Quakes Blank Ports 8-0, Even Series
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - The Stockton Ports were shut out for the sixth time this season on Wednesday night. The Ports saw the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes score three runs before an out was made in the first inning and score four runs in the seventh to put the game away
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. - The Stockton Ports were shut out for the sixth time this season on Wednesday night. The Ports saw the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes score three runs before an out was made in the first inning and score four runs in the seventh to put the game away as the Quakes rolled to an 8-0 victory at Loan Mart Field, setting up a rubber game of the three-game series on Thursday night.
Ports starter
Bray would escape a bases-loaded jam unscathed in the third and set the side down in order in the fourth before pitching into the fifth. With two outs and the bases empty in the fifth, he gave up a triple to right to Estevez, at which point he was lifted for
Bray would suffer the loss, going 4.2 innings and allowing four runs on six hits while walking two.
Butler set the side down in order in the sixth but endured a tough seventh inning. With runners at second and third and one out, Estevez lined a two-run single into center field to make it 6-0. Kendall followed with a two-run homer to right that ballooned the Rancho Cucamonga lead to 8-0.
Butler allowed four runs on five hits in 2.1 innings worked.
Stockton's offense would scatter six hits in the contest with their only multi-hit inning coming in the ninth. Quakes starter
The Ports and Quakes wrap up their season series on Thursday night at Loan Mart Field.