Nuts Relentless, Blaze Drop Homestand Finale 11-5
Published on July 1, 2012 under California League (CalL1)
Bakersfield Blaze News Release
The Modesto Nuts pounded out 15 hits on Saturday night, taking an early lead and never looking back in a 11-5 defeat of the Bakersfield Blaze on Team Photo Giveaway Night at Sam Lynn Ballpark in Bakersfield.
On the Blaze side, Bakersfield scored first off Nuts starter Christian Bergman (W, 10-5), but the lead was short-lived. In the bottom of the first, Theo Bowe singled, stole second, and later scored on a Steve Selsky base hit, and the Blaze went up 1-0. From there, however, it was largely Modesto.
Chad Rogers (L, 5-4) got the start for the Blaze, and the Nuts battling attack gave Rogers a tough time. In the second inning, Modesto opened the scoring. Rogers struck out the first two batters before a Dallas Tarleton double and a Jayson Langfels walk set up the first bad break for the Blaze. Christhian Adames hit a hopper to first, but a bad hop jumped over Dominic D'Anna for a RBI single, and Rafael Ortega followed with a run-scoring knock of his own.
Two innings later, Ortega did more damage, and again with 2 outs. Another Tarleton double put a man in scoring position, but after Rogers set down two in a row, Ortega smashed a line drive homer to right to put the Nuts up 4-1.
Modesto would add 4 more off Mike Griffin in a poorly played 6th inning that featured a blown call, a dropped pop-up, and 4 bleeding singles, and with the Nuts going up 8-1, the game was all but decided.
Bakersfield made some late noise courtesy of Juan Duran's 8th homer of the season in a 3-run 8th, but the Blaze never got any closer than 5 despite 14 hits of their own.
The loss gives the Blaze a losing homestand at 1-2, and drops Bakersfield back to 5-5 in the season's second half and 46-34 overall. June ends with the Blaze posting a tremendous 16-11 record this month.
The Blaze now head on the road for 3 games in Lake Elsinore beginning Sunday at 5:05pm. The opener with feature a matchup of righties -- Josh Smith for the Blaze, and Matt Andriese for the Storm.
Tune in to hear all the action LIVE on BakersfieldBlaze.com as Dan Besbris hits the airwaves at 4:55pm.
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