The Fresno Grizzlies took advantage of five Rancho Cucamonga errors to score eight unearned runs in a 12-3 victory over the visiting Quakes on Wednesday night. Warming Bernabel had three of Fresno’s 11 hits, including two doubles.
Juan Brito (4) and Juan Guerrero (3) each homered for the Grizzlies.
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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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Despite having a pitch clock, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes and Modesto Nuts played a 3 1/2 hour game at John Thurman Field Saturday night, with the Quakes winning 11-9. Jose Ramos went 4-for-4 with a double and two triples and Luis Yanel Diaz was 2-for-5 with a grand slam to lead Rancho’s 12-hit attack.
It all started with a 40-minute first inning where nine combined runs scored and it ended with a position player pitching to get the final out with the tying runs on second and third.
The Quakes got five runs in the first inning, including Diaz’ slam, and chased Modesto starter Yeury Tatiz after 2/3 of an IP and 35 pitches. The Nuts came right back with four runs in the bottom of the first and knocked out Rancho Cucamonga starter Edgardo Henriquez, who didn’t record an out while throwing 23 pitches, five for strikes.
Rancho Cucamonga pitchers walked 12 and struck out 15, while Modesto pitchers yielded seven walks with 15 punch-outs.
Along with the long first inning there were many walks, hits and pitching changes, three errors by the Quakes and two errors by Modesto and a couple of HBPs. That all led to the bottom of the ninth where Modesto pulled to within 11-9 and got the tying runs to second and third with two outs.
INF Kenneth Betancourt was brought in for Rancho and he threw one pitch to record the final out. He was the seventh Quakes pitcher of the night.
Edwin Arroyo was 3-for-4 with two walks and knocked in four runs for Modesto.
Holden Laws threw 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief for the nuts, striking out six and giving up just one hit and one walk. Raul Alcantara went three scoreless innings with four strikeouts, one hit and two walks.
Rancho Cucamonga has won three of the first five games of this series and the two teams will finish it off on Sunday at 2:05PM.
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SAN JOSE – 10
VISALIA – 2
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LAKE ELSINORE – 8
FRESNO – 6
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STOCKTON – 6
INLAND EMPIRE -4
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The San Jose Giants coughed up a 5-1 lead on Tuesday night in Visalia but got five runs in the 10th inning to win 10-5 over the Rawhide. Victor Bericoto had three hits and Julio Rodriguez (W, 1-0) threw two scoreless innings for the Giants.
Max Wright doubled in the installed runner in the top of the 10th to put San Jose up 6-5 and then the wheels fell off for Visalia. After a walk to Vaun Brown, San Jose scored on an HBP, a two-run single and a bases-loaded walk.
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The Lake Elsinore Storm got the tying run in the seventh inning and then rallied for three runs in the eighth for a 5-2 win in Visalia over the Rawhide Wednesday night. Starter Levi Thomas went four strong innings and three relievers covered five scoreless innings the rest of the way.
2B Max Ferguson had two hits, including a triple, and LF Lucas Dunn had two doubles and drove in two runs in the eighth inning rally for Lake Elsinore.
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Rancho Cucamonga 2B Sam McWilliams went 3-for-5 with a double and a 2-run homer to power the Quakes to their fourth straight win in Visalia Friday night. The visitors broke open a tense, low-scoring contest with late-inning offense while RHP Kendall Williams went four strong innings out of the bullpen to hold down the Rawhide for a 9-1 Quakes win.
McWilliams started the scoring in the first inning with a double and two wild pitches that allowed him to come around and score the game’s first run. 1B Imanol Vargas launched a 2-run shot in the second inning for a 3-0 Rancho Cucamonga lead.
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The Fresno Grizzlies returned home from an 11-1 road trip and took the opener from Modesto 2-1 with some opportunistic offense and a strong effort from five pitchers. Fresno scored both of its runs on wild pitches and RHP Toney Locey and four relievers made them stand up for the Grizzlies’ 10th straight win.
The high-powered Grizzlies offense only got four hits but they got what they needed with single runs in the fourth and eighth innings. RF Zac Veen led off the fourth with a bunt single and SS Ezequiel Tovar followed with another, which had to be reviewed to be ruled a hit as he avoided the sweep tag on his way to first. The umpires conferred and called Tovar safe as Veen advanced to second and then went to third on a double-play groundout by 1B Grant Lavigne. Modesto starter RHP Josiah De Los Santos then threw one to that backstop that allowed Veen to score the first run of the game.
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SS Noelvi Marte went 3-for-5, including his 11th homer of the season, as Modesto got back in the win column, downing Stockton 8-5 Saturday night at John Thurman Field. The Seattle Mariners’ #5 prospect led a 13-hit attack that got out of the gates fast with a 3-run first inning.
The Nuts sent seven men to the plate in the bottom of the first and cashed in three runs on an Alberto Rodriguez groundout and a two-run single by Trent Tinglestad. Modesto tacked on another run in the fourth on an error by Stockton SS Robert Puason.
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The Fresno Grizzlies scored eight runs in the last two innings to come all the way back from a 9-2 deficit and stun the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes with a walk-off 10-9 win Saturday night. The Grizzlies launched four home runs over those final two innings, capped off by 1B Grant Lavigne‘s game-winner, a 2-run shot to RF.
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The Modesto Nuts stayed hot Friday night and got six runs in the first two innings to cruise to an 8-1 win over the Rawhide in Visalia. The visitors got three in the first and three in the second and went on to win their sixth game in a row including all four in this series.
CF Victor Labrada went 3-for-4 from the leadoff spot and RF Alberto Rodriguez was 1-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs. RHP Sam Carlson (W, 2-1) went five innings and allowed one run on three hits and five walks with eight strikeouts. He threw 105 pitches, 61 for strikes.
Rawhide starter Adrian Del Moral got knocked around over the first two innings as Modesto built a 6-0 lead, but he bounced back for a 1-2-3 third inning and struck out the first two hitters in the fourth before walking SS Noelvi Marte. RHP Enmanuel Acosta came on in relief of Del Moral and gave up a 2-run homer to Rodriguez to put the Nuts ahead 8-0.
Visalia’s only run came when RF Jefferson Espinal walked to lead off the sixth inning and came home on a sac fly by 1B Lyle Lin.
Modesto RHP Matthew Willdrodt went three shutout innings in relief of Carlson, allowing just one hit with no walks and four strikeouts.
Carlson had a lot of traffic with the five walks, three hits and two HBPs, but he was able to keep the Rawhide off the board with the exception of his last batter coming around to score after he left the game. Odd occurrence, Carlson’s first and last batters were both HBPs.
The Nuts are now 30-22 and picked up a game on first-place San Jose in the North division as they now trail by five games with second-place Fresno two games out. The Rawhide suffered its sixth straight loss and have a record of 13-39. They’re 12 1/2 games behind first-place Rancho Cucamonga in the South Division.
Game five of the six-game series starts at 6:30 tonight.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 1
FRESNO – 2
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SAN JOSE – 3
STOCKTON – 4
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INLAND EMPIRE – 3
LAKE ELSINORE – 11
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