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RAWHIDE RALLY LATE TO PULL OUT 2-1 WIN OVER LAKE ELSINORE

Denny Larrondo rang up 11 strikeouts and Anderson Rojas singled in a pair of eighth-inning runs as the Visalia Rawhide earned a 2-1 win over the Lake Elsinore Storm on Thursday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. Visalia has won two of the first three games in the six-game series as the first half of the 2024 California League season came to an end.

The late comeback spoiled a brilliant outing for Storm right-hander Eric Yost. The 2023 draft pick out of Northeastern blanked the Rawhide over seven innings, striking out nine while allowing just four hits and a walk. Reaching 60 Ks on the season, Yost is tied for ninth in the league.

Larondo was nearly as good, with the 11 Ks over five innings to go with three hits and two walks. The only run allowed by the righty out of Cuba was on a bases-loaded HBP in a shaky fifth inning. Larondo allowed a double, an HBP and a walk to load the bases before his second hit batter brought in the run.

Rojas was 2-for-3 with a walk while Jansel Luis had three hits, including two doubles.

Jacob Campbell was 1-for-2 with a triple for Lake Elsinore after coming into the game when starting RF Braedon Karpathios was ejected for arguing a called third strike in the fourth inning.

The Storm finished the first half with a 32-32 record, good for tops in the South division. The Rawhide finished 3 1/2 games back at 29-36.

SERIES STANDOUTS

After three games of the six-game series, here are some of the impact players:

VISALIA

Luis – 8-for-12, 2 2B, HR

Rojas – 3-for-6, 2 RBI

Angel Ortiz – 2-for-9, 2 2B

Ruben Santana – 4-for-10, HR

Larrondo – 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 11 K

Carlos Rey – 1 1/3 IP, W, 0 R, 0 H, 1 BB, 4 K

LAKE ELSINORE

Wyatt Hoffman – 2-for-9, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 SB

Nick Vogt – 3-for-7, 2B, RBI, SB

Leodalis De Vries – 3-for-12, BB, RBI

Jacob Campbell – 2-for-9, 3B,

Eric Yost – 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K

Luis Gutierrez – 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 2 K

Will Varmette – 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 2 K

Javier Chacon – 2 1/3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 BB, 3 K

STORM HOLD ON FOR WIN OVER VISALIA, CLINCH FIRST-HALF CROWN

The Lake Elsinore Storm got four runs in the second inning and held off a ninth-inning rally to beat the Visalia Rawhide by a score of 5-3 on Tuesday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. LHP Luis Gutierrez (W, 1-1) allowed just one unearned run over five innings and Romeo Sanabria belted his eighth home run of the season as the Storm (32-30) clinched the South division first-half title and a berth in the 2024 playoffs.

After a scoreless first inning, the visitors took a 4-0 lead with a second-inning rally aided by a pair of walks. A single and two free passes loaded the bases with one out for C J.D. Gonzalez, who brought in the first run with a sacrifice fly.

With two outs, 2B Chase Valentine singled in a run and LF Wyatt Hoffman doubled in two more to put Lake Elsinore up 4-0.

Gutierrez kept the Rawhide off the scoreboard until the fifth inning when they pushed across a run on a throwing error by 3B Rosman Verdugo with two outs. Visalia RF Angel Ortiz doubled before LF Jefferson Pena grounded sharply to Verdugo, who threw high past first base allowing Ortiz to come around and score to make it 4-1 Storm.

Gutierrez allowed just the one unearned run on five hits with no walks and two strikeouts over five innings. The 20-year old from Venezuela threw 71 pitches, 48 for strikes.

Sanabria’s eighth-inning solo shot made it 5-1, Lake Elsinore, until the Rawhide came up in the bottom of the ninth. A Ruben Santana single and a walk to Ortiz put two on with one out for Visalia. An out later, Cristofer Torin singled to load the bases before Jansel Luis singled in a pair to cut the lead to 5-3 with two outs.

RHP Thomas Balboni Jr. got Demetrio Crisantes to strike out to end the game and earn Balboni Jr. his second save of the season.

It was a thrilling, but disappointing, end to the game for the 1,368 in attendance.

Visalia starter RHP Casey Anderson (L, 2-4) went six innings and allowed four runs on five hits and two walks with six Ks in taking the loss. Outside of the second inning, where he hurt himself with two walks along with two singles and a double, Anderson was efficient in keeping the Storm off of the scoreboard.

Game two of the six-game series goes Wednesday night at 6:30 PM.

PORTS STRIKE EARLY, PULL AWAY LATE IN GM 1 WITH RAWHIDE

The Stockton Ports and Visalia Rawhide went back-and-forth in the early innings of their series opener at Banner Island Ballpark on Tuesday before Stockton pulled away late for an 11-5 victory. The middle of the batting order did the bulk of the damage on offense while four Ports pitchers teamed up to allow just two earned runs.

RHP Yunior Tur worked out of some first-inning traffic with no damage in the top of the first. Tur got the third out on a pickoff at first base to end the Visalia threat. Stockton then struck for three first-innings runs when Myles Naylor blasted a three-run home run, his third long-ball of the season. All nine hitters came to the plate with Visalia starter Casey Anderson avoiding further damage while leaving the bases loaded.

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2024 VISALIA RAWHIDE ROSTER ANNOUNCED

The Visalia Rawhide announced their 2024 roster on Wednesday, highlighted by six of the Arizona Diamondbacks’ top 25 prospects, including Druw Jones. Press release below, full roster HERE.

VISALIA, CA– The Arizona Diamondbacks have officially announced the opening day roster for the Rawhide ahead of Friday’s season opener.

The Rawhide roster features 31 players including six among the top 25 within the Diamondbacks organization. Visalia’s roster features 17 pitchers including three catchers, five outfielders, and six infielders.

Druw Jones headlines the opening roster entering the 2024 season as the 74th ranked prospect in Major League Baseball according to mlb.com. The Rawhide infield is filled with top prospects including Jansel Luis, Cristofer Torin, and Ruben Santana. The three Hide infielders enter the season within the top ten in the Diamondbacks organization.

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