By Stompers Staff
The Sonoma Stompers traveled to the College of San Mateo and dominated the Menlo Park Legends in a blow out affair, 13-1. The amazing part is, the Legends outhit the Stompers eight to five. Sonoma hitters were walked a mindblowing sixteen times by Menlo Park pitchers, along with three hit by pitches. This combined with sacrifices and timely hits for the Stompers that resulted in the 13 runs.
Hawk Hill got the start and win for the Stompers, pitching four impressive innings, striking out seven, allowing only three hits and no runs. Hill continues his excellence for Sonoma, keeping his ERA at 0.00 in conference play. He will continue to be an important pitching piece as the Stomps make a charge to CCL playoffs. Menlo Park’s Drew Brown got the loss after giving up six runs in his two innings on the bump. The Sonoma bullpen also was dominant tonight, with the combination of five different pitchers allowing only one run, with Avery Thau, Dylan Goff, and Mick Kelley also adding innings to their 0.00 ERA.
On the offensive side, Alijah Ramos once again proved his consistency, walking twice, scoring twice, and driving in two for Sonoma. AJ Carter and Jack Lazark also had two RBIs each tonight, both on their one hit nights. Paul Contrares added an RBI and scored three times, Jack Scheri scored twice and had one hit. While a relatively quiet day with the bats, the ability to get on base was exceptional, and will need to continue as a home stretch of CCL games begin.
On Tuesday the Stompers will be back in action at Arnold Field, facing the number one seed in the CCL North, the Walnut Creek Crawdads. First pitch is scheduled for 6:05, so show up and support! Make sure to stay hydrated as well, as temperatures are expected to reach 100 degrees. The Stompers broadcasting crew will also be live streaming the game if you decide to stay in the cool. That will be up on our YouTube channel. Go Stomps!