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NUTS BATS BREAK OUT IN 10-1 WIN OVER RAWHIDE

Posted on June 17, 2023 by | Comments Off on NUTS BATS BREAK OUT IN 10-1 WIN OVER RAWHIDE

The middle of the Modesto Nuts batting order was a murderers row on Friday night in a 10-1 win over the Visalia Rawhide at Valley Strong Ballpark. The 2-6 hitters were 11-for-24 with two home runs with Gabriel Gonzalez and Freuddy Batista each collecting three hits.

It was more than enough support for the Modesto pitching staff as four hurlers combined to allow one run on six hits. Starter Tyler Cleveland (W, 4-4) gave up a run on four hits over six innings with no walks and six strikeouts.

Colin Davis hit a first-inning homer, his sixth, to start the scoring. Miguel Perez hit a three-run shot in the fourth, his second homer of the year.

Gavin Conticello went 2-for-5 for the Rawhide and homered for Visalia’s only run. After a slow start to the season, Conticello has batted .310/.396/.643 in June.

The Nuts evened up the six-game series at two games apiece. Game five is Saturday night at 7PM.

FRIDAY SCORES

INLAND EMPIRE – 4
FRESNO – 6
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 2
SAN JOSE – 1
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STOCKTON – 5
LAKE ELSINORE – 7
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MODESTO POWERS PAST RANCHO CUCAMONGA

Posted on June 10, 2023 by | Comments Off on MODESTO POWERS PAST RANCHO CUCAMONGA

Modesto’s Marcelo Perez

The Modesto Nuts scored in four of the first five innings and then withstood a late rally to drop the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes by a score of 6-4 on Friday night at John Thurman Field. Marcelo Perez (W, 1-0) went six shutout innings and struck out seven while allowing one hit and one walk to earn his first California League win.

The Nuts jumped on June’s Cal Legue Pitcher of the Month Jared Karros for three runs on five hits, including back-to-back home runs from Freuddy Batista and Miguel Perez in the second inning. Batista had three hits to pace Modesto’s 10-hit attack.

The Nuts built a 6-0 lead before Dayton Dooney launched a two-run homer in the top of the eighth to get Rancho Cucamonga on the board. The Quakes pushed across two more runs in the ninth to close the gap, but the Nuts held on for their third win in the first four games of the series.

Gabriel Gonzalez was 1-for-5 for Modesto and is tied for the league lead in hits with 63, while his .339 batting average is also tops. Batista’s .317 average is good for sixth.

Game five of the six-game series is Saturday night at 6:05PM. The Nuts are 28-27, eight games behind San Jose in the North division, while Rancho Cucamonga (33-22) leads the South division by 4 1/2 games.

FRIDAY SCORES

STOCKTON – 10
INLAND EMPIRE – 4
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LAKE ELSINORE – 13
FRESNO – 14
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SAN JOSE – 9
VISALIA – 4
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HOWELL HOMERS, FOUR PITCHERS SHUT DOWN NUTS IN SAN JOSE WIN

Posted on May 28, 2023 by | Comments Off on HOWELL HOMERS, FOUR PITCHERS SHUT DOWN NUTS IN SAN JOSE WIN

The San Jose Giants stretched their North division lead to five games with a methodical 7-1 win over the Modesto Nuts on Saturday night at John Thurman Field. Scoring in five different innings, the Giants put up seven runs on 10 hits.  Andrew Kachel and Carter Howell homered and four pitchers held the Nuts to one run on five hits.

San Jose built a lead with a steady offense that put up two runs in the second inning, two in the third and one in the fourth. Kachel’s third homerun of the year made it 6-0 in the sixth and Modesto had just three singles of offense to that point.

The Nuts got on the scoreboard when a run came in on a sac fly in the eighth, then Howell countered with his 4th home run of the season in the top of the ninth.

Reggie Crawford started for San Jose and went 1 2/3 scoreless innings before giving way to Esmerlin Vinicio who shut out the Nuts for another 2 1/3.

Gerelmi Maldonado (W, 1-0) was the long man with 4 IP, allowing one run on two hits and a walk with six strikeouts. Dylan Cumming finished it off with a scoreless ninth.

Howell was 2-for-5 for the Giants and leads the California league with 60 hits. His .337 batting average is second only to Modesto’s Gabriel Gonzalez (.350), who went 1-for-3.

Seven of the top 10 batting averages in the league belong to Giants and Nuts players: Gonzalez, MOD (.350), Howell, SJ (.337), Diego Velasquez, SJ (.329), Onil Perez, SJ (.307), Matt Higgins, SJ (.306), Freuddy Batista, MOD (.300) and Kachel (.299).

San Jose has won three of the first five games of the series with the finale on Sunday at 2:05PM.

SATURDAY SCORES

LAKE ELSINORE – 6
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 10
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VISALIA – 1
INLAND EMPIRE – 5
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STOCKTON – 7
FRESNO – 5
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NUTS SHUT OUT GRIZZLIES, MONCADA HOMERS

Posted on May 18, 2023 by | Comments Off on NUTS SHUT OUT GRIZZLIES, MONCADA HOMERS

The Modesto Nuts shut out the Fresno Grizzlies on Wednesday night at John Thurman Field with Gabe Moncada homering (6) and driving in three runs in a 5-0 victory. Starter Tyler Cleveland (W, 3-1) went six scoreless innings and gave up six hits and a walk with six strikeouts.

Three relievers pitched a scoreless inning apiece and combined for one walk and seven strikeouts.

Cole Young, the Mariners’ #3 prospect, was 1-for-3 with a walk and scored twice. The 19-year old 2022 first-round draft pick is eighth in the league with a .421 OBP and has walked 27 times against 26 strikeouts.

#7 Mariners prospect Gabriel Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with a double.

Modesto (18-17) is four games out of first place in the North division. Fresno (19-16) is three games back of first.

The teams have split the first two games of the six-game series with game three on Thursday night at 7:05PM.

WEDNESDAY SCORES

INLAND EMPIRE – 8
LAKE ELSINORE – 6
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 9
VISALIA – 2
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STOCKTON – 5
SAN JOSE – 0
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