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Lucroy, Martinez,
Morgan Launch Homers in the Victory Over the Rawhide
By
Inland Empire 66ers
The
Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino put together and all-around
effort in 15-1 rout over the visiting Visalia Rawhide on Tuesday. The
66ers smacked three homers and notched eight extra-base hits while a
trio of Inland Empire (40-68, 14-25) right-handers held the Cal
League's top team to just two hits.
The
victory was only the second win of the year for Inland Empire over
the Rawhide in 13 meetings.
The
Sixers put up four runs in the first against Visalia righty Jeff
Bain (5-8); Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy, on rehab
assignment, smacked a one-out double to right. Gareth Morgan
drilled a two out single to get the Sixers on the board followed by a
two-run double from Mike Stefanic and RBI double from Zane
Gurwitz.
The
66ers added two more in the second when Lucroy and Orlando
Martinez tagged back-to-back homers for a 6-0 lead.
The
Rawhide (65-40, 21-18) got a run in the fifth against Sixers' starter
Oliver Ortega (4-5) and its only two hits of the game. Ortega
went 5.1IP and struck out six. Luke Lind tossed 2.2 hitless
frames in relief of Ortega.
The
66ers got two in the bottom of the fifth when Stefanic drilled
another RBI double and Gurwtiz added a RBI single. A sixth-inning sac
fly from Martinez made it 9-1.
The
Sixers blew the contest open in the eighth when Morgan crushed a
grand slam off Rawhide righty Tyler Mark, it was Morgan's 21st
bomb of the year. Devin Davis' two-run double made it 15-1.
Jorge
Tavarez tossed a perfect ninth to finish things off. Stefanic
finished with three hits, two doubles and three RBI while Morgan
knocked home five.
The
series continues Wednesday at 7:05 pm. The contest can be seen and
heard live at 66ers.com.
Press Release Provided
By the Inland Empire 66ers
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