Vojtech Mensik went 4-4 with a triple and three RBIs to lead Inland Empire in an 11-6 win over San Jose on Tuesday at San Manuel Stadium. D’Shawn Knowles had three hits, including a double, and three RBIs and scored four runs.
The Giants jumped out in front with a two-run first inning but Inland Empire came back with four runs in the bottom half. They went back and forth the rest of the way with the teams combining for 19 runs on 27 hits.
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Fresno catcher Hunter Goodman and Visalia LHP Liam Norris have been named California League Player and Pitcher of the Week for May 9 – 15.
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HUNTER GOODMAN – Fresno Grizzlies catcher Hunter Goodman was 12-f0r-26 against Visalia last week with a double, a triple and three home runs. Included were two three-hit games and one five-RBI game. His nine home runs have him third in the league and his .598 SLG is also good for third. Goodman was drafted in the fourth round last year out of Memphis.
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LIAM NORRIS – Visalia’s Liam Norris went 5 1/3 innings against Fresno on Sunday with no runs allowed on one hit and one walk while striking out eight. It was the longest outing of Norris’ career. With 36 strikeouts he is tied for sixth in the league and his 1.04 WHIP would be tied for the Cal League if he had another 1 2/3 innings to qualify. Norris was drafted in the third round of the 2020 draft.
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Robert Perez went 3-5 with two home runs and five RBIs and Jimmy Kingsbury pitched five shutout innings to lead the Modesto Nuts to a 12-0 win over Inland Empire on Sunday. Jonatan Clase had three hits, including a triple.
Kingsbury (W, 1-0) allowed three runs and a walk against six strikeouts while throwing 69 pitches, 44 for strikes, over five innings.
Perez has the Cal League lead in home runs (11), and RBIs (35).
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LAKE ELSINORE – 7
SAN JOSE – 8
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INLAND EMPIRE – 6
MODESTO – 3
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The Fresno Grizzlies pulled off some 9th-inning heroics in Visalia Friday night to come back from two runs down for a 6-4 win. Two-out, ninth-inning heroics to be exact. Juan Guerrero came to the plate with two on and two out, the Rawhide needing one more out to seal the win and even the series.
Guerrero drilled a three-run shot to left field to put the Grizzlies up 5-4 and the visitors tacked on an additional run to make it 6-4, the eventual final score.
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Tagged Adael Amador, Adrian Del Moral, Alex Valdez, Braiden Ward, Braxton Fulford, Brayan Castillo, Bryant Quijada, Hunter Goodman, Jean Walters, Joel Condreay, Jordan Lawlar, Juan Brito, Juan Guerrero, Peniel Otano, Rael Santos, Shane Muntz, Trevor Boone, Tyler Ras, Zach Kokoska
The San Jose Giants scored five runs over the seventh and eighth innings to edge the Lake Elsinore Storm 6-5 at Excite Ballpark Thursday night. The Giants rallied back from a 4-1 deficit heading into the bottom of the seventh.
A wild pitch cut the lead to 4-2 before Najee Gaskins singled in a pair of runs to tie the game up at 4-4. After holding Lake Elsinore scoreless in the top of the eighth, Yorlis Rodriguez tripled in a run to break the tie, followed by a sac fly by Dilan Rosario to make it 6-4 San Jose.
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Tagged Adrian Placencia, Avery Short, Dilan Rosario, Glenallen Hill Jr., Hunter Dula, Hunter Goodman, Jairo Iriarte, Jhoan Paulino, Jonatan Clase, Jose Ramos, Junior Gonzalez, Justin Farmer, Kenneth Betancourt, Matthew Acosta, McCade Brown, Myles Emmerson, Najee Gaskins, Oscar Santos, Yamil Castillo, Yeiner Fernandez, Yorlis Rodriguez
Denzel Clarke went 2-for-5 and hit a two-run home run in the eighth inning to give the Stockton Ports the lead for good in a 7-6 victory over the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Wednesday night at LoanMart Field. Clarke’s fifth homer of the season broke a 5-5 tie.
Junior Perez belted his third home run of the season in the fifth inning to draw Stockton even. Rancho Cucamonga struck for a run in the bottom of the ninth but left the tying run on base.
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The Inland Empire 66ers got three runs in the top of the 10th inning at Modesto Tuesday night to beat the Nuts by a score of 7-5. Vojtech Mensik hit a bases-loaded single to drive in two runs and break a 4-4 tie, with a balk later adding another run. The 66ers survived an RBI single from Edwin Arroyo in the bottom of the 10th and locked down the win.
After the extra-inning installed runner was placed on second base, Inland Empire loaded the bases on a walk and a HBP, setting up Mensik’s two-run single.
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Damon Keith, Photo: MiLB.com
Late on this, last week MiLB named Damon Keith of Rancho Cucamonga and Garrett Hawkins of Lake Elsinore as California League Player and Pitcher of the Month. From MiLB.com:
DAMON KEITH – Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (Dodgers) outfielder Damon Keith led the league in on-base percentage (.519), slugging percentage (.672) and OPS (1.191) and was second in average (.391), hits (25) and runs (19). He finished third in triples (two) and fourth in total bases (43). Keith, 21, was selected by the Dodgers in the 18th round of the 2021 MLB Draft out of California Baptist University.
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GARRETT HAWKINS – Lake Elsinore Storm (Padres) right-hander Garrett Hawkins went 1-0 with a 1.96 ERA in four starts. He struck out 26 batters and walked just one over 18 1/3 innings. Hawkins, 22, was selected by the Padres in the ninth round of the 2021 MLB Draft out of the University of British Columbia.
And here’s a brief interview with Damon Keith on the HOT STOVE BASEBALL TALK YouTube channel:
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San Jose OF Vaun Brown and Rancho Cucamonga RHP Jerming Rosario were named California League Player and Pitcher of the Week for May 2 – 8.
Vaun Brown, Photo: MiLB.com
VAUN BROWN – In five games at Stockton last week, Brown was 11-for-23 (.478) with four homeruns. Having homered in his last four games, Brown is now tied for second in the Cal League with six on the season. Brown was picked in the 10th round of the 2021 draft out of Florida Southern.
Jerming Rosario, Photo: MiLB.com
JERMING ROSARIO – 20-year old Rosario threw five shutout innings on Friday night at Lake Elsinore with no hits or walks while striking out six. The only Storm hitter that reached base was on an HBP. Rosario threw 59 pitches, 42 for strikes.
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