Monterey Amberjacks Edge High Desert Yardbirds 6-5

July 21 2018 The Monterey Amberjacks defeated the High Desert Yardbirds 6-5 at Sollectio Park. Monterey finished with 12 hits and High Desert collected 10. The Amberjacks scored once in the first inning before adding three runs in the seventh and another run in the eighth according to the inning line.

Trevor Westmoreland powered Monterey with a two-run home run among his two hits and drove in three runs. James Prockish and Dynas Doud each had two hits while Cutter McDowell doubled and contributed an RBI. Ronald Jackson also recorded two hits for the Amberjacks.

High Deserts offense was led by Jason Johnson-Wilcoxson who went 4-for-5 with an RBI. Shane Brown added two RBI and Jake Marshall hit a home run and drove in a run. The Yardbirds scored twice in the sixth inning and three times in the seventh.

Connor Mcguiness earned the win for Monterey after throwing a scoreless inning with two walks. Matt Naval pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts and Billy OHara added two scoreless innings. Kade Wagner took the loss for High Desert after allowing three hits and one run in one-third of an inning.