CalL Modesto Nuts

Four Arms Pitch Nuts to 5-1 Win

Published on June 27, 2021 under California League (CalL)
Modesto Nuts News Release


Lake Elsinore, CA - With a 5-1 win over the Lake Elsinore Storm, the Modesto Nuts were able earn a series split in Lake Elsinore at The Diamond.

With the win, the Nuts (26-22) have won back-to-back games for the first time in the month of June.

Max Roberts made the start for the Nuts and threw two innings. He allowed just a one two-out run in the first inning after Alberto Rodriguez lost a ball in the sun. Brandon Valenzuela doubled home that runner to get the Storm (23-25) on the board. Roberts followed that up with a clean second inning before coming out of the ballgame.

Kelvin Nunez (W, 2-1) followed and was outstanding. He tossed three hitless innings and retired nine in a row after a lead off walk. Jorge Benitez worked two scoreless innings. The lefty used a double play to work around one walk while facing just six hitters in his two innings. Luis Curvelo closed the game out. He struck out two during a perfect eighth inning. In the ninth, he issued two one-out walks. After a fly out, the Storm loaded the bases on a dropped third strike to bring the tying run to the plate. Curvleo closed out the win by inducing a pop out to the shortstop to end the game.

Alberto Rodriguez gave the Nuts a first-inning run on a sac fly which drove in Victor Labrada. Labrada had started the game with a double and finished with a two-hit day. Robert Perez Jr. doubled in the fourth and scored when Dariel Gomez followed him up with a double of his own. Matt Sheffler capped the two-run fourth with an RBI single. In the fifth, Perez added an RBI single. In the sixth, Labrada and Cesar Izturis Jr. teamed up on a double steal of second and home.

Ruben Galindo (L, 2-2), in his first career start, worked four innings and allowed three runs on five hits for the Storm.

After an off day on Monday, the Modesto Nuts open a six-game series with the Visalia Rawhide on Tuesday night at 6:00 pm.

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