The Stockton Ports announced their Opening Day roster on Tuesday, ahead of Friday’s season-starter against Modesto at Banner Island Ballpark. The club that starts the 2024 season included 14 returnees from last year and Oakland’s #18 prospect, Ryan Lasko.
The club will see its first action on Wednesday in an exhibition game against Stanislaus State University.
OF Denzel Clarke and RHP Mitch Myers, both of the Stockton Ports, earned Player and Pitcher of the Week honors for April 11-17.
DENZEL CLARKE – After going hitless in the first two games against Modesto, Clarke went 10-for-19 with three home runs the rest of the series. The Oakland A’s’ #16 prospect is slashing .333/.350/.615 for the young season and is tied for second in the Cal League with 13 hits and 3 homers.
MITCH MYERS – On Wednesday night, Myers threw six scoreless innings against Modesto, allowing two hits and two walks with four strikeouts. The right-hander out of Pittsburgh left with a 3-0 lead having thrown 74 pitches, 48 for strikes.
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Stockton’s bats broke out for the second night in a row, led by Denzel Clarke‘s two home runs, in a 14-10 win over Modesto at Banner Island Ballpark Friday night. Clarke, the Oakland A’s #17 prospect, led off the bottom of the first with a solo shot and added a three-run bomb in the seventh. Stockton got three more long balls in outlasting the Nuts to even the series at two games apiece.
A three-run first inning and a six-run fourth put Stockton up 9-2 with rehabbing big-leaguer James Kaprielian in control but the Nuts got to Stockton’s bullpen and made it a slugfest.
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Tagged CJ Rodriguez, Denzel Clarke, James Kaprielian, Kevin Richards, Max Muncy, Modesto Nuts, Robert Perez, Stockton Ports
The Modesto Nuts woke up in a big way with an 8-run seventh inning that sent them to a 10-3 win at Stockton on Wednesday night. The Ports were up 3-0 and seemingly in control until a three-run homer by Ben Ramirez knotted up the game with one out. After that, the floodgates opened.
A single and an HBP followed but the Ports got the second out of the inning and looked to get back in the dugout and find a way to win their first game of the season. But what followed was a sequence of wild pitch, wild pitch, walk, walk, walk and then, with Modesto up 5-3, Milkar Perez hit a bases-clearing double to make it 8-3.
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Tagged Ben Ramirz, CJ Rodriguez, Milkar Perez, Mitch Myers, Modesto Nuts, Randy Bednar, Stockton Ports
Stockton OF Lawrence Butler and San Jose RHP Prelander Berroa have been named Low-A West Player and Pitcher of the Week for July 19-25.
LAWRENCE BUTLER – Against San Jose last week, Butler went 10-for-25 with a double and three home runs. On Wednesday he was 2-for-4 with two homers and six RBIs. Butler’s 13 home runs are tied for fourth in Low-A West.
PRELANDER BERROA – On Saturday against Stockton, Berroa went six shutout innings and allowed one hit with no walks and nine strikeouts. In July, Berroa is 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA over five starts. In 28 2/3 July innings, he has allowed 18 hits and nine walks with 34 strikeouts.
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Tagged Lawrence Butler, Player of the Week, Prelander Berroa, San Jose Giants, Stockton Ports
The San Jose Giants bounced back from three straight losses behind three home runs from the offense and a dominant combined effort from the pitching staff to beat Stockton 8-1 Saturday night. 2B Jimmy Glowenke and SS Abdiel Layer hit back-to-back homers in the 3rd inning to put the Giants up for good and RHP Prelander Berroa (W, 3-3) allowed just one hit over six innings with no walks and nine strikeouts.
The Giants carried the 3-0 lead to the bottom of the sixth where they tacked on five runs with PH Jairo Pomares blasting a three-run homer, his 10th of the season. RHP Ivan Armstrong and RHP Clay Helvey covered the final three innings with just one run allowed on an RBI single by 3B Joshwan Wright in the seventh inning. The three San Jose pitchers combined for 3H, 0BB and 13 Ks.
Glowenke has found his stroke in July, slashing .346/.446/.615 with all four of his HRs. Pomares extended his hitting streak to six games and has gone 10-for-23 over that stretch with three doubles and two home runs.
San Jose (45-26) picked up a game on the first-place Grizzlies and will look for a series split Stockton on Sunday.
MODESTO – 8
FRESNO -6
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RHP Sam Carlson 6IP, 5H, 3ER, 2BB, 7K
RHP Luis Curvelo 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
C Matt Scheffler 2-for-3 with 2 BB
Zac Veen 2-for-4, 1BB, HR (11)
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 11
VISALIA – 4
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SS Alex De Jesus 2-for-4, HR (10)
RF Jose Ramos 2-for-6, HR (2), 3 RBIs.
LAKE ELSINORE – 4
INLAND EMPIRE – 9
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1B Spencer Brown 2-for-3, 2HR (5), 5 RBIs
SS Jose Guzman 3-for-5, 2 runs scored
LF Elijah Greene 2-for-4, triple
RHP Dakota Donovan 3IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
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Tagged Abdiel Layer, Alex De Jesus, Clay Helvey, Dakota Donovan, Elijah Greene, Ivan Armstrong, Jairo Pomares, Jimmy Glowenke, Jose Guzman, Jose Ramos, Joswhwan Wright, Luis Curvelo, Matt Scheffler, Prelander Berroa, Sam Carlson, San Jose Giants, Spencer Brown, Stockton Ports, Zac Veen
Stockton OF Lawrence Butler hit a two-run home in the third inning then launched a grand slam in the eighth to drive in all of Stockton’s runs in a 6-2 win over San Jose Wednesday night. The Ports ended a nine-game losing streak as three pitchers held the Giants to just seven hits.
Butler went 2-for-4 with 6 RBIs, belting his 11th and 12 homers of the season. He’s gone 6-for-12 in his last three games.
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Tagged Carter Williams, Dakota Donovan, Diego Granados, Elijah Greene, Ezequiel Tovar, Garrett Acton, Jairo Pomares, Joe Aeilts, Jorbit Vivas, Jorge Juan, Julio De La Cruz, Lawrence Butler, Ryan Murphy, San Jose Giants, Saryn Lao, Stockton Ports, Trevor Boone
Statement posted on Stockton Ports website re: Friday night’s postponement:
Tonight’s game has been postponed to allow for additional testing and contract tracing of members of the Fresno Grizzlies organization. We are adhering to Minor League Baseball’s health and safety protocols and will practice caution as we follow the guidance of experts. Further updates will be provided as available.
Fans with tickets from tonight’s game will be issued a voucher good for any other game during the 2021 season.
Tonight’s game will be made up as part of a doubleheader tomorrow, July 17, 2021, featuring two 7 inning games starting at 6:05 p.m. Gates open at 4:50 p.m.
Tickets for tomorrow’s doubleheader will be valid for both games.
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A pair of shutouts on the Low-A West scoreboard Wednesday night. Lake Elsinore evened up the series with Inland Empire, shutting out the 66ers 4-0. Fresno did the same with Rancho Cucamonga, evening up their series with a 7-0 win. The Quakes lead the South division by 1 1/2 games over Lake Elsinore with Inland Empire two games back.
San Jose SS Marco Luciano hit his league-leading 13th homer of the season in a 4-2 loss to Stockton. It was Luciano’s fourth homer in three games. San Jose’s lead in the North is now three games over Fresno.
MODESTO – 5
VISALIA – 3
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INLAND EMPIRE – 0
LAKE ELSINORE – 4
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 0
FRESNO – 7
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SAN JOSE – 2
STOCKTON – 4
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The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes jumped out on top with a three-run homer from DH Alex De Jesus in the first inning Tuesday night and went on to beat the Grizzlies in Fresno by a score of 5-1. RHP Jimmy Lewis went 2 2/3 scoreless innings and RHP Hyun-il Choi (W, 4-3) came on to cover 5 1/3 innings with only 1 ER as the Quakes held the Grizzlies to just five hits.
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Tagged Alex De Jesus, Daniel Montano, Diego Cartaya, Drew Romo, Eddys Leonard, Edwin Mateo, Fresno Grizzlies, Hyun-il Choi, inland Empire 66ers, Ismael Alcantara, Jimmy Lewis, Jorbit Vivas, Lake Elsinore Storm, Modesto Nuts, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, Sam Weatherly, San Jose Giants, Sauryn Lao, Stockton Ports, Visalia Rawhide
