Quakes Blanked on Wednesday
Rancho Cucamonga, CA – The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes were held to just two hits and shut out for the first time this year, as they fell to the Modesto Nuts by a final of 4-0 on Wednesday night at LoanMart Field. Four Modesto pitchers combined on the two-hit shutout, striking
Rancho Cucamonga, CA – The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes were held to just two hits and shut out for the first time this year, as they fell to the Modesto Nuts by a final of 4-0 on Wednesday night at LoanMart Field.
Four Modesto pitchers combined on the two-hit shutout, striking out 12 Rancho hitters along the way. Nuts’ starter Connor Phillips (1-1) earned the win with five scoreless innings.
Modesto got a run in the first and another in the third against Quakes’ starter Robbie Peto (0-1), who surrendered two runs on five hits over three innings of work.
The Nuts put it away by tallying twice in the ninth against Rancho reliever Daniel Cruz.
The lone Quakes’ hits belonged to Sam McWilliams and Brandon Lewis, as they singled consecutively in the fourth, put were both left stranded.
Nuts’ reliever Travis Kuhn retired all six batters he faced to earn his second save.
Rancho (4-3) will send Jimmy Lewis (0-1) to the hill against Adam Macko (0-0) on Thursday night, with first pitch scheduled for 6:30pm. Limited tickets are available for Thursday’s game at rcquakes.com. We hope to see you at LoanMart Field very soon!