Quakes Rally for Win Over Nuts
Modesto, CA – The Quakes rallied from a pair of deficits on Thursday night, coming from behind to defeat the Modesto Nuts by a final of 8-4 at John Thurman Field. Reliever Logan Tabeling matched a career-best with six punch-outs and set a new best with 4.1 innings of work
Modesto, CA – The Quakes rallied from a pair of deficits on Thursday night, coming from behind to defeat the Modesto Nuts by a final of 8-4 at John Thurman Field.
Reliever Logan Tabeling matched a career-best with six punch-outs and set a new best with 4.1 innings of work to earn his third win of the year, while Jhonny Jimenez finished off his first save with 2.2 innings of scoreless work, including a perfect three-pitch eighth inning.
Eduardo Quintero had three hits and an RBI and Joendry Vargas (2) hit a two-run homer to help lead Rancho’s 11-hit attack.
After scoring the game’s first run, Rancho fell behind as Modesto got two unearned runs in the second inning against starter Jakob Wright, taking a 2-1 lead.
The Quakes rallied to take a 3-2 lead in the third, but saw Modesto score twice in the bottom of the inning to retake the lead at 4-3 against Tabeling (3-1), the eventual winner.
Rancho’s offense responded for a third straight inning, as Jaron Elkins’ two-out infield single broke a 4-4 tie and gave the Quakes the lead for good at 5-4 over Modesto reliever Adrian Quintana (5-2).
The Quakes (32-16) now lead the South Division by ten games with just 18 to play. Rancho will send Christian Zazueta (5-1) to the hill on Friday night against Modesto’s Walter Ford at 6:40pm.
The Quakes will finally return home to LoanMart Field on Tuesday, June 3rd, taking on the San Jose Giants in a six-game series. Tuesday the third will be another Healthy RC Recycle Tuesday, as fans can log on to the website and learn how to score a free ticket to the game. Tickets are available at rcquakes.com. Go Quakes!