Rio Americano's found some homefield redemption this week after a tough overtime loss to Lodi on Monday. The Rio Americano Raiders walked away with an 8-3 victory over the El Camino Eagles. That's more bragging rights for Rio Americano, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.
Zack Baker tossed a big game, not allowing a single earned run and only one hit while striking out seven over five innings pitched.
At the plate, Mac Hausman was a standout: he scored two runs and stole two bases while going 2-for-3. He is on a roll when it comes to stolen bases, as he's now stolen at least one in the last three games he's played. Kyler Benton was another key contributor, going 2-for-4 with a home run, two RBI, and a double.
On El Camino's side, Sebastian Stecca put in work while hitting and pitching. He looked comfortable on the mound, striking out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Stecca was also big at the plate, scoring a run while going 2-for-3.
Stecca wasn't the only one making solid contact as three players wound up with at least one hit. One of them was Jackson (JT) Burow, who scored a run while going 1-for-3.
Even though they lost, El Camino didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with 14 strikeouts. That's the most strikeouts they've managed all season.
Rio Americano is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for El Camino, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 10-4.
Rio Americano will have a chance to go back-to-back against El Camino: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
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