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Minors: Storm advance to Cal League finals; Sod Poodles still scrapping

High Single-A Lake Elsinore is headed to the California League Championship series.

Right-hander Adrian Martinez fired five dominant innings in his second start with the Storm, Olivier Basabe drove in four runs and the Storm piled on late in an 11-2 win at Rancho Cucamonga to punch a ticket to the final round of the California League postseason.

The Storm last won a championship in 2011. The will host Visalia on Tuesday to start the best-of-five championship series.

Martinez, 22, struck out six and allowed only one hit and one walk in the start.