Big Inning Sinks Rawhide in Extras
VISALIA, CA - For the second time this series, the Rawhide and the Ports were heading to extra innings after Visalia had come back to score. But tonight, Stockton grabbed the upper had early.
VISALIA, CA - For the second time this series, the Rawhide and the Ports were heading to extra innings after Visalia had come back to score. But tonight, Stockton grabbed the upper had early.
The Ports plated nine runs in the top of the tenth, using a walk, four straight hits, a Visalia error, then a single and a three-run homer while sending 11 men to the plate in the marathon frame. The game quickly went from a 2-2 pitcher's duel to an 11-2 rout.
Though Visalia would fight back for a run in the bottom of the tenth, the Rawhide fell 11-3.
The nine-run top of the tenth was the largest innings for Stockton (72-60/28-34) this season. It was also the worst inning for Visalia pitchers on the year, surpassing the seven runs scored by Lake Elsinore in one frame on July 7.
Through the first nine innings, the game had been a pitcher's duel. Visalia (66-66/29-33) leaned once again on
Grey worked out of a jam in the fourth, leaving the bases loaded to keep the Rawhide down by one, and they struck back in the bottom of the sixth against
Deichmann homered again off of
The Visalia offense totaled five hits tonight, with Chisholm and
Stockton's victory combined with Modesto's comeback win over San Jose bring both the Ports and the Nuts within a game of the Rawhide for first place with eight games remaining in the regular season.
The Rawhide look for the series win tomorrow morning in the final home game of the regular season when they send RHP