Bergin Powers Nuts to 5-3 Win
Modesto, CA. - The Nuts took the four-game series from the Blaze with a 5-3 win on Monday night at John Thurman Field.
Dave Bergin clubbed two home runs and drove in four runs to power the Nuts (8-17, 31-64) to back-to-back wins for the first time since May 23rd and 24th. Bergin, against Blaze (12-13, 57-38) starter Ismael Guillon (L, 0-3), clubbed a solo home run in the first and a three-run blast in the third.
Matt Flemer (W, 7-6) worked out of trouble through 6.2 innings. The righty stranded six runners and left with the tying runs on base in the seventh before Bruce Kern got out of the jam to finish the inning.
Rayan Gonzalez (S, 8), working for the third time in four days, tossed a perfect ninth inning.
After an off-day on Tuesday, the Nuts will open a three-game series against Inland Empire on Wednesday night with lefty Ryan Carpenter on the mound against righty Dan Tobik. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Coverage on ModestoNuts.com will start at 7:00 p.m. To listen on your iPhone or iPad listen live here. For PC and Flash enabled Android phones listen live here.