Monterey Amberjacks Edge High Desert Yardbirds 3-2

June 1 2018 The Monterey Amberjacks rallied past the High Desert Yardbirds 3-2, overcoming an early deficit with single runs in the fifth sixth and ninth innings. Monterey finished with nine hits while High Desert collected five, and both teams committed one error.

High Desert scored once in each of the first two innings to take a 2-0 lead. Monterey answered with one run in the fifth and another in the sixth before pushing across the go-ahead run in the ninth. Paul Garcia went 2-for-5 with an RBI for the Amberjacks, while Chuck Rocker and Michael Hungate each had two hits. Kent Blackstone drove in High Desert’s only run and Dominic Zaher went 2-for-4.

Neil Lang earned the win with a complete-game performance for Monterey, allowing five hits and two runs, two earned, while walking two and striking out eight. He threw 116 pitches, including 78 strikes. Jordan Norton started for High Desert and worked six innings, surrendering seven hits and two runs, one earned, with one walk and five strikeouts.

Gregg Gausden took the loss after pitching 2.2 innings in relief. Monterey’s defense also turned one double play, and no home runs were recorded in the game.