Late Inning Comeback Not Enough For Toros
VISALIA, CA - Los Toros De Visalia took a three run deficit into the ninth and brought the tying run to the plate. But tonight, Visalia did not have enough magic left in their bats to complete the comeback.
VISALIA, CA - Los Toros De Visalia took a three run deficit into the ninth and brought the tying run to the plate. But tonight, Visalia did not have enough magic left in their bats to complete the comeback.
The ninth inning rally began when
Los Toros had the tying run at the plate represented by team home run leader
In the fifth, he stepped to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded and dumped a soft single into left field, plating two runs. Then in the eighth he came up in the same situation and once again pulled through in the clutch, lining a base hit into right to score two more runs. At the time, the single gave the Giants a 7-4 lead; Franco's knock ended up being the difference in the game.
Visalia starter
The Giants added on against the Visalia bullpen, scoring four runs over the final 4.1 innings to put the game out of reach.
Los Toros got their offense going in the middle innings. San Jose starter
Rubio (SV, 7) allowed the solitary run in the ninth and shut the door for his third save against Visalia this year.
Miroglio led the Visalia offense with a pair of hits while scoring two runs and reached base four times. Basabe tallied two RBIs with his third double of the series and Martinez crushed his third homer of the season.
The loss sets up the rubber match of the series tomorrow. Los Toros will start RHP
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