MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Rancho
Cucamonga, CA- The Giants got a run in the first
inning against the Quakes starter Jordan Walden without collecting a hit. Brock
Bond led off with a walk, stole second, went to third on a ground out and scored
on a Brad Boyer sacrifice fly to take a 1-0 lead.
The defense let down Walden in the
fourth with two outs as Larry Infante booted a ground ball with runners on
second and third to allow both runners to score to give San Jose a 3-0
lead.
The Quakes finally got to Giants
starter Kevin Pucetas in the bottom of the fourth as Ryan Mount and Hank Conger
led off the inning with singles and both runners scored on a ground out by Drew
Toussaint and a two out RBI single by Abel Nieves to trail just 3-2.
Rancho got the first two batters on
in the fifth inning as well before Anthony Norman struck out for the first out
of the inning. Reggie Willits drew a walk to load the bases and on an 0-1 pitch
from Pucetas, Ryan Mount clubbed his 15th home run of the year, a
grand slam to give the Quakes a 6-3 lead.
Drew Toussaint then led off the
bottom of the 6th with a solo home run to give the Quakes a 7-3 lead.
For Toussaint it was his 290th career hit, passing Derrek Lee for the
franchise record for career hits and the extra base hit was his
102nd, passing Ben Johnson’s 101 for the all time record.
The Quakes added a run in the bottom
of the eighth after Efren Navarro doubled to lead off the inning, he went to
third on a ground out and scored on an error by catcher Jackson Williams to give
Rancho a 8-3 lead.
After Jordan Walden went six strong
innings, Bobby Cassevah threw two scoreless frames, and Trevor Bell came in for
the ninth allowing a run on one hit, but walked two, and got Mike McBryde to fly
out to right to end the game with an 8-4 win.
The Quakes will head to San Bernardino for the first of a three game series against
the 66ers Saturday with Jordon Towns on the hill for the Quakes against right
hander Josh Wall for Inland Empire. Game time
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