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Inland Empire Falls to Quakes 9-4

August 26, 2018 - California League (CalL1)
Inland Empire 66ers News Release

San Bernardino, CA- The Inland Empire 66ers of San Bernardino fell to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 9-4 on Saturday in front of 5,162 fans. Inland Empire (65-66, 32-29) fell to 7-17 against the Quakes in 2018 with the loss.

The Quakes (80-51, 45-16) got a two-run homer in the first off Adrian De Horta (0-2) from Cristian Santana to open the scoring with his league-best 24th homer and league-best 104th RBI. Inland Empire then made three errors in the inning that led to a two more runs and a 4-0 lead. The Sixers got two back in the bottom of the first when Jordan Zimmerman launched a two-run bomb to left, his ninth of the year. Zane Gurwitz doubled in a run in the second to make it 4-3 but the Sixers got no closer as Brandon Montgomery tagged a homer, his fourth, in the fourth inning and the Quakes allowed just one more Sixers' run in the bottom of the fourth on a RBI fielder's choice from David MacKinnon. Ryan Moseley (5-3) was credited with the win out of the pen for the Quakes. Isaac Mattson allowed two runs in relief for the Sixers but did fan seven in 4.0 IP.

The series continues Sunday at 5:35 pm. The contest can be heard live on 66ers.com.

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