Smiling Skinner Stars in Yolo Onslaught
Yolo High Wheelers
(7-7)
11
Oakland Ballers
(10-7)
6
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Yolo High Wheelers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 0 |
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Oakland Ballers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
Oakland, Ca.---Yolo High Wheelers (7-7) center fielder Brayland Skinner (1, 2) led a five-homer attack with two round-trippers and seven RBI's out of the lead off role as the visitors defeated the Oakland Ballers (10-7) 11-6 on Saturday afternoon at Raimondi Park. The seven RBI's are the most by a High Wheeler this season. All of his RBI's were from the fifth through ninth innings.
The High Wheelers have homered 16 times in this series. They got the parade started with the second batter of the game with shortstop Braylin Marine (1) which made it 1-0. Yolo added two more homers in the second as with one out, left fielder Tanner Smith (2) homered to left and immediately after him it was second baseman Kirkland Banks (2). It was the second time in the series where the High Wheelers went back-to-back that made it 3-0.
It was 5-3 Oakland going to the fifth when Skinner hit the first of his two homers--a two-run clout which tied it. It was tied at five and in the seventh when Yolo struck for three runs. The High Wheelers loaded the bases with nobody out and Skinner got what turned out to be the game-deciding hit on a two-run single to right. He broke the game wide open when he belted a three-run homer in the ninth.
"I felt good at the plate," said Skinner. "The big moments late in the game Billy (manager Billy Horton) was giving me fake signs to keep me loose." Skinner added he thought his RBI total was four and was surprised he had seven.
Oakland had two homers: right fielder Austin Davis (3) with a two-run shot in the third, and Jaylin Smith (3) with a solo in the eighth.
Yolo reliever Jacob Stobart (3-0) earned the win an 1 2/3 of scoreless work. High Wheelers starter Brandon Mitchell lasted 4 1/3 innings. He surrendered five runs (all earned) on six hits. while fanning four. The left-hander has a no-decision in all three starts this season.
Oakland leads the series 3-2 as these teams finish the set tomorrow with another 1:05 p.m. first pitch. Right-hander J.C. Ariza (0-1) will start for Yolo against Oakland right-hander Elijah Pleasants (1-0).
HIGH NOTES
Bobby Lada's streak of reaching base 13 straight games came to an end. He entered the game as a pinch hitter in the seventh and finished 0-2 grounding into a double play in each at-bat. One of his at-bats produced a run.
Josh Kirby had a pinch hit double leading off the ninth. It was the first pinch hit in franchise history
Ty Buckner pitched a scoreless ninth. He has yet to allow an earned run in six appearances spanning 6 2/3 innings