Pacifics Survive Mettle Rally for 9-8 Victory

August 7 2014 The San Rafael Pacifics held off the Pittsburg Mettle 9-8 after surrendering seven runs in the ninth inning. San Rafael finished with 15 hits and scored six times in the sixth before adding the deciding run in the bottom of the ninth. Pittsburg had 13 hits and did not commit an error, while the Pacifics made two errors.

Zack Pace led the Pacifics with three hits and three RBI, while Evan Boyd went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI. Jeremy Williams also homered and drove in a run, and Matt Kavanaugh and David Kiriakos each had two hits. The Pacifics scored twice in the fifth and six times in the sixth to build an 8-0 lead.

Mark Leacox paced the Mettle offense with three hits and two runs, while Mitch Rowan Gregori Gonzalez and Ricky Claudio each had two hits. Claudio added two RBI, and Pittsburg scored once in the eighth before its seven-run ninth-inning rally fell one run short. Ryan DeJesus allowed one unearned run on six hits over 7.1 innings with three strikeouts for San Rafael. Colin Allen earned the win with a scoreless ninth, while Nick Alexander took the loss after allowing one run in 1.1 innings.