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FRIDAY 7/31 SCORES

INLAND EMPIRE – 3
SAN JOSE – 8
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San Jose (49-27) keeps pace with Fresno, stays 2 games back for the best record in the league. A four-run 5th inning is the difference.

SJ
RF Carter Williams, 1-for-3, 2B, 1BB, 4RBIs
3B Casey Schmitt, 3-for-5, 2B
RHP Prelander Berroa, W, 4-3  5IP, 3H, 1ER, 0BB, 10K

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LF Elijah Greene,2-for-3, 2B
RF Cade Cabbiness, 2-for-4, HR (1)
LHP Jeryell Rivera, 2 2/3IP, 1H, 0R,  0BB, 5K

 

 

VISALIA – 4
STOCKTON – 5
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Rawhide go to the bottom of the 9th looking for their 3rd straight win but a walk and a Danny Bautista 2-run shot walk it off for the Ports

VIS
1B Mason Berne, 1-for-4, HR (1)
RF Alexander Hernandez, 1-for-4, HR (2)
LHP Avery Short, 5IP, 7H, 3ER, 1BB, 6K

STK
RF Danny Bautista, walk-off HR (2)
RHP Pedro Santos, W (3-2), 4IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 8K
DH Lawrence Butler, 3-for-3, 2 2B, 2RBIs
SS Robert Puason, 2-for3, 2B, SB

 

 

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 14
MODESTO – 13
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Vintage mid-summer California League action, Modesto goes to the top of the 9th leading 13-9, Rancho scores four runs and wins 14-13

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SS Eddys Leonard, 2-for-5, 2B, 1BB,  4RBIs
RF Jose Ramos, 3-for-4, 3B
DH Alex De Jesus, 2-for-4, 2B, 2BB, 2RBI, 3R
CF Edwin Mateo, 2-for-4, 2B, BB
RHP Aldry Acosta, W (4-3), 2IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 2K

MOD
RF Alberto Rodriguez, 2-for-4, HR (6), BB, 4RBIs
3B James Parker, 4-for-4, 2B, BB, 2R
CF Brett Rodriguez, LF Trent Tinglestad, 3 hits apiece

 

 

FRESNO – 3
LAKE ELSINORE – 0
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Combined shutout from four Fresno pitchers. Grizzlies still hold the best record in the league at 51-25.

FRE
2B Eddy Diaz and C Drew Romo both 2-for-4
RHP  Toney Locey, 4 2/3IP, 2H, 0R, 3BB, 4K
RHP Juan Mejia, W (1-5), 2 1/3IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 3K

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LHP Noel Vela, L (1-8), 6IP, 3H, 2R (0ER), 2BB, 5K
C Brandon Valenzuela, 2-for-4, 2B

THURSDAY SCORES

INLAND EMPIRE – 6
SAN JOSE – 3
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C Myles Emmerson 3-for-4, 2B
CF Elijah Greene 2-for-3, 3RBI
LHP Adam Seminaris 5IP, 4H, 3R (1ER), 2BB, 8K
RHP Julio Goff 3IP, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 4K

VISALIA – 6
STOCKTON – 3
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SS Ronny Simon HR (11), 2RBIs, 2SB
CF Glenallen Hill Jr. 2-for-4, 2B, SB
RHP Marcos Tineo (W, 2-4), 6 2/3IP, 4H, 2R 0BB, 10K
RHP Jared Liebelt 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 3
MODESTO – 9
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RF Alberto Rodriguez 3-for-5, 2RBIs
DH Eric Jones 4-for-5, 2RBIs
RHP Connor Phillips (W, 5-3), 5IP, 8H, 3R, 2BB, 8K

FRESNO – 3
LAKE ELSINORE – 2
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RHP  Blair Calvo (W, 2-1), 3IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 5K
3B Julio Carreras 2-for-4, 2B, SB
DH Brandon Valenzuela 2-for-4, 2 2B
RHP Jesus Lugo (L, 0-3), 6IP, 7H, 3R (1ER), 1BB, 6K

WEDNESDAY SCORES

FRESNO – 4
LAKE ELSINORE – 1
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LHP Sam Weatherly (W, 4-6) 6IP, 5H, 1ER, 0BB, 6K, SS Ezequiel Tovar 2-for-3, triple, HR (11)

VISALIA – 8
STOCKTON – 7
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RF Jose Curpa 2-RBI triple ties it in the 8th, 1B Elian Miranda RBI single in the 9th is the difference.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 3
MODESTO – 4
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Trent Tinglestad RBI single and Robert Perez sac fly in the 10th win it.

INLAND EMPIRE – 3
SAN JOSE – 4
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League-leading 17th HR for Marco Luciano, RHP Wil Jensen (W, 5-1) 5IP, 7H, 2ER, 1BB, 1K

TRANSACTIONS

A lot of activity, here are transactions from this week:

FRESNO
RHP Case Williams activated

INLAND EMPIRE
3B Paxton Wallace assigned to Inland Empire 66ers
LHP Jack Dashwood promoted to High-A Tri-City
OF Caleb Scires released
1B Spencer Brown released

LAKE ELSINORE
LHP Bodi Rascon assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL
RHP Connor Lehmann promoted to High-A Ft. Wayne

MODESTO
C Matt Scheffler promoted to High-A Everett
2B Justin Lavey promoted to High-A Everett
RHP Nolan Hoffman promoted to High-A Everett
RHP Travis Kuhn promoted to High-A Everett
C Anthony Lepre assigned to Modesto Nuts from ACL
OF Colin Davis assigned to Modesto Nuts from ACL
RHP Andrew Moore assigned to Modesto Nuts from ACL
OF Spencer Packard assigned to Modesto Nuts from ACL
RHP Jimmy Kingsbury assigned to Modesto Nuts

STOCKTON
RHP Garrett Acton promoted to High-A Lansing

VISALIA
RHP Jared Liebelt activated from 7-day IL
OF Danny Oriente promoted to High-A Hillsboro
LHP Liu Fuenmayor promoted to High-A Hillsboro

 

TUESDAY SCORES

FRESNO – 2
LAKE ELSINORE – 3
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INLAND EMPIRE – 0
SAN JOSE – 9
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VISALIA – 11
STOCKTON – 12
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10 Innings

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 3
MODESTO – 2
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INTERVIEW: A.J. VUKOVICH

Visalia Rawhide third baseman A.J. Vukovich is in his first pro season after being drafted in the fourth round in 2020 (119 overall). Vukovich comes from East Troy, WI and just turned 20 years old. Batting in the middle of the Rawhide order, Vukovich is leading the team in hits (61) and doubles (15) and is second in HRs (9). I had a chance to talk to A.J. this past weekend and saw right away that he is a positive-energy guy who is driven to work hard to succeed. We discussed the move to central California and the adjustments to full-season baseball among other things:

YOU’VE BEEN HERE A FEW MONTHS NOW, DO YOU LIKE VISALIA?
Yeah, I love it.

IS THE COMMUNITY SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU COME FROM AT ALL?
You want to know what, yeah, it is. During Spring Training when they said I was coming here I wasn’t exactly sure what Visalia would be like just because it is in California. I’d been to Los Angeles a few times but nothing north of there so I wasn’t sure what it would be like. But honestly it does remind me, sort of, where I’m from. It has that community feel to it and you can tell the community likes the Rawhide and really appreciates its baseball team.

 

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BUTLER, BERROA NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

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.

SUNDAY SCORES

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 7
VISALIA – 5
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RC
2B Jorbit Vivas 2-for-5, 2B, HR (11), 3RBI.
RHP Aldry Acosta (W, 3-2) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 3K

VIS
C Ramses Malave, 1-for-4, HR (8)
DH Lyle Lin, 4-for-4
2B S.P. Chen, 1-for-4, HR (5)
The Quakes swept the 6-game series and are now 40-31 which puts them 5 1/2 games out of the last playoff spot.

 

 

STOCKTON – 5
SAN JOSE – 11
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SJ
DH Jairo Pomares, 3-for-5, 2 2B, 3RBI
CF Luis Matos, 3-for-4, 1BB
RF Carter Williams, 3-run HR (5)

STK
3B T.J. Schofield-Sam, 2-for-4, 2B, HR (4)
San Jose (46-26) split the six-game series with the Ports and remains two games behind Fresno for the best record in Low-A West

 

 

MODESTO – 14
FRESNO – 9
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MOD
DH Alberto Rodriguez, 3-for-5, 3B, HR (5)
1B Robert Perez, 5-for-6, HR (8), 5 RBIs
CF Brett Rodriguez, 2-for-6, 2B, HR (2), 3 RBIs
RHP Matthew Willrodt, W, 1-2, 2IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 2K

FRE
CF Joe Aeilts, 3-for-4, HR (3), 3 RBIs
Modesto (39-33) split with first-place Fresno (48-24) and are seven games behind San Jose (46-26) for the second playoff spot.

 

 

LAKE ELSINORE – 0
INLAND EMPIRE – 5
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IE
RHP John Swanda, , W (3-5), 7 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K
LHP Jack Dashwood, 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3K
3B Jeremy Arocho, 2-for-3, 2 2B, 2 Runs Scored
LF Caleb Scires, 2-for-4, 2B

LE
CF Robert Hassell III, 1-for-4, 2B

Swanda and  Dashwood combine for the shutout, six hits and no walks. The 66ers (38-33) are 7 1/2 games out of the last playoff spot.

GIANTS SHUT DOWN 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

QUAKES PULL AWAY LATE FOR 4TH STRAIGHT WIN

Rancho Cucamonga 2B Sam McWilliams went 3-for-5 with a double and a 2-run homer to power the Quakes to their fourth straight win in Visalia Friday night. The visitors broke open a tense, low-scoring contest with late-inning offense while RHP Kendall Williams went four strong innings out of the bullpen to hold down the Rawhide for a 9-1 Quakes win.

McWilliams started the scoring in the first inning with a double and two wild pitches that allowed him to come around and score the game’s  first run. 1B Imanol Vargas launched a 2-run shot in the second inning for a 3-0 Rancho Cucamonga lead.

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