The Stompers offense continued to struggle Sunday afternoon in a loss to the Solano Mudcats, 2-1.
Orlando Leon pitched six fantastic innings on the mound for the Stompers. He ran into trouble in the sixth but got a strikeout of Trey Topping. However, a throwing error by Colton Lomanto on the dropped third strike kept the inning alive. Ryan O’Neil was hit by a pitch and Caleb Lammle singled home two runs to give the Mudcats a 2-0 advantage.
Caleb Davis was brilliant for Solano on Sunday afternoon. He threw seven shutout innings, holding the Stompers to just five hits and walking just two batters in the win. The Stompers had runners on base in the second, third and fourth innings against Davis and had nothing to show for it.
The Stompers got on the board in the top of the eighth. After a one-out double by pinch-hitter Jack Gallagher, Alex Gouviea tripled him home to make it 2-1. However, the Stompers could not bring hom the tying run as Jacob Weiss struck out and Mikey Bell grounded out to end the frame.
Noah Rabin led off the top of the ninth with a double off Jacob Anderson, but again, the Stompers could not bring him him as three straight Stompers went down to end the game.
The Stompers hope to end the three-game slide on Tuesday when they head to Danville to take on the Walnut Creek Crawdads.