Another Walk-off Win for Ports in 3-2 Defeat of Giants

July 6, 2024 – California League (CalL)
Stockton Ports News Release

STOCKTON, Calif. — The sixth walk-off win of the season for the Ports came via a sac fly from Ryan Lasko on
Friday night, giving Stockton a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Giants, tying the three-game series at one apiece.

2023 NL All Star, Alex Cobb, started the game for the Giants on a rehab assignment, and kept the Ports hitless in
his two-plus innings on the mound. The 36-year-old did hit a batter and allowed a walk before exiting in the top of
the third after that free pass.

At the other end of the experience spectrum was the Ports starter, Steven Echavarria, who is half the age of
Cobb. The 18-year-old had his best outing as a professional, going 4.2 innings and allowing only three hits and an
unearned run with just one walk and seven strikeouts. He left with two out and a runner on in the fifth after his only
walk of the game, before Corey Avant came in to relieve him. Nelson Beltran prevented a three-run homer just two
batters later, reaching over the fence in right to keep it a 1-0 game.

The Ports would tie the game up in the bottom of the sixth on a solo home run from Clark Elliott (1) with a 359-foot
blast onto the lawn in right. But the Giants would answer back with a solo home run to left from Justin Bench (1)
on a ball that got out in a hurry at 108 mph and traveled 375 feet to put San Jose back ahead at 2-1.

Stockton answered in the bottom of the inning, however, after Nate Nankil hit his first triple of the season off the
top of the wall in left, and Dereck Salom drove him in with a sac fly to tie the game at 2-2.

After Luke Anderson worked a three-up-three-down top of the ninth, Elliott led off the bottom of the inning with a
base hit through the left side. Elvis Rijo was called out for interference after running on the grass inside the first
base line on a little dribbler up the line, and Elliott had to come back to first after initially advancing to third. But
Myles Naylor worked a full-count walk, before a wild pitch moved Elliott to third.

From there, Lasko lifted a ball into left, and the 273 feet it traveled was plenty deep enough to score Elliott, as the
throw was off line and the Ports walked it off 3-2.

Nankil now has a 10-game hit streak after his triple tonight, while Naylor and Lasko each have 13-game on-base
streaks. Lasko also has an RBI in three-straight games, and Elliott has scored a run in three straight. Anderson
collected the win to move to 2-0 on…