Wasco Reserve Defeats California City 10-6

July 5 2019 Wasco Reserve built an early lead and held off a late California City rally for a 10-6 victory over the Whiptails. Wasco scored three times in the first inning, added a run in the fourth and broke the game open with a five-run fifth to take a 9-0 lead. California City answered with four runs in the seventh and two more in the eighth but could not complete the comeback.

Luke Jackson powered the Wasco offense with two home runs and four RBI while going 2-for-3 with three runs scored and a walk. Charlie Padilla added two hits and an RBI, and Darren Love drove in two runs. Wasco finished with eight hits and three errors while California City collected nine hits and committed five errors.

Arton Rank earned the win after allowing three hits and no runs in six innings. He walked four and struck out four. Brian Rosensteel took the loss for California City after surrendering nine runs on six hits in 4.1 innings with three walks and six strikeouts. Wascos Mitchell Langer worked a scoreless ninth with three strikeouts to finish the game.