Kyle Nevin led off the game with his third home run of the season and went 3-for-5 to lead Rancho Cucamonga’s offense in an 11-7 win over the San Jose Giants on Wednesday night at Excite Ballpark. The two division leaders have split the first two games of the six-game series.
The Giants got a solo home run from Diego Velasquez in the bottom of the first to even up the score and went on to a 3-1 lead after five innings. But the Quakes put up six runs in the sixth to make it 7-3. Back came the Giants for one in the seventh and three in the eighth to tie it up again at 7-7.
But South division-leading Rancho Cucamonga had the final word with a four-run ninth inning, highlighted by Nick Biddison‘s two-run double.
Kenneth Betancourt was 3-for-4 for the Quakes with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.
San Jose starter Gerelmi Maldonado went four IP with just the leadoff homer as the only hit allowed. Maldonado didn’t walk anybody while striking out eight.
Game three of the six-game series is Thursday night at 6:30PM.
