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THURSDAY NIGHT WRAP

THURSDAY SCOREBOARD

HIGH DESERT 4
LANCASTER 9
J.D. Davis goes 3-for-4 with a HR (19) and 2 RBI. Austin Chrismon (W, 5-2) throws four scoreless innings, 2 H, 0 BB, 4 K’s.

INLAND EMPIRE 3
VISALIA 15
Domingo Leyba goes 4-for-5 with his first HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI. Rawhide win fourth straight, tied with Modesto for first place in the North.

SAN JOSE 7
LAKE ELSINORE 8 (15 Innings)
After San Jose takes the lead in the top of the 15th, Marcus Davis triples in a run to tie and Gabriel Quintana singles in the game-winner in the bottom of the inning.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA 9
STOCKTON 10
Ports score last in the back-and-forth contest. Tyler Marincov singles in the game winner in two-run bottom of the eighth.

MODESTO 0
BAKERSFIELD 1

Nelson Ward‘s sixth-inning homer is the only scoring as Blaze win a pitcher’s duel. Konner Wade (L, 7-7) goes the distance for Modesto allowing 4 H, 0 BB and striking out four. Jake Zokan, Will Mathis (W, 4-2) and Kyle Schepel combine for the shutout.

 

HIGH DESERT COMES BACK FOR WALK-OFF WIN

imagesThe High Desert Mavericks entered the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday night trailing Lancaster 6-4, but pulled off a 7-6 win on Ronald Guzman‘s walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. It was the fifth straight win for High Desert, who maintained a one-game lead over Rancho Cucamonga atop the South division.

The Mavericks got on the board first with an RBI single by Joe Jackson in the first inning but Lancaster’s Ronnie Mitchell belted a two-run homer in the fourth inning to give the Jethawks the lead. High Desert answered with two runs in the bottom half, but Mitchell launched a grand slam in the fifth to give Lancaster a 6-3 lead.

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