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NEWELL HOMER WALKS IT OFF FOR QUAKES

Posted on May 27, 2023 by | Comments Off on NEWELL HOMER WALKS IT OFF FOR QUAKES

Chris Newell hit his league-leading 14th home run of the season in the bottom of the 10th inning to deliver a walk-off 10-9 win for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes over Lake Elsinore on Friday night at LoanMart Field. Newell was 4-for-6 on the night to lead the Quakes’ 15-hit attack.

The back-and-forth action went on from the first inning and the Storm carried an 8-7 lead into the bottom of the ninth. Nick Biddison singled in the tying run for Rancho and the game went into extras.

Lake Elsinore’s installed runner advance to third on a groundout and came in on a sac fly by Griffin Doersching to make it 9-8. Newell brought Rancho’s installed runner in with his game-winner to lead off the bottom of the inning.

The Quakes (28-15) stretched their lead over the Storm (23-17) to 3 1/2 games in the South division. Lake Elsinore has won three of the first four games in the six-game series with game five on Saturday at 6:30PM.

FRIDAY SCORES

VISALIA – 12
INLAND EMPIRE – 4
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STOCKTON – 7
FRESNO – 2
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SAN JOSE – 2
MODESTO – 9
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FRESNO AND LAKE ELSINORE GO UP 1-0

Posted on September 14, 2022 by | Comments Off on FRESNO AND LAKE ELSINORE GO UP 1-0

The Fresno Grizzlies and Lake Elsinore Storm took 1-0 leads in their three game playoff series on Tuesday night:

FRESNO – 12
SAN JOSE – 3
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The Grizzlies scored six first-inning runs and added six more the rest of the way to run away with game one of the Division Series. Jordan Beck went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Braxton Fulford had two doubles and three RBIs.

Fresno used five pitchers, with Cullen Kafka getting the win in relief. Kafka pitched three scoreless innings and gave up three hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

Game two is on Thursday night in Fresno.

LAKE ELSINORE – 9
INLAND EMPIRE – 2
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The Storm took a 3-2 lead into the ninth inning and put the game out of reach with six runs. Griffin Doersching was 3-for-5 with two home runs. Jackson Merrill and Nerwilian Cedeno had two hits each. Five Grizzlies had at least two hits.

Victor Lizarraga went 5 1/3 innings and allowed two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out nine. Will Geerdes threw 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, giving up no hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

Game two is at Lake Elsinore on Thursday night at 7:15.

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GRIFIN DOERSCHING, JORDY VARGAS NAMED CAL LEAGUE PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Posted on August 23, 2022 by | Comments Off on GRIFIN DOERSCHING, JORDY VARGAS NAMED CAL LEAGUE PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Lake Elsinore 1b Griffin Doersching and Fresno RHP Jordy Vargas have been named California League Player and Pitcher of the Week for August 15-21.

GRIFFIN DOERSCHING– Over six game last week, Doersching went 10-for-23 against Stockton with six home runs. On Saturday and Sunday, the 2022 8th-round draft pick had back-to-back two-homer games and went 6-for-9 with seven RBIs. In eight games with Lake Elsinore, Doresching is batting .370/.514/1.037.

 

JORDY VARGAS – On Tuesday against Visalia, Vargas threw five scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk with eight strikeouts. It was the second start for the 18-year old from the Dominican Republic. Over nine innings with the Grizzlies, Vargas has struck out 12 and opponents are batting .172.

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