STOCKTON, Calif. – The Ports (44-64, 12-30) picked up the series split in the finale against Modesto (58-50, 20-22) with a 6-0 shutout win over the Nuts in the last home game they’ll ever play against the Modesto franchise.
Stockton got on the board in the second with a Bobby Blandford (1) blast to left center field making it 1-0. The Ports did not stop with the long ball, as Devin Taylor (2) added a two-run home run to add on and give them a 3-0 lead in the fourth.
In the fifth, both Carlos Franco and Jesus Superlano singled and scored. Ali Camarillo drove in the first with an RBI double and Gavin Turley added the next on a sacrifice fly to center field. Tucker Novotny shut down Modesto through six scoreless innings allowing three hits with three walks and eight strikeouts…