For the second straight game, Santa Cruz will face off against Soquel. The Cardinals will take on the Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (Santa Cruz 3.9, Soquel 2.5) so any runs scored will be well earned.
Santa Cruz's usually-dominant pitching crew will be looking to make up for Tuesday's struggle, when Soquel hitters got past them. The Cardinals lost 10-4 to the Knights on Tuesday. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Cardinals have suffered since May 7, 2024.
For Soquel's part, they got a great performance from Luke Shoemaker as he tossed 4.1 innings while giving up just two earned runs off three hits.
At the plate, Soquel let Noah Piona and Sam Whelan run wild. Piona went 3-for-4 with two runs and one RBI, while Whelan went 2-for-3 with three runs. Those three runs gave Whelan a new career-high. Gabe Virgallito also deserves some recognition as he hit his first triple of the season.
Soquel was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .406. That was just more of the same: they've now posted a batting average of .304 or higher in six consecutive games.
Soquel pushed their record up to 18-1 with the victory, which was their tenth straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.7 runs over those games. As for Santa Cruz, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 7-1 and their overall record down to 10-6.
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