STOMPERS ANNIHILATE RUN RECORD IN 30-5 WIN OVER NAPA

SONOMA, Calif- The Sonoma Stompers set the single-game run record on August 4th against Salina in a 21-8 victory. They blew past that record on Saturday night in a 30-5 obliteration of the Napa Silverados, setting the new record in a game which many had never seen a score of its kind.

Nick Barnese (7-1) took the mound for the Stompers, trying to tie teammate Vijay Patel and Vallejo’s Dakota Freese for most wins in the Pacific Association.

Napa got to Barnese in the top of the 2nd inning when Nick Ultsch led off the inning with a double and later scored on Toni’s RBI hit. 2 more runs came in on Willie Salas’ 2-run single to give Napa an early 3-0 lead. 

The Stompers got on the board in the bottom of the 3rd inning against Napa starter Eric Gleese (1-1). With 1 out, Rayson Romero walked and Matt Hibbert singled. Nick Gotta drew a walk to load the bases and a wild pitch brought Romero home to make it 3-1. Jacob Barfield then walked to load the bases and with Chris Kwitzer at the plate another wild pitch brought Hibbert home to tighten the score 3-2. With runners at 2nd and 3rd now, Kwitzer unloaded on a 1-0 pitch to center for a 2-run triple, giving the Stompers a 4-3 lead. Kwitzer then scored on Brent Gillespie’s sacrifice fly to cap off a 5-run 3rd inning, giving the Stompers a 5-3 lead.

The offense was just getting started for the Stompers. In the bottom of the 5th inning Gotta led off the inning with a base hit. After 2 quick outs, Gillespie drove Gotta home with a single into right field, upping the lead 6-3. Pedro Barrios walked and Nick Kern was hit by a pitch to load the bases. On 3-2, Bronson Butcher launched a grand slam off the light standard in left-center field, blowing the game wide open 10-3. 

The Napa bullpen took over after Gleese went just 4 2/3 innings and allowed 9 runs on 4 hits.

In the bottom of the 6th inning the slaughtering continued. After 2 quick outs again, Kwitzer walked and Gillespie launched a tape-measure homer to right-center to bring the lead to 12-3. Barrios then collected a single and Kern joined the party with a 2-run blast into the trees in left field to bring the score to 14-3. 

The Stompers put together their 3rd, 5-run inning in the bottom of the 7th inning. Back-to-back-to-back walks opened the inning to Romero, Hibbert and Gotta to load the bases for Barfield who singled home a run making it 15-3. Kwitzer then drove in 2 with a single and it was 17-3. With 2 outs Barrios knocked in one more to make it 18-3 and another run scored on an error as the Stompers led 19-3 after 7 innings. 

Napa scored 2 more in the top of the 8th inning on an Ultsch home run off Jacob Cox (3-0) to cut into the lead 19-5. 

The Stompers put together their biggest inning of the season in the bottom of the 8th when they scored 11 times on 10 hits and sent 17 batters to the plate. The inning started with a flyout. Hibbert then walked and Gotta followed with a walk. Barfield then snapped the old record of 21 runs with a 3-run blast to left to set a new record and give the Stompers a 22-5 lead. Kwitzer singled and Daniel Molinari walked as he pinch-hit for Gillespie. A balk moved them both up 90 feet and Barrios grounded out for the 2nd out to make it 23-5. Kern walked to put men at the corners and Butcher singled home a run as it was now 24-5. Romero singled to right to make it 25-5. They would not stop hitting as Hibbert singled to bring the score to 26-5. Gotta cleared the bases with a 2-run double to right-center, upping the lead to 28-5. RBI singles by Kwitzer and Molinari gave the Stompers an even 30, the most runs ever scored in the Pacific Association as the Stompers walked all over Napa, 30-5.

The Stompers are home Tuesday night against the Salina Stockade for the final time in 2019 at 6:05. 

STOMPERS HOMER 4 TIMES IN 10-7 LOSS TO NAPA

SONOMA, Calif- The Sonoma Stompers had to play from behind on Friday night. They got help from 4 solo home runs but couldn’t quite complete the comeback at they fell to Napa 10-7.

Pat Barnett (1-1) started for the Stompers and he got hit around early and often. Napa took advantage of a pair of walks and with 1 out Nick Ultsch hit a 3-run homer to right-center field to put Napa on the board first. A pair of singles by Toni and Fitzpatrick drove in another run to make it 4-0 Napa after 1 half inning. 

The Stompers got on the board in the bottom of the 2nd inning when Brent Gillespie hit a majestic solo homer to right field, cutting into the lead 4-1.

Napa put up 5 more runs in the top of the 3rd inning. Toni’s RBI hit, Fitzpatrick’s 2-run double and Bethancourt’s 2-run homer extended Napa’s lead over the Stompers 9-1. 

In the bottom of the 3rd inning the Stompers got to Napa starter Gabe Katich (1-1). With 2 outs, Jacob Barfield, Chris Kwitzer and Gillespie went back-to-back-to-back to bring the Stompers closer, 9-4. 

Barnett lasted just 5 innings in his 2nd start, allowing 9 runs, 6 earned, on 8 hits while striking out 4. 

Willie Ethington came in the game in the top of the 6th inning and allowed a pair of walks and a pair of hits to bring in the 10th Napa run to bring the score to 10-4. 

Ehtington was yanked for Marshall Shill who induced a double play to get out of the inning. 

The Stompers inched closer in the bottom of the 6th inning getting RBI hits from Rayson Romero and Barfield as they put up 3 runs to make it 10-7. 

The Stompers fell 10-7 to Napa but look for vengeance on Saturday night against the Silverados at 6:05. 

STOMPERS WALK 13 TIMES IN 11-4 WIN OVER SECOND PLACE VALLEJO

VALLEJO, Calif- The Sonoma Stompers traveled to Vallejo for the final time in 2019 and walked away with a big road victory, 11-4. 

The Stompers showed their discipline at the plate against Vallejo right-hander Carl Brice (3-5) who struggled to find the strike zone on Thursday night. With 1 out in the top of the 2nd inning, Miles Williams, Rob DeAngelis, and Nick Kern all walked to load the bases. With Daniel Molinari at the plate, Williams scored on a wild pitch to open the scoring and give the Stompers a 1-0 lead. Molinari then walked to load the bases, the 4thstraight walk allowed by Brice. Matt Hibbert hit a sacrifice fly to center to score DeAngelis and give the Stompers a 2-0 lead. With 2 outs, Jacob Barfield singled up the middle to score 2, the first hit of the game for the Stompers, extending the lead 4-0. 

Vallejo got on the board in the bottom of the 3rd inning on a solo home run making the score 4-1. The first hit for Vallejo against Ethan Gibbons (3-3) who got the start Thursday night.

In the top of the 5th inning, Barfield walked for the second time to open the inning before Chris Kwitzer launched his 7th home run of the season, this one to straight away center field, extending the lead to 6-1. 

The Stompers got one more in the top of the 6th inning. Molinari doubled to open the inning and scored on an RBI single by Barfield to extend the lead 7-1. 

The Admirals scored twice more in the bottom half of the 6th inning on RBI hits from Matt Eureste and Chris Fornaci to bring the Admirals closer, 7-3. 

Gibbons was well on his way to a win in a quality start on Thursday night, tossing 6 innings while allowing 3 runs on 4 hits while striking out 5. 

Hibbert added another RBI with a single to score Kern in the top of the 7th inning to put the Stompers lead at 8-3. 

Vallejo tacked on a run in the bottom of the 7th inning on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Montrell Marshall to score Gomez, cutting into the lead 8-4 with Willie Ethington (4-0) in the ballgame for the 7th. 

The Stompers added some insurance in the top of the 9th inning. after 2 quick outs, Molinari walked and Hibbert hit a flare single down the right field line. Pedro Barrios added to the lead with a monster 3-run blast to dead-center field, extending the lead 11-4. 

The Stompers got shutdown innings out of the pen from newest Stomper Spencer Backstrom in the 8th and a 1-2-3 9th by Lenny Gwizdala as the Stompers go on to win 11-4. 

NICK BARNESE SIGNED BASEBALL CARD GIVEAWAY

SONOMA, Calif- Not only is Saturday, August 17 Bocce Night at Palooza Park at Arnold Field but the first 200 fans that arrive at the park will receive a Nick Barnese signed baseball card! Gates open at 5:35 PM with first pitch is at 6:05PM.

If you don’t make it in time as one the first 200 fans to arrive at Palooza Park at Arnold field, don’t worry! Just be sure to participate in the in-between inning games for a chance to win one, or bring a glove or ball to have Barnese sign it after the game!

Barnese is in his ninth season of professional baseball and his first with the Sonoma Stompers, He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 2007 MLB draft. Last season with the Pittsburgh Diamonds, Barnese compiled 37 strikeouts in 34.2 innings pitch.

Through seven years in the Rays farm system, Barnese went 31-23 with a 3.37 ERA and 409 strikeouts over 478.1 innings.

To purchase Stompers tickets and to find more information about the team, visit stompersbaseball.com, call us at (707) 938-7277 or send an email to info@stompersbaseball.com.

STOMPERS CLINCH 1ST PLACE AND HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES WITH 13-2 WIN OVER SAN RAFAEL

SONOMA, Calif- The magic number for the Sonoma Stompers was 2 heading into Wednesday night’s game against San Rafael, knowing that a win would give them an automatic birth to the Pacific Association Championship Series and home field advantage in the Series. 

The Stompers got on the board first in the bottom of the 3rd inning against San Rafael starter Johnny Morell (1-2). Rob DeAngelis hit a sharp grounder to first baseman Axel Johnson who booted it for an error, then hit flip to the pitcher covering was wild for another error, allowing DeAngelis to go to second base on the play. Bronson Butcher was hit by a curveball and Rayson Romero walked to load the bases. With Nick Gotta at the plate, a wild pitch gave the Stompers the lead as DeAngelis slid in head-first, narrowly avoiding the tag from Ermindo Escobar, giving the Stompers a 1-0 lead. After a Gotta strikeout for the first out, Chris Kwitzer lined a single off Johnson at first, ricocheting into right field, allowing Butcher and Romero to score to give the Stompers a 3-0 lead. 

Gotta led off the bottom of the 5th inning with a high chopper over the mound for an infield single and Jacob Barfield worked a walk to put 2 men on base. With 1 out, Brent Gillespie crushed a 3-run bomb to right field, his 13th of the season, extending the Stompers lead out to 6-0. 

With runners on the corners and 2 outs in the bottom of the 6th inning, Kwitzer reached on a throwing error by shortstop Zane Gelphman, allowing Gotta to score and Barfield was thrown out trying to score from first base to end the inning but the Stompers added another run, 7-0. 

Vijay Patel (7-1) got his league-leading 7th win of the season Wednesday night, with the only blemish on the card being a solo home run in the top of the 8th inning by Yeiler Peguero to put San Rafael on the board and knocking Patel out of the game. Patel tossed 7 innings while allowing just the one run on 4 hits while striking out 9 on his way to the win.

Jacob Cox (3-0) came out of the bullpen in the 8th and allowed 1 run to make it 7-2 Stompers, while walking 2 and striking out 2. 

The Stompers added 6 more runs in the bottom of the 8th inning on 3 hits and 3 walks. The big hit, a Butcher 3-run mammoth homer to left-center field to cap off the 6-run inning to put the Stompers way out in front 13-2. 

Ryan Richardson (2-0) slammed the door with a 1-2-3 9th as the champagne fell from the sky with the Stompers clinching 1st place and an automatic birth to the Pacific Association Championship Series August 30th, 31st, and September 1st(if necessary) in which the Stompers will have home field advantage throughout the series. 

The Stompers are on the road Thursday in Vallejo with first pitch scheduled for 6:35. 

STOMPERS FALL 9-1 IN NAPA TO OPEN THE WEEK

NAPA, Calif- The Sonoma Stompers opened the week on the road in Napa and the offense went silent. The Stompers left almost a dozen runners on base and barely avoided the shutout. 

It was a tightly contested ballgame through the first 3 1/12 innings as nobody could push across a run. Napa finally changed that in the bottom of the 4thinning.

Dakota Conners led off the bottom of the 4th inning with a base hit, only the 2nd hit Konner Arnold (5-5) allowed. Willie Salas then laid a bunt down the third base line for a hit. On the play, Chris Kwitzer charged quickly and hit throw to first base went down the right field line. The error allowed Conners to score and Salas to go all the way to third base. With 1 out Nick Ultsch drove in a run with a base hit to extend the Napa lead to 2-0.

Napa extended the lead in the bottom of the 5th inning on a Salas 2-run single, a Josh Montelongo RBI hit, and a Ultsch RBI triple to extend the lead out to 6-0. 

The Stompers finally got on the board in the top of the 7th inning. Nick Gotta walked to open the inning and stole second to get into scoring position. Kwitzer walked to put 2 men on and woth 2 outs Gotta scored on a wild pitch to give the Stompers their first and only run of the game, cutting into the lead 6-1.

Napa put 3 more runs on the board in the bottom of the 7th inning on a Montelongo RBI single and a Ultsch 2-run homer as the Stompers fell big, 9-1. 

The Stompers are back home Wednesday night at 6:05 against the San Rafael Pacifics in a game where the Stompers can clinch 1stplace and an automatic bid to the Pacific Association Championship Series. 

STOMPERS HANG ON LATE IN VALLEJO FOR 9-7 WIN OVER RED-HOT ADMIRALS

VALLEJO, Calif- The Sonoma Stompers got out to an early lead in Vallejo on Sunday afternoon but the Admirals, winners of 9 of their last 10, made a comeback but fell just short as the Stompers hung on to win. 

Vallejo got on the board first in the bottom of the 2nd inning against Stompers right-hander Nick Barnese (6-1). Tilman Pugh reached on a 4-pitch walk and went to second when Barnese’s pickoff attempt went up the first base line. Later in the inning Matt Eurest hit a grounder to Nick Gotta who committed an error, leading to a 1-0 Vallejo lead. 

Daniel Molinari led off the top of the 3rd inning with a walk and Pedro Barrios launched his 4th home run of the season to right-center field, giving the Stompers a 2-1 lead. Brent Gillespie joined in with a solo home run, his 12th, extending the lead 3-1. 

Nick Kern led off the top of the 4thinning with a single and a sacrifice fly by Molinari drove Kern home, making it 4-1 Stompers. 

Vallejo went to the bullpen early as John LaRossa entered the game and struggled in the top of the 5th. He loaded the bases by walking Gillespie, hitting Kern, and walking Rob DeAngelis. Matt Hibbert drove in a run with a walk to make it 5-1. LaRossa exited the game for left-hander Matt Terrones who immediately allowed a 2-run single to Molinari, extending the Stompers lead 7-1. 

Vallejo answered with 2 in the bottom half of the 5th inning on an RBI single from O’Koyae Dickson who later also scored on a wild pitch, cutting into the lead 7-3. 

Jacob Barfield hit his 17th homer of the season in the top of the 6thinning, extending the Stompers lead to 9-3. 

Barnese lasted 5 innings, allowing 3 runs, 2 of them earned on 5 hits while striking out 4. 

Vallejo scored a pair of run in the bottom of the 7th inning on a 2-run bomb by Nick Akins Sr. off Stomper reliever Lenny Gwizdala to make it 9-5.

Graylin Derke brought the Admirals closer with a 2-run bomb to right off Austin Orvis to make it a tight game going into the 9th. 

Ryan Richardson (2-0) allowed a hit in the 9th but that was all, picking up his 9th save in 9 tries as the Stompers magic number to clinch 1st place in the Pacific Association is now just 2. 

The Stompers are in Napa on Tuesday at 5:05. 

STOMPERS OFFENSE EXPLODES IN 17-3 WIN OVER STOCKADE

SONOMA, Calif- The Sonoma Stompers brought the bats to the yard on Saturday night when they homered 5 different times to blow out the Stockade for the second time in 3 games.

Nick Gotta opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning, homering off of Salina’s Phil Rowland (0-4), to give the Stompers and early 1-0 lead. Pedro Barrios singled and later scored on a Chris Kwitzer RBI hit to extend the lead 2-0.

The offense blew the game wide open in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Nick Kern led off the inning with a solo home run, his 3rd of the season, to straight away left, upping the score to 3-0. Matt Hibbert was drilled, Bronson Butcher walked, and Rayson Romero reached on an error to load the bases with nobody out. Gotta walked to drive in a run to make it 4-0. Barrios blew the game open with his first grand slam of the season, his 3rd home run overall, extending the lead to 8-0. Rob DeAngelis immediately reached on catcher’s interference by Eric Kozak and later score on a Miles Williams RBI groundout which capped off the 7-run 2nd inning, putting the Stompers way out in front 9-0. 

Rowland lasted just 1 inning, allowing 9 runs, 7 earned on 6 hits.

In the bottom of the 3rd inning, against new Salina pitcher Jordan Young, the offense stayed hot. Romero doubled to right field to open the inning and with 1 out Barrios drove him in with an RBI single. After DeAngelis singled he stole second and Kozak threw the ball into center field, allowing Barrios to score and DeAngelis to go to third base as they Stompers now led 11-0. Williams joined the fun with a laser 2-run homer to center field, giving the Stompers a massive 13-0 lead.

Salina struggled against Stompers starter Pat Barnett (1-0) in his first start of the season. Zane Gelphman finally got the Stockade on the board in the top of the 4th inning with his 15th home run of the season, making it 13-1. 

With Aaron Sheaks on the mound now for Salina, the Stompers took advantage of the position player on the hill. Gotta singled to open the bottom of the 5th inning and he scored on Barrios’ RBI double, his 6th RBI of the game, making it 14-1. DeAngelis walked to put 2 men on base for Jacob Barfield who pinch-hit for Chris Kwitzer. Barfield emphatically homered on the first pitch he saw, a 3-run blast to left for his 16th bomb of the season to add to the monstrous lead, 17-1. 

Barnett tossed 6 innings, allowing just the 1 run on 6 hits while striking out 3. Well on his way to his first win of the season. 

Willie Ethington (4-0) tossed a clean 7th and Ethan Gibbons (2-3) then came on to pitch. Gibbons allowed a 2-run homer to Gelphman in the top of the 8thinning but those runs were the only ones he allowed as he closed out the 17-3 Stompers victory.

With Vallejo beating San Rafael, the Stompers magic number to clinch 1st place in the Pacific Association is now just 3 with 12 games left to play. The Stompers hit the road for a Sunday afternoon game with the Admirals next. 

BARRIOS WALKS IT OFF IN THE 10TH, STOMPERS COME BACK TO BEAT NAPA 11-10

SONOMA, Calif- The Sonoma Stompers notched their second walk-off win of the season on Friday night, coming back from being down 10-4, to walking it off in the bottom of the 10th inning.

Early and often scoring was the theme for both sides on Friday night. Napa got on the board early in the top of the 1st inning again Stomper right-hander Jacob Cox (3-0). Dakota Conners led off the game with a triple off the right-center field wall and scored on a wild pitch to give Napa a 1-0 lead. Cox then walked Sean Jackson on 4 pitches before giving up a 2-run homer to Josh Montelongo, his league-leading 17th, putting Napa up 3-0. 

The Stompers answered quickly in the bottom of the 1st inning. Nick Gotta walked on 4 pitches against Napa starter Gabe Katich (0-0). Jacob Barfield promptly doubled into the left field corner to put men at 2nd and 3rd. Chris Kwitzer drove them both home with a single up the middle, making it a 3-2 ballgame after 1 inning of play. 

The Stompers took the lead in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Gotta led off the inning with a triple to deep center. Kwitzer walked and with 2 outs Gotta scored on a base hit from Miles Williams to tie the game. With 2 men on, Pedro Barrios reached on an error by Nunez at second base to load the bases. Enjoying his 31st birthday, Matt Hibbert drove in his 2nd run of the season with a walk, giving the Stompers a 4-3 lead. 

Napa regained the lead in the top of the 4th inning when Conners hit his 1st home run of the  season, a 3-run shot to left off Cox, giving Napa a 6-4 lead. 

The Silverados continued to put up runs on Cox in the 5th. After 2 quick outs, Cox allowed a base hit to Brian Morley and walked Dom Bethancourt before Nick Ultsch lined a 2-run double down the left field line, extending the Napa lead 8-4. 

Cox finished after tossing 4 2/3 innings, allowing 8 runs on 9 hits while striking out 1 and walking 3. 

Willie Ethington (4-0) was the first Stomper out of the bullpen in the 5th.

In the 6th inning Napa’s lead grew even larger. Ethington walked Jackson to open the inning, then a base hit and a hit batsman loaded the bases for Brian Morely who picked up his first RBI of the season on a fielder’s choice to make it 9-4. A wild pitch brought another run home as Napa continued to pour it on, 10-4.

The Stompers offense went back to work in the bottom of the 6th inning against Katich. Hibbert reached to open the inning on an error by Conners at shortstop, opening the door. Bronson Butcher singled and Rayson Romero followed with a walk to load the bases. A wild pitch from Katich allowed a run to score and everyone to move up 90 feet, making it a 10-5 ballgame. Gotta grounded out to second base for the first out, driving in Hibbert to bring the score to 10-6. With 2 outs, Kwitzer drove in Romero from 3rd, Kwitzer’s 3rd RBI of the game, narrowing the Napa lead to just 10-7.

Katich’s night ended after 6 innings where he allowed 7 runs, 5 earned, om 8 hits while striking out 5. 

With 1 out in the bottom of the 7th inning, Barrios doubled and went to third base on a wild pitch. Hibbert worked another walk and Butcher was hit to load the bases with 1 out. Romero then hit a sacrifice fly to left-center, driving in Barrios to make it just a 2-run game, 10-8. 

The sidearm right hander Kyle Chavez (1-2) came into the game in the bottom of the 8th inning and retired both hitter he faced, stranding a runner at third to send us to the 9thin a 2-run game.

Ryan Richardson (2-0) tossed a 1-2-3 top of the 9th, keeping the deficit where it was and giving the Stompers offense a chance against Chavez in the bottom half. 

Hibbert struck out to open the inning and Butcher brought the tying run to the plate after he singled. Romero was then called out in strikes for the 2nd out of the inning. Gotta worked a walk against Chavez to put the tying run on base for Barfield who singled to left to load the bases with 2 outs. In a 1-2 count, Kwitzer bounced a single into center field, scoring Butcher from third and Gotta from second as the Stompers came all the way back from down 10-4 to 10-10 in the bottom of the 9th. Rob DeAngelis popped up to end the 9th and send the Stompers to their first extra-innings game of the season.

With the international tie-breaker rule, in extra-innings each team starts with runners at first and second base with nobody out. so by rule, Napa placed the last 2 batters of the previous inning, Jordan Anderson at 2nd and Willie Salas at first to start the inning.

Richardson went back to the mound to try and keep it tied in the 10th. Before he even threw a pitch the Stompers got the first out as Richardson threw to Gotta at second to pick off Anderson for the first out of the inning. he then got Conners to hit a soft line drive to Romero at shortstop for the second out and he struck out Jordan Garr to end the inning, keeping the game tied 10-10. 

By rule, the Stompers placed Kwitzer at second base and DeAngelis at first base to open the inning. with Chavez still on the mound, he faced Williams to start the innings and he hit Williams on the first pitch to load the bases. Pedro Barrios then stepped in and lined a 1-1 pitch into left-center field to walk it off and give the Stompers their second walk-off win of the season, both coming against the Napa Silverados.

The Stompers are now 37-14 and with a San Rafael loss, the magic number to clinch first place in the Pacific Association is now 5.

The Stompers are back home Saturday night against the Salina Stockade at 6:05. 

STOMPERS FALL TO SALINA 6-5 IN FIRST GAME OF HOME STAND

SONOMA, Calif- The Sonoma Stompers hosted the Salina Stockade on Thursday night at Palooza Park at Arnold Filed. 6 total home runs were blasted in the game but in the end, the Stompers came up just 1 run short.

Salina opened the scoring in the top of the first inning when Cody Bishop doubled off Stomper starter Vijay Patel (6-1). With 1 out, Cosimo Cannella drove in Bishop with an RBI groundout. Zane Gelphman followed with his 14thhome run of the season, putting Salina out in front early 2-0. 

The Stompers answered in the bottom of the 1st inning right away on Jacob Barfield’s 14th home run of the season, cutting into the lead 2-1. 

Salina put up 2 more runs in the top of the 3rdinning on Cannella’s 8th home run, a 2-run shot, extending the Stockade lead 4-1.

Daniel Molinari led off the bottom of the 3rd inning with a solo blast, his 2nd of the season, chipping away at the lead 4-2. With 1 out, Nick Gotta singled and Barfield followed with his 2nd home run of the game, his 15th of the season, tying the game 4-4. 

Patel finished after 5 innings allowing 4 runs on 5 hits while striking out 6. Ethan Gibbons (2-3) relieved Patel in the top of the 6thinning. 

Chuck Rocker reached on an error to open the top of the 6th inning and Nick Crouse took Gibbons deep to left to put Salina on top again, 6-4.

The Stompers loaded the bases in the bottom of the 8th inning against Zach Williams but were only able to score once, a Molinari RBI walk, to make it a 1-run ballgame but the Stompers failed to come all the way back, losing by that final.

The Stompers are back home Friday night against the Napa Silverados at 6:05.