Story written by Stompers intern Ryan Giacomini
Yesterday, the Sonoma Stompers hosted the Solano Mudcats in a doubleheader. The game on Friday was postponed due to lack of umpires. Both games Saturday were seven innings long.
In the first of the two games, the Stompers would come victorious in a 4-2 ball game. The game would get off to a very slow start as neither team would score until the 5th inning.
In the top half, the Mudcats would score one on an error by Sonoma but the Stompers would immediately respond in the bottom half as both Alex Leopard and Cameron Jowaiszas would pick up RBI’s on sacrifice flies.
The scoring didn’t stop there as the Mudcats again scored in the top of the 6th inning to tie the ballgame up. Connor Blough would step into the batter's box with a runner on first and untie the game with one swing of the bat as he sent it high and deep over the right field wall for a two-run home run to give the Stompers the lead and never looked back.
Orlando Leon was phenomenal on the mound and would receive the win for the game. Tucker McEnroe would also have a great performance going 3-3 with a stolen base.
Game two would also get off to a slow start but in the top half of the third, the Mudcats would get rolling scoring two runs on two Stompers errors. They would hold the Stompers scoreless in the bottom half.
In the fourth inning, the Mudcats would pick it right back up and score two on an RBI single from Tassos Foster but the Stompers would get one of their own in the bottom half of the inning on a Mikey Bell base knock.
Going into the sixth, the Stompers trailed 4-1 and needed some late inning heroics to win the game and yet again, Mikey Bell would answer the call as he would drive in Jowaiszas for the 2nd run of the game for the Stompers. They now trailed by just two going into the seventh inning.
Mudcats first baseman Cole Santanderwould suck all the life out of the Stompers as he’d hit a two run blast on the first pitch of the at bat to give Solano a now 6-2 lead.
The Stompers would try to fight back in the bottom half as they scored one on a Tucker McEnroe single and then they had the tying run at the plate with two outs but would fall short. The Mudcats would take the second game of two with the final score being 6-3.
Today, the Stompers take on the West Coast Kings at Arnold Field as they look to pick up their 11th win of the season. First pitch is slated for 7:05pm.