St. Joseph won the last time they faced Arroyo Grande, and things went their way on Wednesday too. The St. Joseph Knights won by a run and slipped past the Arroyo Grande Eagles 6-5.
Erik Furness was excellent, going 2-for-4 with a home run. Another player making a difference was Niko Peinado, who scored three runs while going 2-for-4.
On Arroyo Grande's side, they got a good showing from Lucas Durham, who tossed two innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Durham has been consistent recently: he hasn't given up more than two walks in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, James Bishop made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and scored two runs and stole a base while going 1-for-4.
Even though they lost, Arroyo Grande didn't let batters stay on the plate for long and finished the game with five strikeouts. This was only their 14th loss (out of 22 games) when they post five or more strikeouts.
St. Joseph's win bumped their record up to 13-11. As for Arroyo Grande, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-17.
St. Joseph will have a chance to go back-to-back against Arroyo Grande: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
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