WEDNESDAY 8/4 SCORES

Posted on August 5, 2021 by | Comments Off on WEDNESDAY 8/4 SCORES

Jairo Pomares singled in a run in the top of the 9th inning that proved to be the difference Friday night as the San  Jose Giants beat the Fresno Grizzlies 6-5 at Chukchansi Park in Fresno. Pomares’ third hit of the game gave San Jose a 6-4 lead that held up as the Grizzlies were able to push across just one run in the bottom of the 9th.

Having just been named July’s Low-A West Player of the Month, Pomares celebrated with a 3-for-5 night and boosted his batting average up to .356 on the season. 

After Fresno went up 2-0 in the first inning, San Jose came back with three runs in the second to take the lead. After a run came in on an error, 1B Tyler Wyatt doubled in two runs to give the Giants the lead. CF Luis Matos added on in the 5th with an RBI single to make it 4-2 before Fresno’s SS Julio Carreras homered in the bottom of the 5th to make it a 1-run game again.

Back came the Giants in the 6th on Luis Toribio‘s solo HR, his 5th of the year, and it was 5-3. CF Jack Yalowitz doubled in a run for the Grizzlies in the bottom of the 8th to make it 5-4 before the clubs traded single runs in the 9th.

Both clubs saw their star shortstops promoted to High-A this week as Ezequiel Tovar (Grizzlies) and Marco Luciano (Giants) moved up. The teams teams are now separated by one game in the standings and remain in the two playoff positions, with Rancho Cucamonga 6 1/2 games behind second-place San Jose.

INLAND EMPIRE – 6
VISALIA – 7
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LAKE ELSINORE – 12
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 7
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MODESTO – 6
STOCKTON – 3
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STOCKTON WALKS OFF MODESTO 16-15

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Jose Rivas hit a 2-run homer to give Stockton a 16-15 walk-off win over Modesto on Tuesday night. Rivas went 3-for-6 with 3RBI and CF Brayan Buelvas went 3-for-4 to lead Stockton’s 15-hit attack. Modesto SS Noelvi Marte went 4-for-5 with 3HR (15) and 9RBI in the loss. RHP Sam Romero (W, 1-0)  covered the final 1 1/3 innings to pick up the win, allowing no runs on one hit and one walk with three Ks. Modesto DH Alberto Rodriguez went 4-for-5 with a double and four runs scored.

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FRIDAY 7/31 SCORES

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INLAND EMPIRE – 5
SAN JOSE – 6
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San Jose wins 50th game of the season, 2 games back of Fresno.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 8
MODESTO – 6
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Rancho Cucamonga (43-33) is 6 1/2 games out of the 2nd playoff spot.

FRESNO – 8
LAKE ELSINORE – 6
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Fresno (52-25) wins fourth straight, best record in Low-A West.

VISALIA – 5
STOCKTON – 7
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Stockton takes 3-2 lead in the series, Rawhide go for a split on Sunday

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FRIDAY 7/31 SCORES

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INLAND EMPIRE – 3
SAN JOSE – 8
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San Jose (49-27) keeps pace with Fresno, stays 2 games back for the best record in the league. A four-run 5th inning is the difference.

SJ
RF Carter Williams, 1-for-3, 2B, 1BB, 4RBIs
3B Casey Schmitt, 3-for-5, 2B
RHP Prelander Berroa, W, 4-3  5IP, 3H, 1ER, 0BB, 10K

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LF Elijah Greene,2-for-3, 2B
RF Cade Cabbiness, 2-for-4, HR (1)
LHP Jeryell Rivera, 2 2/3IP, 1H, 0R,  0BB, 5K

 

 

VISALIA – 4
STOCKTON – 5
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Rawhide go to the bottom of the 9th looking for their 3rd straight win but a walk and a Danny Bautista 2-run shot walk it off for the Ports

VIS
1B Mason Berne, 1-for-4, HR (1)
RF Alexander Hernandez, 1-for-4, HR (2)
LHP Avery Short, 5IP, 7H, 3ER, 1BB, 6K

STK
RF Danny Bautista, walk-off HR (2)
RHP Pedro Santos, W (3-2), 4IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 8K
DH Lawrence Butler, 3-for-3, 2 2B, 2RBIs
SS Robert Puason, 2-for3, 2B, SB

 

 

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 14
MODESTO – 13
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Vintage mid-summer California League action, Modesto goes to the top of the 9th leading 13-9, Rancho scores four runs and wins 14-13

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SS Eddys Leonard, 2-for-5, 2B, 1BB,  4RBIs
RF Jose Ramos, 3-for-4, 3B
DH Alex De Jesus, 2-for-4, 2B, 2BB, 2RBI, 3R
CF Edwin Mateo, 2-for-4, 2B, BB
RHP Aldry Acosta, W (4-3), 2IP, 0R, 0H, 0BB, 2K

MOD
RF Alberto Rodriguez, 2-for-4, HR (6), BB, 4RBIs
3B James Parker, 4-for-4, 2B, BB, 2R
CF Brett Rodriguez, LF Trent Tinglestad, 3 hits apiece

 

 

FRESNO – 3
LAKE ELSINORE – 0
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Combined shutout from four Fresno pitchers. Grizzlies still hold the best record in the league at 51-25.

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2B Eddy Diaz and C Drew Romo both 2-for-4
RHP  Toney Locey, 4 2/3IP, 2H, 0R, 3BB, 4K
RHP Juan Mejia, W (1-5), 2 1/3IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 3K

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LHP Noel Vela, L (1-8), 6IP, 3H, 2R (0ER), 2BB, 5K
C Brandon Valenzuela, 2-for-4, 2B

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THURSDAY SCORES

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INLAND EMPIRE – 6
SAN JOSE – 3
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C Myles Emmerson 3-for-4, 2B
CF Elijah Greene 2-for-3, 3RBI
LHP Adam Seminaris 5IP, 4H, 3R (1ER), 2BB, 8K
RHP Julio Goff 3IP, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 4K

VISALIA – 6
STOCKTON – 3
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SS Ronny Simon HR (11), 2RBIs, 2SB
CF Glenallen Hill Jr. 2-for-4, 2B, SB
RHP Marcos Tineo (W, 2-4), 6 2/3IP, 4H, 2R 0BB, 10K
RHP Jared Liebelt 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 3
MODESTO – 9
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RF Alberto Rodriguez 3-for-5, 2RBIs
DH Eric Jones 4-for-5, 2RBIs
RHP Connor Phillips (W, 5-3), 5IP, 8H, 3R, 2BB, 8K

FRESNO – 3
LAKE ELSINORE – 2
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RHP  Blair Calvo (W, 2-1), 3IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 5K
3B Julio Carreras 2-for-4, 2B, SB
DH Brandon Valenzuela 2-for-4, 2 2B
RHP Jesus Lugo (L, 0-3), 6IP, 7H, 3R (1ER), 1BB, 6K

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WEDNESDAY SCORES

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FRESNO – 4
LAKE ELSINORE – 1
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LHP Sam Weatherly (W, 4-6) 6IP, 5H, 1ER, 0BB, 6K, SS Ezequiel Tovar 2-for-3, triple, HR (11)

VISALIA – 8
STOCKTON – 7
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RF Jose Curpa 2-RBI triple ties it in the 8th, 1B Elian Miranda RBI single in the 9th is the difference.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 3
MODESTO – 4
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Trent Tinglestad RBI single and Robert Perez sac fly in the 10th win it.

INLAND EMPIRE – 3
SAN JOSE – 4
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League-leading 17th HR for Marco Luciano, RHP Wil Jensen (W, 5-1) 5IP, 7H, 2ER, 1BB, 1K

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TRANSACTIONS

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A lot of activity, here are transactions from this week:

FRESNO
RHP Case Williams activated

INLAND EMPIRE
3B Paxton Wallace assigned to Inland Empire 66ers
LHP Jack Dashwood promoted to High-A Tri-City
OF Caleb Scires released
1B Spencer Brown released

LAKE ELSINORE
LHP Bodi Rascon assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL
RHP Connor Lehmann promoted to High-A Ft. Wayne

MODESTO
C Matt Scheffler promoted to High-A Everett
2B Justin Lavey promoted to High-A Everett
RHP Nolan Hoffman promoted to High-A Everett
RHP Travis Kuhn promoted to High-A Everett
C Anthony Lepre assigned to Modesto Nuts from ACL
OF Colin Davis assigned to Modesto Nuts from ACL
RHP Andrew Moore assigned to Modesto Nuts from ACL
OF Spencer Packard assigned to Modesto Nuts from ACL
RHP Jimmy Kingsbury assigned to Modesto Nuts

STOCKTON
RHP Garrett Acton promoted to High-A Lansing

VISALIA
RHP Jared Liebelt activated from 7-day IL
OF Danny Oriente promoted to High-A Hillsboro
LHP Liu Fuenmayor promoted to High-A Hillsboro

 

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TUESDAY SCORES

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FRESNO – 2
LAKE ELSINORE – 3
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INLAND EMPIRE – 0
SAN JOSE – 9
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VISALIA – 11
STOCKTON – 12
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10 Innings

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 3
MODESTO – 2
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INTERVIEW: A.J. VUKOVICH

Posted on July 27, 2021 by | Comments Off on INTERVIEW: A.J. VUKOVICH

Visalia Rawhide third baseman A.J. Vukovich is in his first pro season after being drafted in the fourth round in 2020 (119 overall). Vukovich comes from East Troy, WI and just turned 20 years old. Batting in the middle of the Rawhide order, Vukovich is leading the team in hits (61) and doubles (15) and is second in HRs (9). I had a chance to talk to A.J. this past weekend and saw right away that he is a positive-energy guy who is driven to work hard to succeed. We discussed the move to central California and the adjustments to full-season baseball among other things:

YOU’VE BEEN HERE A FEW MONTHS NOW, DO YOU LIKE VISALIA?
Yeah, I love it.

IS THE COMMUNITY SIMILAR TO WHERE YOU COME FROM AT ALL?
You want to know what, yeah, it is. During Spring Training when they said I was coming here I wasn’t exactly sure what Visalia would be like just because it is in California. I’d been to Los Angeles a few times but nothing north of there so I wasn’t sure what it would be like. But honestly it does remind me, sort of, where I’m from. It has that community feel to it and you can tell the community likes the Rawhide and really appreciates its baseball team.

 

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BUTLER, BERROA NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Posted on July 26, 2021 by | Comments Off on BUTLER, BERROA NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Stockton OF Lawrence Butler and San Jose RHP Prelander Berroa have been named Low-A West Player and Pitcher of the Week for July 19-25.

LAWRENCE BUTLER – Against San Jose last week, Butler went 10-for-25 with a double and three home runs. On Wednesday he was 2-for-4 with two homers and six RBIs. Butler’s 13 home runs are tied for fourth in Low-A West.

 

PRELANDER BERROA – On Saturday against Stockton, Berroa went six shutout innings and allowed one hit with no walks and nine strikeouts. In July, Berroa is 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA over five starts. In 28 2/3 July innings, he has allowed 18 hits and nine walks with 34 strikeouts.

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