Dollard Dominates in 8-2 Win
May 15, 2021 - California League (CalL)
Modesto Nuts News Release
Rancho Cucamonga, CA - Taylor Dollard racked up eight strikeouts in five innings of work to help the Modesto Nuts earn their third straight win against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes with an 8-2 decision Friday night at LoanMart Field.
Dollard (W, 1-0) struck out three of the first four hitters he faced. Dollard allowed his only run on back-to-back doubles in the third inning. In the fifth, Dollard surrendered a double and a single to put a pair of Quakes (4-5) in scoring position. Dollard came back and struck out the top two hitters in the Quakes lineup to take the Low-A West California League lead with 18 strikeouts in just nine innings of work this year. Dollard worked five innings and did not walk a batter.
For the third straight night, the Nuts (7-3) struck in the first. Robert Perez, Jr. doubled home a run off Quakes starter Braydon Fisher (L, 0-1). In the second inning, Brett Rodriguez connected on his first professional home run. In the third, Victor Labrada, in his Nuts debut, drove home two with a double. Labrada reached base four times and stole two bases in the win.
Cade Marlowe added an insurance run with a solo shot in the top of the sixth.
The Nuts are hunting their season best fourth straight win with the fifth game of the six-game series against the Quakes set for 6:30 pm on Saturday night.
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