By Stompers Staff
After facing Alameda yesterday, the Sonoma Stompers traveled to San Francisco, beating the Seagulls 5-2 in an eleven inning affair. After both teams scored two runs in nine innings of play, the Stompers exploded in the eleventh, scoring three runs off a Trent Abel single and Jack Scheri double. Sonoma used three pitchers across the extra innings game, throwing Jake Tirk for five, Garrett James for four, and then Avery Thau for both the tenth and eleventh innings.
Thau earned the win, giving up no hits, fanning two, and walking two while resulting in zero runs for the Seagulls. Nick Balch got the loss after giving up the three runs in the eleventh. The starter for Sonoma, Tirk, gave up only two runs in five innings of work, striking out two, walking five and allowing five hits. James then came in and pitched four shutout innings, striking out three and only giving up one hit.
The Stompers were able to get the bats going today, as the much needed offensive burst was led by Tyler Holley, Trent Abel, and Alijah Ramos. Holley went 3 for 5, knocking in the first run for the Stompers on a 3rd inning single. Abel also went 3 for 5, having the crucial RBI in the eleventh and also scoring that inning. Ramos continued his consistency at the plate, going 2 for 5, scoring once and walking once as well. Cuyler Zukowski also added an RBI in the 3rd.
The bats awakening was a very positive sign for Sonoma, and the great pitching combined to put together an impressive performance. They look to keep it rolling against another CCL opponent, the Menlo Park Legends. First pitch is scheduled for 5:00, and will take place in San Mateo. This means the game will have a live radio broadcast on our Mixlr: https://sonoma-stompers.mixlr.com/! Tune in!