KT 62.33 - After split with POR, the DMO take 3 of 4 from SFB (mundane report)

[JRamirez]

June 11, 2062 (20620611)

The DMO finished out the series at San Fernando with a forgettable 7-1 loss, with Steven Clayton (6-4) getting shelled and Bear's pitcher Ielemia Faletose (8-1, 3.17) getting the win on 89 pitches. Before that loss, the Kernels had opened the series with wins of 5-0, 11-6, and 4-3. By series end the Kernels were above .500 (34-32) and seemingly ready for series at Vancouver and at Long Beach.

Game 3 was the closest. Des Moines scored all four of its runs in the top of the 4th and held on for the win. The scoring looked like this:

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Alonso Flinn a double and taken out due to injury.
Carl McLeod pinch ran and stayed in at first.
Hitoshi Kitamura, starting at 3b for the injured Parreno, singled. McLeod to third.
Ken'ichi Okubo bounced one to the pitcher, Morgan Tomsett, who threw Kitamura out at second. McLeod stays at third.
DH Carlos Rodríguez singles in McLeod, Okubo to second.
Masakado Matsunaga: three run homer off Tomsett, Matsu's 11th of the season.

Garth Dobbs got the win in seven innings of work. he allowed single runs in the 4th, 5th, and 7th. Southpaw Alonso González got his 4th save as the sometime closer. Yuu Suzuki had three hits for the Bears (los Osos).

In the 5-0 win, it was Stew Akers with 7 innings pitched, Mauro Mendoza with the remaining two frames (the 36-y.o. southpaw's quietly putting together a good season). With a stamina of 9 and four blue pitches, he could be called to start on. Flinn got four hits. Sam 'The Assasin' Fisher (2-4) got the loss.

The 11-6 win was propelled by three home runs and six runs off starter Morris Chapa (6-4) and three more runs off Richard Bullock (1-2). The homers were two by Carlos Rodríguez (giving him a DM-leading 18) and the other by Kitamura, his third in 25 starts. Salah Lutfi collected his first ML win, in relief of Alonso 'Sandman' Amaya (7-3), who allowed five runs. Keith Tims, José Reyes, and Augusto Annis homered against him.

The Kernels hope to keep the wins flowing in the eight remaining games of this 16-game road streak.