Santa Barbara Foresters start season off with 2 shutout wins
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The Santa Barbara Foresters are 'zeroed in' to begin the summer.
In 18 innings the 10-time National Champion Foresters have not allowed a run.
TCU sophomore Mason Bixby and three relievers combined to blank the San Luis Obispo Blues on Saturday 2-0.
Jakson Cloud and the bullpen followed up with a 4-0 performance on Sunday in the Foresters home opening win against the Ventura Pirates.
Bixby struck out 7 in 4 perfect innings in the Foresters debut.
TCU teammate Jax Lewis followed with 3 scoreless innings striking out 3 and allowing a hit and a walk.
Jake Fields of Long Beach State pitched the 8th inning and was credited with the win.
Returning Foresters closer Will Rogers of USD finished off the 2-hit shutout by escaping a jam to get the save.
Dos Pueblos High School graduate and incoming Westmont College freshman Jesse Di Maggio knocked in a run with a hit in the 8th inning when the Foresters scored both of their runs.
On Sunday Cloud of Santa Ynez and Cal State Northridge threw 6 scoreless innings of 3-hit ball, striking out 9 Pirates without a walk.
University of Oklahoma sophomore Ty Zahradnik followed with 2 perfect innings and Garrett Stratton of Rice University followed with a flawless ninth inning.
Di Maggio knocked in the first run for the Foresters with a second inning single.
The Foresters added three runs in the 8th for some breathing room as they move to 2-0.
Santa Barbara hosts San Luis Obispo on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. at their 2024 summer home, Santa Barbara High School.
