June 10 2017 The Bakersfield Train Robbers defeated the Tucson Saguaros 6-1. Bakersfield collected 12 hits and scored once in the third inning before breaking the game open with five runs in the fourth. Tucson finished with four hits and scored its only run in the fifth inning.
Rupert Watson led Bakersfield’s offense by going 4-for-4 with a double and two RBI.
Lawrence Chavez added two hits and an RBI, while
Eric Schneider went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Kyle Ulanday contributed a double and an RBI, and Bakersfield also received two hits from
Abraham Arias and two from
Willie Ethington.
Scot Hoffman earned the win for Bakersfield after allowing three hits and one run in six innings. He walked one and struck out nine.
Alexander Pearson,
Blake Oliver and
Junior Zepeda each worked a scoreless inning in relief, with Bakersfield limiting Tucson to four hits overall.
Josh Freeman took the loss for Tucson after surrendering 10 hits and six runs, five earned, in four innings.
Brandon Cook followed with four scoreless innings and struck out four, but Bakersfield’s five-run fourth provided the decisive margin.
