By Stompers Staff
The Sonoma Stompers traveled to San Luis Obispo Tuesday to play the third of the four game series against the home team, the Blues. The struggling Stompers had lost three straight and made it a fourth as they fell 9-2 in a lopsided affair. The Blues rattled 12 hits off of Sonoma pitchers, that combined with three costly errors from the Stomps defense to allow nine runners to cross.
Sonoma’s starter Bryant Thornton received the loss after three innings where the Blues managed three hits and two unearned runs. The runs came off of a balk by Thornton and then an error by Stompers catcher Jack Vanoncini. Blues’ starter Logan Groff received the win, where he struck out seven Sonoma batters, allowing one run on three hits in five innings of work. Hunter Hammond came out of the bullpen for San Luis Obispo and earned the save, striking out five and letting one more run cross in his four innings.
The night in SLO continued the trend for the Sonoma’s hitters, struggling to get runners in, leaving seven runners on base and hitting a dismal 6 for 31 as a team. Pitching also had an off night, with Carson Glavich and Jake Verwiel giving up seven hits and seven runs out of the bullpen. One bright spot was the two innings of work from Hawk Hill for the Stomps, where he gave up only one hit and one walk, with no runs for the Blues.
The loss puts Sonoma on a four game losing streak, resulting in a 4-5 record in CCL play. This drops the Stompers to fifth in the North division, just ahead of the Alameda Merchants sitting at 1-6. The Blues’ now sit at the top of the division, with a 5-2 record.
The Stompers have a chance to turn it around before heading back home, as they square off against the Blues one more time, looking to avoid the sweep in San Luis Obispo. First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 and our radio broadcast will be up on Mixlr, which can be found at this link: https://sonoma-stompers.mixlr.com/. Make sure to follow along!