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YANQUIEL FERNANDEZ, LIAM NORRIS NAMED PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Fresno OF Yanquiel Fernandez Visalia LHP Liam Norris have been named California League Player and Pitcher of the Week for August 8-14.

YANQUIEL FERNANDEZ– The 19-year old from the Cuba went for 9-for-26 with three doubles, three home runs and 10 RBIs against Inland Empire last week. On Thursday night, Fernandez homered and drove in six runs. For the month of August he is hitting .333/.386/.706 with four home runs.

 

LIAM NORRIS – On Saturday night against Modesto, Norris earned his first professional win and didn’t allow a hit over five innings. In a 69-pitch effort (44 strikes), Norris walked one and struck out four as Visalia went on to win 3-1. Over two starts in August opponents are batting .111 against Norris and his WHIP is 0.75.

VISALIA SHUTS DOWN MODESTO OFFENS FOR 3-1 WIN

The Visalia Rawhide held the Modesto Nuts to just three hits in a 3-1 win at John Thurman Field on Saturday night. Liam Norris (W, 1-7) had his best outing of the season and picked up his first win while Ivan Melendez hit his first professional home run to lead the visitors.

Norris went five shutout innings and did not allow a hit while walking one and striking out four. Three relivers covered the last four innings and allowed just one run on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts.

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QUAKES BELT OUT 16 HITS, TOP RAWHIDE 11-2

The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes pounded out 16 hits and six pitchers combined to give up just three hits in an 11-2 win over the Visalia Rawhide at Valley Strong Ballpark Sunday night. Damon Keith hit his 12th homer and Yeiner Fernandez had four hits and three RBIs to lead the charge.

Peter Huebeck started and went two shutout innings for the Quakes, giving up no hits or walks with four strikeouts. Ronan Kopp (W, 5-2) came on to pitch four innings with no runs and one hit allowed and one walk against seven strikeouts.

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GIANTS DROP RAWHIDE FOR SERIES WIN

The San Jose Giants put up six runs in the third inning and added on late to drop Visalia 14-4 at Excite Ballpark on Sunday night. Jared Dupere continued his hot start with the Giants with his second straight three-hit game, including his second home run.

The Giants were trailing 2-1 when they batted around in the third inning and went up 7-2. Visalia starter Liam Norris (L, 0-6) gave up five singles and a double but was also victimized by an error that would have kept the last four runs off of the board.

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GRIZZLIES RUN UP THE SCORE ON RAWHIDE, STRETCH LEAD

The Fresno Grizzlies continued their dominance over the Visalia Rawhide with a 15-5 win on Saturday night at Chukchansi Park. The home team pounded out 15 hits and drew 12 walks while blasting four home runs, including a grand slam by Trevor Boone. With the win, the Grizzlies (37-19) stretched their lead over San Jose in the North division to five games.

Victor Juarez (W, 4-0) had a dominant start, going 6IP with 0 runs allowed on 2 H, 0 BB and 6 K. Juarez leads the California League in ERA (2.41), WHIP (0.92) and Opp Batting Average (.197).

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BIG INNINGS DRIVE 66ERS 11-2 WIN IN VISALIA

Inland Empire had a four-run inning to build a lead, then pulled away with a six-run inning as they beat Visalia 11-2 on Saturday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. The 2-5 hitters did plenty of damage with nine RBIs, led by Edgar Quero who homered (5) and Werner Blakely who drove in three.

Quero got the scoring started with a first-inning blast, his third of the series. Visalia answered in the bottom of the first when Wilderd Patino singled, advanced to second on a Deyvison De Los Santos single, stole third and finally came home on a wild pitch.

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SUNDAY SCORES

FRESNO – 5
SAN JOSE – 3
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San Jose got 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th to force extra innings but Eddy Diaz doubled in 2 runs in the top of the 10th and LHP Tanner Propst made it stand up. The Grizzlies won 5 of the 6 games to take a 2-game lead in the North with the best record in the Low-A West, 39-21.

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