MODESTO, Calif. – A late rally by the Ports (38-47, 6-13) wasn’t enough to counter a four-run sixth by the Nuts (47-38, 9-10) in a 6-3 loss that tied the series up at two games apiece.
Starter Cole Miller (0-2) allowed just an unearned run in four innings of work to take a tough-luck loss, but a run in the fifth and then the four-run sixth off reliever Aidan Layton proved to be too big of a mountain for Stockton to climb.
Five-straight hits started that bottom of the sixth for Modesto in a frame where they would rack up six hits against Layton along with a wild pitch to push across four runs and go up 6-0…