Bishop Delivers in 10th to Give Gulls a 4-2 Victory

A double down the right-field line by Jim Bishop drove in Greg Myers as part of a two-run 10th inning that gave the Ventura County Gulls a 4-2 California League win Tuesday night over Bakersfield at Sam Lynn Park.

Myers had doubled to begin the 10th and, with one out, Luis Reyna walked to bring up Bishop. Reyna advanced to third on Bishop’s double and scored the Gulls’ fourth run on an infield single by Kevin Batiste.

Tom Wasilewski (5-2) pitched three scoreless innings in relief of starter Jose Mesa to pick up the victory.

The Gulls opened the scoring with a run in the first on doubles by Santiago Garcia and Darryl Landrum. Bakersfield scored twice in the fourth with two out off Mesa, and the Gulls tied the game in the sixth on Domingo Martinez’s single that scored Geronimo Berroa, who had doubled.

Gull Notes

Left fielder Geronimo Berroa and catcher Greg Myers of the Gulls have been selected as starters in the California League all-star game, which will be played July 17, at 7 p.m. at Fresno’s John Euless Park. Pitcher Jeff Musselman, shortstop Eric Yelding and outfielder Luis Reyna of the Gulls also made the Southern Division team, which will be managed by Tom Kotchman, manager of the Palm Springs Angels. Going into Tuesday’s game, Berroa was batting .289 with 11 home runs and 40 runs batted in, and Myers is batting .309 with 15 home runs and 56 RBIs. Yelding is batting .268 with 24 stolen bases, and Reyna is batting .302 with 11 home runs and 42 RBIs. . . . Ty Van Burkleo, a Canoga Park resident and Palm Springs Angel who leads the league with 16 home runs, is the first baseman for the Southern Division. . . . Musselman (7-5) pitched a one-hitter over eight innings Monday at Bakersfield. The left-hander with an economics degree from Harvard leads the league with 141 strikeouts, nearly 50 more than any other pitcher. . . . The Toronto Blue Jays, parent club of the Gulls, last week signed right-handed pitcher Earl Sanders, their No. 1 pick in the 1986 free agent draft. Sanders, 21, posted a 24-9 record with 217 strikeouts in three seasons at Jackson State. This season, Sanders (6-4, 215) was 11-2 with 109 strikeouts. The Blue Jays announced Sanders will report to their New York-Penn League affiliate at St. Catharines, Ontario.