San Marin waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They walked away with a 6-1 victory over the Novato Hornets. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Mustangs also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2024.
Sean McGrath
Sean McGrath made a splash while hitting and pitching. On the mound, he struck out 11 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits. He has become a key player for San Marin: the team is undefeated when he allows at most one earned run, but 1-2 otherwise. McGrath was also big at the plate, going 1-for-4 with one home run. That home run was his first of the season.
In other batting news, Joey Cipollina was incredible, getting on base in all four of his plate appearances with one triple, one stolen base, and two RBI. That triple marked the first that he hit this season. Trevor Krejdovsky was another key player, scoring two runs while going 1-for-3.
San Marin pushed their record up to 5-2 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their pitching effort, having only surrendered 0.3 runs on average over those games. As for Novato, their loss dropped their record down to 4-4.
San Marin will have a chance to go back-to-back against Novato: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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