Late Run Sends Rancho to Win
Rancho Cucamonga, CA – Eddys Leonard broke an eighth-inning tie with an RBI double, then made a huge defensive play in the ninth, as the Quakes grabbed a much-needed home win, defeating the Stockton Ports on Tuesday night by a final score of 5-4. With the game tied at 4-4,
Rancho Cucamonga, CA – Eddys Leonard broke an eighth-inning tie with an RBI double, then made a huge defensive play in the ninth, as the Quakes grabbed a much-needed home win, defeating the Stockton Ports on Tuesday night by a final score of 5-4.
With the game tied at 4-4, Leonard doubled home Edwin Mateo in the last of the eighth, giving Rancho the one-run lead against reliever Oswaldo Berrios (1-3).
In the top of the ninth, closer Carlos De Los Santos walked the first hitter he faced, then balked T.J. Schofield-Sam to second base. Joshwan Wright followed with a groundball to the right of Leonard at shortstop. Schofield-Sam elected to try to advance to third, but was thrown out, as Leonard delivered a strike to third baseman Brandon Lewis. De Los Santos settled down to get the next two hitters and earn his first save, helping Rancho end a five-game losing streak at home.
Leonard’s end-of-game heroics overshadowed his early work, as he cranked a two-run homer in the second, giving the Quakes a 3-1 lead in the second run.
Diego Cartaya made his Rancho debut on Tuesday, as the sixth-ranked prospect in the Dodgers’ system had an impressive debut, finishing the game 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI single. In addition, behind the plate, he threw out a would-be base-stealer in the third inning, an inning that would later see Stockton score a pair of runs.
Cameron Gibbens (1-1) earned the win with a scoreless eighth.
Rancho (9-9) will host Stockton again on Wednesday evening at LoanMart Field, as Kendall Williams (0-0) will take on Ports’ right-hander Jose Dicochea (0-0) at 6:30pm.
Wednesday is another Terra Vista Animal Hospital Bark in the Ballpark, as with a $3 Pet Pass, fans can bring their dogs to the ballpark. Tickets are available at rcquakes.com.
The game can be heard live on Wednesday evening, with the pregame show starting at 6:15pm with Mike Lindskog. To listen live, visit our website at rcquakes.com and click the Listen Live button, open the iheart radio app and find the RC Quakes Radio channel or on the tune-in radio app, by searching keyword Quakes. Have Amazon Alexa or a Google Home, you can use voice command to get the Quakes too, by enabling the Alexa and Google Skills for both iHeart Radio and Tune-In Radio.
We hope to see you at LoanMart Field very soon!