FRESNO – 4
SAN JOSE – 3
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The Grizzlies pulled into a flat-footed tie for first place in the North division and best record in Low-A West at 36-20. Daniel Montano extended his hitting streak to 16 games with his 4th homer of the year, a 2-run shot. Zac Veen‘s RBI single in the top of the 10th proved to be the game winner. San Jose’s Jairo Pomares went 4-for-4 with a double and a home run.
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There will be playoffs this season. It wasn’t official until the announcement yesterday but Low-A is one of three levels that will be having post-season baseball this year. It will consist of a best-of-five series between the top two teams in the league, regardless of division. That means that if the season were to end today the Low-A West championship series would be between San Jose (35-16) and Fresno (32-19).
MODESTO – 19
VISALIA – 10
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Robert Perez 3-for-5 with 2 HRs, 7 RBIs. Nuts (29-22) have won five in a row
FRESNO – 4
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 2
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Breiling Eusebio doesn’t allow a hit until the 8th inning. Game finished in under 2 hours at 1:55.
SAN JOSE – 6
STOCKTON – 2
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Giants break open a close game, have won 7 of their last 10.
INLAND EMPIRE – 4
LAKE ELSINORE – 3
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Caleb Scires‘ with a 3-run shot, Jack Kochanowicz (2-1) goes five innings for the win.
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3B A.J. Vukovich broke a 9th-inning tie with an RBI double as the Visalia Rawhide beat the Fresno Grizzlies 6-5 on Friday night. Visalia walked off with a win for the second time in this series which is now even at two games apiece.
Visalia’s offense pounded out 12 hits, led by 1B Ramses Malave who went 3-for-4 with two homers (his 3rd and 4th of the season) and 4 RBIs. Vukovich went 2-for-5 with 2 RBIs and 2B Ronny Simon went 3-for-5 from the leadoff spot with 2 runs scored.
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Thursday night’s pitching matchup in San Bernadino pitted two of the league’s top pitchers against one another and it didn’t disappoint. Fresno lefty Breiling Euesebio made his fifth start of the season and was opposed by Inland Empire’s Ryan Smith. Both delivered as Fresno’s 3-2 victory was decided late in the game after both had departed.
Fresno’s third straight win kept them a game back of Modesto in the North division.
The Grizzlies got single runs in the 6th, 8th and 9th innings to lead 3-0, then Inland Empire struck for two in the bottom of the 9th but came up just short.
Eusebio went 4 2/3 scoreless, allowing five hits and a walk against 7 Ks. Smith, the reigning Low-A West Pitcher of the Week, worked into the 7th allowing 1 run on 5 hits and no walks with 8 Ks. The one earned run came in on an Isaac Collins triple in the 6th to break the scoreless tie. 2B Mateo Gil knocked in a run in the 8th to double the advantage and C Colin Simpson tripled in the final Fresno run in the 9th for the 3-0 lead.
Fresno’s Fineas Del Bonta-Smith pitched a rocky 9th inning for the save, allowing two runs on three hits and a walk. RHP Keegan James (W, 2-0) and RHP Robinson Hernandez combined for 3 1/3 scoreless inning after Eusebio left the game.
LAKE ELSINORE – 2
SAN JOSE – 8
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STOCKTON – 5
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 3
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VISALIA – 3
MODESTO -9
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The Stockton Ports put up three first-inning runs in Visalia, led by 1B Lawrence Butler‘s leadoff homerun (2), and starter Jake Walkinshaw held the Rawhide to just one hit over six innings in a 7-2 Stockton win Friday night. Butler added another solo shot (3) in the ninth and went 3-for-4 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored.
Walkinshaw (W, 1-0) held the Rawhide hitless through five before giving up an infield single to Visalia SS Jose Curpa in the sixth. Moments later Curpa was erased on an inning-ending double play liner to Butler who stepped on the bag at 1st. Walkinshaw went 6IP with 1H, 4BB, 5Ks and threw 72 pitches, 44 for strikes.
Stockton’s 13-hit attack featured Butler’s three hits as wells as multi hit games from C Tyler Soderstrom (A’s #1 prospect) who went 3-for-4, RF Danny Bautista (2-for-4, 2RBI) and #13 prospect CF Brayan Buelvas (2-for-4). Soderstrom now has a six-game hitting streak over which he has gone 10-for-24.
Rawhide starter Brandon Pfaadt (L, 0-1) rebounded quickly after getting a mound visit four batters into the game. Butler led off with a homer, followed by a walk and a groundout and Bautista’s RBI double. Following a conference on the mound, a fielder’s choice grounder brought in the third run before Pfaadt struck out Buelvas and 2B Gavin Jones swinging.
Pfaadt was steady the rest of the way, only facing two batters over the minimum before coming out after five. His line was 5IP, 4H, 3ER, 2BB, 7K, 84 pitches, 55 strikes. After three starts, Pfaadt has gone 15 innings and allowed 10 hits and 7ER (4.20 ERA) with 3 BBs and 21 Ks. His WHIP of 0.87 would be third in the Low-A West if he had one more inning to qualify.
The Ports’ record now stands at 7-9 and they are five games out of first place in the North division, two games behind San Jose for third. Visalia drops to 2-14. Stockton has won three of the four games in the series.
SAN JOSE – 0
FRESNO – 10
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LHP Breiling Eusebio (W, 2-0) threw six shutout innings and the Fresno bats jumped on San Jose for five first-inning runs. RHP Dugan Darnell (2IP) and RHP Stephen Jones (1IP) locked down the shutout and the Grizzlies got homers from DH Mateo Gil (1) and C Drew Romo (1). Fresno (11-5) moved to within 1 game of first-place Modesto in the North division while San Jose (9-7) remained in third place, 3 games out.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 2
LAKE ELSINORE – 0
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Four Quakes pitchers shut out the Storm on six hits as SS Jorbit Vivas and DH Johnny Deluca knocked in runs. Rancho (7-8) stayed tied with Inland Empire for second place in the South division. Lake Elsinore (8-8) saw its first-place lead shrink to 1/2 game.
MODESTO – 2
INLAND EMPIRE – 3
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The 66ers got six shutout innings from starter Ryan Smith (W, 2-0) and 2B Kyren Paris (Angels #6 prospect) doubled, tripled and knocked in two runs. Smith has now pitched 15 1/3 innings this season, allowing 3ER on 7H with 6BB and 29Ks. He lowered his WHIP to 0.85. C Keinner Pina extended his hitting streak to six games with a 3-for-4 night. Pina is 11 for his last 20 and is now batting .343/465/.400.
Modesto SS Noelvi Marte (Mariners #7 prospect) had another multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 and is now slashing .391/.466/.641.
Nuts RHP Taylor Dollard (L, 1-1) went 4 2/3 IP and allowed 3R on 6H and 3BB while striking out 11.
Modesto (12-4)remains in first place in the North division, 1 game ahead of second-place Fresno. Inland Empire (7-8) is tied with Rancho Cucamonga for second place, 1/2 game behind Lake Elsinore.
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The first round of six-game series are in the books and while no team was able to pull off a clean sweep, the Lake Elsinore Storm came pretty close with five wins against the Visalia Rawhide. The Modesto Nuts won four of six from Stockton and the San Jose Giants and Fresno Grizzlies split.
Rancho Cucamonga and Inland Empire had their series interrupted by a covid-related postponement but the Quakes eventually took three of the five games they were able to play.
NORTH
MODESTO 4-2
FRESNO 3-3
SAN JOSE 3-3
STOCKTON 2-4
SOUTH
LAKE ELSINORE 5-1
RANCHO CUCAMONGA 3-2
INLAND EMPIRE 2-3
VISALIA 1-5
On offense, Lake Elsinore’s Brandon Valenzuela is leading the league with 10 base hits, while carrying a line of .417/.533/.792. That 1.325 OPS leads the league.
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The Fresno Grizzlies splashed down in the Low-A West with a 5-3 road win over the San Jose Giants as minor league baseball returned for the first time since 2019. Lefty Breiling Eusebio went five innings for the win while Ezequiel Tovar rapped three hits including two doubles.
SCOREBOARD
FRESNO – 5
SAN JOSE – 3
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LAKE ELSINORE – 8
VISALIA – 7
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Storm go ahead to stay in the top of the 8th on a two-run homer by Matthew Acosta
MODESTO – 3
STOCKTON – 0
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Five Nuts pitchers combine for the shutout and Matt Sheffler blasts a two-run homer
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 3
INLAND EMPIRE – 1, Bottom 9
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Five Quakes pitchers hold the 66ers to one run on four hits
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