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STORM EVEN SERIES WITH 10TH INNING WALK-OFF

FRESNO @ LAKE ELSINORE GM 2

Nick Vogt drove in the winning run with a 10th-inning single as Lake Elsinore evened up its three-game series with Fresno with a 3-2 win at The Diamond on Saturday. The first-place Grizzlies got a run in the top of the ninth to force extras but the Storm got the walk-off win for its fifth victory in its last seven games.

Starter Miguel Mendez went four shutout innings for Lake Elsinore allowing two hits and two walks with four strikeouts. The bullpen got it to the ninth with a 2-1 Storm lead before Fresno struck for the tying run on a Dyan Jorge RBI single.

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STORM DROP RAWHIDE IN 12 INNINGS

Samuel Zavala singled in the winning run in the top of the 12th inning as the Lake Elsinore Storm outlasted the Visalia Rawhide by a score of 6-5 at Valley Strong Ballpark on Wednesday night. The Storm (12-5) have won three in a row and have a one-game lead over Rancho Cucamonga in the South division.

Visalia (8-9) trailed 4-3 going to the bottom of the ninth but they pushed across a run to force extra innings. Both teams scored in the 10th inning to make it 5-5. After a scoreless 11th, the Storm struck for the eventual game-winner in the 12th.

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