Lake Elsinore @ Rancho Cucamonga Gm 2
Jared Karros threw six scoreless innings and Luis Rodriguez had two hits and two RBIs as the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes withstood a late-inning surge to defeat the Lake Elsinore Storm 6-4 on Wednesday night at LoanMart Field. The Quakes have won the first two games of the series and have caught the Storm at 23-27 for second place in the South division.
Karros (W, 3-4) allowed three hits and no walks while striking out four in his six innings. The 22-year old right-hander thew 54 pitches, 42 for strikes. Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk and drove in the first run of the game with a second-inning RBI double.
The Quakes got out to a 5-0 lead after five innings, but the Storm came back with single runs in the seventh and eighth, then scored twice in the ninth. An RBI single by Josue De Paula in the eighth inning was the last run scored by Rancho Cucamonga and Lake Elsinore’s ninth-inning rally came up short.
Game three of the six-game series is Thursday night at 6:30.
WEDNESAY SCORES
MODESTO – 5
SAN JOSE – 4
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VISALIA – 7
INLAND EMPIRE – 15
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STOCKTON – 1
FRESNO – 7
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