The Visalia Rawhide won the second game of the South Division Finals in Bakersfield on Sunday, and now will go home to Recreation Park to try to secure a berth in the Championship Series. Visalia’s 7-5 win over the Blaze put the Rawhide up 2-0 in the best-of-five series.
Visalia starter Spencer Arroyo got knocked around early, not making it out of the fourth inning as the Blaze took a 5-4 lead. But the Rawhide scored three runs in the top of the sixth and six relievers kept Bakersfield off the board the rest of the way.
VISALIA – 7
BAKERSFIELD – 5
John Omahen (VIS) – W, 1 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Kevin Medrano (VIS) – 2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 Runs
Andrew Velasquez (VIS) – 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI
Jeff Gelalich (BAK) – 1-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI
The series resumes tonight in Visalia with Bakersfield’s LHP Wandy Peralta facing the Rawhide’s RHP Brandon Sinnery.
