High Desert Yardbirds Beat California City Whiptails 13-4

May 27 2017 The High Desert Yardbirds defeated the California City Whiptails 13-4 after collecting 14 hits and scoring in five different innings. High Desert opened with three runs in the first inning, added one in the second, three in the sixth, one in the eighth and five in the ninth. California City answered with three runs in the second and one in the fourth but was held scoreless over the final five innings.

Shane Sharkey led the Yardbirds with three hits and an RBI. J. Tasis had two hits and two RBIs and homered, while Dillon Clift also hit a home run and drove in a run. Shane Brown, Dominic Zaher and Kellen Marruffo each recorded three RBIs for High Desert. California City managed six hits, with Jason Wilcoxson and Giovanni Prado collecting two apiece. Austin Marcellus and Prado each drove in two runs.

Tom Fazzini earned the win after allowing no hits and no runs in two innings with one walk and four strikeouts. Cody Culp worked four innings for High Desert, and Avery Brandon and Zach Williams each added two scoreless innings. Javier Taylor took the loss for California City despite allowing four runs with no earned runs in five innings. James Touhey surrendered six earned runs in three innings. The Whiptails committed four errors in the game.