The Fresno Grizzlies and the Lake Elsinore Storm finished off their division series and advanced to the California League championship series, which starts Sunday at 1PM in Lake Elsinore.
SAN JOSE – 3
FRESNO – 7
Fresno wins series 2-0
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INLAND EMPIRE – 8
LAKE ELSINORE – 10
Lake Elsinore wins series 2-0
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The Fresno Grizzlies and Lake Elsinore Storm took 1-0 leads in their three game playoff series on Tuesday night:
FRESNO – 12
SAN JOSE – 3
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The Grizzlies scored six first-inning runs and added six more the rest of the way to run away with game one of the Division Series. Jordan Beck went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Braxton Fulford had two doubles and three RBIs.
Fresno used five pitchers, with Cullen Kafka getting the win in relief. Kafka pitched three scoreless innings and gave up three hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
Game two is on Thursday night in Fresno.
LAKE ELSINORE – 9
INLAND EMPIRE – 2
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The Storm took a 3-2 lead into the ninth inning and put the game out of reach with six runs. Griffin Doersching was 3-for-5 with two home runs. Jackson Merrill and Nerwilian Cedeno had two hits each. Five Grizzlies had at least two hits.
Victor Lizarraga went 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out nine. Will Geerdes threw 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, giving up no hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
Game two is at Lake Elsinore on Thursday night at 7:15.
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The playoffs start on Tuesday night with two best-of-3 series:
FRESNO at SAN JOSE
LAKE ELSINORE at INLAND EMPIRE
Per the playoff procedures, The four winners of each half will qualify for the playoffs and if one team wins both halves, then the team in that division with the next best record over the full season will qualify.
Fresno won the North divsion in both halves. San Jose had the next best record over the whole season so it’s them and Fresno to see who goes to the championship series. Lake Elsinore won the South in the first half and Inland Empire won it in the second half, setting up their series.
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Victor Lizarraga went 5 1/3 strong innings and Samuel Zavala clubbed a two-run homer as the Lake Elsinore Storm beat the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes by a score of 4-1 on Wednesday night at LoanMart Field. Jakob Marsee hit his first home run to lead off the game for the Storm and three relievers shut out the Quakes over 3 2/3 innings.
Lizarraga (W, 8-3) allowed one run on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts. Hazahel Quijada finished off the sixth inning by getting two outs with no hits and one walk allowed. Aaron Holiday covered two innings with no runs or hits, one walk and four strikeouts. Manuel Castro nailed down the win with his first save by throwing a scoreless ninth inning despite allowing two hits.
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The Inland Empire 66ers pushed across a run in the 10th inning to knock off Visalia by a score of 4-3 on Tuesday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. The win gave IE (37-24) a five-game lead in the South division with five to play.
Adrian Placencia launched a two-run homer, his 11th, in the first inning to get the 66ers off to a 2-0 lead. Visalia’s Oscar Santos cut the lead in half with his sixth homer of the year in the third inning.
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VISALIA – 5
LAKE ELSINORE – 8
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MODESTO – 0
FRESNO – 11
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The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes rallied for two runs in the 10th inning to knock off Inland Empire by a score of 16-14 on Wednesday night at San Manuel Stadium. Jake Vogel singled in the go-ahead run, his fourth hit of the game, and Nick Biddison added on the 16th run with his fifth hit of the night.
Vogel was 4-for-6 with a walk, a double, four RBIs and three runs scored. Biddison was 5-for-6 with two doubles, a triple, four RBIs and three runs scored.
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VISALIA – 2
LAKE ELSINORE – 10
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MODESTO – 4
FRESNO – 7
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SAN JOSE – 6
STOCKTON – 7
10 Innings
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 3
INLAND EMPIRE – 4
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Rancho Cucamonga C Dalton Rushing and Modest RHP Joseph Hernandez have been named California League Player and Pitcher of the Week for August 22-28.
DALTON RUSHING– In six games at Visalia, Rushing went 12-for-23 with five doubles, one homer, five walks and seven RBIs. Over the last two games of the series, the 2022 second-round pick went 7-for-10. In 19 games with Rancho Cucamonga, Rushing is batting .485/.586/.882.
JOSEPH HERNANDEZ – Over two starts against San Jose last week, Hernandez threw 12 innings and allowed one run on five hits with five walks and 16 strikeouts. The 22-year old from the Dominican Republic leads the Cal League qualifiers with a 1.11 WHIP and a .192 batting average against.
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The Stockton Ports squeezed home a run in the top of the ninth inning and made it stand up for a 1-0 win over the Fresno Grizzlies at Chukchansi Park on Sunday night. Four pitchers combined on the shutout as the Ports ended a five-game losing streak.
A one-out double by Cam Masterman in the ninth inning put the eventual winning run in scoring position. Pinch runner Junior Perez advanced to third on a wild pitch and came home on a bunt by Cooper Uhl.
The Stockton pitching staff was led by Mitch Myers who pitched into the seventh inning of a scoreless tie. Myers went 6 1/3 innings and gave up two hits and two walks with three strikeouts. Garrett Irvin, Luke Anderson (W, 8-7) and Hunter Breault (S, 9) kept the Grizzlies off the board the rest of the way.
Grizzlies starter Jarrod Cande went six innings and allowed six hits with no walks and five strikeouts.
The Grizzlies (37-21) maintained a two-game lead in the North division. They will host Modesto in a six-games series that starts Tuesday at 6:50PM. The Ports (17-37) return home for a six-game series with San Jose starting Tuesday at 7:05PM.
SCOREBOARD
LAKE ELSINORE – 3
INLAND EMPIRE – 8
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