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OF Taylor Kohlwey finished off his stay in A ball with Player of the Week honors. Kohlwey slashed .609/.667/.783 for the Lake Elsinore Storm and earned a promotion to the Padres’ AA club in Amarillo.
Kohlwey played for the Storm in 2017 and briefly in 2018 and got off to a .387/.444/.532 start this season.
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MacKenzie Gore of the Lake Elsinore Storm was named Cal League Pitcher of the Week for two starts in which he struck out 18 batters over 9 1/3 innings. The lefty allowed just one earned run on three hits and three walks over the two outings.
Gore was the third overall draft pick in 2017 and is ranked as the #14 prospect in all of baseball by MiLB.com.
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RHP Ljay Newsome earned Player Of The Month honors for April from MiLB.com. Newsome went 4-1 with a 1.47 ERA over six starts, striking out 54 batters over 36 2/3 innings.
Drafted by the Mariners in the 26th round in 2015, Newsome is currently their 30th ranked prospect by MLBPipeline.com.
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Rehabbing Dodgers lefty Rich Hill made a start for Rancho Cucamonga and squared off with Lake Elsinore’s MacKenzie Gore Wednesday night. Hill went four scoreless innings, throwing 54 pitches (38 strikes) and allowing two hits and no runs with no walks and eight strikeouts. The Quakes won the game with two ninth-inning runs for a 4-2 final to pull even with the Storm at the top of the South Division standings at 8-6.
Gore went six innings and allowed two runs on three hits with no walks and three strikeouts. The score remained 2-0 until Lake Elsinore pushed across two runs in the bottom of the eighth to tie it up, but the Quakes came back with two of their own in the top of the ninth with some small-ball.
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The first Friday night slate of games featured two extra-inning contests as Visalia needed 10 innings to get past San Jose and Modesto and Lancaster went 11. Padres #2 prospect MacKenzie Gore earned his first Cal League win for the Lake Elsinore Storm and Rancho Cucamonga knocked off Stockton.
SAN JOSE – 3
VISALIA – 4 (10 innings)
W – Brill (1-0)
L – Rubio (0-1)
Ranae Martinez knocks in the winning run on a sac fly in the 10th
LAKE ELSINORE – 4
INLAND EMPIRE – 0
W – Gore (1-0)
L – Bradish (0-1)
MacKenzie Gore goes five scoreless innings, striking out 8
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 4
STOCKTON – 3
W – Salow (1-0)
L – Sheehan (0-1)
Jeran Kendall singles in the deciding run in the 7th as Quakes earn first win
MODESTO – 11
LANCASTER – 8 (11 innings)
W – Haberer (1-0)
L – Lorenzini (0-1)
Joe Rizzo doubles in a run in the 11th and comes around to score as the Nuts get three runs
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The 2019 California League season kicked off tonight with all eight teams in action, including the defending champions, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. It was a pretty good night for the road teams to spoil some home openers. These matchups will continue through the weekend with four-game series all around. Here are the final scores:
MODESTO – 7
LANCASTER -4
W Newsome (1-0), L Harris (0-1), SV Delaplane (1)
SAN JOSE – 7
VISALIA – 3
W Vizcaino (1-0), L Bain (0-1)
LAKE ELSINORE – 3
INLAND EMPIRE – 2
W Cosgrove (1-0), L Cole (0-1), S Miller (1)
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 1
STOCKTON – 4
W Jeffieries (1-0), L Crawford (0-1), S Cochrane-Gill (1)
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Here is a rundown of the coaching staffs for all eight California League teams for the 2018 season:
Manager – Ryan Barba
Hitting Coach – Brian Betancourth
Pitching Coach – Chris Seddon
First Base Coach – Steven Hernandez
Manager – Edwin Rodriguez
Hitting Coach – Doug Banks
Pitching Coach – Pete Zamora
Fielding Coach – Freddy Flores
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