Mason Albright struck out 10 over seven innings and Jadiel Sanchez homered to lead the Inland Empire 66ers to a 4-3 win over the Fresno Grizzlies on Saturday night at Chukchansi Park. The visiting 66ers held off a series loss to the Grizzlies with their second win in the first five games of the series.
Albright (W, 5-3) allowed three earned run on four hits and two walks along with his season-high 10 Ks. Jared Southard finished off the game with two scoreless innings to earn his second save of the season. Southard allowed no hits and just one walk while striking out three.
Sanchez hit his first home run of the season, a two-run shot in the second inning to put IE up 2-0. Ryan Ritter cut the lead in half with an RBI double for Fresno in the fourth inning.
The 66ers stretched the lead in the fifth when two runs came in on an error by Ritter to make it 4-1. Fresno got a two-run home run from Jesus Burgain in the bottom of the fifth to make it 4-3 and that was it for the scoring. Albright and Southard would not allow another hit the rest of the way.
The Grizzlies have won three of the first five games in the series with the finale on Sunday at 5:05PM.
SATURDAY SCORES
STOCKTON – 7
LAKE ELSINORE – 5
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 15
SAN JOSE – 2
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MODESTO – 2
VISALIA – 3
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