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RAGSDALE SHARP IN GIANTS’ CLINCHER

The San Jose Giants clinched a playoff spot on Friday night with Carson Ragsdale throwing five shutout innings and adding six more strikeouts to his Low-A West leading total, now 162. The Giants beat the Stockton Ports 6-0 and locked up a post-season matchup with the Fresno Grizzlies.

Ragsdale (W, 8-6) allowed three hits and a walk while striking out six in his five innings. Juan Sanchez and Clay Helvey each threw two scoreless innings in relief, combining to allow just one Stockton hit and no walks with five strikeouts.

Jimmy Glowenke had three hits for San Jose and Abdiel Layer was 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs. Stockton’s Junior Perez had two of his club’s four hits.

Ragsdale leads the league in strikeouts (162), IP (108 2/3) and is tied for the league lead in wins (8). He’s fourth in the league in opponents’ batting average (.244). The Giants have the top four strikeout pitchers in the league and five of the top six.

San Jose had 12 hits, with all but one batter hitting safely.

The teams are set for the best-of-five championship series which starts on Tuesday, September 21st. The Fresno Grizzlies already clinched the other spot. Details on game times and locations to come.

 

SCOREBOARD

 

LAKE ELSINORE – 9
VISALIA – 6

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The Rawhide forced extras with two runs in the bottom of the ninth but Lake Elsinore put four runs across in the 10th. Gilberto Vizcarra was 3-for-5 with a HR (4) for the Storm and Cole Cummings had three hits. Visalia’s Deyvison De Los Santos was 3-for-5 with a double and starter Avery Short struck out 10 in five innings.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 5
INLAND EMPIRE – 6

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The 66ers walked it of with a wild pitch. Edwin Yon had three hits, including the ninth-inning triple that allowed him to score the game-winner on a pitch that got away. SS Arol Vera had a four-hit night and has hit in seven straight and 10 of 11 games he’s played with Inland Empire. Nathan Burns pitched two innings out of the 66ers bullpen and gave up one hit and no walks while striking out five. Rancho Cucamonga’s Luis Yanel Diaz hit his fourth homer of the season.

FRESNO
MODESTO

Cancelled

 

PLAYER-OF-THE-WEEK BAILEY HOMERS, GIANTS SHUTOUT RAWHIDE

Reigning Cal League Player of the Week Patrick Bailey hit his fifth homer of the season as the San Jose Giants beat Visalia 7-0 on Tuesday night. Bailey went 2-for-2 with two walks and five San Jose pitchers put up zeroes as the Giants broke a three-game losing streak.

The Giants jumped on Visalia starter Adrian Del Moral for three runs in the bottom of the first inning and put up single runs in each of the next four innings. Meanwhile, LHP Nick Swiney and LHP Juan Sanchez were scattering five hits and four walks without allowing any runs. Righty Abel Adames covered the sixth and seventh innings and RHPs Jesus Tona and Cole Waites finished it off, both throwing one clean inning.

Sanchez (W, 4-2) went 2 1/3 IP and allowed three hits and a walk with one strikeout.

1B Luis Toribio was 2-for-4 and drove in three runs. Leadoff man Ghordy Santos was 2-for-4 with a walk and a triple and scored three runs.

Deyvison De Los Santos and Caleb Roberts each had two hits for Visalia.

 

SCOREBOARD

 

LAKE ELSINORE – 8
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 2

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FRESNO – 5
STOCKTON – 3

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INLAND EMPIRE – 1
MODESTO – 9

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