The Modesto Nuts scored seven runs over their final two at-bats to pull away from the Stockton Ports for a 10-2 victory on Tuesday night at John Thurman Field. Leading 3-2 in the bottom of the seventh the home team took advantage of two bases-loaded walks and an error to put up five runs to go up 8-2. Two more in the ninth finished off the scoring.
Michael Morales (W, 2-0), went five innings and gave up two runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out six.
RF Bill Knight was 2-for-4 with a triple and a walk and drove in two runs for Modesto. A 2022 10th-round pick, Knight is in the top 10 in batting average (.316), OBP (.391), hits (18) and RBI (11).
3B Milkar Perez also had two hits and a walk and drove in two runs. Perez’ OBP of .412 falls just outside of the top 10.
DH Colby Thomas hit his second home run of the year for Stockton.
Game two of the six-game series goes Wednesday at 4:05PM
TUESDAY SCORES
SAN JOSE – 1
FRESNO – 5
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 3
INLAND EMPIRE – 1
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LAKE ELSINORE – 7
VISALIA – 1
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