Rawhide Outslug Ports in 10-5 Loss

STOCKTON, Calif. – Game one of the series with Visalia to close out the first half got away from the Ports on Tuesday night, with the Rawhide eventually taking control in a 10-5 loss for Stockton.

The Ports came into the final three games of the first half looking to avoid finishing in last place, and were off to a decent start at the task before Visalia pulled away.

Stockton trailed 1-0 going into the bottom of the second inning when uber prospect Edgar Montero mashed a home run (3) 462 feet to the right of the batter’s eye in center to tie the game at one apiece. But the Rawhide belted a homer of their own in the third with a runner on to go up 3-1 and scored another run on a wild pitch for a 4-1 lead.

Runs in the fourth and the fourth and the fifth for Visalia stretch their lead to 6-1 before Daniel Bucciero’s sixth home run of the season with Cesar Gonzalez on base cut it to a 6-3 Visalia lead.

Another run in the eighth for the Rawhide was followed by a two-homer ninth inning for the visitors to go up 10-3. Gonzalez continued his power surge in the bottom of the ninth with a two-run shot (4) for his third home run since June 10, but that’s all the closer the Ports would get in the 10-5 loss.

UP NEXT: Game two is scheduled for a 7:05 PM first pitch with RHP Simon Gregersen (1-1, 3.18) making his second start for Visalia vs. LHP Jackson Phipps (2-2, 6.50) whose ERA is almost four runs better as a starter than as a reliever.

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