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MERRILL LEADS STORM TO 1-0 LEAD IN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Posted on September 19, 2022 by | Comments Off on MERRILL LEADS STORM TO 1-0 LEAD IN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Jackson Merrill went 4-for-5 with three doubles and four RBIs as Lake Elsinore routed Fresno in game one of the California League championship series by a score of 13-2. Five Storm batters had multi-hit games.

Jakob Marsee homered and went 2-for-4 from the leadoff spot with three runs scored and two RBIs.

Marcos Castanon went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs.

Fernando Sanchez started and went 4 1/3 IP for Lake Elsinore, allowing one run on five hits with one walk and seven strideouts.

Will Geerdes went 3 2/3 innings and picked up the win in relief. Geerdes gave up a run on five hits with no walks and three strikeouts.

Game two of the best-of-three series will be on Tuesday night in Fresno at 6:50PM

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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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STORM TOP QUAKES 4-1

Posted on September 8, 2022 by | Comments Off on STORM TOP QUAKES 4-1

Victor Lizarraga went 5 1/3 strong innings and Samuel Zavala clubbed a two-run homer as the Lake Elsinore Storm beat the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes by a score of 4-1 on Wednesday night at LoanMart Field. Jakob Marsee hit his first home run to lead off the game for the Storm and three relievers shut out the Quakes over 3 2/3 innings.

Lizarraga (W, 8-3) allowed one run on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts. Hazahel Quijada finished off the sixth inning by getting two outs with no hits and one walk allowed. Aaron Holiday covered two innings with no runs or hits, one walk and four strikeouts. Manuel Castro nailed down the win with his first save by throwing a scoreless ninth inning despite allowing two hits.

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STORM WINS THIRD STRAIGHT

Posted on August 18, 2022 by | Comments Off on STORM WINS THIRD STRAIGHT

The Lake Elsinore Storm got eight hits, including three home runs, from the #2-5 hitters and beat the Stockton Ports 7-4 on Wendnesday night at Banner Island Ballpark. Jackson Merrill homered (2) and drove in four runs to lead the 11-hit attack.

Angel Solarte was 3-for-4 with an RBI from the #8 hole. The team’s other eight hits all came from the middle of the order as Merrill, Juan Zabala, Marcos Castanon and Samuel Zavala each had two hits. Castanon hit his eighth home run, Zabala hit his third.

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STORM MOVE INTO 1ST-PLACE TIE WITH 2-HITTER

Posted on August 7, 2022 by | Comments Off on STORM MOVE INTO 1ST-PLACE TIE WITH 2-HITTER

The top four hitters in Lake Elsinore’s batting order all had multi-hit games and Victor Lizarraga won his sixth game of the season as the Storm beat Visalia 10-1 on Saturday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. It was the eighth win in 10 games for Lake Elsinore (20-15) and pulled them into a first-place tie with Inland Empire in the South division.

After two first-inning runs, the Storm added three more in the third with Marcos Castanon blasting a two-run homer, his 15th long ball of the season. Nerwilian Cedeno hit a grand slam (3) in the seventh inning to make it a 9-0 lead. Cedeno was 2-for-5 with five RBIs.

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MERRILL, FLEMING NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Posted on April 25, 2022 by | Comments Off on MERRILL, FLEMING NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Lake Elsinore SS Jackson Merrill and Modesto RHP William Fleming have been named California League Player and Pitcher of the Week for April 18 – 24.

JACKSON MERRILL – The Lake Elsinore SS went 9-for-19 with two doubles, a homerun and two walks last week against Fresno. The 2021 first-round selection (27th overall) is currently second in the league with .393 batting average, fifth in OBP (.452) and ninth in OPS (.970).

WILLIAM FLEMING – Modesto’s 6’6″ right-hander threw six innings of one-hit ball against the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Thursday night with eight strikeouts against one walk. Fleming threw 80 pitches, 54 for strikes, while putting zeroes up on the scoreboard.

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