Cate baseball jumped to 4-0 overall after beating Faith Baptist at home on Tuesday, 7-5.
Robert Fairbanks pitched the first four innings for the Rams, striking out six and walking two, while giving up three hits. Jackson Mauze finished off the final three innings, allowing one walk, three hits, while striking out three.
Fairbanks and George Luo each had a RBI in the second inning to start Cate’s scoring. The Rams scored a run in each inning after the second.
“We got runners around really well, and played really good small ball. It wasn’t pretty, but we got the win.” said coach Ben Soto.
Cate’s next game is against New Community Jewish on Thursday.
Cate 7 Faith Baptist 5
Faith Baptist…003 001 1 — 5 6 6
Cate… 021 220 x — 7 6 2
Herrman, Rasmunssen (5) and Downs; Fairbanks, Mauze (5), and Ell. W-Fairbanks L-Herrman
2B—F.Baptist: Downs, Campos. Cate: Luo, Mauze
