Bakersfield Train Robbers Defeat Monterey Amberjacks 18-7

July 12 2023 The Bakersfield Train Robbers defeated the Monterey Amberjacks 18-7 at Sam Lynn Ballpark. Bakersfield collected 19 hits and scored in six innings, including a four-run fifth, a five-run sixth and a four-run seventh. Monterey finished with 11 hits and scored twice in the fifth before adding five runs in the eighth. Rick Phillips led Bakersfield with four hits in six at-bats, including a home run, four runs and one RBI. Raul Ortega went 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs and six RBI, while Tevin Brown added three hits, three runs and two RBI. Max Tracey scored four times and drew four walks, and Christian Jones and Chris Iazzetta each drove in three runs. Gabriel Murillo paced Monterey with three hits and two RBI. Tristan Cavazos and Hiroki Goke each had two hits and two RBI, while Goke also doubled. Monterey’s other extra-base hits included doubles by Anthony Ward and Adrian Garcia. Sadler Goodwin earned the win for Bakersfield after allowing five hits and two runs, two earned, in six innings. He walked two and struck out five. Emmanuel Benavidez took the loss for Monterey, surrendering nine runs on nine hits with six walks and two strikeouts in 4.2 innings. Bakersfield committed one error and Monterey made two.