Seaweed Hold Off Amberjacks 7-5

July 24 2021 The Santa Cruz Seaweed defeated the Monterey Amberjacks 7-5 at Joe Bauman Park, using a seven-run offensive effort and holding off a late Monterey push. Santa Cruz finished with nine hits and one error, while Monterey collected eight hits and played error-free baseball.

Santa Cruz scored once in the first inning, twice in the third, twice in the fifth and twice in the seventh. Monterey answered with one run in the third and four in the sixth, tying the game at 5-5 before the Seaweed regained the lead in the seventh. Joe Riddle led Santa Cruz with two home runs, two hits and four RBI. Matt Mascio added a two-run homer as a pinch hitter, while Robbie Carling and Tyler Chilton each had two hits.

Monterey received three hits and three RBI from Adrian Martinez, who hit his second home run of the season. Zach Bowman also homered and drove in two runs, and Antonio Carta scored twice while reaching base three times with one hit and two walks.

Matt Peterson earned the win for Santa Cruz after allowing three hits and one earned run in 2.2 innings, striking out four. Grant Goff recorded the save with a hitless, scoreless ninth inning and one strikeout. Joe Riddle opened on the mound for the Seaweed and allowed one earned run in 3.1 innings, while Javier Rodriguez took the loss for Monterey after surrendering two runs in two innings.