Bakersfield Holds Off High Desert 4-3

July 17 2018 The Bakersfield Train Robbers held off the High Desert Yardbirds 4-3 at Adelanto Stadium. Bakersfield scored three runs in the first inning and added another in the second to take an early 4-2 lead before High Desert pulled within one run in the fourth. Both teams finished with nine hits and neither committed an error.

Brett Balkan led Bakersfield with three hits and two runs, while Steve Pascaul added two hits. Bobby Webb drove in two runs, and B. Luebcke contributed a double and an RBI. High Desert’s Kent Blackstone hit a three-run home run, and Shane Brown collected three hits. Ronnie Grant scored twice and doubled for the Yardbirds.

Zack Kamerman earned the win after allowing six hits and three earned runs in five innings, walking five and striking out one. Jonathan Fleckenstein pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts, and Zach Williams worked a scoreless ninth for the save. High Desert starter Gregg Gausden took the loss despite striking out four over six innings; he allowed seven hits and four earned runs.