Hot Start Sinks Yolo
Fast first four innings put Oakland on top 7-3, in Game 02 of the series
Oakland Ballers
15-11
7
Yuba-Sutter Freebirds
12-11
3
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 0 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Davis, Ca.---The Oakland Ballers (15-11) scored all of their runs through the first four innings as they defeated the Yolo High Wheelers (12-11) 7-3 on Wednesday afternoon at Dobbins Stadium which ended Yolo's season-high four-game winning streak.
Oakland right fielder Austin Davis led the game off with an infield single. That was a springboard for a three-run inning. Left fielder Trevor Halsema had the first run-producing hit with a single to left making it 1-0. Catcher Coleton Horner contributed immediately after Halsema with a two-run double.
That gave the Ballers an early cushion as they added two runs in the second: an RBI single by center fielder Payton Harden scored one, and a wild pitch plated another. The visitors tacked on single runs in the third and fourth.
Ballers starter Christian Cosby (3-1) had plenty of room as he defeated the High Wheelers for the second time. He struck out seven in 6 1/3 innings and issued two runs (both earned). In his two starts against the High Wheelers he's 2-0 with 20 strikeouts.
Dawson Lane (0-2) in defeat for the High Wheelers gave up seven runs (all earned) in 3 1/3 innings without a strikeout. The seven runs issued are the most by a High Wheeler pitcher in one game.
The Yolo run-producing at-bats were an RBI single in the second by right fielder Tanner Smith, and center fielder Brayland Skinner who had an RBI single in the seventh and drove home a run on a groundout in the ninth.
This series is tied at one and Oakland leads the season set 5-3.
Game three is Thursday at 4:30 p.m. at Dobbins Stadium. Right-hander Carson Lambert and righty Brandon McPherson are the probables for Oakland and Yolo respectively.
HIGH TALES
The string of seven straight games for Yolo with ten or more hits ended as they had nine. Also the stretch of five consecutive contests with everyone in the starting lineup reaching base safely ended.
Shortstop Braylin Marine extended his hitting streak to a team-high ten games (23-48, .479) with a fifth inning single, going 1-4.
Second baseman Bobby Lada's eight-game hit streak ended. He had been 20-35 (.571) in that stretch
Jacob Stobart pitched 3 2/3 shutout innings with five strikeouts, both a season-best for him
Kyle Guerra (normally an outfielder) was the first-ever position player to pitch for Yolo. He worked a shutout ninth