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Sunday, Jun. 28, 2009

Two-out rally in ninth gives Nuts first 2nd-half win of '09

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VISALIA -- It took three games and some serious heroics Saturday night, but the Modesto Nuts are on the board in the California League's second half.

Wilin Rosario's two-out single to right in the ninth inning chased home Matt Repec for the go-ahead run, the difference in the Nuts' 7-6 win over the Visalia Rawhide.

Reliever Craig Baker (2-1) got the win the hard way, striking out three after Visalia loaded the bases in the eighth. Matthew Reynolds closed in the ninth for his third save.

A crowd of 1,412 at Recreation Park was treated to a wild game on a steamy night that began with the temperature at 99 degrees.

Modesto lost the first two games at Visalia and was in danger of a sweep after the Rawhide chased starter Cory Riordan with a six-run fifth. The Nuts trailed 6-4 until drawing even in the eighth when Rosario, after an RBI single, came home on a wild pitch.

The winning rally in the ninth was begun by Repec's two-out double. Modesto returns to Thurman Field tonight to face San Jose.