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Storm Rout Giants to Snap Winning Streak

June 19, 2010 - California League (CalL1)
San Jose Giants News Release


The San Jose Giants saw their seven-game winning streak snapped with a 10-0 shutout loss to the Lake Elsinore Storm on Friday evening at The Diamond. Storm starting pitcher Anthony Bass struck out nine over five scoreless innings while the Giants were held to only four hits in the defeat. With the loss, San Jose's season-high seven-game road winning streak also come to an end. The Giants now own a 44-25 record with one game remaining in the first half.

Justin Fitzgerald (5-1) suffered his first loss of the year after surrendering three runs (all earned) on four hits over five innings of work. Fitzgerald walked four and struck out two.

Lake Elsinore broke open a close game with five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning against relievers Brian Anderson and Jason Stoffel before adding two runs in the eighth. Charlie Culberson (2-for-4, SB) had two of San Jose's four hits while Brandon Belt (1-for-4, 2B) extended his hitting streak to 10 games.

The Storm took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning as Drew Cumberland led off with a double before advancing to third on Daniel Robertson's groundout and then scoring on Vincent Belnome's single up the middle.

The Giants had a golden opportunity in the top of the second as Belt led off with a double down the right field line before Culberson singled to put runners on first and third. Culberson then stole second, but Bass recovered to strikeout the next two hitters, Drew Biery and Wendell Fairley. Jose Flores then grounded out back to the mound stranding a pair of runners in scoring position. Bass wouldn't allow another hitter to reach base for the remainder of his outing. The Lake Elsinore starter retired the last 12 batters that he faced, including seven via the strikeout.

The Storm added single runs in the third and fifth innings against Fitzgerald to move in front 3-0. In the bottom of the third, Belnome blasted an opposite field solo homer to left. Then in the fifth, Belnome drew a two-out walk before Cody Decker smacked an RBI double off the fence in right center.

Anderson (1 1/3 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO) relieved Fitzgerald to begin the bottom of the sixth and fired a scoreless inning before running into trouble in the seventh. With one out, Robertson singled before Belnome walked to put runners on first and second. Decker followed with an RBI single to make it 4-0 before Jaff Decker drew a walk to prompt a pitching change. Stoffel (1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO) was summoned from the bullpen an he promptly allowed an RBI single to Robert Lara before a wild pitch plated the third run of the frame. Allan Dykstra was up next and he doubled into shallow left field to score two more runs for an 8-0 Lake Elsinore advantage.

In the bottom of the eighth against Stoffel, Belnome drew a one-out walk before Decker belted a two-run homer to deep center field extending the lead to 10-0.

After the second inning, the Giants managed only three baserunners for the remainder of the contest - a two-out walk to Ehire Adrianza in the sixth, a one-out single in the seventh from Culberson and a ninth- inning single off the bat of Francisco Peguero.

Rob Musgrave (2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO) and Aaron Breit (2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO) each tossed two scoreless innings out of the Storm bullpen.

Notes: The Giants are still 4-1 on their current road trip ... San Jose was shutout for the second time this season (April 28 vs. Stockton, 3-0 loss) ... The Giants fell one victory shy of matching their team record for consecutive road wins (eight) ... Belt is batting .459 (17- for-37) during his current 10-game hitting streak ... Lake Elsinore out- hit San Jose by an 11-4 margin ... The Giants committed their first error since June 12 (seven games) when catcher Joel Weeks dropped a foul pop-up in the seventh inning.

On Deck: The Giants conclude the first half on Saturday evening with the finale of their three-game series against Lake Elsinore. First pitch at The Diamond is scheduled for 7:05 PM. Kyle Nicholson (5-4, 6.98 ERA) is slated to start on the mound for San Jose while the Storm are expected to counter with Nick Schmidt (6-4, 3.28 ERA). The game can be heard live on www.sjgiants.com.

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