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SATURDAY NIGHT SCORES

FRESNO – 7
VISALIA – 5
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The Grizzlies (29-18) kept pace in the North division, staying four games back of San Jose with the win. SS Ezequiel Tovar stayed hot with a 2-for-4 night including his seventh homer of the  season. It was Tovar’s fourth straight multi-hit game. Visalia outhit Fresno 14-8 but came up short. Fresno has won three of the five games so far and go for a series win today while Visalia is looking for a split.

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VISALIA WINS ON VUKOVICH WALK-OFF

3B A.J. Vukovich broke a 9th-inning tie with an RBI double as the Visalia Rawhide beat the Fresno Grizzlies 6-5 on Friday night. Visalia walked off with a win for the second time in this series which is now even at two games apiece.

Visalia’s offense pounded out 12 hits, led by 1B Ramses Malave who went 3-for-4 with two homers (his 3rd and  4th of the season) and 4 RBIs. Vukovich went 2-for-5 with 2 RBIs and 2B Ronny Simon went 3-for-5 from the leadoff spot with 2 runs scored.

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STOCKTON WINS IN 10 AT INLAND EMPIRE

Stockton 3B T.J. Schofield-Sam brought home the winning run with a sac fly in the top of the 10th at San Manuel Stadium as the Ports beat the Inland Empire 66ers 5-4 Thursday night. Sam had a pair of RBIs on the night and CF Junior Perez had two hits and an RBI to lead the offense.

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PORTS OFFENSE BREAKS OUT IN FRESNO

The Stockton Ports got a second-inning grand slam from CF Brayan Buelvas and went on to score 11 runs on 12 hits as they knocked the Fresno Grizzlies out of first place with an 11-6 win Wednesday night. Buelvas added a solo shot later and went 2-for-5 on the night with five RBIs.

The visiting Ports jumped on Fresno starter Anderson Amarista for six runs over 5 IP. Amarista allowed 7 hits and 2 walks with 2 Ks in his first start since joining the Grizzlies from the AZL. RF Junior Perez went 2-for-5 with a double and 3 RBIs. Every Stockton batter got at least one base hit.

Brayan Buelvas greeted at home plate after his 2nd inning grand slam against Fresno

LF Lawrence Butler went 1-for-2 with 3 walks for Stockton and also made three spectacular plays in the field. In the second inning with runners on 1st and 2nd and one out, Butler hauled in a high drive to the fence by Mateo Gil for the second out. The next batter was Julio Carreras who hit one past 3B T.J. Schofield-Sam for an error. Butler picked up the ball in left and gunned down Daniel Montano who was attempting to advance from 1st which prevented Drew Romo from scoring ahead of Montano. Butler later made a sliding catch in left

Drew Romo stepping on the plate after his solo shot in the 4th inning against Stockton

Romo went 3-for-3 for Fresno with his third homer of the year and a walk. He also threw out a runner attempting to steal second base. Buelvas’ homers for Stockton were his sixth and seventh of the year.

Stockton is now 14-24, 12 games out of first place in the North division while Fresno drops to 25-13, a game back of San Jose.

ARMENTEROS, MINJARES HONORED

MiLB.com has named Stockton’s Lazaro Armenteros Player of the Week  and Lake Elsinore’s RHP Felix Minjares Pitcher of the Week.

LAZARO ARMENTEROS – Stockton’s  OF/DH went 11-for-17 against Rancho Cucamonga with four doublles and a home run. Before being called up to High-A Lansing, Armenteros batted .431/.471/.615. Armenteros is Oakland’s #19 prospect.

 

FELIX MINJARES – Lake Elsinore’s Minjares appeared twice against San Jose and threw 6 2/3 innings allowing just one hit and no walks with 6 Ks.

BUTLER BLASTS LEAD PORTS OVER RAWHIDE

The Stockton Ports put up three first-inning runs in Visalia, led by 1B Lawrence Butler‘s leadoff homerun (2), and starter Jake Walkinshaw held the Rawhide to just one hit over six innings in a 7-2 Stockton win Friday night. Butler added another solo shot (3) in the ninth and went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI and  3 runs  scored.

Walkinshaw (W, 1-0) held the Rawhide hitless through five before giving up an infield single to Visalia SS Jose Curpa in the sixth. Moments later Curpa was erased on an inning-ending double play liner to Butler who stepped on the bag at 1st. Walkinshaw went 6IP with 1H, 4BB, 5Ks and threw 72 pitches, 44 for strikes.

Stockton’s 13-hit attack featured Butler’s three hits as wells as multi hit games from  C Tyler Soderstrom (A’s #1 prospect) who went 3-for-4, RF Danny Bautista (2-for-4, 2RBI) and #13 prospect CF Brayan Buelvas (2-for-4). Soderstrom now has a six-game hitting streak over which he has gone 10-for-24.

Rawhide starter Brandon Pfaadt (L, 0-1) rebounded quickly after getting a mound visit four batters into the game. Butler led off with a homer, followed by a walk and a groundout and Bautista’s RBI double. Following a conference on the mound, a fielder’s choice grounder brought in the third run before Pfaadt struck out Buelvas and 2B Gavin Jones swinging.

Pfaadt was steady the rest of the way, only facing two batters over the minimum before coming  out after five. His line was 5IP, 4H, 3ER, 2BB, 7K, 84 pitches, 55 strikes. After three starts, Pfaadt has gone 15 innings and allowed 10 hits and 7ER (4.20 ERA) with 3 BBs and  21 Ks. His WHIP of 0.87 would be third in the Low-A West if he had one more inning to qualify.

The Ports’ record now stands at 7-9 and they are five games out of first place in the North division, two games behind San Jose for third. Visalia drops to 2-14. Stockton has won three of the four games in the series.

 

SCOREBOARD

 

SAN JOSE – 0
FRESNO – 10
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LHP Breiling Eusebio (W, 2-0) threw six shutout innings and the Fresno bats jumped on San Jose for five first-inning runs. RHP Dugan Darnell (2IP) and RHP Stephen Jones (1IP) locked down the shutout and the Grizzlies got homers from DH Mateo Gil (1) and C Drew Romo (1). Fresno (11-5) moved to within 1 game of first-place Modesto in the North division while San Jose (9-7) remained in third place, 3 games out.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 2
LAKE ELSINORE – 0
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Four Quakes pitchers shut out the Storm on six hits as SS Jorbit Vivas and DH Johnny Deluca knocked in runs. Rancho (7-8) stayed tied with Inland Empire for second place in the South division. Lake Elsinore (8-8) saw its first-place lead shrink to 1/2 game.

MODESTO – 2
INLAND EMPIRE – 3
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The 66ers got six shutout innings from starter Ryan Smith (W, 2-0) and 2B Kyren Paris (Angels #6 prospect) doubled, tripled and knocked in two runs. Smith has now pitched 15 1/3 innings this season, allowing 3ER on 7H with 6BB and 29Ks. He lowered his WHIP to 0.85. C Keinner Pina extended his hitting streak to six games with a 3-for-4 night. Pina is 11 for his last 20 and is now batting .343/465/.400.

Modesto SS Noelvi Marte (Mariners #7 prospect) had another multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 and is now slashing .391/.466/.641.

Nuts RHP Taylor Dollard (L, 1-1) went 4 2/3 IP and allowed 3R on 6H and 3BB while striking out 11.

Modesto (12-4)remains in first place in the North division, 1 game ahead of second-place Fresno. Inland Empire (7-8) is tied with Rancho Cucamonga for second place, 1/2 game behind  Lake Elsinore.

MODESTO WINS 8TH STRAIGHT

The Modesto Nuts stayed hot Thursday night with a 10-7 win over Inland Empire to go to a league best 12-3. The eighth straight win along with Fresno’s loss to San Jose put the Nuts two games up in the North division.

Modesto’s 11-hit attack got going early with a solo homerun from SS Noelvi Marte (Mariners #7) in the top of the first inning. Inland Empire pushed across two runs in the bottom of the first, highlighted by Kyren Paris‘ RBI triple.

The top of Modesto’s order was back at it in the third with a two-RBI double by Marte to make it a 3-2 game. Paris (Angels #6) doubled in a run in the bottom of the third and  scored the go-ahead run  later in the  inning. But that would be the last lead the 66ers would hold as Modesto scored twice in the fourth, twice in the fifth and three times in the seventh.

Leadoff hitter Victor Labrada went 2-for-5 with three RBI and a pair of doubles for Modesto. His counterpart with IE, CF Elijah Greene, went 3-for-4 from the leadoff spot with three runs scored.

SCOREBOARD

 

STOCKTON – 4
VISALIA – 3
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SAN JOSE – 3
FRESNO – 2
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 6
LAKE ELSINORE – 7
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VUKOVICH KNOCKS IN WINNER FOR RAWHIDE

The Visalia Rawhide got back in the win column on Wednesday night with a 6-5 win over the Stockton Ports at Valley Strong Ballpark. DH A.J. Vukovich singled in 1B Lyle Lin from third to break up the tie and send the home crowd home happy.

The game went back and forth in the middle innings with the Rawhide scoring in three straight innings to match Stockton at 5-5 after the fifth.  It was all zeroes on the scoreboard until the walk-off game winner.

Vukovich, the Diamondbacks’ #18 prospect, went  2-for-5 and drove in a pair of runs while hitting safely in his fourth straight game. After opening the season with a 3-for-34 skid, Vukovich has gone 6 for his last 18.

#5 prospect LHP Blake Walston went 4 2/3 IP for the Rawhide allowing five runs on five hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.

SCOREBOARD

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 8
LAKE  ELSINORE – 2

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SAN JOSE – 4
FRESNO – 5

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MODESTO  – 4
INLAND EMPIRE – 1

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STORM GO TO 4-0, QUAKES vs. 66ERS POSTPONED

The Lake Elsinore Storm stayed perfect in Low-A West play with a dramatic 9-8 win in extra innings in Visalia Friday night while the league also saw its first postponement for covid-related reasons.

The game between the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Inland Empire 66ers was postponed shortly before the scheduled first pitch with the 66ers ultimately posting this message on it’s official Twitter account:

Tonight’s scheduled game between the Inland Empire 66ers and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes at San Manuel Stadium has been postponed to allow for continued testing and contract tracing involving members of the 66ers organization. MLB and the 66ers will provide further updates as they become available.

No info on tonight’s scheduled game is available at this time.

 

SCOREBOARD

 

LAKE ELSINORE – 9
VISALIA – 8

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The Lake Elsinore Storm became the league’s only 4-0 team by winning another back-and-forth battle with the Visalia Rawhide. Friday night’s win saw CF Robert Hassell III knock in the go-ahead run in the top of the 10th with a leadoff triple, driving in the installed runner from second base. Euribiel Angeles brought Hassell III home moments later with a sac fly to provide the winning margin as the Rawhide struck for one run in the bottom of the 10th, but no more.

RHP Jose Geraldo (1-0) went the final 2 2/3 innings for Lake Elsinore, giving up the lead in the bottom of the eighth, but pitching well to close it out and get his first win of the season.

The Rawhide got five strong innings from RHP Brandon Pfaadt who allowed just one hit, a Brandon Valenzuela homerun, while striking out seven with no walks. Pfaadt threw 66 pitches, 49 strikes. 3B A.J. Vukovich (2) and DH Ronny Simon (2) both homered for Visalia.

STOCKTON – 1
MODESTO – 2
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Four Modesto pitchers combined for 16 strikeouts and 1B Robert Perez drove home the eventual winning run with a two-out single in the eighth inning as Modesto won it’s third straight game, 2-1 over Stockton. RHP Taylor Dollard made his professional debut and went four shutout innings allowing  just two hits and no walks while striking out 10. Dollard struck out eight straight Ports batters in one stretch.

Leon Hunter (1-0) went an inning and a third for the win while Garret Acton (0-1) took the loss for Stockton. Nolan Hoffman pitched a scoreless ninth inning to pick up his second save.

Stockton’s Tyler Soderstrom went 2-for-3 with a double while walking twice. Soderstrom is the Oakland A’s top prospect per MLB Pipeline.

FRESNO – 4
SAN JOSE – 9
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The Giants got four first-inning runs and raced out to a 7-0 lead after four innings while LHP Nick Swiney dazzled in his pro debut as San Jose notched its first win of the season. Luis Matos and Harrison Freed had three hits apiece and Armani Smith had a triple and four RBI for the Giants.

Swiney threw four shutout innings, allowing a hit and two walks while striking out six. RHP Justin Crump (1-0)  went 1 1/3 scoreless in relief to earn his first win. Crump didn’t allow a hit and struck out four batters while issuing two walks.

The Grizzlies got a pair of singles from leadoff man Isaac Collins while Bladimir Restituyo drove in two runs.

 

 

 

STORM, QUAKES, GRIZZLIES MOVE TO 2-0

The Lake Elsinore Storm had another big offensive night in Visalia on Wednesday as they slugged their way to an 11-5 win over the Rawhide. The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes kept pace in the South division and the Rancho Fresno Grizzlies also moved to 2-0 to take over the top spot in the North.

SCOREBOARD:

LAKE ELSINORE – 11
VISALIA – 5
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FRESNO – 10
SAN JOSE – 4
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STOCKTON – 8
MODESTO – 3
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RANCHO  CUCAMONGA – 12
INLAND EMPIRE – 6
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