Santa Clara 3 Cupertino 2

Post date: Apr 13, 2014 1:44:2 AM

The Cupertino Pioneers lost 3-2 to the Santa Clara Bruins Thursday night in a SCVAL El Camino Division game under the lights at Washington Park.

Santa Clara's first batter, Ethan Dembowski, stuck out but reached first safely, a fact for which the baseball gods punished Cupertino, sending him across the plate a couple of minutes later on a CJ Sousa single to give the Bruins a 1-0 lead. The Bruins added a second run in the third. Cupertino came back in the fifth, adding a run on a Ben Champion single, and a second when Jacob Alexander walked with the bases loaded. Tied at 2-2 with one out in the bottom of the seventh, Ethan Dembowski nailed a double down the right field line to score Peter Soto and give Santa Clara the win.

With the loss Cupertino falls to 6-9, 4-4 while Santa Clara improves to 6-11, 2-6.

The two teams, tied with one game apiece against each other in 2014, meet next on May 8.

Cupertino: Kyle Avvakumovits 1B (2), Jason Silveira 1B, Josh Longabaugh 1B, Ben Champion 1B, RBI, Jacob Alexander RBI

Santa Clara: Ethan Dembowsk 2B, RBI, CJ Sousa 1B (2), RBI, Adrew Reyes 1B, Charlie Parry 1B.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Cupertino 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 4

Santa Clara 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 2