sodestrom, who went 1-for-2 with a double.
Even though they lost, Capital Christian didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 11th loss (out of 12 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
The victory got Del Campo back to even at 9-9. As for Capital Christian, they are on an 18-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-18.
Del Campo will have a chance to go back-to-back against Capital Christian: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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