Alisha Alexander - Director of Baseball Operations

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - After a tough loss to the Palm Springs Power on Friday night, the Bombers came out on Saturday looking to redeem themselves, and they did so behind a stellar performance from starting pitcher Cody White.

The Power drew first blood in the bottom of the second off back-to-back base hits.

The Bombers answered back in the top half of the third inning as Chris Sandberg forced an error on a well-struck ball to start the inning.  After a groundball moved him over to second to put him in scoring position, Joey Magro came to the plate with two outs and tied the game with an RBI single to left field.

An unearned run put the Power back on top in the bottom of the third.

Chris Palmer led off the top of the fourth inning with a single to right field.  Jimmy Smith then beat out an infield single to put two on as Sandberg came to the plate with two outs.  Sandberg came up clutch, crushing a ball into left field to bring in both runners and put the Bombers up 3-2. 

White continued to shut down the Power bats, allowing just seven hits over the course of the game.  The Power attempted a comeback in the bottom of the ninth as they trailed by a run.  A leadoff base hit put a runner on, but he was thrown out on a fielder’s choice leaving a runner on first with one out.  White struck out the last two batters in the inning, including the league leader in home runs in Ryan Mota.

Palmer led the offense with two hits on the night, and Sandberg led with two RBIs, knocking in both the tying run and the go-ahead.

White threw the first complete game for the Bombers this summer, going all nine innings and striking out nine while allowing just one earned run and one walk.

The series with the Power concludes on Sunday night as the Bombers look to take the series.  First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. in Palm Springs, Calif.