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TRANSACTIONS

Posted on December 4, 2021 by | Comments Off on TRANSACTIONS

Two of the transactions that made news before the lockout began involved players who were in the Low-A West in 2021. The Arizona Diamondbacks dealt for OF Jordan Luplow, sending SS Ronny Simon to Tampa Bay in the exchange. Simon played 77 games with the Visalia Rawhide before being promoted to High-A Hillsboro. With Visalia, Simon hit .249/.343/.475 with 15 homeruns. He has been assigned to the High-A Bowling Green Hot Rods.

Elsewhere, the Seattle Mariners acquired 2B/OF Adam Frazier from the San Diego Padres for a package that included OF Corey Rosier. Drafted in the 12th round, Rosier played one game in Rookie ball before joining the Modesto Nuts where he played 31 games and absolutely destroyed Low-A West pitching. In 118 ABs, Rosier slashed .390/.461/.585 with three homeruns and walked 18 times. The UNC Greensboro alum had a 15-game hitting streak during his 31-game stint at Modesto. Rosier may see more Low-A West pitching as he has been assigned to Lake Elsinore.

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VEEN’S CYCLE HIGHLIGHTS FRESNO’S 12-9 WIN

Posted on August 25, 2021 by | Comments Off on VEEN’S CYCLE HIGHLIGHTS FRESNO’S 12-9 WIN

The Fresno Grizzlies ended Modesto’s 10-game winning streak on Tuesday night, outlasting the Nuts in a 12-9 slugfest at Chukchansi Park. Zac Veen hit for the cycle, including his 15th homer of the season and seven RBIs.

The Grizzlies got on the board in the first inning with two runs but Modesto came back with four in the top of the second. Veen hit a grand slam in the bottom of the second as the Grizzlies scored six runs to make it 8-4.

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ROSIER, RODRIGUEZ NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Posted on August 23, 2021 by | Comments Off on ROSIER, RODRIGUEZ NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Modesto OF Corey Rosier and San Jose RHP Randy Rodriguez have been named Low-A West Player and Pitcher of the Week  for August 16-22

COREY ROSIER – The 2021 12th round draft pick was 10-for-18 in five games against Stockton last week including a 4-for-5 night on Thursday. Rosier walked five times over the week with just two strikeouts. Since joining the Nuts on July 31st, Rosier has batted .370./.471/.593.

 

RANDY RODRIGUEZ – San Jose reliever Randy Rodriguez made two appearances against Rancho Cucamonga last week and pitched a total of six innings without allowing a run. The right-hander allowed one hit and no walks while striking out nine. He got the win on Saturday for his four-inning effort with no runs, hits or walks against six strikeouts.

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MODESTO’S 16-HIT ATTACK DOWNS GIANTS

Posted on August 13, 2021 by | Comments Off on MODESTO’S 16-HIT ATTACK DOWNS GIANTS

The Modesto Nuts put up five runs in the third inning  Thursday night to go ahead for good in a 10-4 win at San Jose. The visitors used six singles and a double to put up the five-spot, erasing a 1-0 deficit, and added on down the stretch to get their first win of the six-game series.

CF Colin Davis and DH Eric Jones had three hits apiece to lead the Nuts offense, and both had singles to start the 3rd-inning rally. RF Alberto Rodriguez was 2-for-5 with a double.

The Giants mounted a comeback in the fifth inning with three runs. RF Jairo Pomares launched his 13th HR of the season and that was followed by a Patrick Bailey double and a Tyler Wyatt triple to make it 5-3. LF Harrison Freed brought in another run on a groundout to make it 5-4, but that was it for the Giants’ rally.

Modesto came right back in the top of the sixth with a run on an RBI  single by Jones to make it 6-4. The Nuts tacked on three in the eighth and one in the ninth to make it a comfortable 10-4 victory.

RHP  Connor Phillips started for Modesto  and went four IP, allowing one run on two hits with five walks  and six strikeouts. RHP Leon Hunter pitched the final three innings and got the win (3-0), giving up one hit with no runs or walks and three strikeouts.

San Jose CF Luis Matos had a single and a double and knocked in his 64th run of the year, tied for second in the league.

The Giants (55-32) stayed three games back of Fresno (58-29) and six games ahead of Rancho Cucamonga (48-37) for the final playoff spot.

 

SCOREBOARD

 

STOCKTON – 2
FRESNO – 1
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VISALIA – 7
LAKE ELSINORE – 4
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 3
INLAND EMPIRE – 13
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GRIZZLIES EDGE NUTS FOR 10TH STRAIGHT WIN

Posted on July 21, 2021 by | Comments Off on GRIZZLIES EDGE NUTS FOR 10TH STRAIGHT WIN

The Fresno Grizzlies returned home from an 11-1 road trip and took the opener from Modesto 2-1 with some opportunistic offense and a strong effort from five pitchers. Fresno scored both of its runs on wild pitches and RHP Toney Locey and four relievers made them stand up for the Grizzlies’ 10th straight win.

The high-powered Grizzlies offense only got four hits but they got what they needed with single runs in the fourth and eighth innings. RF Zac Veen led off the fourth with a bunt single and SS Ezequiel Tovar followed with another, which had to be reviewed to be ruled a hit as he avoided the sweep tag on his way to first. The umpires conferred and called Tovar safe as Veen advanced to second and then went to third on a double-play groundout by 1B Grant Lavigne.  Modesto starter RHP Josiah De Los Santos then threw one to that backstop that allowed Veen to score the first run of the game.

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SAN JOSE’S 9-RUN INNING LEADS TO 4TH STRAIGHT WIN

Posted on July 17, 2021 by | Comments Off on SAN JOSE’S 9-RUN INNING LEADS TO 4TH STRAIGHT WIN

All but one San Jose batter had a multi-hit game on Friday night as the Giants posted a 14-3 win at Modesto. 1b Abdiel Layer went 4-for-6 and C Rodolfo  Bone went 4-for-5 with a HR (1) to lead a 21-hit attack.

The Giants went up big early as they scored nine runs without hitting a home run in the second inning. 15 men came to the plate as San Jose had 10 hits and drew two walks to go up 9-0. Modesto starter Brayan Perez was chased after 1 2/3 having given up 9 earned runs on 12 hits and a walk.

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NUTS STRIKE EARLY IN WIN OVER RAWHIDE

Posted on July 3, 2021 by | Comments Off on NUTS STRIKE EARLY IN WIN OVER RAWHIDE

The Modesto Nuts stayed hot Friday night and got six runs in the first two innings to cruise to an 8-1 win over the Rawhide in Visalia. The visitors got three in the first and three in the second and went on to win their sixth game in a row including all four in this series.

CF Victor Labrada went 3-for-4 from the leadoff spot and RF Alberto Rodriguez was 1-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs. RHP Sam Carlson (W, 2-1) went five innings and allowed one run on three hits and five walks with eight strikeouts. He threw 105 pitches, 61 for strikes.

Rawhide starter Adrian Del Moral got knocked around over the first two innings as Modesto built a 6-0 lead, but he bounced back for a 1-2-3 third inning and struck out the first two hitters in the fourth before walking SS Noelvi Marte. RHP Enmanuel Acosta came on in relief of Del Moral and gave up a 2-run homer to Rodriguez to put the Nuts ahead 8-0.

Visalia’s only run came when RF Jefferson Espinal walked to lead off the sixth inning and came home on a sac fly by 1B Lyle Lin.

Modesto RHP Matthew Willdrodt went three shutout innings in relief of Carlson, allowing just one hit with no walks and four strikeouts.

Carlson had a lot of traffic with the five walks, three hits and two HBPs, but he was able to keep the Rawhide off the board with the exception of his last batter coming around to score after he left the game. Odd occurrence, Carlson’s first and last batters were both HBPs.

The Nuts are now 30-22 and picked up a game on first-place San Jose in the North division as they now trail by five games with second-place Fresno two games out. The Rawhide suffered its sixth straight loss and have a record of 13-39. They’re 12 1/2 games behind first-place Rancho Cucamonga in the South Division.

Game five of the six-game series starts at 6:30 tonight.

SCOREBOARD

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 1
FRESNO – 2
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SAN JOSE – 3
STOCKTON – 4
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INLAND EMPIRE – 3
LAKE ELSINORE – 11
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WEDNESDAY SCORES

Posted on July 1, 2021 by | Comments Off on WEDNESDAY SCORES

A pair of shutouts on the Low-A West scoreboard Wednesday night. Lake Elsinore evened up the series with Inland Empire, shutting out the 66ers 4-0. Fresno did the same with Rancho Cucamonga, evening up their series with a 7-0 win. The Quakes lead the  South division by 1 1/2 games over Lake Elsinore with Inland Empire two games back.

San Jose SS Marco Luciano hit his league-leading 13th homer of the season in a 4-2 loss to Stockton. It was Luciano’s fourth homer in three games. San Jose’s lead in the North is now three games over Fresno.

MODESTO – 5
VISALIA – 3
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INLAND EMPIRE – 0
LAKE ELSINORE – 4
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 0
FRESNO – 7
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SAN JOSE – 2
STOCKTON – 4
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QUAKES WIN OPENER AT FRESNO

Posted on June 30, 2021 by | Comments Off on QUAKES WIN OPENER AT FRESNO

The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes jumped out on top with a three-run homer from DH Alex De Jesus in the first inning Tuesday night and went on to beat the Grizzlies in Fresno by a score of 5-1. RHP Jimmy Lewis went  2 2/3 scoreless innings and RHP Hyun-il Choi (W, 4-3) came on to cover 5 1/3 innings with only 1 ER as the Quakes held the Grizzlies to just five hits.

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SUNDAY SCORES

Posted on June 28, 2021 by | Comments Off on SUNDAY SCORES

FRESNO – 8
VISALIA  – 7
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The Grizzlies got a four-hit game from DH Drew Romo and three hits and three RBIs from LF Zac Veen. Romo’s line is now .313/.349/.485. The Grizzlies  won four of the six games in this series and joined the 30-win club at 30-18. Only San Jose has more wins (33) and Fresno sits three games back in the North division. Visalia is 13-35, 11 1/2 games out in the South.

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