66ers, Quakes lose in ugly fashion

Both the 66ers and Quakes had rough games on Wednesday, although the Sixers had more to do with the final result and the Quakes with how they lost it.

The Sixers' loss was by a 14-3 score at Lancaster. In that game, two Lancasters hit three home runs apiece: Jonathan Gaston and Brian Pelligrini. Gaston went 4-for-5 with three runs and five RBI and Pelligrini was 3-for-5 with three runs and four RBI.

The Quakes lost 9-4 at home to Visalia to drop to 2-5 on the season with their fifth straight loss. Here's some of that ugliness:

• The Quakes blew a 4-1 lead by giving up eight unanswered runs
• Seven of Visalia's nine runs were unearned, thanks to four Quakes errors
• The Rawhide managed only four hits in the game, including just one during a six-run eighth when the Quakes walked four, made three errors, and had a passed ball.
• The Quakes walked 10 batters in the game
• In the three-game sweep by the Rawhide, the Quakes committed 11 errors.
• Quakes outfielder Anthony Norman pitched the last 1 1/3 innings, and was effective, not allowing a run, although he walked three.
• Quakes closer Mason Tobin left the game in the eighth with an apparent injury.