July 31 2017 The High Desert Yardbirds defeated the Bakersfield Train Robbers 10-3 after breaking open a close game with a seven-run seventh inning. High Desert finished with 12 hits and no errors, while Bakersfield collected five hits and committed three errors.
Cody Culp earned the win for the Yardbirds with seven innings of four-hit ball. He allowed one earned run, walked one and struck out seven.
Zach Williams added a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts, while
Garrett Alvarez took the loss for Bakersfield after allowing seven runs, four earned, on seven hits in 6.2 innings.
High Desert led 3-1 through six innings before sending seven runs across in the seventh. Bakersfield answered with two runs in the eighth, but the Yardbirds held on for the victory.
Ronnie Grant went 2-for-5 with a triple and three RBIs, while
Dylan Kester had three hits and scored twice.
Donald Glover Jr. added two doubles, and
Yuta Okazaki drove in two runs.
Nick Vehlewald hit Bakersfields only home run and finished with one RBI. Kyle Ulanday also drove in two runs for the Train Robbers, who scored once in the second inning and twice in the eighth.
