SONOMA, CA
The Sonoma Stompers had an offensive outburst in the first three innings leading to their third straight win to open the 2022 season over the Petaluma Leghorns, 7-0.
The first three Stompers reached to bring in a run thanks to Max Handron. He would go 4-5 to raise his season batting average to .636. Handon would come around to score on Connor Charpiot’s RBI single to give the Stompers a 2-0 lead.
Colton Lomanto was hit by a pitch in the second and would score on Castillo’s RBI double. Four pitches later, Handron singled him home to double the Stomper lead to 4-0.
In the third, there were more Stomper runs. Mikey Bell singled to start the rally, then stole second. Charpiot then singled him home to make it 5-0.
Two batters later, Christian Reynolds singled to score Charpiot and the Stompers were rolling early on, leading 6-0.
After the three inning outburst, Stomper hitting was quelled thanks to the fantastic performance of Jake McCoy out of the bullpen for the Leghorns. He went four innings allowing just two hits, one run, walked one and struck out seven.
The one run McCoy did surrender was in the sixth when Bell doubled home Handron, who almost hit the ball out of the ballpark, to extend the lead to 7-0.
The pitching was once again dominant for the navy and orange. Orlando Leon started and was fantastic. He went four innings allowing just one hit, one walk and struck out four. Eric Woodrow relieved him, going two innings and striking out four.
Charpiot ran into trouble but danced out of it through his two innings of work. In the eighth, he struck out the first batter he faced but he reached on a dropped third strike. Back to back walks loaded the bases. Charpiot would then strike out the side for a four strikeout inning.
Bell recorded the final two outs after walking a pair of batters.
The Stompers close out the weekend hosting the Menlo Park Legends Sunday night at 7:05pm at Arnold Field.