Monthly Archives: May 2023

EIGHTH-INNING HOMERS LIFT QUAKES

Posted on May 12, 2023 by | Comments Off on EIGHTH-INNING HOMERS LIFT QUAKES

Chris Newell homered to tie the game and Thayron Liranzo followed with what proved to be the game-winner as the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes slipped past the Stockton Ports by a 4-3 score on Thursday night at LoanMart Field. Five RC pitchers held the Ports to three unearned runs on three hits.

Rancho Cucamonga (21-9) stretched its lead in the South division to two games over Lake Elsinore (19-11) and has won 14 of its last 17 games.

Newell and Liranzo are now tied with Fresno’s Ryan Ritter for the Cal League lead in home runs.

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66ERS WIN THIRD STRAIGHT, 3-2 WALKOFF OVER NUTS

Posted on May 11, 2023 by | Comments Off on 66ERS WIN THIRD STRAIGHT, 3-2 WALKOFF OVER NUTS

Kevin Watson Jr. singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Inland Empire 66ers came back from a run down for a walk off win over the Modesto Nuts on Wednesday night. After surrendering a run in the top of the inning to fall behind 2-1, IE rallied for two to get the 3-2 win at San Manuel Stadium.

The game was a tense pitcher’s duel that was scoreless through five innings, before each team struck for a single run in the sixth to make it 1-1. It remained that way until the back-and-forth action in the ninth.

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STOCKTON’S BOLTE AND LAKE ELSINORE’S SNELLING NAMED PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Posted on May 9, 2023 by | Comments Off on STOCKTON’S BOLTE AND LAKE ELSINORE’S SNELLING NAMED PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK

HENRY BOLTE – Stockton’s 19-year old OF went 9-for-18 with three doubles and a triple in five games against Fresno last week. After a slow start in April, Bolte is now slashing .289/.386/.833 on the season. He was Oakland’s second-round pick in 2022, the #56 pick overall.

ROBBY SNELLING –  Lake Elsinore’s Snelling improved to 3-0 on the season with with five shutout innings against Rancho Cucamonga on Friday night. The lefty from Reno, NV allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out nine. Over 21 innings on the season, Snelling has walked nine and struck out 26. Opponents are batting .143 against him and his WHIP is 0.90. Snelling was taken by the Padres in the competitive balance round of the 2022 draft, #39 overall.

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3-RUN EIGHTH INNING PUSHES RAWHIDE PAST 66ERS

Posted on May 7, 2023 by | Comments Off on 3-RUN EIGHTH INNING PUSHES RAWHIDE PAST 66ERS

The Visalia Rawhide came back from a run down in the bottom of the eighth with three runs for a 4-2 win over Inland Empire on Saturday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. Two walks, two singles and a GIDP brought in the deciding runs as the Rawhide (10-16) got strong outings from four pitchers and made the most of just five base hits.

Starter Ricardo Yan went 5 2/3 innings and allowed two runs on three hits with no walks and eight strikeouts. Those three hits were surrendered to the first three batters of the game, who went single-double-double to put the 66ers up 2-0. Yan then retired the next 17 batters in a row, but left the game trailing and got a no-decision.

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FRECHETTE’S SLAM POWERS GIANTS OVER NUTS

Posted on May 6, 2023 by | Comments Off on FRECHETTE’S SLAM POWERS GIANTS OVER NUTS

Garrett Frechette blasted a grand slam as the San Jose Giants shut out the Modesto Nuts 6-0 in a rain-shortened six-inning game on Friday night at Excite Ballpark. The win pulled the Giants (15-10) back to within one game of first-place Modesto (16-9) in the North division.

Frechette launched his slam, his first homer of the season, in the second inning to start the scoring. C Onil Perez singled in a run in the third and another run came in on a wild pitch in the fifth.

Meanwhile, the pitching staff was keeping the Nuts at bay. Starter Manuel Mercedes gave up just one hit over four innings and struck out two with no walks. Lefty John Bertrand (W, 4-0) backed him up with two scoreless innings.

The two teams have split the first four games of the six-game series with game five on Saturday night at 5PM.

FRIDAY SCORES

INLAND EMPIRE – 8
VISALIA – 7
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FRESNO – 6
STOCKTON – 4
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 5
LAKE ELSINORE – 7
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PORTS WIN THIRD STRAIGHT

Posted on May 5, 2023 by | Comments Off on PORTS WIN THIRD STRAIGHT

The Stockton Ports jumped on the Fresno Grizzlies for five first-inning runs and went on to a 12-6 win at Banner Island Ballpark Thursday night. It was the third straight win for the surging Ports and their fourth straight at home.

Colby Thomas and Luis Marinez singled in runs to put Stockton up 2-0 in the first inning. Henry Bolte doubled in a pair and Bjay Cooke finished off the 5-run rally with a fielder’s choice that brought in a run.

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