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MODESTO SHUTS OUT STOCKTON 6-0

The Modesto Nuts maintained their one-game lead in the North division with a 6-0 shutout of the Stockton Ports on Friday night at John Thurman Field. Walking Cabrera singled in three runs in the first inning and Colin Davis homered and drove in two runs to lead the offense.

Jordan Jackson (W, 5-7) went six shutout innings for Modesto, allowing two hits and no walks with seven strikeouts. Tyler Driver pitched two scoreless innings in relief and Raul Alcantara threw a scoreless ninth inning. Stockton was held to just three hits.

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QUAKES OUTLAST MODESTO, 11-9

Despite having a pitch clock, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Modesto Nuts played a 3 1/2 hour game at John Thurman Field Saturday night, with the Quakes winning 11-9. Jose Ramos went 4-for-4 with a double and two triples and Luis Yanel Diaz was 2-for-5 with a grand slam to lead Rancho’s 12-hit attack.

It all started with a 40-minute first inning where nine combined runs scored and it ended with a position player pitching to get the final out with the tying runs on second and third.

The Quakes got five runs in the first inning, including Diaz’ slam, and chased Modesto starter Yeury Tatiz after 2/3 of an IP and 35 pitches. The Nuts came right back with four runs in the bottom of the first and knocked out Rancho Cucamonga starter Edgardo Henriquez, who didn’t record an out while throwing 23 pitches, five for strikes.

Rancho Cucamonga pitchers walked 12 and struck out 15, while Modesto pitchers yielded seven walks with 15 punch-outs.

Along with the long first inning there were many walks, hits and pitching changes, three errors by the Quakes and two errors by Modesto and a couple of HBPs. That all led to the bottom of the ninth where Modesto pulled to within 11-9 and got the tying runs to second and third with two outs.

INF Kenneth Betancourt was brought in for Rancho and he threw one pitch to record the final out. He was the seventh Quakes pitcher of the night.

Edwin Arroyo was 3-for-4 with two walks and knocked in four runs for Modesto.

Holden Laws threw 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the nuts, striking out six and giving up just one hit and one walk. Raul Alcantara went three scoreless innings with four strikeouts, one hit and two walks.

Rancho Cucamonga has won three of the first five games of this series and the two teams will finish it off on Sunday at 2:05PM.

SCOREBOARD

SAN JOSE – 10
VISALIA – 2
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LAKE ELSINORE – 8
FRESNO – 6
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STOCKTON – 6
INLAND EMPIRE -4
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ROAD TRIP: RANCHO CUCAMONGA ROCKED BY STOCKTON

IMG_5338Saturday night in Rancho Cucamonga was a perfect night for baseball. Great weather, post-game fireworks and a Corey Seager bobblehead giveaway made for a sold out ballpark. MLBers Scott Van Slyke and Joel Peralta were in Quakes uniforms with tons of Dodger blue on display in the stands.

But the visiting Stockton Ports weren’t interested in seeing the South Division leading Quakes inch any closer to a first-half title. Stockton broke out the bats and put up 14 runs on 14 hits, knocking around seven Rancho Cucamonga pitchers in the process. The final score was 14-2 and the Quakes still have some work to do to clinch a playoff berth.

IMG_5343Dodgers #9 prospect Zack Bird started for Rancho and made it through a scoreless first inning, 1-2-3. In the bottom of the first, Van Slyke doubled down the right-field line, 1B Cody Bellinger, the Dodgers’ #17 prospect, doubled him in, and after a Tyler Olge double, 3B Paul  Hoenecke brought Bellinger home on a sacrifice fly. 2-0 Rancho Cucamonga.

Stockton got on the board with a single run in the second inning, a long one for Bird, who threw 27 pitches. It was 2-1 Quakes, but that was the beginning of 14 unanswered runs to be scored by the Ports.

A six-run fourth inning was Bird’s undoing as he walked the first two hitters, gave up back-to-back doubles and walked another before being lifted. After 3 2/3 innings, Bird had given up six runs (five earned), on four hits and four walks. He took the loss and his record now sits at 2-3.

The Stockton barrage was led by 3B Matt Chapman, the Oakland A’s #3 prospect, with three hits, two doubles, three runs scored and an RBI. CF Matt Vertigan had three hits including a double and scored twice while driving in two.

Ports starter RHP Raul Alcantara, the A’s #9 prospect, didn’t make it out of the third inning, allowing 2 earned runs on five hits and two walks over 2 1/3. RHP Lou Trivino put a stop to the Rancho Cucamonga offense and was impressive for 4 2/3 innings, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out five to earn the win.

Van Slyke ended up going 1-for-4 with the double as the DH. Peralta came on in the fifth inning and had a 25-pitch limit. It didn’t go well for the MLB veteran as he gave up two hits and a run while facing four batters. His first pitch was laced by Hoenecke into the left-field corner for a double.

Tough result for the boisterous home crowd of 4,872. With the first half winding down, Rancho Cucamonga has a real threat on its heels in the charging Lancaster Jethawks. With the Visalia Rawhide wrapping up the North Division on this night, the South race will be fun to watch this coming week.

All Photos: Steve Cummings/CalLeagueHeat.com