The San Luis Obispo Tigers will be playing at home against the Cabrillo Conquistadores at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The timing isn't great for San Luis Obispo: they have been struggling with nine straight losses at home, while Cabrillo has snatched up 11 consecutive wins on the road.
Last Friday, San Luis Obispo came up short against Atascadero and fell 8-3.
San Luis Obispo saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Chris Johnson, who scored a run while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, Cabrillo was able to grind out a solid win over Righetti on Friday, taking the game 4-1.
Gage Mattis tossed a big game, striking out eight batters over 6.2 innings while giving up just one earned run off six hits. He has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in 11 consecutive pitching appearances.
San Luis Obispo's loss dropped their record down to 8-17. As for Cabrillo, their victory bumped their record up to 23-1.
San Luis Obispo suffered a grim 9-3 defeat to Cabrillo in their previous meeting back in March. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Cabrillo's Spencer Gallimore, who struck out ten batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned (and two unearned) runs off five hits (and not a single walk). Now that San Luis Obispo knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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