Juan Brito doubled in three runs three runs in the seventh inning to give the Fresno Grizzlies the lead and three relievers made it stand up as they came back to beat San Jose 5-4 on Saturday night at Chukchansi Park. The win put Fresno (9-5) into a first-place tie with Modesto in the North division.
San Jose took a 4-2 lead in the top of the sixth on a Garrette Frechette groundout and a Grant McCray RBI single. Angel Chivilli (W, 1-0) came on to get the last out for Fresno and end the rally.
Chivilli went 1 2/3 scoreless innings and gave up one hit and no walks with one strikeout and was the pitcher of record when the Grizzlies rallied in the bottom of the seventh. Sergio Sanchez and Juan Mejia (S, 6) each pitched a scoreless inning to seal the win.
Yorvis Torrealba had two hits, including a double, to lead Fresno.
San Jose’s Yorlis Rodriguez was 3-for-5 with a home run (7) and two runs scored. Aeverson Arteaga hit his eighth home run. The Giants had 12 hits with three different batters having multi-hit games.
The Giants are three games back of Fresno and Modesto in the North division at 6-8 for the second half.
Fresno has won four of the five games in the series, which concludes on Sunday at 5:05PM.
SCOREBOARD
LAKE ELSINORE – 10
VISALIA – 7
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