CalL1 Inland Empire 66ers

66ers Smack Three Solo Homers, Dominate on Mound Versus Visalia

Published on July 18, 2019 under California League (CalL1)
Inland Empire 66ers News Release


San Bernardino, CA- The Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino rode the power of three solo homers and stifling work on the mound to down the Visalia Rawhide 3-2 on Wednesday night in front of 4,336. The victory was the 66ers' first of the year after opening the season-series 0-9 against the Rawhide with all prior games taking place at Recreation Park.

Inland Empire (35-61, 9-18) put a run on the board its first batter of the night as Orlando Martinez smoked Shumpei Yoshikawa's second pitch of the game out to right for a 1-0 advantage. The shot was Martinez fifth of the season. Gareth Morgan crushed a solo shot over the batter's eye in center two batters later giving the Sixers a 2-0 advantage. Gareth now has 17 homers on the year and 16 in 32 games with Inland Empire. Yoshikawa did not allow another hit in his next 4.2 IP. Visalia (59-34, 15-12) tied the game in the third against Travis Herrin in an inning that began with Anfernee Grier reaching on a fielding error by IE third sacker Gleyvin Pineda. With one out in the frame, Blake Swihart, with the Rawhide on a MLB Injury Rehab for Arizona, hit an automatic double to left. LT Tolbert then followed with a two-run double tying the game 2-2. Herrin went six innings for Inland Empire and allowed the two unearned runs on six hits with no walks and five Ks. The Sixers took a 3-2 lead on DC Arenda's solo homer, his first of the season with the Sixers, in the seventh off Cole Bartlett (6-5). Nate Bertness (3-3) was tremendous out of the pen for the Sixers. After two perfect frames he allowed a one-out single in the ninth but immediately erased it by coaxing a game-ending double play to secure the win. Bertness and Herrin combined to allow just seven hits and no walks with seven Ks as the Sixers have their first three-game winning streak since May 9th through 11th.

The series continues Thursday at 7:05pm. The contest can be seen and heard live at 66ers.com.

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