Mark Trumbo Hits Walk-Off Homer in10th to Give Rancho Cucamonga Quakes a 10-8 Win Over Stockton Ports

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Rancho Cucamonga, CA- Rancho got on the board first in the series finale against the Stockton Ports by plating a first inning run. After a lead off single by Peter Bourjos, he stole second base with one out and scored on an RBI single by Hank Conger to take a 1-0 lead.

 

The Quakes scored another run in the second inning with two outs as Anthony Norman came across the plate on a single by Bourjos to make the score 2-0.

 

Stockton wouldn’t trail for long as they scored four runs in the 3^rd against Quakes starter Alexander Torres on RBI singles by Josh Horton, Adrian Cardenas and Matt Sulentic, and an RBI sacrifice fly by Chris Carter to take a 4-2 lead.

 

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Rancho came back to tie the game in the 5^th as Drew Toussaint and Larry Infante drove in a runs with two outs to tie the game 4-4.

 

The Quakes took a lead in sixth as they had four straight hits against reliever Scott Moore and got an RBI single by Ryan Mount and an RBI ground out by Conger to grab a 6-4 lead.

 

The lead lasted into the top of the 8^th when Stockton took the lead 7-6 with three straight two out RBI hits from Horton, Cardenas and Carter against Jordon Towns and Trevor Bell. They added a run in the ninth on a Matt Sulentic solo home run to lead 8-6.

 

The Ports advantage held up until the ninth when the Quakes got to their closer Sam Demel on a solo home run by Drew Toussaint and a two-out, pinch-hit RBI single by Abel Nieves to tie the game 8-8.

 

In the Rancho 10^th with one out, Conger was hit by a pitch by Mike Benacka and Mark Trumbo followed with a walk-off, two-run home run to win the game 10-8. Trumbo was 1x6 on the night.

 

Rancho will embark on a seven game road trip starting in Visalia Friday night at 7:05pm. Jordan Walden will make his second start with the Quakes against right hander Bryan Augenstein.

 

The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes are the Advanced-A California League affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

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