Jean Hustles Nuts to 14-Inning Win

May 15, 2016 - California League (CalL1)
Modesto Nuts News Release

Modesto, CA. - Luis Jean gave the Modesto Nuts a marathon 4-3 victory over the San Jose Giants in 14 innings at John Thurman Field on Sunday afternoon.

With two outs in the 14th inning and a man at third, Luis Jean rolled a weak groundball to short. Jean beat the throw to first to bring the winning run in from third to give the Nuts (15-21) the win and a chance for a series victory in the finale on Monday night.

Logan Sawyer (W, 1-1) tossed a scoreless 14th out of the Nuts' 'pen to give the Nuts a chance at the win.

Jeff Soptic (L, 0-2) had thrown well out of the Giants' (20-14) bullpen. He had chucked two scoreless innings before Emerson Jimenez was able reach with a one-out single ahead of Jean's heroics.

Jean had tied the game in the third inning with a two-run triple. Jean scored to give the Nuts the lead on Dom Nunez's sac fly.

The Giants had tied the game in the eighth thanks to Chris Shaw. He whacked a game-tying double off of Troy Neiman after Ryan Castellani turned in an excellent start. The Nuts' righty worked seven innings and allowed just two runs on nine hits.

The finale of the four-game series with the Giants is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. on Monday night. Coverage on ModestoNuts.com will start at 7:00 p.m. Listen live online.

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