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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Tagged Chen Zhong -Ao Zhuang, CJ Rodriguez, Denzel Clarke, Diego Cartaya, Jack Owen, Junior Perez, Max Muncy
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.
Garrett Hawkins, Photo: MiLB.com
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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San Jose’s Vaun Brown racked up four of the Giants’ 12 hits, including his sixth home run of the season, in a 7-3 win over the Stockton Ports on Sunday. Aeverson Arteaga belted his fourth home run and Victor Bericoto added a pair of doubles and three RBIs as the Giants wrapped up a series win at Stockton.
Will Bednar went the first three innings for San Jose, allowing a run on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Seth Lonsway took over and pitched 3 2/3 innings, giving up two runs on two hits with four walks and four strikeouts. Lonsway got the win and, at 4-0, took over the California League lead in that department. Mat Olsen went 2 1/3 scoreless innings with three hits, no walks and four strikeouts to earn his second save.
Junior Perez and Danny Bautista had two hits apiece for Stockton and each drove in a run. Blake Beers went six innings for the Ports and allowed two runs on five hits with two walks and nine strikeouts.
San Jose won four of the six games in Stockton. The Giants head home to play Lake Elsinore next while the Ports travel to Rancho Cucamonga.
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MODESTO – 2
FRESNO – 3
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VISALIA – 5
INLAND EMPIRE – 2
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 11
LAKE ELSINORE – 7
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Tagged Aeverson Arteaga, Blake Beers, Danny Bautista, Junior Perez, Mat Olsen, Seth Lonsway, Vaun Brown, Victor Bericot, Will Bednar
Yaifer Perdomo struck out nine Inland Empire 66ers in 4 2/3 innings on Saturday night, leading the way in an 18-strikeout night for Visalia pitching in a 4-1 win. Oscar Santos doubled and knocked in two runs as the Rawhide snapped a six-game losing streak.
Carlos Meza (W, 3-1) relieved Perdomo and went two innings, allowing the only run on one hit and one walk, while adding five strikeouts. Junior Mieses punched out 3 in 1 1/3 scoreless innings and David Sanchez struck out one in a scoreless ninth inning to notch his second save of the season.
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Tagged Aaron Holiday, Alexander Ramirez, Alexander Suarez, Braiden Ward, Brett Rodriguez, Carlos Meza, Cole Cummings, David Sanchez, Hunter Goodman, Jose Salvador, Junior Mieses, Myles Emmerson, Nick Sinacola, Oscar Santos, Ronan Kopp, Vaun Brown, Victor Juarez, Victor Labrada, Yaifer Perdomo, Yanquiel Fernandez
Jerming Rosario went five perfect innings for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Friday night and Alex De Jesus hit his fourth home run of the season in a 4-0 win over the Lake Elsinore Storm. Rosario (W, 1-2) combined with Octavio Becerra and Joan Valdez to throw a one-hit shutout.
Rosario allowed no hits or walks while striking out six and threw 59 pitches of which 42 were strikes. Becerra allowed the only hit, a seventh-inning double to Marcos Castanon, while walking one and striking out two over two innings. Valdez covered the final two innings with a walk and a strikeout while throwing 25 pitches, 14 for strikes.
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Tagged Alex De Jesus, Alexander Ramirez, Arol Vera, Connor Van Scoyoc, D'Shawn Knowles, Damon Keith, Gran McCray, Jerming Rosario, Joan Valdez, Joseph Hernandez, Kyle Virbitsky, Marcos Castanon, Octavio Becerra, Pedro Pineda, Robert Perez, Vaun Brown, Victor Labrada
Victor Bericoto had three hits, including his third home run of the season, to lead a 13-hit attack for the San Jose Giants in an 8-5 victory over Stockton on Thursday night. His seventh-inning blast was the opening shot of a three-homer inning that put the Giants up for good.
Alexander Suarez followed with a two-run shot later in the inning, his second of the season. Rayner Santana finished off the four-run rally with his second home run of the season. The #8 and #9 hitters in the San Jose order combined to go 4-for-9 with four RBIs.
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D’Shawn Knowles went 3-for-5 with a triple and a game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Inland Empire 66ers beat the Visalia Rawhide 4-3 on Wednesday night. Edgar Quero had two hits, including an RBI double, and knocked in a run for the 66ers.
The Rawhide took a 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning before Inland Empire put three on the board in the third inning behind Quero’s RBI double and an RBI single from Knowles.
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Stockton shortstop Robert Puason lifted a double to right-center field that scored the installed runner from second base with the winning run in a 9-8, 10-inning win over San Jose Tuesday. The Ports trailed 7-2 after five innings before scoring in each frame the rest of the way.
Puason went 2-for-5 and has now hit in five straight games, lifting his batting average from .196 to .239.
Kevin Richards had a huge day at the plate for Stockton, going 4-for-5 with two home runs (2, 3).
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