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RANCHO CUCAMONGA ALUM SEAGER IS CLUTCH AGAIN IN WORLD SERIES GAME 1

Posted on October 28, 2023 by | Comments Off on RANCHO CUCAMONGA ALUM SEAGER IS CLUTCH AGAIN IN WORLD SERIES GAME 1

Corey Seager evened up game one of the 2023 World Series with a ninth-inning home run as the Texas Rangers staved off defeat on Friday night. The Rangers went on to win in extra innings and take a 1-0 lead over the Arizona Diamondbacks with game two on Saturday night.

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Seager, a 2013 and 2014 member of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, has been a post-season hero before, winning the World Series MVP trophy in 2020 with the Dodgers.

In 18 post-season games that year, Seager batted .328/.425/.746 with eight home runs. His MVP-winning line for the World Series was .400/.556/.700.

As a 19-year old, Seager played in 27 games with the then-high A Quakes at the end of 2013 and then started 2014 in Rancho Cucamonga. Over 80 games, Seager slashed .352/.411/.633 and got promoted to AA.

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QUAKES TOP MODESTO WITH 5-RUN 9TH

Posted on April 23, 2022 by | Comments Off on 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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RAWHIDE PLAY LONGBALL ON OPENING NIGHT

Posted on April 9, 2022 by | Comments Off on RAWHIDE PLAY LONGBALL ON OPENING NIGHT

The Visalia Rawhide kicked off the 2022 California League season with a four-homer attack that took down the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes by a score of 8-4 Friday night. Righty starter Joe Elbis threw four shutout innings, allowing two hits and two walks while striking out eight in front of a home crowd of 3,093 at Valley Strong Ballpark.

The game and the season couldn’t have started any better for the Rawhide. Elbis struck out the side on 11 pitches in the top of the first inning to set the stage for 2021 first-round draft pick (#6 overall) Jordan Lawlar to take his first AB of the season. The SS batting out of the #2 hole with one out drilled one over the fence to put Visalia up 1-0.

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TAWA’S BAT, BAKHUS’ ARM LEAD RAWHIDE

Posted on August 28, 2021 by | Comments Off on TAWA’S BAT, BAKHUS’ ARM LEAD RAWHIDE

Visalia OF Tim Tawa went 5-for-5 and starter Kyle Backhus threw five strong innings as the Rawhide evened their series with Rancho Cucamonga with a 15-5 win Friday night. Tawa had two doubles, a triple, two RBIs, two stolen bases and scored three runs. Backhus allowed one run on two hits and a walk with five strikeouts.

The Rawhide scored in each of the first five innings as they built a 12-1 lead. A five-run fourth inning gave Visalia a commanding 10-1 lead after Rancho Cucamonga got on the board in the top of the inning to make it 5-1. DH Adrian Del Castillo added on in the fifth inning with a two-run homer, his first with the Rawhide.

2B Channy Ortiz had four hits and 3 RBIs. Five Rawhide batters had multi-hit games as the team belted out 18 hits.

In back-to-back winning starts, Backhus has pitched 10 innings and allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks with 11 strikeouts.

OF Jose Ramos led Rancho Cucamonga’s offense with three hits, including a double and his fourth homer of the year.

The series is even at 2-2 with two more games to play. For whatever it’s worth, Visalia has won all of its Saturday games in August.

 

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MODESTO – 4
FRESNO – 1

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SAN JOSE – 5
LAKE ELSINORE – 12

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INLAND EMPIRE
STOCKTON

Postponed – COVID-19 Precautions

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QUAKES SHUT OUT 66ERS

Posted on August 14, 2021 by | Comments Off on QUAKES SHUT OUT 66ERS

Rancho Cucamonga RHP Gavin Stone went six scoreless innings with 12 strikeouts as the Quakes shut out the Inland Empire 66ers 4-0 on Friday night in San Bernardino. Stone (1-2) picked up his first professional win and the visiting Quakes got home runs from DH Jorbit Vivas and 3B Luis Diaz.

The scoring started in the fourth inning as Diaz launched a 2-run shot, his second of the year to put Rancho up 2-0. Vivas followed with a solo shot in the fifth, his 12th. LF Ismael Alcantara capped off the night with an RBI triple in the ninth.

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QUAKES PULL AWAY LATE FOR 4TH STRAIGHT WIN

Posted on July 24, 2021 by | Comments Off on QUAKES PULL AWAY LATE FOR 4TH STRAIGHT WIN

Rancho Cucamonga 2B Sam McWilliams went 3-for-5 with a double and a 2-run homer to power the Quakes to their fourth straight win in Visalia Friday night. The visitors broke open a tense, low-scoring contest with late-inning offense while RHP Kendall Williams went four strong innings out of the bullpen to hold down the Rawhide for a 9-1 Quakes win.

McWilliams started the scoring in the first inning with a double and two wild pitches that allowed him to come around and score the game’s  first run. 1B Imanol Vargas launched a 2-run shot in the second inning for a 3-0 Rancho Cucamonga lead.

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DELUCA, WEATHERLY NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Posted on July 13, 2021 by | Comments Off on DELUCA, WEATHERLY NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Rancho Cucamonga OF Jonny Deluca and Fresno LHP Sam Weatherly were named Low-A West Player and Pitcher of the Week for July 5-11.

JONNY DELUCA – Last week against Lake Elsinore, Deluca went 9-for-24 with 4 homers and six runs scored. On Thursday night he went  3-for-5 with two home runs and 4 RBIs. For the month of July Deluca is batting .314/.429/.743 and he is second in Low-A West with 12 HRs.

SAM WEATHERLY – On Saturday against San Jose, Weatherly went 6 scoreless innings, allowing just 2 hits and 1 walk with 7 strikeouts. On the season, Weatherly ranks 4th in the Low-A West in strikeouts (75), 5th in innings pitched (53 2/3) and 9th in WHIP (1.34).

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GRIZZLIES COMEBACK STUNS QUAKES

Posted on July 4, 2021 by | Comments Off on GRIZZLIES COMEBACK STUNS QUAKES

The Fresno Grizzlies scored eight runs in the last two innings to come all the way back from a 9-2 deficit and stun the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes with a walk-off 10-9 win Saturday night. The Grizzlies launched four home runs over those final two innings, capped off by 1B Grant Lavigne‘s game-winner, a 2-run shot to RF.

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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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