June 25 2017 The Tucson Saguaros defeated the Bakersfield Train Robbers 16-6 after scoring in seven of their eight offensive innings. Tucson finished with 16 hits, while Bakersfield collected 14. The Saguaros also hit two home runs and took advantage of two Bakersfield errors.
Bakersfield struck for six runs in the second inning to take an early lead, but Tucson answered with four runs in the third and two in the fourth. The Saguaros added four runs in the fifth, three in the sixth and one in the eighth to pull away.
Fernando Garza led Tucson’s attack with four hits, two home runs and eight RBI.
David Kimbrough added three hits and two RBI, while
Frank Trimarco went 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI.
Burnell Dailey scored three runs and drew three walks. For Bakersfield,
Rupert Watson had four hits, Kyle Ulanday had three hits including a double, and J. Anderson contributed three hits and an RBI.
Trimarco earned the win after allowing six hits and no runs over 6.2 innings, striking out six without issuing a walk.
Brandon Cook added a scoreless inning with two strikeouts.
Alexander Pearson took the loss for Bakersfield after allowing two runs in 1.1 innings, while
kevin klaess was charged with six earned runs in 2.2 innings.
