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GRIZZLIES BLAST PORTS WITH 6 HRs, 22 RUNS, 20 HITS

Posted on June 29, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

The Fresno Grizzlies (1-3) got their first win of the second half with a loud 22-2 win over the Stockton Ports on Tuesday night at Banner Island Ballpark. The first-half North division champions belted out 20 hits including five doubles, a triple and six home runs.

Zach Kokoska was 4-for-6 with a triple and a homer (7). Warming Bernabel had two home runs (7, 8) and drove in five runs. Yanquiel Fernandez had three hits, including his 7th homer, and three walks and scored four times. Juan Guerrero drove in four runs.

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Tagged Bryce McGowan, Cullen Kafka, Hunter Goodman, Jarrod Cande, Juan Guerrero, Warming Bernabel, Yanquiel Fernandez, Zach Kokoska

SAN JOSE’S CARTER WILLIAMS, NICK SINACOLA NAMED CAL LEAGUE PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Posted on June 28, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

San Jose OF Carter Wiliams and RHP Nick Sinacola have been named California League Player and Pitcher of the Week for June 20-26.

CARTER WILLIAMS – Hit in every game last week, going 15-for-23 with six doubles and two home runs against Stockton. In 11 games since joining San Jose, Williams is slashing .553/.623/1.026.

NICK SINACOLA – 2021 draftee, went five scoreless innings against Stockton with no hits allowed and three walks against five strikeouts. Over 46 innings with the Giants, Sinacola’s K/9 is 10.88 and HR/9 is 1.17.

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FIRST HALF ENDS, GRIZZLIES AND STORM ARE IN PLAYOFFS

Posted on June 24, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

SCOREBOARD

MODESTO – 3
FRESNO – 2
Gameday
Story

SAN JOSE – 8
STOCKTON – 4
Gameday
Story

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 8
LAKE ELSINORE – 13
Gameday
Story

VISALIA – 3
INLAND EMPIRE – 2 (10 Innings)
Gameday

VISALIA – 9
INLAND EMPIRE – 10 (7 Innings)
Gameday

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GRIZZLIES CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH WITH 4-2 WIN OVER MODESTO

Posted on June 23, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

The Fresno Grizzlies clinched the first-half title in the North division with a 4-2 win over the Modesto Nuts on Tuesday night at Chukchansi Park. Despite San Jose’s 10-8 win over Stockton, the Grizzlies (41-24) have a two-game lead with one to play and are going to the playoffs in back-to-back years.

The Grizzlies only had five hits, but Warming Bernabel and Benjamin Sems drove in two runs apiece.

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Tagged Benjamin Sems, Case Williams, Edwin Arroyo, Jonatan Clase, Warming Bernabel

STORM CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH WITH 14-7 WIN OVER QUAKES

Posted on June 22, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

The Lake Elsinore Storm clinched a playoff berth with a 14-7 win over the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Tuesday night at The Diamond. Max Ferguson had four hits, including two triples to lead the offense. Alan Mundo (W, 4-1) pitched five scoreless innings out of the bullpen, giving up just one hit and one walk with four strikeouts to earn the win.

After the Quakes put up a single run in the top of the first inning, the Storm jumped on Rancho Cucamonga starter Jerming Rosario for four runs in the bottom half. Rancho Cucamonga came back for four runs in the top of the second and Lake Elsinore tied it at 5-5 in the bottom half.

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Tagged Alan Mundo, Carlos Luis, Gaige Howard, Jake Vogel, James Wood, Jerming Rosario, Max Ferguson, Reinaldo De Paula, Victor Duarte

RANCHO CUCAMONGA’S KENNETH BETANCOURT AND STOCKTON’S KYLE VIRBITSKY NAMED CAL LEAGUE PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Posted on June 21, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

Rancho Cucamonga SS Kenneth Betancourt and Stockton RHP Kyle Virbitsky have been named California League Player and Pitcher of the Week for June 13- 19.

KENNETH BETANCOURT– The 22-year old from Venezuela went 8-for-15 against Inland Empire last week with two doubles, one triple, and five walks with just one strikeout. In the month of June, Betancourt has hit .370/.477/.556 with 11 walks and 10 strikeouts in 54 ABs.

KYLE VIRBITSKY – The 2021 draft pick out of Penn State threw seven shutout innings against the Visalia Rawhide on Friday, allowing five hits and a walk while striking out nine. Virbitsky is sixth in the California League with 58 IP and ninth in strikeouts with 60.

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QUAKES KEEP FIRST HALF HOPES ALIVE WITH 11-4 WIN OVER 66ERS

Posted on June 20, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes built an insurmountable lead with the help of a five-run fifth inning and went on to drop the Inland Empire 66ers by a score of 11-4 on Sunday at LoanMart Field. In earning a split of the six-game series with IE, the Quakes remained three games back of the Lake Elsinore Storm with three games left to play in the first half. Those three games will be against the Storm starting Tuesday.

Julio Carrion had a bases-loaded double that brought in all three runners in the third inning to give Rancho its first lead at 3-1. The 66ers tied it up in the fourth, but the Quakes came back with two more in the bottom of the fourth and five in the fifth to build a 10-3 lead. They traded single runs the rest of the way to complete the final score.

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Tagged Gaige Howard, Julio Carrion, Orlando Ortiz-Mayr, Yunior Garcia

CASTANON HOMERS TWICE AS STORM MAINTAIN 3-GAME LEAD

Posted on June 19, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

The Lake Elsinore Storm pounded out 12 runs on 15 hits in a 12-2 win over Modesto Saturday night to keep their lead in the South division at three games with four to play in the first half. Marcos Castanon homered twice (5, 6) and drove in five runs while five different Storm hitters had at least two hits.

Castanon was one of three Lake Elsinore batters with three hits. Albert Fabian was 3-for-4 with a home run (6) and Nerwilian Cedeno was 3-for-5 with two triples.

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Tagged Albert Fabian, Edwin Arroyo, Hazahel Quijada, Jonatan Clase, Marcos Castanon, Nerwilian Cedeno, Victor Lizarraga

FRIDAY NIGHT ROUNDUP

Posted on June 18, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

GIANTS PULL A LITTLE CLOSER

FRESNO – 1
SAN JOSE – 3
Gameday
Story

Yorlis Rodriguez (SJ) – HR (5), 2 RBI
Evan Gates (SJ) – W (3-1), 3 IP, 0 R 1 H, 0 BB, 1 K
Spencer Bivens (SJ) – 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K
Tyler Myrick (SJ) – S (5), 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 1 K
Julio Rodriguez (SJ) – 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 1 K
Juan Guerrero (FRE) – 2B, BB
Brayan Castillo (FRE) – 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 3 K

VIRBITSKY GOES 7 SCORELESS IP FOR STOCKTON

STOCKTON – 3
VISALIA – 2
Gameday
Story

Kyle Virbitsky (STK) – W (3-3), 7 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 1 BB, 9 K
Kevin Richards (STK) – HR (8), 2 RBI
Nick Brueser (STK) – HR (4)
Yilber Diaz (VIS) – 4 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 BB, 6 K

66ERS POUND OUT 18 HITS, BEAT QUAKES 13-5

INLAND EMPIRE – 13
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 5
Gameday
Story

BJ Boyd (IE) – 4-for-5, 2B, BB, 2 RBI
Werner Blakely (IE) – 3-for-5, 2B, 3B, BB, 3 Runs scored
Alexander Ramirez (IE) – 3-for-5, BB, RBI, 2 Runs scored
Jeremy Arocho (IE) – 2-for-5, 2B, BB, 3 RBI, 2 Runs scored
Gabriel Hernandez (IE) – W (1-2), 3 2/3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 1 K
Yeiner Fernandez (RC) – 2-for-3

HARRY FORD HOMERS, HAS 4 HITS IN MODESTO’S 9-5 WIN OVER STORM

LAKE ELSINORE – 5
MODESTO – 9
Gameday

Harry Ford (MOD) – 4-for-5, HR (5), 3 RBI, 2 Runs scored
Ben Ramirez (MOD) – 2-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI
Kelvin Nunez (MOD) – W (1-3), 3 1/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 0 BB, 5 K
Jorge Benitez (MOD) – S (7), 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 BB, 3 K
Marcos Castanon (LE) – HR (4)
Max Ferguson (LE) – 2-for-5, 3B, 3 RBI

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Tagged Alexander Ramirez, Ben Ramirez, BJ Boyd, Brayan Castillo, Evan Gates, Gabriel Hernandez, Harry Ford, Jeremy Arocho, Jorge Benitez, Juan Guerrero, Julio Rodriguez, Kelvin Nunez, Kevin Richards, Kyle Virbitsky, Marcos Castanon, Max Ferguson, Nick Brueser, Spencer Bivens, Tyler Myrick, Werner Blakely, Yeiner Fernandez, Yilber Diaz, Yorlis Rodriguez

SAN JOSE WINS IN 10, CUTS LEAD TO 5

Posted on June 17, 2022 by CLH | Comments Off

The San Jose Giants came back from down 4-0 and took a 5-4 lead on the Fresno Grizzlies, ultimately winning in 10 innings, 6-5 on Thursday night. Garrett Frechette singled in the installed runner for the win as San Jose beat first-place Fresno for the second night in a row at Excite Ballpark.