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| Kila Ka'aihue hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning. (File photo: Minda Haas / Royal Blues) |
The Storm Chasers won their fifth in a row to improve to a season best 12 games over .500 at 61-49 and they maintained their five game lead over Memphis in the PCL American North.
David Lough's lead off long ball in the fourth broke up a scoreless game and triggered a five-run rally. Irving Falu added a sacrifice fly before Lance Zawadzki tripled in two runs and scored on a Joaquin Arias base hit.
Kila Ka'aihue's three-run blast in the fifth lengthened the visitors lead to 8-1 and a four-spot in the sixth, highlighted by Salvador Perez's two-run single, put the game out of reach at 12-1.
Johnny Giavotella was 3-for-5 with a double and a walk at the top of the order. And the top four guys in the lineup, also consisting of Lough, Lorenzo Cain and Clint Robinson were 9-for-16 with 4 RBIs.
Mendoza notched his eighth win of the year, lowering his ERA to 2.32, after allowing a lone run on four hits while walking one and striking out six. Robinson Tejeda yielded a run on three hits over the final three innings to earn his initial save of the campaign.
The Storm Chasers will send right-hander Sean O'Sullivan to the mound Wednesday night against Sacramento lefty Carlos Hernandez in the opener of a four game series at Werner Park.
