High Desert Yardbirds Hold Off Bakersfield Train Robbers 8-5

June 26 2017 The High Desert Yardbirds defeated the Bakersfield Train Robbers 8-5 after building an eight-run lead and holding off a late Bakersfield rally. High Desert collected 14 hits, scoring three runs in the third inning, one in the fifth, two in the seventh and two in the eighth. Shane Brown went 3-for-3 with a double, one run and one RBI for the Yardbirds. Dominic Zaher added two hits, two runs and an RBI, while Kellen Marruffo and Shane Sharkey each drove in a run. High Desert also received two hits from Blake Butcher and scored twice in the eighth to extend its advantage. Bakersfield totaled eight hits, with Austin Hoffman going 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a run. The Train Robbers scored single runs in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings before adding two in the ninth, but could not complete the comeback. Devin Carter contributed an RBI. Gregory Turner earned the win for High Desert after allowing six hits and two runs, one earned, in six innings with three strikeouts. Cooper Wetherbee worked the final three innings for the save, striking out six while allowing two hits and three runs. Kale Fultz took the loss for Bakersfield after surrendering 10 hits and six runs, four earned, in six innings.