Finally, a day off for some of the teams. On today’s schedule:
MODESTO (7-11) at HIGH DESERT (8-10)
STOCKTON (7-11) at BAKERSFIELD (10-8)
These will be three-game series in both cases, with the off day Thursday for the four teams involved.
After yesterday’s games, the Visalia Rawhide at 14-4 hold a four-game lead over Bakersfield in the North and Lancaster and Rancho Cucamonga are tied at 10-8, both one game ahead of Inland Empire in the South.
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The Visalia Rawhide improved to 14-3 with a hard-fought 4-0 win over Stockton on Saturday night. The win maintained the four-game lead for Visalia over second-place Bakersfield, who also won. It was the seventh-straight victory for the Rawhide.
Meanwhile, the South division got crowded at the top with a Lancaster win and a Rancho Cucamonga loss that knotted them up with identical 10-7 records. And Inland Empire sits just a half-game back on the heels of having their game with High Desert suspended due to rain.
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Tagged Daniel Gibson, Dylan Covey, High Desert Mavericks, inland Empire 66ers, Modesto Nuts, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, Silvio Bracho, Stockton Ports, Visalia Rawhide, Zack Godley
Man, I’m off to a slow start for this California League season. I’ve got excuses all over the place but if I was trying to win a job, I got sent down. Or released. Let’s talk California League baseball.
RAWHIDE AND QUAKES OUT FAST
Eight of the 10 Cal League teams are either 9-7 or 6-10, as can be expected in a 10-team league this early. But the Visalia Rawhide have jumped out to a 13-3 mark to pace the North while the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes have stepped up just slightly in the South at 10-6. Rancho’s lost three of its last four and has a tenuous 1-game lead on Inland Empire and Lancaster.
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Tagged Bakersfield Blaze, Dylan Covey, Luis Ysla, Michael Benjamin, Modesto Nuts, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, Ryan Yarbrough, San Jose Giants, Stockton Ports, Visalia Rawhide, Zack Godley
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For the week ending April 19
In two games, one start, at the Hangar, Edison Frias of the Lancaster Jethawks put up zeroes over 9 IP. Yielding a combined three hits and two walks, the right-hander out of the Dominican Republic struck out a total of nine batters.
Pitchers of the Week at MiLB.com
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OF Todd Glaesmann of the Visalia Rawhide covered just about everything over the period observed. The big Texan earned Offensive Player of the Week honors by slashing .419/.424/1.000, with 4 2Bs, 4 HRs and 9 RBI. But he also hit for the cycle and got promoted to AA. That’s a pretty solid week.
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Three-game sets up next with Visalia (3 games) and Rancho Cucamonga (1 game) holding leads in their divisions.
LAKE ELSINORE (3-8) at HIGH DESERT (5-6)
LANCASTER (6-5) at RANCHO CUCAMONGA (8-3)
VISALIA (8-3) at MODESTO (5-6)
BAKERSFIELD (5-6) at STOCKTON (5-6)
INLAND EMPIRE (7-4) at SAN JOSE (3-8)
Back to four-game series across the board. No days off for anybody till April 27th. Here are the pairings for the Thursday-Sunday games this weekend:
LANCASTER (3-4) at HIGH DESERT (4-3)
BAKERSFIELD (2-5) at SAN JOSE (2-5)
INLAND EMPIRE (5-2) at MODESTO (3-4)
LAKE ELSINORE (3-4) at RANCHO CUCAMONGA (4-3)
VISALIA (6-1) at STOCKTON (3-4)
News and notes from around the web
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Tagged Brett Phillips, High Desert Mavericks, Keury Mella, Lancaster Jethawks, Modesto Nuts, Richelson Pena, San Jose Giants, Todd Glaesmann, Tyler Beede, Visalia Rawhide
After four-game sets to open the season, the Cal League teams switch partners today. Here are the matchups for the slate of three-game series that run through Wednesday:
HIGH DESERT (1-3) at LAKE ELSINORE (3-1), 6pm
SAN JOSE (2-2) at VISALIA (3-1), 6pm
STOCKTON (1-3) at LANCASTER (2-2), 6:30pm
RANCHO CUCAMONGA (3-1) at INLAND EMPIRE (3-1) 7:05pm
MODESTO (1-3) at BAKERSFIELD (1-3), 7:15pm
San Jose’s RHP Tyler Beede threw five scoreless innings in Lancaster, but Danry Vasquez singled in the winning run as the Jethawks beat the Giants, 3-2.
SS Domingo Leyba had three hits and knocked in three runs and 3B George Roberts hit a two-run homer as the Visalia Rawhide beat the High Desert Mavericks, 10-4.
LF Nick Schulz belted a two-run homer in a five-run 4th inning for Lake Elsinore as the Storm topped the Modesto Nuts, 10-3.
RHP Dylan Covey pitched five scoreless innings for Stockton and Ports rode a three-run 5th inning to a 3-1 win over the Inland Empire 66ers.
RHP Jose De Leon struck out 10 over five scoreless innings and LF Devan Ahart doubled in pinch-runner Brandon Trinkwon in the top of the 9th to break a 2-2 tie as the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes topped the Bakersfield Blaze, 3-2.
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The season is finally upon us as the California League kicks of tonight with a full slate of five games. Each game is the beginning of a four-game set that runs through Sunday. Here are the opening night matchups:
SAN JOSE at LANCASTER, 6:30pm (Tyler Beede starting for San Jose)
HIGH DESERT at VISALIA, 7:00pm
MODESTO at LAKE ELSINORE, 7:00pm
STOCKTON at INLAND EMPIRE, 7:05pm
RANCHO CUCAMONGA at BAKERSFIELD, 7:15pm
