Yardbirds Finish Strong in 4-2 Win Over Train Robbers

June 7 2018 The High Desert Yardbirds defeated the Bakersfield Train Robbers 4-2 after scoring in the seventh eighth and ninth innings to pull away from a tie game. Both teams scored once in the third inning before High Desert added three consecutive late-inning runs. The Yardbirds finished with seven hits and no errors while Bakersfield also collected seven hits and committed two errors.

Ronnie Grant led High Desert with three hits in four at-bats including a double and an RBI. Shane Brown added one hit and drove in two runs while Shane Castro contributed a hit and an RBI. Bakersfield’s Sonny Cortez went 3-for-4 with an RBI and Steve Pascaul had two hits and scored once.

Adolfo Espinoza earned the win after allowing one run on five hits in seven innings. He walked four and struck out four. Jeremy Barth worked the final two innings for the save, giving up one run on two hits with one walk and one strikeout. Dylan Porter took the loss for Bakersfield despite allowing only two runs, one earned, on five hits over 6.2 innings.