In a battle of first-place clubs, the San Jose Giants belted out 14 hits and drew eight walks to drop the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 9-5 on Tuesday night. LF Alex Canario blasted two home runs (5, 6) and SS Marco Luciano hit his 9th bomb of the year.
Giants starter Ryan Murphy went 3 1/3 IP allowing 4 runs (3ER) on 5 hits and 2 walks with 6 strikeouts. The Giants bullpen stopped the back-and-forth scoring by holding the Quakes to just one run the rest of the way. Righty Austin Reich (W, 3-0) went 2 2/3 scoreless innings allowing just one hit and no walks with four strikeouts. RHP Clay Helvey finished off the game, going 2 IP with no runs, hits or walks and five strikeouts for his sixth save of the season.
The win put the Giants (29-14) up by three games in the North division while the Quakes’ lead in the South shrunk to 2 1/2 games.
VISALIA WALKS OFF WITH FOUR IN THE 9TH INNING
The Visalia Rawhide beat the Fresno Grizzlies for the first time in 13 tries this season with a four-run bottom of the 9th inning to walk-off with a win. Fresno took a 9-6 advantage into the home half of the 9th but Visalia got what it needed as CF Glenallen Hill Jr. capped off the rally with an RBI single to win it, 10-9.
Each team scored in five different half innings. 1B Neyfy Castillo led Visalia’s 14-hit attack, going 3-for-5 with a triple. Reliever Bobby Ay pitched the final two innings, allowing one run on one hit and three walks with a strikeout and picked up the win when the offense came through.
LAKE ELSINORE – 11
MODESTO – 5
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STOCKTON – 6
INLAND EMPIRE – 5
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TRANSACTIONS
VISALIA RAWHIDE – OF Jorge Barrosa, SS Roman Ruiz, LHP Denson Hull and RHP Brandon Pfaadt assigned to High-A Hillsboro
3B Alexander Hernandez assigned to Visalia from High-A Hillsboro. RHP Alex Valdez assigned to Visalia from ACL D-Backs
LAKE ELSINORE STORM– LHP Ramon Perez assigned to High-A Fort Wayne
INLAND EMPIRE 66ERS – 1B Julio De La Cruz assigned to Inland Empire from ACL Angels
3B Jose Bonilla assigned to ACL Angels
MODESTO NUTS – RHP Leon Hunter and LHP Max Roberts assigned to Modesto Nuts from Tacoma Rainiers.
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.
