California City Whiptails Defeat Monterey Amberjacks 14-9

July 23 2019 The California City Whiptails defeated the Monterey Amberjacks 14-9 in a seven-inning game. California collected nine hits and played errorless baseball while Monterey finished with eight hits and one error.

California broke open the game with a five-run third inning to take a 6-4 lead after Monterey had scored twice in the second and twice in the third. The Whiptails added three runs in the fourth and five in the fifth to build a 13-7 advantage. Monterey scored once in the seventh but could not complete the comeback.

Jarret Anton drove in four runs for California and hit his ninth home run of the season. Jose Tejeda also homered and finished with four RBI while Christian Triplett added three RBI. For Monterey Morgan Blatnik went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI while Rory Graf-Brennan collected two hits and an RBI.

Edwin Stanberry earned the win after allowing two hits and one earned run in 2.2 innings with one walk and one strikeout. Cip Garza took the loss for Monterey after surrendering nine hits and 14 runs in five innings with five strikeouts and seven walks. Californias Lukus Holub worked three innings before Aaron Ramirez and Stanberry combined to finish the game.