The Inland Empire 66ers erased a two-run deficit with a five-run eighth inning that saw just one base hit and topped Rancho Cucamonga 10-7 on Tuesday night at LoanMart Field. Four walks, a wild pitch and a fielder’s choice all figured into the game-winning rally.
Arol Vera led Inland Empire’s 11-hit offense with a 2-for-4 day, including his fourth home run of the year, two RBIs and four runs scored. Alexander Ramirez was 2-for-2 with a double and a triple.
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The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes pounded out 16 hits and six pitchers combined to give up just three hits in an 11-2 win over the Visalia Rawhide at Valley Strong Ballpark Sunday night. Damon Keith hit his 12th homer and Yeiner Fernandez had four hits and three RBIs to lead the charge.
Peter Huebeck started and went two shutout innings for the Quakes, giving up no hits or walks with four strikeouts. Ronan Kopp (W, 5-2) came on to pitch four innings with no runs and one hit allowed and one walk against seven strikeouts.
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The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes got three home runs on offense and five pitchers combined to hold the Fresno Grizzlies to two runs in an 8-2 win at LoanMart Field on Thursday night. Damon Keith went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and hit his 11th home run of the season to lead the Quakes’ attack.
Jake Vogel got the scoring started in the third inning with a three-run shot, his first of the year. Keith’s fifth-inning blast built the lead to 5-0 before the Grizzlies got on the board with a Juan Guerrero RBI double to make it 5-1.
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Alexander Ramirez doubled in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Inland Empire 66ers beat the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 4-3 on Monday night at San Manuel Stadium. Jack Kochanowicz went 7 1/3 innings and allowed three runs (2 ER) on six hits and a walk with eight strikeouts but got a no-decision.
The 66ers (4-6) got their four runs on just five hits with Adrian Placencia leading the offense with two hits, two RBIs and a run scored.
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The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes scored in six of eight turns at bat and posted an 8-3 win over the Inland Empire 66ers on Wednesday night at LoanMart Field. Julio Carrion (5) and Damon Keith (8) both hit solo homers and Luis Yanel Diaz (8) hit a two-run shot to lead Rancho Cucamonga’s nine-hit attack. The Quakes drew 11 walks with five different hitters walking twice.
The win kept Rancho Cucamonga (33-26) two games back of first-place Lake Elsinore in the South division.
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Tagged Damon Keith, Jerming Rosario, Julio Carrion, Kelvin Bautista, Kenneth Betancourt, Luis Yanel Diaz, Martin Santana, Yunior Garcia
Marco Hernandez homered in the seventh inning, his first of the season, to provide the winning margin for Rancho Cucamonga in a 5-4 victory over Lake Elsinore at LoanMart Field. The second straight win for the Quakes cut the Storm’s lead in the South division to two games.
Lake Elsinore scored first on an RBI double by Albert Fabian in the fourth inning. Fabian had three hits to lead the Storm.
Rancho Cucamonga got to Storm starter Garrett Hawkins after four scoreless innings. Jake Vogel singled in a run in the fifth inning and Kenneth Betancourt followed with an RBI double for a 2-1 lead.
The Quakes stretched the lead to 4-1 with two more in the sixth on RBI singles by Damon Keith and Luis Yanel Rodriguez.
Lake Elsinore rallied for two runs in the seventh on an RBI single by Jared Alvarez-Lopez and a GIDP to make it 4-3. Hernandez’ home run in the bottom of the seventh added an insurance run for the Quakes and it came in handy when Kervin Pichardo led off the top of the ninth with a home run to pull Lake Elsinore to within a run. But Roque Gutierrez got three straight outs to finish it off.
The two teams have split the first four games of the six-game series. Game five is Saturday night at 6:30PM.
SCOREBOARD
INLAND EMPIRE – 5
VISALIA – 6
Gameday
STOCKTON – 5
SAN JOSE – 4
11 Innings
Gameday
Story
FRESNO – 11
MODESTO – 10
12 Innings
Gameday
Story
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Tagged Albert Fabian, Damon Keith, Garrett Hawkins, Jake Vogel, Jared Alvarez-Lopez, Kenneth Betancourt, Kervin Pichardo, Luis Yanel Rodriguez, Marco Hernandez, Roque Gutierrez
The Visalia Rawhide came up in the top of the sixth inning trailing 6-1 at Rancho Cucamonga Friday night. They sent 15 men to the plate and scored 11 runs and went on to win 13-10.
Deyvison De Los Santos had 3 hits and SP Chen was 2-4 with a double and a walk and drove in four runs. Visalia had 12 hits and drew 10 walks.
Luis Rodriguez was 3-4 and hit his 4th home run of the season for the Quakes. They also got homers from Damon Keith (5), Yeiner Fernandez (2) and Julio Carrion (3).
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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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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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The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes put up 21 runs with the help of 18 walks issued by Visalia pitchers on Saturday night in a 21-6 win over the Rawhide. Diego Cartaya went 4-for-4 with two home runs (3, 4) and six RBIs to lead Rancho Cucamonga’s 10-hit attack.
The Quakes chased Rawhide starter Yaifer Perdomo after just 2/3 of an inning, putting up three runs in the first behind Cartaya’s first homer. Visalia came right back with three runs in the top of the second, powered by a 2-RBI double by Channy Ortiz. Rancho starter Jerming Rosario was pulled after 1 1/3 IP.
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