Bakersfield Train Robbers Rally Past High Desert Yardbirds 8-4

July 18 2018 The Bakersfield Train Robbers scored six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat the High Desert Yardbirds 8-4 at Historic Sam Lynn Ballpark. Bakersfield trailed 4-2 entering the eighth before completing the comeback. The Train Robbers finished with 10 hits and no errors, while High Desert collected 12 hits and committed two errors.

High Desert scored once in the first, third, fourth and seventh innings. Demetrius Moorer went 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI, while Kent Blackstone had three hits, including a double, and Jason Johnson-Wilcoxson went 3-for-4 with a double, a run and an RBI. Eric Schneider added two hits and an RBI for the Yardbirds.

Bakersfield’s late offense included two hits and an RBI from Peter Yorgen, two hits and an RBI from Nick Delgado, and two RBIs from Brett Balkan. Nick Vehlewald contributed an RBI single as a pinch hitter, while Kyle Bonicki and Sonny Cortez each scored a run.

Chris Danielson earned the win for Bakersfield after pitching one scoreless inning without allowing a hit. Dylan Porter worked four innings and allowed three runs on eight hits, while Jordan Grader pitched two innings and surrendered one run. High Desert starter Kade Wagner struck out six and allowed two runs, none earned, over 6.1 innings, but Harold Myles took the loss after giving up three earned runs in two-thirds of an inning.