Saturday, June 2, 2018

Home sweet home: Diamonds dominate Sonoma in opener

                Brett Smith continued his impossible on base streak, Wes Wallace’ bat came alive with half a dozen RBI’s and the Pittsburg Diamonds enjoyed the comforts of home in their first game in Pittsburg by beating Sonoma 18-7.

                Tyler Stirewalt (1-0) started and got the win but it was Skyler Shaw-Fuss who brought order to a chaotic game and settled down the Diamonds pitching.

                The Diamonds – who performed poorly on offense in the first two games – came alive at the plate.  Wes Wallace went 4 for 5 including a three-run homer and had six RBI’s. Rafael Valera went 4 for 4 with four RBI’s and Brett Smith moved his batting average to .714 and his On Base Percentage to .867. 

                Ethan Gibbons started and took the loss for the Stompers.

                The two teams will meet again Sunday at Winter Chevrolet Stadium in City Park in Pittsburg at 1 p.m.