It was a good run, but Cabrillo unfortunately witnessed the end of their 20-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell just short of the St. Joseph Knights by a score of 3-2. Cabrillo was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as St. Joseph apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in March.
Blake Gregory was cooking despite his team's loss, scoring a run and stealing a base while going 3-for-5.
On St. Joseph's side, they got a great performance from Hunter Hammond as he struck out six batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned (and one unearned) run off seven hits. Hammond has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, St. Joseph's victory was truly a team effort as five different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Aj Stollberg, who went 2-for-5 with two RBI. The team also got some help courtesy of Jack Ferguson, who went 3-for-4 with an RBI.
Having lost for the first time this season, Cabrillo fell to 20-1. As for St. Joseph, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season.
While Cabrillo had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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