Category Archives: ROAD TRIPS

RAWHIDE OUTLAST PORTS FOR 4TH STRAIGHT WIN

Stockton @ Visalia Gm 5

The Visalia Rawhide stretched their winning streak to four games with an action-packed 9-8 victory over the Stockton Ports on Saturday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. Gavin Logan doubled and homered, one of four Rawhide batters with multi-hit games as the club rapped out 14 hits.

The starting pitcher matchup pitted two highly touted prospects but neither saw the end of the third inning and the offenses ran wild from the first inning. Landon Sims started for Visalia and gave up a first-inning run and left after a scoreless second inning having thrown 43 pitches, 24 for strikes.

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QUAKES RIDE 8-RUN INNING TO DROP RAWHIDE

The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes broke open a close game with an eight-run seventh inning and went on to beat the Visalia Rawhide 12-4 on Saturday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. The Quakes (5-3) pounded out 12 hits, including three home runs, with five batters collecting two hits apiece.

C Thayron Liranzo was 2-for-4 and belted this third home run of the season. LF Jorge Puerta had two hits, including his first home run of the season. CF Chris Newell blasted a three-run shot (3) in the big seventh inning.

Visalia got on the board first when 1B Gavin Conticello doubled in a run in the second inning. Liranzo’s two-run shot in the fourth gave the Quakes a lead they would never relinquish.

Jorge Puerta touches home after his 6th-inning homer

Puerta made it 4-1 with his sixth-inning two-run shot and Visalia scratched for a run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 4-2.

Rancho Cucamonga sent 11 men to the plate in the fateful seventh inning and racked up three hits while benefitting from two walk, a wild pitch and two HBPs. When the dust settled it was 12-2 and the Rawhide would only get two more in the bottom of the ninth.

RHP Jeisson Cabrera (W, 2-0) earned the win with his two innings of relief, allowing one run on two hits with no walks and two strikeouts. Starter Jerming Rosario threw four strong innings for the Quakes, allowing one run on three hits with a walk and six strikeouts for a no-decision.

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RAWHIDE RALLY ON QUAKES E’S, DIAZ SHARP

The Visalia Rawhide graciously accepted three errors by Rancho Cucamonga to post a four-run inning in a 4-2 victory over the Quakes on Saturday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. Yilber Diaz (W, 4-2) struck out nine over six innings and combined with two relievers to make the big inning stand up.

Rancho Cucamonga took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a Kenneth Betancourt RBI single. It was the only run Diaz would allow.

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GRIZZLIES RALLY LATE TO BEAT SAN JOSE 5-4

Juan Brito doubled in three runs three runs in the seventh inning to give the Fresno Grizzlies the lead and three relievers made it stand up as they came back to beat San Jose 5-4 on Saturday night at Chukchansi Park. The win put Fresno (9-5) into a first-place tie with Modesto in the North division.

San Jose took a 4-2 lead in the top of the sixth on a Garrette Frechette groundout and a Grant McCray RBI single. Angel Chivilli (W, 1-0) came on to get the last out for Fresno and end the rally.

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GRIZZLIES RUN UP THE SCORE ON RAWHIDE, STRETCH LEAD

The Fresno Grizzlies continued their dominance over the Visalia Rawhide with a 15-5 win on Saturday night at Chukchansi Park. The home team pounded out 15 hits and drew 12 walks while blasting four home runs, including a grand slam by Trevor Boone. With the win, the Grizzlies (37-19) stretched their lead over San Jose in the North division to five games.

Victor Juarez (W, 4-0) had a dominant start, going 6IP with 0 runs allowed on 2 H, 0 BB and 6 K. Juarez leads the California League in ERA (2.41), WHIP (0.92) and Opp Batting Average (.197).

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GRIZZLIES POWER PAST RAWHIDE, 8-7

The Fresno Grizzlies got back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning from Warming Bernabel (6) and Hunter Goodman (14) to come from a run down and win 8-7 at Chukchansi Park on Tuesday night. Yanquiel Fernandez hit a grand slam (4) in the second inning to get the scoring started.

Diomede Sierra started for Visalia and pitched a scoreless first inning but then was touched up for 6 runs (5 ER) in the second. Fresno starter Jarrod Cande had nearly the same experience, throwing two shutout innings before the Rawhide answered with a five-run third inning. Only two of the runs were charged to Cande.

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BIG INNINGS DRIVE 66ERS 11-2 WIN IN VISALIA

Inland Empire had a four-run inning to build a lead, then pulled away with a six-run inning as they beat Visalia 11-2 on Saturday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. The 2-5 hitters did plenty of damage with nine RBIs, led by Edgar Quero who homered (5) and Werner Blakely who drove in three.

Quero got the scoring started with a first-inning blast, his third of the series. Visalia answered in the bottom of the first when Wilderd Patino singled, advanced to second on a Deyvison De Los Santos single, stole third and finally came home on a wild pitch.

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STOCKTON HOLDS OFF FRESNO 10-8 AS TEAMS TRADE SLAMS LATE

Nick Brueser‘s eighth-inning grand slam proved just enough for Stockton to outlast the Fresno Grizzlies in a wildly entertaining game on Saturday night at Chuckchansi Park. Brueser’s blast gave the Ports a late 10-4 lead, but the home team got a slam of its own from Trevor Boone in a long bottom of the ninth inning before falling just short in a 10-8 Stockton win.

The Ports got on the board first in the second inning with a three-run rally started by a Junior Perez single. Back-to-back doubles by T.J. Schofield-Sam and Robert Puason made it 2-0 before Max Muncy made it 3-0 with an RBI single.

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RAWHIDE BEAT STORM WITH THREE HOMERS

Jordan Lawlar and Wilderd Patino went back-to-back in the first inning to get Visalia off and running and the Rawhide held on for a 7-6 win over Lake Elsinore at Valley Strong Ballpark Saturday night. Deyvison De Los Santos added a three-run shot in the third inning as Visalia built a 5-0 lead.

Lawlar and Patino each had three hits.

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GRIZZLIES HITS, QUAKES ERRORS PILE UP IN 12-3 FRESNO WIN

The Fresno Grizzlies took advantage of five Rancho Cucamonga errors to score eight unearned runs in a 12-3 victory over the visiting Quakes on Wednesday night. Warming Bernabel had three of Fresno’s 11 hits, including two doubles.

Juan Brito (4) and Juan Guerrero (3) each homered for the Grizzlies.

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