Monterey Amberjacks Rally Past Santa Cruz Seaweed 3-2

July 24 2021 The Monterey Amberjacks scored three times in the seventh inning to defeat the Santa Cruz Seaweed 3-2. Monterey finished with six hits and no errors while Santa Cruz collected four hits and committed one error.

Santa Cruz took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and added another run in the third. Monterey remained scoreless until the seventh when Marc Oddo drove in a run and Kyle Montebon and DAnthony Rice each added an RBI. Antonio Carta had a double for the Amberjacks while Evan Bacani went 2-for-2 with a walk.

Will Buraconak earned the win after allowing one hit and striking out four in two scoreless innings. Andrew Polk worked the first four innings for Monterey and allowed two runs on three hits with five walks and three strikeouts. Javier Rodriguez recorded the save with a scoreless seventh inning. Santa Cruz starter Gabe Katich took the loss despite allowing just one earned run on six hits while striking out eight in a complete seven-inning outing.