STOCKTON SHUTS OUT LAKE ELSINORE FOR SERIES SPLIT

Posted on June 19, 2023 by | Comments Off on STOCKTON SHUTS OUT LAKE ELSINORE FOR SERIES SPLIT

Wander Guante threw seven scoreless innings and Cooper Uhl hit his first home run of the season to lead Stockton to a 6-0 win over Lake Elsinore on Sunday at The Diamond. Guante (W, 1-2) gave up just two hits and three walks against six strikeouts.

After the Ports put up three runs in the second inning, Uhl made it a 4-0 game with his solo shot in the fourth. Dereck Salom doubled in two runs in the sixth to make it 6-0.

Blaze Pontes pitched the final two innings for Stockton, giving up just one hit and one walk with one strikeout.

The Ports won the final two games of the six-game series to earn a series split.

Stockton (23-40) returns home on Tuesday night to open a series with San Jose. Lake Elsinore (30-30) travels to Rancho Cucamonga

SUNDAY SCORES

MODESTO – 12
VISALIA – 7
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 5
SAN JOSE – 3
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INLAND EMPIRE – 8
FRESNO – 9
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INLAND EMPIRE OUTDUELS FRESNO 4-3

Posted on June 18, 2023 by | Comments Off on INLAND EMPIRE OUTDUELS FRESNO 4-3

Mason Albright struck out 10 over seven innings and Jadiel Sanchez homered to lead the Inland Empire 66ers to a 4-3 win over the Fresno Grizzlies on Saturday night at Chukchansi Park. The visiting 66ers held off a series loss to the Grizzlies with their second win in the first five games of the series.

Albright (W, 5-3) allowed three earned run on four hits and two walks along with his season-high 10 Ks. Jared Southard finished off the game with two scoreless innings to earn his second save of the season. Southard allowed no hits and just one walk while striking out three.

Sanchez hit his first home run of the season, a two-run shot in the second inning to put IE up 2-0. Ryan Ritter cut the lead in half with an RBI double for Fresno in the fourth inning.

The 66ers stretched the lead in the fifth when two runs came in on an error by Ritter to make it 4-1. Fresno got a two-run home run from Jesus Burgain in the bottom of the fifth to make it 4-3 and that was it for the scoring. Albright and Southard would not allow another hit the rest of the way.

The Grizzlies have won three of the first five games in the series with the finale on Sunday at 5:05PM.

SATURDAY SCORES

STOCKTON – 7
LAKE ELSINORE – 5
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 15
SAN JOSE – 2
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MODESTO – 2
VISALIA – 3
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NUTS BATS BREAK OUT IN 10-1 WIN OVER RAWHIDE

Posted on June 17, 2023 by | Comments Off on NUTS BATS BREAK OUT IN 10-1 WIN OVER RAWHIDE

The middle of the Modesto Nuts batting order was a murderers row on Friday night in a 10-1 win over the Visalia Rawhide at Valley Strong Ballpark. The 2-6 hitters were 11-for-24 with two home runs with Gabriel Gonzalez and Freuddy Batista each collecting three hits.

It was more than enough support for the Modesto pitching staff as four hurlers combined to allow one run on six hits. Starter Tyler Cleveland (W, 4-4) gave up a run on four hits over six innings with no walks and six strikeouts.

Colin Davis hit a first-inning homer, his sixth, to start the scoring. Miguel Perez hit a three-run shot in the fourth, his second homer of the year.

Gavin Conticello went 2-for-5 for the Rawhide and homered for Visalia’s only run. After a slow start to the season, Conticello has batted .310/.396/.643 in June.

The Nuts evened up the six-game series at two games apiece. Game five is Saturday night at 7PM.

FRIDAY SCORES

INLAND EMPIRE – 4
FRESNO – 6
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 2
SAN JOSE – 1
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STOCKTON – 5
LAKE ELSINORE – 7
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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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