Chris Newell hit his league-leading 14th home run of the season in the bottom of the 10th inning to deliver a walk-off 10-9 win for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes over Lake Elsinore on Friday night at LoanMart Field. Newell was 4-for-6 on the night to lead the Quakes’ 15-hit attack.
The back-and-forth action went on from the first inning and the Storm carried an 8-7 lead into the bottom of the ninth. Nick Biddison singled in the tying run for Rancho and the game went into extras.
Lake Elsinore’s installed runner advance to third on a groundout and came in on a sac fly by Griffin Doersching to make it 9-8. Newell brought Rancho’s installed runner in with his game-winner to lead off the bottom of the inning.
The Quakes (28-15) stretched their lead over the Storm (23-17) to 3 1/2 games in the South division. Lake Elsinore has won three of the first four games in the six-game series with game five on Saturday at 6:30PM.
FRIDAY SCORES
VISALIA – 12
INLAND EMPIRE – 4
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