May 30 2017 The Bakersfield Train Robbers defeated the High Desert Yardbirds 7-2, collecting 12 hits in the victory. Bakersfield scored three runs in the first inning and added two more in the third to take control early. The Train Robbers also scored once in the fifth and once in the eighth, while High Desert scored in the fifth and eighth innings.
Willie Ethington led Bakersfield with three hits in four at-bats and drove in a run. Nick Vehlewald added two hits and scored once, while J. Anderson had two hits, including a double, and scored a run.
Kyle Ulandy,
Eric Schneider and
Christopher Ervin also recorded RBIs for the Train Robbers.
Scot Hoffman earned the win after allowing four hits and one unearned run over six innings. He walked one and struck out eight.
Auatin Wilson worked a scoreless seventh, and
kevin klaess threw a scoreless ninth.
Scott Stonestreet allowed one run in the eighth.
High Desert finished with five hits.
Kellen Marruffo had two hits, and J. Tasis and
Shane Sharkey each scored a run, with Sharkey adding an RBI.
Josiah Ward took the loss after giving up 10 hits and six runs, three earned, in five innings; he walked one and struck out three.
