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MacKenzie Gore of the Lake Elsinore Storm was named Cal League Pitcher of the Week for two starts in which he struck out 18 batters over 9 1/3 innings. The lefty allowed just one earned run on three hits and three walks over the two outings.
Gore was the third overall draft pick in 2017 and is ranked as the #14 prospect in all of baseball by MiLB.com.
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Tagged California League, Lake Elsinore Storm, MacKenzie Gore, Pitcher of the Week
The first Friday night slate of games featured two extra-inning contests as Visalia needed 10 innings to get past San Jose and Modesto and Lancaster went 11. Padres #2 prospect MacKenzie Gore earned his first Cal League win for the Lake Elsinore Storm and Rancho Cucamonga knocked off Stockton.
SAN JOSE – 3
VISALIA – 4 (10 innings)
W – Brill (1-0)
L – Rubio (0-1)
Ranae Martinez knocks in the winning run on a sac fly in the 10th
LAKE ELSINORE – 4
INLAND EMPIRE – 0
W – Gore (1-0)
L – Bradish (0-1)
MacKenzie Gore goes five scoreless innings, striking out 8
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 4
STOCKTON – 3
W – Salow (1-0)
L – Sheehan (0-1)
Jeran Kendall singles in the deciding run in the 7th as Quakes earn first win
MODESTO – 11
LANCASTER – 8 (11 innings)
W – Haberer (1-0)
L – Lorenzini (0-1)
Joe Rizzo doubles in a run in the 11th and comes around to score as the Nuts get three runs
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Tagged California League, inland Empire 66ers, Lake Elsinore Storm, Lancaster Jethawks, Modesto Nuts, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, San Jose Giants, Stockton Ports, Visalia Rawhide
The 2019 California League season kicked off tonight with all eight teams in action, including the defending champions, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. It was a pretty good night for the road teams to spoil some home openers. These matchups will continue through the weekend with four-game series all around. Here are the final scores:
MODESTO – 7
LANCASTER -4
W Newsome (1-0), L Harris (0-1), SV Delaplane (1)
SAN JOSE – 7
VISALIA – 3
W Vizcaino (1-0), L Bain (0-1)
LAKE ELSINORE – 3
INLAND EMPIRE – 2
W Cosgrove (1-0), L Cole (0-1), S Miller (1)
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 1
STOCKTON – 4
W Jeffieries (1-0), L Crawford (0-1), S Cochrane-Gill (1)
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Tagged California League, inland Empire 66ers, Lake Elsinore Storm, Lancaster Jethawks, Modesto Nuts, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, San Jose Giants, Stockton Ports, Visalia Rawhide
The Lake Elsinore Storm reached the .500 mark on the season with a 6-3 win over Stockton on Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep over the Ports. DH Ty France hit a bloop double in the third inning that drove in two runs and LHP Joey Lucchesi went five innings for the win.
With the home victory and Rancho Cucamonga’s loss in San Jose, the Storm are now one game out of first place.
Lucchesi was named Cal League Pitcher of the Week on April 30 and after notching the win to go to 3-0, he now has a WHIP of 0.86 and an ERA 1.66. Over 38 IP he has walked just 10 and struck out 44.
After France’s double, a popup that got lost in the sun, put the Storm up 2-0 in the third inning, Stockton came back with three runs in the top of the fourth. Lake Elsinore tied it in the bottom of the fourth, then went up 5-3 in the bottom of the fifth with a WP that scored a run and an RBI single from 2B Peter Van Gansen.
The loss dropped Stockton to 16-18, four games behind Modeso in the North.
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday-through-Monday four-game series are on tap:
STOCKTON at LANCASTER
INLAND EMPIRE at SAN JOSE
MODESTO at LAKE ELSINORE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA at VISALIA
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Tagged Joey Lucchesi, Lake Elsinore Storm, Peter Van Gansen, Stockton Ports, Ty France
Rancho Cucamonga’s DJ Peters has been named Cal League Player of the Week while Lake Elsinore’s Joey Lucchesi took home Pitcher of the Week honors.
Peters slashed .400/.545/.960 and had two doubles, four homers and 11 RBI in 25 ABs. Saturday night against the Storm, Peters went 2-for-5 with a HR, 3 RBI and 2 R.
Lucchesi threw six shutout innings at Visalia last Tuesday, allowing four hits and no walks while striking out eight.
ALL MILB PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
ALL MILB PITCHERS OF THE WEEK
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Tagged California League, DJ Peters, Joey Luccesi, Lake Elsinore Storm, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
All eight Cal League teams are 21 games into the season with the Modesto Nuts (13-8) and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (13-8) atop the divisions. Modesto has a two-game lead in the North over Stockton (11-10) and Visalia (11-10) and is three games up on San Jose (10-11).
The Quakes are four games clear of Lake Elsinore and Lancaster, both 9-12, while Inland Empire sits five games out at 8-13.
Three game sets are on tap for the weekend as follows:
RANCHO CUCAMONGA at LANCASTER
STOCKTON at SAN JOSE
LAKE ELSINORE at INLAND EMPIRE
VISALIA at MODESTO
Starting for Rancho Cucamonga tonight is RHP Mitchell White (1-1, 2.35). White is the Dodgers #10 prospect per MLBPipeline and ranks #19 by Baseball America. Opponents are hitting .248 against the 2016 second-round draft pick and White’s WHIP is 0.98.
In San Jose tonight, the Giants will send RHP Mike Connolly to the mound. Connolly is making his fourth start and checks in with a record of 1-2 with a 1.26 ERA. The 2013 draftee out of Maine has walked four against 13 strikeouts on the season.
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The Lake Elsinore Storm had a five-run second inning, then held on for a 7-6 win with some clutch relief pitching to avoid a sweep at Inland Empire Wednesday night. The 66ers had the tying run in scoring position in the bottom of the ninth inning, but were turned away.
The Storm jumped on IE starter Harrison Cooney (L, 1-9) for five runs in the second inning and two more in the fourth. Felipe Blanco and Nick Torres each singled in a pair of runs in the second, then Auston Bousfield brought home a run on a sac fly and Marcus Davis chased Cooney with an RBI single in the fourth.
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The Lake Elsinore Storm scored two deciding runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to post a 3-1 victory over Visalia, avoiding a sweep in the three-game series. A crowd of 6,096 at The Diamond in Lake Elsinore saw the home team break up a tense pitching duel and knock off the juggernaut Rawhide.
Visalia starter R.J.Hively went six strong innings, striking out 10, but was matched by Lake Elsinore’s Ronald Herrera, who gave up just one earned run over 5 1/3 innings. Gabriel Quintana doubled in a run for the Storm in the bottom of the fourth to break the scoreless tie. In the top of the sixth, Visalia’s Jamie Westbrook singled in a run to tie it up.
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Tagged Gabriel Quintana, Lake Elsinore Storm, Martin Agosto, R.J. Hively, Ronald Herrera, Sean Newcomb, Visalia Rawhide
(Updated, all teams’ announcements/rosters)
Here are more roster announcements from the various Cal League pages. Opening Night is tomorrow with the first scheduled game in Lancaster as the Jethawks host the San Jose Giants at 6:30PM. The rest of the teams face off later that evening.
BAKERSFIELD BLAZE (Mariners)
INLAND EMPIRE 66ers (Angels)
LAKE ELSINORE STORM (Padres)
LANCASTER JETHAWKS (Astros)
MODESTO NUTS (Rockies)
RANCHO CUCAMONGA QUAKES (Dodgers)
SAN JOSE GIANTS (Giants)
STOCKTON PORTS (Athletics)
VISALIA RAWHIDE (Diamondbacks)
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Tagged California League, inland Empire 66ers, Lake Elsinore Storm, Modesto Nuts, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, San Jose Giants, Visalia Rawhide
The Visalia Rawhide finished off a mini-series sweep of the powerful Stockton Ports with a 2-1 win Thursday night to advance to the Division Finals against Bakersfield.
The Inland Empire 66ers did the same as they went 13 innings to pull off a 5-4 win over Lake Elsinore and advance to the Division Finals against Lancaster.
VISALIA – 2
STOCKTON – 1
Andrew Barbosa (VIS) – W, 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
Rudy Flores (VIS) – 2-for-4, HR (2)
Socrates Brito (VIS) – 2-for-4, 1 Run
Chris Lamb (STK) – 5 2/3 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
Brendan McCurry (STK) – 2 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Jaycob Brugman (STK) – 2-for-3, 1 Run
LAKE ELSINORE – 4
INLAND EMPIRE – 5
Clint Sharp (IE) – 6 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Danny Miranda (IE) – 3 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Anthony Bemboom (IE) – 3-for-6, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Dennis Raben (IE) – 2-for-5, 1 Run
Elliot Morris (LE) – 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Alberth Martinez (LE) – 3-for-6, 2B, 3B, RBI, 2 Runs
Benji Gonzalez (LE) – 2-for-5, RBI, 1 Run scored
The Division Finals start on Saturday:
INLAND EMPIRE @ LANCASTER – 6PM
VISALIA @ BAKERSFIELD – 7:15PM
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