Bianucci rips 2 more HRs as Blaze tops Quakes again
| Sunday, Sep 06 2009 10:25 PM
Last Updated Sunday, Sep 06 2009 10:27 PM
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MIKE BIANUCCI HIT TWO MORE HOMERS TO LEAD THE BAKERSFIELD BLAZE TO A 4-1 VICTORY SUNDAY OVER THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA QUAKES AT SAM LYNN BALL PARK.
THE HOMERS WERE BIANUCCI'S THIRD AND FOURTH OF THE PAST THREE GAMES AGAINST THE QUAKES. HE HAS 15 HOMERS IN 49 GAMES WITH THE BLAZE THIS SEASON.
FIVE BLAZE PITCHERS TEAMED TO LIMIT THE QUAKES TO SEVEN HITS. BAKERSFIELD'S EVAN REED, FACING THE TYING RUN AT BAT WITH TWO OUTS IN THE NINTH INNING, RECORDED HIS 25TH SAVE OF THE YEAR.
THE BLAZE'S JACOB KAASE, WHO RETURNED FROM THE DISABLED LIST SUNDAY, AND ERIK MORRISON, ALSO JUST OFF THE DL, HAD TWO HITS APIECE.
THE BLAZE CAN CLINCH HOME FIELD IN THE OPENING ROUND OF THE CAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS WITH A VICTORY OVER THE QUAKES IN TODAY'S 1 P.M. GAME AT SAM LYNN.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA EARNED A PLAYOFF SPOT BASED ON INLAND EMPIRE'S 7-6 LOSS SUNDAY TO LANCASTER.