Santa Rosa Scuba Divers Edge Santa Cruz Seaweed 4-3

July 3 2022 The Santa Rosa Scuba Divers defeated the Santa Cruz Seaweed 4-3 at Harvey West Park. Santa Rosa collected 14 hits and overcame an early deficit, while Santa Cruz finished with eight hits and no errors.

Santa Cruz scored once in the first inning, but Santa Rosa answered with a run in the third and added runs in the fifth and sixth to take a 3-1 lead. The Seaweed tied the game with two runs in the sixth before the Scuba Divers scored the go-ahead run in the ninth.

Sam Freedman led Santa Rosa with three hits and two walks, while Jose Romero also had three hits. Marcus Scales went 2-for-5 with an RBI, and James Martin and Brian Garcia each drove in a run. Santa Cruz received two hits and an RBI from Nick Giambalvo, while Jabari Gayle and Michael Green each had two hits; Green and Erik Mitchell each recorded an RBI.

Brian Garcia earned the win after pitching two scoreless innings with four strikeouts. Angel Chavez worked six innings and allowed four hits and three runs, none earned, with four strikeouts. Austin Mora recorded the save with a scoreless ninth. Greg Salazar pitched six innings for Santa Cruz, allowing 11 hits and three earned runs while striking out six, and Nick Samudio took the loss.