June 1 2017 The Bakersfield Train Robbers rallied for five runs in the eighth inning and held on to defeat the Monterey Amberjacks 6-5. Bakersfield finished with nine hits while Monterey collected 12.
Monterey took a 2-1 lead in the third inning and added a run in the fifth before scoring twice in the ninth. Bakersfield answered with one run in the third and its decisive five-run eighth, then kept Monterey from completing the comeback in the final inning.
Monterey’s D. Glover went 3-for-5 with two RBI, while
Chuck Rocker also collected three hits.
Brian Luebcke added two hits and scored twice. For Bakersfield, Nick Vehlewald,
Willie Ethington and
Chris Carr each had two hits. Ethington drove in one run and
Austin Hoffman,
Abraham Arias, Carr and Kyle Ulanday also recorded RBI.
D.J. Carr allowed three runs, two earned, on 10 hits over seven innings for Bakersfield.
Alexander Pearson earned the win with a scoreless eighth inning and one strikeout, while
kevin klaess recorded the save despite allowing two runs in the ninth. Monterey starter Luebcke worked six innings and allowed one unearned run with five strikeouts, but
Marcus Williams took the loss after surrendering five runs in the eighth.
