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A really nice start by James McDonald went to waste as Inland Empire was completely shut down at the plate in a 1-0 loss to Lake Elsinore.  McDonald gave up one run on five hits with eight strikeouts in six solid frames and the loss drops him to 4-4 on the season.

No hiting stars as the hitters managed just two singles and not one walk.  They did strikeout ten times though.

Inland Empire beat Lake Elsinore 8-2 and Ryan Rogowski had a big day at the plate.  He went three for four with a double, a triple, three runs and an RBI.  Adam Godwin went three for four with a double, two RBIs and two runs.

Javy Guera improved to 3-2 on the season with the win.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits with six strikeouts.

Jason Schmidt was sharp in his rehab start for Inland Empire and he helped in the 2-1 win over the Quakes.  He gave up two hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in six shutout innings.

Ryan Rogowski was the hitting star in the win.  He went two for four with a double and an RBI.

Talk about a crazy game. Inland Empire and the Quakes took a scoreless game into the twelth before both teams exploded for a combined eleven runs in just the one inning.  Unfortunately, Inland Empire was on the short end of things and they lost 7-4.  A really nice start by Jesus Castillo went to waste.  He gave up two hits and two walks with five strikeouts in sevens shutout innings.

James Tomlin was at the center of Inland Empires four run twelth.  He doubled home two runs and then later scored in the inning.

Alberto Bastardo improved to 1-2 on the season with a nice start in Inland Empire’s 9-4 win over the Quakes.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits with five strikeouts in six innings of work.

Blade DeWitt had a nice day at the plate in the win.  He went two for four with a homerun, two RBIs and a run.  Ivan DeJesus singled twice and he scored two runs.

James McDonald had a nice start in Inland Empire’s 3-2 win over the Quakes.  He gave up two runs on two hits and a walk with a season high eleven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings.

Travis Denker and Gabriel Gutierrez were the hitting stars in the win.  Each went two for four with a double and a run.

Inland Empire lost to Lancaster 8-7 and while the hitters got it going, the pitchers struggled.  Lucas May went two for five with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.  Blake DeWitt went three for five with two doubles, an RBI and three runs.

Javy Guerra was roughed up in his start.  He gave up four runs on three hits and five walks with six strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings.  Jacobo Meque gave up the losing run and he dropped to 1-1 on the season.

Ryan Rogowski had a big day at the plate in Inland Empire’s 11-8 win.  He went two for three with a homerun, five RBIs and two runs.  Blake Dewitt also had a nice game and he went four for five with two doubles.

Francisco Felix picked up the win and he improved to 1-1 on the season.  He gave up three runs on five hits and four walks with five strikeouts in five innings.

Inland Empire’s offense didn’t show up in their 8-1 loss to Lancaster.  Michael Rivera doubled, drew a walk and he scored the only run of the game.

A pretty good start by Jesus Castillo went to waste.  He gave up just one run on five hits with three strikeouts.  Mario Alvarez was hammered in his two relief innings. He gave up seven runs on six hits and four walks.

Alberto Bastardo took the loss in Inland Empire’s 16-8 blowout loss to Lancaster.  He gave up seven runs on nine hits and one walk with two strikeouts in just two innings.  Each of the subsequent three relievers all gave up runs as well.

Blake Dewitt went four for five with a run and an RBI.  Jamie Hoffman went three for four with two RBIs and a run.