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QUAKES EVEN SERIES WITH 11-7 WIN OVER SAN JOSE

Posted on June 15, 2023 by | Comments Off on QUAKES EVEN SERIES WITH 11-7 WIN OVER SAN JOSE

Kyle Nevin led off the game with his third home run of the season and went 3-for-5 to lead Rancho Cucamonga’s offense in an 11-7 win over the San Jose Giants on Wednesday night at Excite Ballpark. The two division leaders have split the first two games of the six-game series.

The Giants got a solo home run from Diego Velasquez in the bottom of the first to even up the score and went on to a 3-1 lead after five innings. But the Quakes put up six runs in the sixth to make it 7-3. Back came the Giants for one in the seventh and three in the eighth to tie it up again at 7-7.

But South division-leading Rancho Cucamonga had the final word with a four-run ninth inning, highlighted by Nick Biddison‘s two-run double.

Kenneth Betancourt was 3-for-4 for the Quakes with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.

San Jose starter Gerelmi Maldonado went four IP with just the leadoff homer as the only hit allowed. Maldonado didn’t walk anybody while striking out eight.

Game three of the six-game series is Thursday night at 6:30PM.

 

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MODESTO POWERS PAST RANCHO CUCAMONGA

Posted on June 10, 2023 by | Comments Off on MODESTO POWERS PAST RANCHO CUCAMONGA

Modesto’s Marcelo Perez

The Modesto Nuts scored in four of the first five innings and then withstood a late rally to drop the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes by a score of 6-4 on Friday night at John Thurman Field. Marcelo Perez (W, 1-0) went six shutout innings and struck out seven while allowing one hit and one walk to earn his first California League win.

The Nuts jumped on June’s Cal Legue Pitcher of the Month Jared Karros for three runs on five hits, including back-to-back home runs from Freuddy Batista and Miguel Perez in the second inning. Batista had three hits to pace Modesto’s 10-hit attack.

The Nuts built a 6-0 lead before Dayton Dooney launched a two-run homer in the top of the eighth to get Rancho Cucamonga on the board. The Quakes pushed across two more runs in the ninth to close the gap, but the Nuts held on for their third win in the first four games of the series.

Gabriel Gonzalez was 1-for-5 for Modesto and is tied for the league lead in hits with 63, while his .339 batting average is also tops. Batista’s .317 average is good for sixth.

Game five of the six-game series is Saturday night at 6:05PM. The Nuts are 28-27, eight games behind San Jose in the North division, while Rancho Cucamonga (33-22) leads the South division by 4 1/2 games.

FRIDAY SCORES

STOCKTON – 10
INLAND EMPIRE – 4
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LAKE ELSINORE – 13
FRESNO – 14
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SAN JOSE – 9
VISALIA – 4
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BLOG MAINTENANCE

Posted on June 9, 2023 by | Comments Off on BLOG MAINTENANCE

This site’s been down because the company that hosts it is garbage. Back-and-forth with malware problems. I’ve moved another blog off of this place and no problems at the new place. This one’s going with it, hopefully over the weekend. I expect to post more Cal League stuff tonight or in the morning.

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HOWELL HOMERS, FOUR PITCHERS SHUT DOWN NUTS IN SAN JOSE WIN

Posted on May 28, 2023 by | Comments Off on HOWELL HOMERS, FOUR PITCHERS SHUT DOWN NUTS IN SAN JOSE WIN

The San Jose Giants stretched their North division lead to five games with a methodical 7-1 win over the Modesto Nuts on Saturday night at John Thurman Field. Scoring in five different innings, the Giants put up seven runs on 10 hits.  Andrew Kachel and Carter Howell homered and four pitchers held the Nuts to one run on five hits.

San Jose built a lead with a steady offense that put up two runs in the second inning, two in the third and one in the fourth. Kachel’s third homerun of the year made it 6-0 in the sixth and Modesto had just three singles of offense to that point.

The Nuts got on the scoreboard when a run came in on a sac fly in the eighth, then Howell countered with his 4th home run of the season in the top of the ninth.

Reggie Crawford started for San Jose and went 1 2/3 scoreless innings before giving way to Esmerlin Vinicio who shut out the Nuts for another 2 1/3.

Gerelmi Maldonado (W, 1-0) was the long man with 4 IP, allowing one run on two hits and a walk with six strikeouts. Dylan Cumming finished it off with a scoreless ninth.

Howell was 2-for-5 for the Giants and leads the California league with 60 hits. His .337 batting average is second only to Modesto’s Gabriel Gonzalez (.350), who went 1-for-3.

Seven of the top 10 batting averages in the league belong to Giants and Nuts players: Gonzalez, MOD (.350), Howell, SJ (.337), Diego Velasquez, SJ (.329), Onil Perez, SJ (.307), Matt Higgins, SJ (.306), Freuddy Batista, MOD (.300) and Kachel (.299).

San Jose has won three of the first five games of the series with the finale on Sunday at 2:05PM.

SATURDAY SCORES

LAKE ELSINORE – 6
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 10
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VISALIA – 1
INLAND EMPIRE – 5
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STOCKTON – 7
FRESNO – 5
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NEWELL HOMER WALKS IT OFF FOR QUAKES

Posted on May 27, 2023 by | Comments Off on NEWELL HOMER WALKS IT OFF FOR QUAKES

Chris Newell hit his league-leading 14th home run of the season in the bottom of the 10th inning to deliver a walk-off 10-9 win for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes over Lake Elsinore on Friday night at LoanMart Field. Newell was 4-for-6 on the night to lead the Quakes’ 15-hit attack.

The back-and-forth action went on from the first inning and the Storm carried an 8-7 lead into the bottom of the ninth. Nick Biddison singled in the tying run for Rancho and the game went into extras.

Lake Elsinore’s installed runner advance to third on a groundout and came in on a sac fly by Griffin Doersching to make it 9-8. Newell brought Rancho’s installed runner in with his game-winner to lead off the bottom of the inning.

The Quakes (28-15) stretched their lead over the Storm (23-17) to 3 1/2 games in the South division. Lake Elsinore has won three of the first four games in the six-game series with game five on Saturday at 6:30PM.

FRIDAY SCORES

VISALIA – 12
INLAND EMPIRE – 4
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STOCKTON – 7
FRESNO – 2
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SAN JOSE – 2
MODESTO – 9
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66ERS BAT AROUND FOR 9-4 WIN OVER RAWHIDE

Posted on May 26, 2023 by | Comments Off on 66ERS BAT AROUND FOR 9-4 WIN OVER RAWHIDE

The red-hot Inland Empire 66ers won for the 10th time in 13 games with a 9-4 win over the Visalia Rawhide on Thursday night at San Manuel Stadium. Matt Courtney belted his sixth home run of the season and Mason Holt had three hits and four RBIs to lead IE’s 13-hit attack.

Starter Jorge Marcheco (W, 3-3) went six innings and allowed two runs on two hits and two walks with seven strikeouts. Jared Southard pitched two shutout innings out of the bullpen.

Six Inland Empire batters had multi-hit games.

The 66ers (17-22) have won two of the first three games of the six-game series with game four on Friday night at 6:35PM.

THURSDAY SCORES

LAKE ELSINORE – 3
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 1
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STOCKTON – 2
FRESNO – 10
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SAN JOSE – 2
MODESTO – 11
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FRESNO’S RITTER, VISALIA’S CABRERA NAMED CAL LEAGUE PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE MONTH

Posted on May 23, 2023 by | Comments Off on FRESNO’S RITTER, VISALIA’S CABRERA NAMED CAL LEAGUE PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE MONTH

Fresno SS Ryan Ritter went 12-for-24 with three doubles and three home runs against Modesto to earn Cal League Player of the Week honors. The 2022 fourth-round draft pick was 3-for-4 with two home runs on Saturday night and has nine hits in his last 15 at bats. Ritter’s .416 OBP is seventh in the league.

Jose Cabrera

RHP Jose Cabrera went five shutout innings against Rancho Cucamonga on Friday night and struck out eight with three hits and one walk allowed. The five innings and eight K’s were season highs for the 20-year old from the Dominican Republic. On the season Cabrera has 30 strikeouts over 29 2/3 IP.

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STOCKTON OUTLASTS SAN JOSE IN 12

Posted on May 22, 2023 by | Comments Off on STOCKTON OUTLASTS SAN JOSE IN 12

The Stockton Ports gave up three runs in the top of the 12th inning and then walked it off with five in the bottom half to beat the San Jose Giants 12-10 and win four of six games in the series. Brayan Buelvas drilled a pinch-hit three-run homer to end the game on Sunday afternoon at Banner Island Ballpark.

The two teams traded runs from the opening frame and after nine innings they were locked up at six apiece. They each posted single runs in the 10th and then had a scoreless 11th before the fireworks resumed in the 12th.

The Ports overcame seven errors in the field and 17 strikeouts at the plate. Four of the 12 runs were unearned.

At 12-27, Stockton is 12 games back of San Jose (24-15) in the North division. The Ports travel to Fresno to start a six-game series with an 11:05 game on Tuesday. The Giants will be at Modesto.

SUNDAY SCORES

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 10
VISALIA – 5
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FRESNO – 13
MODESTO – 8
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LAKE ELSINORE
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CABRERA DAZZLES AS RAWHIDE BEAT QUAKES

Posted on May 20, 2023 by | Comments Off on CABRERA DAZZLES AS RAWHIDE BEAT QUAKES

Jose Cabrera

RHP Jose Cabrera threw five scoreless innings and Brett Johnson belted his second home run of the season as the Visalia Rawhide beat the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 8-3 on Friday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. Four Rawhide batters had multi-hit games and the pitching staff kept the Quakes off the scoreboard until the ninth inning.

Visalia got single runs in the second and third innings, both on wild pitches.  Johnson launched his solo shot in the seventh inning to make it 3-0 and the Rawhide pushed across another run with a Jose Fernandez RBI single.

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NUTS SHUT OUT GRIZZLIES, MONCADA HOMERS

Posted on May 18, 2023 by | Comments Off on NUTS SHUT OUT GRIZZLIES, MONCADA HOMERS

The Modesto Nuts shut out the Fresno Grizzlies on Wednesday night at John Thurman Field with Gabe Moncada homering (6) and driving in three runs in a 5-0 victory. Starter Tyler Cleveland (W, 3-1) went six scoreless innings and gave up six hits and a walk with six strikeouts.

Three relievers pitched a scoreless inning apiece and combined for one walk and seven strikeouts.

Cole Young, the Mariners’ #3 prospect, was 1-for-3 with a walk and scored twice. The 19-year old 2022 first-round draft pick is eighth in the league with a .421 OBP and has walked 27 times against 26 strikeouts.

#7 Mariners prospect Gabriel Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with a double.

Modesto (18-17) is four games out of first place in the North division. Fresno (19-16) is three games back of first.

The teams have split the first two games of the six-game series with game three on Thursday night at 7:05PM.

WEDNESDAY SCORES

INLAND EMPIRE – 8
LAKE ELSINORE – 6
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 9
VISALIA – 2
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STOCKTON – 5
SAN JOSE – 0
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