Barbosa Leads Charge in 3-1 Win
Published on May 1, 2013 under California League (CalL1)
Visalia Rawhide News Release
VISALIA - The Rawhide notched their 11th win in a row at home in a 3-1 defeat of the Modesto Nuts on Tuesday night at Rawhide Ballpark. The Rawhide are now just 2.0 games back of the division-leading San Jose Giants.
Andrew Barbosa turned in another excellent performance, tossing 6.0 scoreless innings, giving up just three hits while striking out seven Nuts batters.
The Rawhide got on the board first in the bottom of the 2nd inning. After Michael Perez stole second base with one out, Matt Helm grounded into what initially looked like a routine 6-4-3 double play to end the inning. However, Nick Gallego bobbled the ball and his only play was at first base, allowing Perez to come home and score. Chris Ellison followed it up with an RBI-single to right field to plate Sean Jamieson, giving the Rawhide an early 2-0 lead.
Tom Belza padded the Rawhide lead with his third homerun of the season in the bottom of the sixth inning off of Tyler Gagnon, a solo shot to deep right field to make it 3-0.
Modesto would dent the scoreboard in the top of the 8th inning when Taylor Featherstone lined an RBI-double to left field off Kaleb Fleck to cut the score 3-1. Fleck was able to strikeout the side preserve the two-run Rawhide lead.
Jake Barrett was summoned in the 9th to shut down the Nuts and he did just that. Barrett struck out the side to pick up his seventh save of the season. He now has the second most saves in the California League and is a perfect 7-for-7 in save opportunities.
With the win, the Rawhide improve to 16-9 and pick up their 11th win in a row at home. The Rawhide will face Modesto on Wednesday at 1 pm in game 2 of this three-game series. Get your tickets at the Rawhide ticket office or online at RawhideBaseball.com.
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