Yardbirds Use Six Run Surge to Defeat Amberjacks 8-4

July 28 2017 The High Desert Yardbirds defeated the Monterey Amberjacks 8-4 at Adelanto Stadium. High Desert collected 10 hits and scored in the first third and sixth innings while Monterey finished with eight hits and four runs. The Yardbirds held an 8-4 advantage in the final line, with one error compared with four for Monterey.

High Desert broke through for one run in the first inning and added three in the third before Monterey answered with four runs in the fourth. The Yardbirds regained control with a four-run sixth inning and held Monterey scoreless over the final five innings. Ronnie Grant went 1-for-4 with two RBI, while Dominic Zaher, Blane Swift, Patrick Jones and pinch-hitter Giovanni Prado each drove in a run.

Shane Brown led the Yardbirds with two hits, and Zaher, Swift, Blake Butcher, Jones, Yuta Okazaki and Prado also had hits. Montereys Carson Lee and Austin Holbrook each collected two hits, with Holbrook hitting the clubs only listed extra-base hit, a double. Shane Siebler, Keegan Sanford and Holbrook each recorded an RBI for the Amberjacks, while Adam Bloom also drove in a run.

Jonathan Fleckenstein earned the win after allowing one hit and no runs with five strikeouts in two innings of relief. James Prockish added three scoreless innings and struck out five. Tristan Hubler took the loss for Monterey after allowing 10 hits and eight runs, six earned, in five innings, with four strikeouts. Jordan Norton started for High Desert and worked four innings, allowing four runs, three earned.