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QUAKES EDGE PORTS 13-12, YUNIOR GARCIA HAS 5 HITS

The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes had just enough to outlast the Stockton Ports 13-12 on Thursday night at Banner Island Ballpark. In a game that lasted 3 1/2 hours, the offenses came out firing on all cylinders. 5-2, Stockton after one. 8-6, Stockton after two. The teams combined for 27 hits and 16 walks. Rancho Cucamonga pulled to within one game of first-place Lake Elsinore with the win.

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QUAKES BEAT STORM WITH 1-HITTER

Jerming Rosario went five perfect innings for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes on Friday night and Alex De Jesus hit his fourth home run of the season in a 4-0 win over the Lake Elsinore Storm. Rosario (W, 1-2) combined with Octavio Becerra and Joan Valdez to throw a one-hit shutout.

Rosario allowed no hits or walks while striking out six and threw 59 pitches of which 42 were strikes. Becerra allowed the only hit, a seventh-inning double to Marcos Castanon, while walking one and striking out two over two innings. Valdez covered the final two innings with a walk and a strikeout while throwing 25 pitches, 14 for strikes.

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QUAKES TOP MODESTO WITH 5-RUN 9TH

The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes came up in the top of the ninth inning trailing the Modesto Nuts 8-6 but they put up five runs, winning 11-8 on Friday night. The visiting Quakes strung together five singles and pushed runs across with a wild pitch and a ground out in their game-deciding rally.

Austin Gauthier was 2-for-4 on the night and drove in four runs, including a 2-RBI single in the ninth.

Luis Rodriguez was 3-for-5 with a double for Rancho.

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