Benicia owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Northgate Broncos 2-0. That's two games straight that Benicia has won by exactly two runs.
Not much got past Dominic Louro, who gave up just five hits and racked up seven Ks to keep Northgate off the board. Louro has been consistent recently: he hasn't pitched less than five innings in four consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Benicia saw three different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Nash Rubins, who went 1-for-1 with a stolen base and an RBI.
Even though they lost, Northgate didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with eight strikeouts. This was only their 14th loss (out of 17 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
Benicia is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-8 record this season. As for Northgate, they are on a 14-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-20.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Benicia beat Northgate by a score of 10-1.
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