LHP Sean Newcomb threw six shutout innings Tuesday night as the Inland Empire 66ers blanked the Lake Elsinore Storm 5-0. Newcomb (6-1) is the Los Angeles Angels’ top organizational prospect per MLB.com and was the 15th overall pick in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft.
The 66ers got on the board in the third inning when Andrew Daniel doubled in a pair of runs, and that was all Newcomb and two relievers would need. The lefty allowed three hits and a walk while striking out eight over six innings. Harrison Cooney came on for two scoreless innings before Geoff Broussard closed it out with a perfect ninth inning.
In 13 starts with Inland Empire since coming up from loA Burlington, Newcomb has struck out 84 batters over 65 2/3 innings pitched, walking just 33. Opposing hitters are batting .207 against him.
TUESDAY SCOREBOARD
RANCHO CUCAMONGA 8
LANCASTER 6
Cody Bellinger blasts two homers (20), Brandon Dixon has 3 hits, 3 RBIs.
SAN JOSE 1
VISALIA 2
RJ Hively strikes out nine over six innings. Rawhide snap six-game losing streak.
MODESTO 7
STOCKTON 6 (10 innings)
Nuts score 3 in the top of the ninth to tie, win it on Wilfredo Rodriguez’ 10th-inning homer. Seventh-straight win for Modesto, two games up in the North.
HIGH DESERT 13
BAKERSFIELD 2
Lewis Brinson homers twice (13), drives in four, Mavericks bat around for 16 hits.
