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Lake Elsinore Storm 2b Esteury Ruiz has been named California League Offensive Player of the Week after slashing .389/.450/.722 over six games. For the week Ruiz went 7-for-18 with two homers (4) and seven RBI (17).
On Sunday Ruiz went 2-for-3 against San Jose with a homer and three RBI. The 20-year old out of the Dominican Republic played at lo-A Ft. Wayne last year after a successful 2017 in the AZL.
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San Jose Giants RHP Matt Frisbee has been named Cal League Pitcher of the Week. In his third outing since being promoted from Augusta, Frisbee threw six shutout innings against Modesto on Thursday night. He gave up just one hit with no walks while striking out five in San Jose’s 1-0 win.
Frisbee was drafted in the 15th round in last year’s draft and started the year at Augusta. In four outings (two starts) there he had a WHIP of 1.06 and opponents batted just .196 against him. He walked just six against 23 K’s.
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The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Lancaster Jethawks squared off Monday night for the first of a four-game set with Rancho holding a slim one-game lead in the South division. The Quakes got a big night at the plate from 1B Nick Yarnall and won by score of 7-3 at The Hangar in Lancaster to stretch their lead to two games.
Yarnall smacked an RBI triple in the second inning and followed with a two-run homer in the fourth to help Rancho Cucamonga to a 4-0 lead. RHP Gerardo Carrillo (2-2) went six strong innings allowing three runs on six hits and a walk with seven strikeouts. Lefty Wes Helsabeck earned his second save with three shutout innings out of the bullpen, allowing just two hits with no walks while striking out five.
2B Carlos Herrera collected three hits for the Jethawks and DH Luis Castro belted his fifth homer of the season in the loss.
The series continues tonight at The Hangar with Leo Crawford (0-2) going for the Quakes and Ryan Rolison (2-0) starting for Lancaster.
THE OTHER FIRST PLACE BATTLE
In the North division, Visalia has a commanding lead and the Rawhide added to it with a 3-1 won over second-place Modesto Monday night. The win stretched Visalia’s lead to nine games and improved its home record to a ridiculous 15-3. Jeff Bain struck out eight over six innings, allowing just a run on six hits to improve to 4-1 on the season.
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