Amberjacks Hold Off Train Robbers 4-3

June 6 2018 The Monterey Amberjacks held off the Bakersfield Train Robbers 4-3. Monterey scored once in the first inning, twice in the second and added an insurance run in the eighth to finish with nine hits. Bakersfield answered with two runs in the second and one in the seventh, but could not complete the comeback.

Chuck Rocker led Monterey’s offense with three hits, a double and an RBI in five at-bats. B. O’Hara added two hits and scored once, while Neil Lang went 2-for-4. For Bakersfield, Blane Swift collected three hits and drove in two runs, and Peter Yorgen went 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Lang earned the win after allowing nine hits and three runs, two earned, in eight innings. He walked four and struck out six. James Prockish worked a scoreless ninth with one strikeout to record the save. Zack Kamerman took the loss for Bakersfield after allowing three runs, one earned, on seven hits in seven innings; Z. Arneson pitched the final two innings.