After not closing out the California League Championship series in Game 2 on Tuesday, the Modesto Nuts came through in front of the home crowd in Wednesday’s Game 3, sealing the title with a one-run win.
The Lake Elsinore Storm went ahead in the second inning but a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth were enough to put the Nuts ahead for good in the 2-1 win. The Nuts won the series 2-1.
The Nuts won Game 1 of the series in Southern California Sunday, 10-8, but fell to the Storm 9-2 in Game 2. The team quickly regrouped for the third game of the best-of-three series. In both of the final two games, one key inning went a long way in determining the final score. A six-run inning in Game 2 propelled the Storm to a Game 2 win and the fifth inning won the game for Modesto Wednesday.
“You don’t know what moments are going to come up in the game,” Nuts manager Zach Vincej said. “We try to teach our guys that throughout the whole year. Every little moment means something and it could turn into something. They did an unbelievable job.”