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NUTS STAY HOT WITH 8-4 WIN OVER VISALIA

Visalia @ Modesto Gm 5

The Modesto Nuts jumped out ahead with a five-run second inning and went on to an 8-4 win over the Visalia Rawhide on Friday night. Jared Sundstrom homered for the second straight night to give the Nuts a 2-1 lead and Marcelo Perez pitched six one-hit innings to lead the Nuts to their fifth win in their last six games.

The Nuts have taken four of the first five games of the six-game series at John Thurman Field.

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RAWHIDE BREAK THROUGH LATE TO WIN PITCHER’S DUEL

Visalia @ Modesto Gm 3

Gavin Conticello broke a 1-1 tie with a two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Visalia Rawhide to a 3-1 win over the Modesto Nuts on Thursday night at John Thurman Field. The Nuts lead the six-game series two games to one.

Modesto scored a run in the bottom of the second and carried a 1-0 lead into the seventh inning. Visalia tied it up with an RBI single by Danyer Sanabria.

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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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QUAKES RIDE 8-RUN INNING TO DROP RAWHIDE

The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes broke open a close game with an eight-run seventh inning and went on to beat the Visalia Rawhide 12-4 on Saturday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. The Quakes (5-3) pounded out 12 hits, including three home runs, with five batters collecting two hits apiece.

C Thayron Liranzo was 2-for-4 and belted this third home run of the season. LF Jorge Puerta had two hits, including his first home run of the season. CF Chris Newell blasted a three-run shot (3) in the big seventh inning.

Visalia got on the board first when 1B Gavin Conticello doubled in a run in the second inning. Liranzo’s two-run shot in the fourth gave the Quakes a lead they would never relinquish.

Jorge Puerta touches home after his 6th-inning homer

Puerta made it 4-1 with his sixth-inning two-run shot and Visalia scratched for a run in the bottom of the sixth to make it 4-2.

Rancho Cucamonga sent 11 men to the plate in the fateful seventh inning and racked up three hits while benefitting from two walk, a wild pitch and two HBPs. When the dust settled it was 12-2 and the Rawhide would only get two more in the bottom of the ninth.

RHP Jeisson Cabrera (W, 2-0) earned the win with his two innings of relief, allowing one run on two hits with no walks and two strikeouts. Starter Jerming Rosario threw four strong innings for the Quakes, allowing one run on three hits with a walk and six strikeouts for a no-decision.

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66ERS WIN IN 10 OVER VISALIA

The Inland Empire 66ers pushed across a run in the 10th inning to knock off Visalia by a score of 4-3 on Tuesday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. The win gave IE (37-24) a five-game lead in the South division with five to play.

Adrian Placencia launched a two-run homer, his 11th, in the first inning to get the 66ers off to a 2-0 lead.  Visalia’s Oscar Santos cut the lead in half with his sixth homer of the year in the third inning.

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