CALIFORNIA LEAGUE
BAKERSFIELD BLAZE AT VISALIA RAWHIDE
08/16/2106
 
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE
BAKERSFIELD BLAZE AT VISALIA RAWHIDE
GAME ID: 7614 - MONDAY, AUGUST 16TH , 2106 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Bakersfield Blaze (60-61) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 6 7 0
Visalia Rawhide (60-61) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 14 0
Blaze Top Rawhide in Extras, 6-5
The Bakersfield Blaze beat the Visalia Rawhide, 6-5, in 10 innings at Recreation Park. Matt Paris, in particular, was impressive. He went 2 for 4 with a home run and a double, while adding 3 RBI and scoring once. Dennis Hampton picked up the win in relief, improving his record to 1-0. Enrique Guevara was tagged with the loss. Bakersfield is now 60-61, Visalia 60-61.

Who knows how it would've ended, had it not been for Shane Light? The 23-year old second baseman Light stroked a run-scoring double in the top of the tenth inning to put Bakersfield up, 6-5. For the game, he was 2 for 4, including 1 double and 1 single.

In postgame comments to the Bakersfield News, Light said, "Our goal is to stack wins."
BAKERSFIELD BATTING LINESCORE VISALIA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
S. Light 2B 4 0 2 1 1 2 0 .307 6 24
S. Hollifield RF 4 1 0 1 0 1 3 .305 10 44
B. Bowman 1B 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .324 10 35
   a-R. Griffin 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298 2 15
M. Paris DH 4 1 2 3 0 1 1 .277 8 33
G. Kenny SS 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .258 10 49
J. Morris 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 .263 5 22
F. Sabala LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 .409 0 3
J. Belknap C 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .228 3 15
J. Ellis CF 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 .257 5 22
Totals 34 6 7 6 4 9 10      
a - R. Griffin substituted for B. Bowman in the 10th

BATTING
Doubles: M. Paris (12, 7th Inning off T. Taylor, 0 on, 0 outs) , S. Light (9, 10th Inning off E. Guevara, 2 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: J. Ellis (5, 3rd Inning off T. Taylor, 0 on, 1 out) , M. Paris (8, 9th Inning off T. Taylor, 2 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: S. Light 3 , B. Bowman , M. Paris 6 , J. Ellis 5
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: B. Bowman
Sac Fly: S. Hollifield
Team LOB: 3

BASERUNNING
SB: F. Sabala (4) , J. Ellis 2 (30)
CS: S. Light (3) , J. Morris (3)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 2 (Morris-Light-Bowman, Kenny-Light-Bowman)
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
M. Cook 1B 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .297 6 41
P. Nealer SS 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 .298 0 4
J. Galdamez CF 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 .274 7 47
J. Ontiveros LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 .368 1 2
   a-P. Young PH, LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 12 59
T. Guppy 3B 4 1 3 0 1 1 2 .226 8 38
R. Horvath C 5 0 2 2 0 0 4 .280 4 23
B. Shoupe 2B 4 0 0 0 1 2 4 .264 11 51
D. Brennan RF 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 .283 6 32
A. Sandoval DH 5 0 2 0 0 1 3 .338 1 7
Totals 40 5 14 5 5 6 25      
a - P. Young pinch hit for J. Ontiveros in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: P. Nealer 2 (11, 5th Inning off B. Jones, 0 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off B. Jones, 0 on, 0 outs) , T. Guppy 2 (14, 5th Inning off B. Jones, 1 on, 2 outs; 9th Inning off D. Hampton, 0 on, 2 outs) , R. Horvath (17, 7th Inning off B. Jones, 2 on, 2 outs) , D. Brennan (14, 8th Inning off D. Hampton, 0 on, 0 outs)
Home Runs: D. Brennan (6, 2nd Inning off B. Jones, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: M. Cook , P. Nealer 4 , J. Galdamez , J. Ontiveros , T. Guppy 5 , R. Horvath 3 , D. Brennan 6 , A. Sandoval 2
2-out RBI: J. Ontiveros , R. Horvath , D. Brennan
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: , R. Horvath 2 , B. Shoupe , A. Sandoval
GIDP: P. Nealer , J. Ontiveros
Team LOB: 10
BAKERSFIELD PITCHING LINESCORE VISALIA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Jones 6.2 12 5 5 4 3 1 112 4.66   
D. Hampton W (1-0) 2.1 2 0 0 1 1 0 23 5.86   
J. Skinkis SV (15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 1.42   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Jones 29
Batters Faced: B. Jones 33, D. Hampton 9, J. Skinkis 3
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Jones 5-9, D. Hampton 4-1, J. Skinkis 1-0
Pitches - Strikes: B. Jones 112-65, D. Hampton 23-18, J. Skinkis 11-8
Inherited Runners - Scored: D. Hampton 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
D. Cruz 2.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 32 5.51   
T. Taylor 6.1 6 5 5 1 6 2 92 2.44   
E. Guevara L (1-2) 1.2 1 1 1 2 0 0 33 7.02   
PITCHING
Game Score: D. Cruz 54
Batters Faced: D. Cruz 7, T. Taylor 24, E. Guevara 8
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: D. Cruz 2-1, T. Taylor 7-4, E. Guevara 4-1
Pitches - Strikes: D. Cruz 32-21, T. Taylor 92-59, E. Guevara 33-19
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Matt Paris
Ballpark: Recreation Park
Weather: Partly Cloudy (72 degrees), wind blowing out to center at 6 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM CT
Time: 3:37
Attendance: 2450
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