Modesto Nuts take rubber game against San Jose
Harrison Musgrave won his eighth game of the season and his Modesto teammates pounded out 14 hits in support as the Nuts defeated the San Jose Giants 7-2 Wednesday night in a California League baseball game at John Thurman Field.
Musgrave (8-1) pitched seven strong innings, allowing just four hits and a walk while striking out five. He hasn’t lost since his first start of the season on April 12 in Lake Elsinore. Devin Burke was solid in two innings of relief.
Giants starter Jason Forjet was nearly as sharp, giving up just one run, five hits and a walk in five innings work. But one of those hits was Jordan Patterson’s sixth home run of the season, a solo shot in the fourth inning.
The Nuts would add two in the sixth – Ryan McMahon’s league-leading 24th double of the season plated Patterson, and Rosell Herrera drove in McMahon with a single to left – and then blew the game open with four in the fourth. Correlle Prime had a two-run single, Cesar Galvez drove in a run with a single, and another run came in an on error.
After taking two of three from the Giants, the Nuts will entertain High Desert (Rangers) for four games before the Carolina-California All-Star Game on Tuesday in Rancho Cucamonga.
This story was originally published June 18, 2015 at 5:56 AM with the headline "Modesto Nuts take rubber game against San Jose."