The Lake Elsinore Storm edged the Inland Empire 66ers with a walk-off single by Cole Cummings for a 3-2 win Sunday afternoon. Jesus Gonzalez went five innings for the Storm and allowed one run on three hits with no walks and five strikeouts. Alan Mundo (W, 2-0) blanked the 66ers for the final two innings to earn the win.
Carlos Luis hit his first home run of the season for Lake Elsinore. James Wood was 1-for-2 with three walks. Cummings and Lucas Dunn had two hits apiece.
D’Shawn Knowles was 2-for-4 for Inland Empire and Carson Matthews hit his first homer of the year.
Jose Salvador went the first four innings for the 66ers and allowed one earned run on five hits with no walks and three strikeouts.
The Storm won five of the six games in the series and have the best record in the California League at 15-6, good for a two-game lead on Rancho Cucamonga (13-8) in the South division.
MODESTO – 3
SAN JOSE – 5
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Modesto wins the series 4-2
VISALIA – 6
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 7
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Rancho Cucamonga wins series 5-1
FRESNO – 7
STOCKTON – 5
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Fresno wins series 6-0
The Lake Elsinore Storm got eight hits, including three home runs, from the #2-5 hitters and beat the Stockton Ports 7-4 on Wendnesday night at Banner Island Ballpark. Jackson Merrill homered (2) and drove in four runs to lead the 11-hit attack.
