Victor Lizarraga went 5 1/3 strong innings and Samuel Zavala clubbed a two-run homer as the Lake Elsinore Storm beat the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes by a score of 4-1 on Wednesday night at LoanMart Field. Jakob Marsee hit his first home run to lead off the game for the Storm and three relievers shut out the Quakes over 3 2/3 innings.
Lizarraga (W, 8-3) allowed one run on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts. Hazahel Quijada finished off the sixth inning by getting two outs with no hits and one walk allowed. Aaron Holiday covered two innings with no runs or hits, one walk and four strikeouts. Manuel Castro nailed down the win with his first save by throwing a scoreless ninth inning despite allowing two hits.
Jackson Merrill was 2-for-3 with a walk for the Storm. Nerwilian Cedeno was 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Jake Vogel went 2-for-4 with a triple for Rancho Cucamonga. Alex Freeland was 2-for-4 with a double.
The teams have split the first two games of the six-game series with game three going Thursday night at 6:30PM.
SCOREBOARD
INLAND EMPIRE – 15
VISALIA – 4
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