July 19 2023 The Lancaster Sound Breakers defeated the Bakersfield Train Robbers 11-5 after building an early lead and pulling away with three-run rallies in both the sixth and seventh innings. Lancaster scored three times in the first, then added single runs in the second and third to take a 5-1 lead after three innings. Bakersfield answered with one run in each of the third fourth and fifth innings before Lancaster broke the game open late.
Evan Antonellis led Lancaster with a double and five RBI.
Luke Smith went 2-for-4 with three runs scored while
Christian Quezada added two hits and two RBI.
Andrew Castano hit a home run and drove in one run, and
Nate Duarte also recorded an RBI. Lancaster finished with 10 hits and scored its final three runs in the seventh inning to take an 11-3 advantage.
Bakersfield collected 11 hits, with
Max Tracey Chris Iazzetta Sadler Goodwin Joe Riddle and
Tevin Brown each recording multiple hits. Goodwin hit a home run and drove in one run, while Brown had two hits and scored twice. The Train Robbers scored once in the eighth and once in the ninth but could not close the gap.
Joe Richter earned the win for Lancaster after allowing three runs on eight hits in six innings while striking out six.
Brian Blackburn recorded the save with three innings of relief, allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits and striking out four. Goodwin took the loss for Bakersfield after surrendering eight runs on nine hits in six innings, with five earned runs and seven strikeouts.
