The San Diego Padres have promoted three of Lake Elsinore’s standouts to high-A Fort Wayne. C Brandon Valenzuela, OF Robert Hassell III and INF Euribiel Angeles all are on their way to the next level after very successful stints in Low-A West.
Valenzuela is batting .307/.389/.444 on the year and he has turned it up in July and August from an already solid-start. This month he has slashed .333/.440/.460.
Hassell III is among the leaders in numerous offensive categories: Hits (118, 3rd) OBP (.415, 2nd), OPS (.897, 7th), AVG. (.323, 3rd), BBs (57, 2nd) and SBs (31, 3rd).
Angeles is the league’s leading hitter by average (.343) and hits (124), and sixth in OBP at .397. He’s ninth in OPS at .858.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 5
VISALIA – 6
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Rawhide C Adrian Del Castillo went 2-for-4 and had two RBIs to lead Visalia’s offense. LHP Avery Short allowed two earned runs over five innings on two hits and four walks with five strikeouts and was awarded his first professional win. Visalia leads the series 3-2.
Del Castillo, the 67th pick overall in the 2021 draft, has gone 7-for-17 over his last four games with seven RBIs.
3B Deyvison De Los Santos has hit in five straight, going 9-for-21 with three doubles. De Los Santos is 18 years old and was signed by the Diamondbacks out of the Dominican Republic in 2019.
SAN JOSE – 0
LAKE ELINORE – 1
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Four Lake Elsinore pitchers threw the shutout, with Ruben Galindo (W, 4-3) throwing four innings of the bullpen and allowing just one hit and two walks with four strikeouts. C Gilbert Vizcarra had two hits including the game-winner, his third homer of the year.
The teams combined for just seven hits, with Vizcarra accounting for two of the Storm’s three hits.
San Jose RHP Prelander Berroa got hung with the loss (5-6) despite going seven strong innings and allowing one run on three hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.
MODESTO – 9
FRESNO – 10
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The Grizzlies bounced back from three straight losses at the hands of the Nuts with 10 runs on 15 hits. Six total pitchers were needed in the wake of starter Toney Locey‘s three-inning stint and Fresno scored the deciding run in the bottom of the eighth inning on an RBI double by Drew Romo.
Romo also hit his sixth homer of the year, an inside-the-park sprint around the bases. 2B Eddy Diaz was 3-for-4 with a double. Six different grizzlies had multi-hit games.
CF Corey Rosier stayed red-hot for Modesto, going 3-for-6. The 2021 12th-round draft pick has hit in 12 straight and is 25-for-50 over that stretch. 1B Eric Jones had three hits and a walk.
INLAND EMPIRE
STOCKTON
Postponed
Contract tracing still in effect for members of the Oakland A’s organization.
PATRICK BAILEY – The switch-hitting catcher hit in all six games against Lake Elsinore last week, going 12-for-25 with five doubles and a home run. On Wednesday night he was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a homer in San Jose’s 7-0 win. Bailey was the 13th overall pick in the 2020 draft.
JOHN SWANDA – On Wednesday night Swanda threw 6 1/3 innings against the Stockton Ports and allowed just one unearned run on no hits with one walk and eight strikeouts. With his sixth win of the season he is tied for third in Low-A West. He’s third in the league with 97 1/3 IP.
