Pacifics Hold Off Stompers 5-4

July 15 2014 The San Rafael Pacifics built an early lead and held on for a 5-4 victory over the Sonoma Stompers. San Rafael scored three runs in the first inning and added two more in the fourth to take a 5-0 advantage.

Sonoma answered with three runs in the sixth inning and pulled within one when Joel Carranza hit a solo home run in the ninth. Carranza finished 2-for-5 with his 10th homer and one RBI, while Matt Hibbert went 1-for-5 with three RBIs. Glenn Walker added three hits for the Stompers and Jaime Del Valle had three hits in four at-bats.

Ryan DeJesus earned the win for San Rafael after allowing three runs, none earned, on 12 hits in 6.1 innings. Dan Rogers followed with a scoreless inning, and Colin Allen recorded the save despite allowing one run in 1.2 innings while striking out four.

The Pacifics collected 12 hits, with R. Santana going 3-for-4 and Maikel Jova and Chase Fontaine each contributing two hits and one RBI. Gabriel Garcia took the loss for Sonoma after giving up five runs on 12 hits in eight innings while striking out five.