Bakersfield Train Robbers Roll Past Martinez Sturgeon 19-4

July 22 2024 The Bakersfield Train Robbers defeated the Martinez Sturgeon 19-4, collecting 22 hits while limiting Martinez to nine. Bakersfield opened the game with six runs in the first inning and added two in the second to take an early 8-0 lead. The Train Robbers scored three times in the fifth, six in the seventh and twice in the eighth to pull away. Martinez scored once in the fifth and seventh innings and twice in the eighth.

Paul Von Zboray led Bakersfield with five hits and four RBIs in six at-bats. Paul Carreno went 3-for-5 with four RBIs, while Cole Modgling collected three hits and drove in a run. Noah McCreary and Isaiah Mirabal each had two hits and an RBI. For Martinez, Jon Fargnoli went 3-for-5 with an RBI, and Tyler Best finished 2-for-5 with an RBI and hit a home run. Best, Isaiah Clark and Fargnoli accounted for Martinezs three RBIs.

Jacob Perez earned the win for Bakersfield after allowing seven hits and four runs, two earned, in eight innings. He walked two and struck out five. C. Brown worked a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts. Martinez starter Isaiah Chavez took the loss after surrendering 11 runs, eight earned, on 11 hits in five innings, with three walks and three strikeouts. Evan Ford allowed eight runs on 11 hits over three innings.