JEMILOA, DAVIS NAMED PITCHER/PLAYER OF THE WEEK

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RHP Zach Jemiola of the Modesto Nuts was named California League Pitcher of the Week. Jemiola went seven innings against San Jose on Wednesday and didn’t allow a run, walking one and striking out six while giving up four hits.

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3B J.D. Davis of Lancaster went 12-for-26 with 6 HR and 15 RBI while earning California League Offensive Player of the Week honors. Davis had a slash line of .462/.481/1.192 while homering in six straight games.

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MONDAY SCOREBOARD

No Games Scheduled

TUESDAY GAMES

BAKERSFIELD at LAKE ELSINORE
VISALIA at SAN JOSE
LANCASTER at INLAND EMPIRE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA at HIGH DESERT
STOCKTON at MODESTO

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SECOND-HALF SURGE FOR BAKERSFIELD’S WILSON

Posted on August 9, 2015 by | Comments Off on SECOND-HALF SURGE FOR BAKERSFIELD’S WILSON
Bakersfield Blaze OF Austin Wilson

Bakersfield Blaze OF Austin Wilson

Austin Wilson had a rough first half at hiA Bakersfield this season but the 2013 2nd-round pick entered tonight’s game against Modesto swinging a hot bat. After playing 56 first-half games for the Blaze, the Seattle Mariners’ #16 prospect carried a batting line of .191/.291/.299 with just 5 HR and 19 RBI.

When the second half started on June 25th, the Stanford alum went 2-for-5, raising his batting average to .196, but there were more struggles ahead.

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THURSDAY NIGHT WRAP

Posted on August 7, 2015 by | Comments Off on THURSDAY NIGHT WRAP

THURSDAY SCOREBOARD

HIGH DESERT 4
LANCASTER 9
J.D. Davis goes 3-for-4 with a HR (19) and 2 RBI. Austin Chrismon (W, 5-2) throws four scoreless innings, 2 H, 0 BB, 4 K’s.

INLAND EMPIRE 3
VISALIA 15
Domingo Leyba goes 4-for-5 with his first HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI. Rawhide win fourth straight, tied with Modesto for first place in the North.

SAN JOSE 7
LAKE ELSINORE 8 (15 Innings)
After San Jose takes the lead in the top of the 15th, Marcus Davis triples in a run to tie and Gabriel Quintana singles in the game-winner in the bottom of the inning.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA 9
STOCKTON 10
Ports score last in the back-and-forth contest. Tyler Marincov singles in the game winner in two-run bottom of the eighth.

MODESTO 0
BAKERSFIELD 1

Nelson Ward‘s sixth-inning homer is the only scoring as Blaze win a pitcher’s duel. Konner Wade (L, 7-7) goes the distance for Modesto allowing 4 H, 0 BB and striking out four. Jake Zokan, Will Mathis (W, 4-2) and Kyle Schepel combine for the shutout.

 

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STORM RELIEVERS MAKE EARLY OFFENSE HOLD UP

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storm_logoThe Lake Elsinore Storm had a five-run second inning, then held on for a 7-6 win with some clutch relief pitching to avoid a sweep at Inland Empire Wednesday night.  The 66ers had the tying run in scoring position in the bottom of the ninth inning, but were turned away.

The Storm jumped on IE starter Harrison Cooney (L, 1-9) for five runs in the second inning and two more in the fourth. Felipe Blanco and Nick Torres each singled in a pair of runs in the second, then Auston Bousfield brought home a run on a sac fly and Marcus Davis chased Cooney with an RBI single in the fourth.

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NEWCOMB, DIXON EARN WEEKLY HONORS

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As the Dodgers and Angels played each other to end the week, their affiliates had players recognized as Pitcher/Offensive Player of the Week in the California League.

LHP Sean Newcomb of Inland Empire was named Cal League Pitcher of the Week after throwing six shutout innings at Lake Elsinore, allowing three hits while striking out six and walking just one. It was the last of 13 starts in the Cal League for Newcomb, who was promoted to AA Arkansas.

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Rancho Cucamonga’s Brandon Dixon batted .433/.452/1.100 to earn Cal League Offensive Player of the Week. Dixon belted six home runs and drove in 11 runs.

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HIGH DESERT COMES BACK FOR WALK-OFF WIN

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imagesThe High Desert Mavericks entered the bottom of the eighth inning Saturday night trailing Lancaster 6-4, but pulled off a 7-6 win on Ronald Guzman‘s walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth. It was the fifth straight win for High Desert, who maintained a one-game lead over Rancho Cucamonga atop the South division.

The Mavericks got on the board first with an RBI single by Joe Jackson in the first inning but Lancaster’s Ronnie Mitchell belted a two-run homer in the fourth inning to give the Jethawks the lead. High Desert answered with two runs in the bottom half, but Mitchell launched a grand slam in the fifth to give Lancaster a 6-3 lead.

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TRADE DEADLINE MOVES

Posted on July 31, 2015 by | Comments Off on TRADE DEADLINE MOVES

The MLB trade deadline has seen a number of California League players packaged in deals. Here’s a rundown of who has been sent where:

  • San Jose’s Keury Mella went to the Cincinnati Reds in the deal that saw the San Francisco Giants acquire Mike Leake. Mella was SF’s top organizational prospect.
  • The Houston Astros acquired Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers from the Brewers in exchange for a package that included Brett Phillips and Adrian Houser, who were recently promoted from Lancaster to AA. The other two players going to Milwaukee are all Lancaster alums: Domingo Santana (’12) and Josh Hader (’14)
  • The Dodgers were involved in a huge, three-team trade with the Marlins and Braves and Rancho Cucamonga’s Zack Bird, Jeff Brigham and Victor Araujo went to Miami.
  • The Astros kicked off the big moves by acquiring Scott Kazmir from the A’s for Lancaster’s Jacob Nottingham and Daniel Mengden, who both landed with Stockton.

 

 

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NEWCOMB SHUTS DOWN STORM

Posted on July 29, 2015 by | Comments Off on NEWCOMB SHUTS DOWN STORM

IE 66ersLHP Sean Newcomb threw six shutout innings Tuesday night as the Inland Empire 66ers blanked the Lake Elsinore Storm 5-0.  Newcomb (6-1) is the Los Angeles Angels’ top organizational prospect per MLB.com and was the 15th overall pick in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft.

The 66ers got on the board in the third inning when Andrew Daniel doubled in a pair of runs, and that was all Newcomb and two relievers would need. The lefty allowed three hits and a walk while striking out eight over six innings. Harrison Cooney came on for two scoreless innings before Geoff Broussard closed it out with a perfect ninth inning.

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2015 #2 OVERALL PICK BREGMAN PROMOTED TO LANCASTER

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lancasterjethawksnewSS Alex Bregman, the #2 overall pick in this year’s First-Year Player Draft was promoted to Lancaster today and entered the game against Rancho Cucamonga in the 7th inning. Bregman, from LSU, played 29 games at loA Quad Cities, batting .259/.368/.330.

Along with Bregman, the Astros promoted OF Sean McMullen, who belted his first hiA homer in the second inning tonight. McMullen was also drafted out of LSU in 2014.

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MODESTO BLANKS VISALIA, MOVES INTO FIRST-PLACE TIE

Posted on July 25, 2015 by | Comments Off on MODESTO BLANKS VISALIA, MOVES INTO FIRST-PLACE TIE

ModestoA stellar pitching duel in Visalia saw Modesto’s Anthony Senzatela throw eight shutout innings at the Rawhide as the Nuts won a 4-3 decision, forging a tie atop the North Division. Senzatela (7-5), the Rockies’ #11 prospect, struck out seven and allowed five hits without a walk to earn the victory, which gave the Nuts and Rawhide identical 18-7 records in the second-half standings.

Visalia’s Anthony Banda (L, 6-8) was nearly as good, going 6 1/3 and allowing just one run on six hits with a walk and nine strikeouts. But he gave up a seventh-inning run by allowing a pair of one-0ut singles to start a rally that reliever Bud Jeter couldn’t quell.

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