June 12 2022 The Martinez Sturgeon defeated the Santa Rosa Scuba Divers 8-6 after scoring in three separate innings and holding off a late Santa Rosa challenge. Martinez finished with eight runs on eight hits, while Santa Rosa collected nine hits and committed one error.
Martinez took an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, then added four runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth. Santa Rosa scored once in the second and fifth innings before putting together a four-run sixth to tie the game at 6-6. The Sturgeon answered with two runs in the bottom half of the sixth to regain the lead and complete the scoring.
Rafael Ramirez powered Martinez’s offense with three hits, two home runs, four RBI and two runs scored.
Robert Malone added two RBI, while
Kevin Johnson scored once and drove in a run. For Santa Rosa,
Sam Freedman had two hits and scored twice, and
Max Tracey drove in two runs. Santa Rosa also stole five bases, including three by Freedman.
Delmus Russ earned the win for Martinez after allowing three hits and two runs over four innings while striking out six.
Pedro Torrealba started for the Sturgeon and allowed four runs on six hits with seven walks and five strikeouts over five innings.
Austin Mora took the loss for Santa Rosa after surrendering eight earned runs on six hits in 5.1 innings, though he recorded eight strikeouts.
Noah Otero and A. Dominguez combined for 2.2 scoreless innings in relief.
