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HIGH DESERT COMES BACK FOR WALK-OFF WIN

imagesThe High Desert Mavericks entered the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday night trailing Lancaster 6-4, but pulled off a 7-6 win on Ronald Guzman‘s walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. It was the fifth straight win for High Desert, who maintained a one-game lead over Rancho Cucamonga atop the South division.

The Mavericks got on the board first with an RBI single by Joe Jackson in the first inning but Lancaster’s Ronnie Mitchell belted a two-run homer in the fourth inning to give the Jethawks the lead. High Desert answered with two runs in the bottom half, but Mitchell launched a grand slam in the fifth to give Lancaster a 6-3 lead.

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11 HOMERS AMONG FIREWORKS AT HIGH DESERT

The High Desert Mavericks and Visalia Rawhide went toe-t0-toe to open the second half of the season in an Adelanto classic last night. The Mavericks scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth and held on for a 14-13 win.

The ball left the yard 11 times. Visalia got two homers from 2B Jamie Westbrook and one each from C Stryker Trahan and LF Alex Glenn. High Desert totaled seven home runs, two from SS Alberto Triunfel, and one apiece from LF Royce Bolinger, DH Joe Jackson, C Kellen Deglan, RF Zach Cone and 1B Ronald Guzman.

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ROAD TRIP: RAWHIDE OVERPOWER NUTS 8-1

Photo: Steve Cummings/CalLeagueHeat.com

Photo: Steve Cummings/CalLeagueHeat.com

My first chance to see the sizzling Visalia Rawhide this year made clear how strong the team is and why they have a double-digit lead in the standings.  A 13-hit attack including six doubles and a triple produced eight runs, which were more than enough for starter John Omahen as the Rawhide rolled to an 8-1 victory over the Modesto Nuts.  A Rawhide Ballpark crowd of 2,534 made plenty of noise as the home team scored in four of eight turns at bat.

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