Train Robbers Use Five Run Surge to Defeat Whiptails

July 9 2018 The Bakersfield Train Robbers defeated the California City Whiptails 10-4 at Historic Sam Lynn Ballpark. Bakersfield collected 16 hits and scored twice in each of the second through sixth innings after California City took an early 1-0 lead in the first. The Whiptails added a run in the fourth and two in the seventh, but Bakersfield held them scoreless in the final two innings.

Brett Balkan went 2-for-3 with two walks, two runs and one RBI for Bakersfield, while B. Luebcke also scored three times and went 2-for-3 with two walks and one RBI. C. Rocker, Steve Pascaul, Bobby Webb, Peter Yorgen and Jesse Remington each drove in a run, with Remington adding two hits and two RBIs. California City received two hits from Tino Mention, Wardy Polanco and Hunter Villanueva. Polanco scored twice and drove in a run, while Carson Lee collected one hit and two RBIs.

Remington earned the win after allowing nine hits and four earned runs in six innings, with one walk and six strikeouts. Chad Bennett and Jonathan Fleckenstein combined for three scoreless relief innings. Javier Taylor took the loss for California City after surrendering 11 hits and eight runs, seven earned, in 4 2/3 innings; he walked five and struck out three. The Whiptails committed one error and Bakersfield committed two. The box score notes that California City protested the game in the bottom of the fifth inning.