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SAN JOSE SWEEPS DH IN VISALIA

The San Jose Giants won both ends of a double header against the Visalia Rawhide on Friday night to take four of the first five games in the series. Expected bad weather over the weekend pushed the Sunday game up in an effort to get all six games in. Both games were scheduled for seven innings.

The Giants themselves were swept in their season-opening three-game series against Fresno and came into the Visalia series at 0-3. After splitting the first two games against the Rawhide, San Jose has now won three straight.

Game 1 was a 2-1 extra-innings win with the deciding run coming in on a bases-loaded walk. The installed runner advanced to third on an error by Rawhide SS Cristofer Torin. An infield single loaded the bases with no outs.

Visalia’s Sam Knowlton struck out the next two batters but couldn’t get out unscathed. He then walked Guillermo Williamson to force in the eventual winning run.

San Jose starter Cale Lansville went four innings and gave up a run on three hits and a walk with three strikeouts. Cesar Perdomo (W, 1-0) threw three scoreless innings with no hits or walks and three strikeouts. Tommy Kane pitched a clean bottom of the eighth to get his first save of the season.

Cesar Quintas singled in the only other run for the Giants.

GAME TWO

Another well-pitched game went to the Giants as they pushed across two runs in the sixth inning and held off a Visalia rally for a 4-3 win. SS Cole Foster drove in two of the San Jose runs by reaching on an error and drawing a bases-loaded walk.

Joe Whitman started and went four innings, allowing two runs on three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts. Shane Rademacher (W, 1-0), finished it off with three IP, giving up a run on two hits with a walk and five Ks.

The Giants drew nine walk in the game with Foster (2) and Jonah Cox (4) combining for six.

Torin went 4-for-8 over the two games and scored two runs for Visalia.

San Jose (4-4) is a half game out in the North division. Visalia (4-4) surrendered first place in the South division to Rancho Cucamonga and now sits a half-game back.

MODESTO BLANKS SAN JOSE 5-0

Four Modesto pitchers combined to shut out the San Jose Giants on Thursday night as the Nuts won 5-0. Harry Ford went 2-for-4 with two walks and a double to lead the 7-hit Modesto attack.

Nuts starter Jimmy Kingsbury threw four innings and allowed one hit and two walks with three strikeouts. Tyler Driver (W, 1-0) followed with two clean innings, no hits or walks with four strikeouts. Kelvin Nunez did nearly the same, going two shutout innings with one hit allowed, no walks and four Ks. Finally, Andrew Moore handled the ninth inning with one hit, no walks and three strikeouts.

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GIANTS SILENCE VISALIA, WIN 5-2

The San Jose Giants got another strong pitching performance on Thursday night and beat Visalia for the third night in a row, final score 5-2 at Valley Strong Ballpark. Starter Will Bednar went four innings and allowed one run on two hits and no walks while striking out six. Seth Lonsway (W, 2-0) followed with four hitless innings, allowing just one unearned run while walking two and striking out two. Jose Cruz threw a spotless ninth inning to notch his first save of the year.

The Rawhide got just two hits after getting just one hit off of San Jose pitching the night before.

The Giants got two runs in the first inning with Abdiel Layer knocking in the first run on a groundout, followed by an RBI single from Dilan Rosario. Layer went 2-for-4 on the night with a triple, a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored.

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GIANTS GET 5 IN 10TH TO BEAT RAWHIDE

The San Jose Giants coughed up a 5-1 lead on Tuesday night in Visalia but got five runs in the 10th inning to win 10-5 over the Rawhide. Victor Bericoto had three hits and Julio Rodriguez (W, 1-0) threw two scoreless innings for the Giants.

Max Wright doubled in the installed runner in the top of the 10th to put San Jose up 6-5 and then the wheels fell off for Visalia. After a walk to Vaun Brown, San Jose scored on an HBP, a two-run single and a bases-loaded walk.

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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.

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 TAKE 4 OF 6 FROM GIANTS

Grizzlies CF Bladimir Restituyo doubled in the eventual winning run to cap a 2-run rally in the 6th inning as Fresno topped San Jose 4-3 on Sunday. The Grizzlies (56-28) stretched out their North division lead over the Giants to three games, with San Jose (53-31) five games up on Rancho Cucamonga (47-35) for the final playoff spot.

Restituyo went 2-for-3 from the #9 spot as most of the damage was done from the bottom of Fresno’s batting order. With San Jose up 2-0 in the third inning, #8 hitter Trevor Boone hit a solo homer (4) to get the Grizzlies on the board. Later, RF Joe Aeilts singled in the tying run ahead of Restituyo’s double.

RHP Case Williams went 5 IP for Fresno and allowed 5H, 3R (1ER), 1BB and 2K in getting a no-decision. LHP Tanner Propst (W, 3-1) pitched a scoreless inning with no hits or walks and one strikeout to earn the win.

1B Luis Toribio led San Jose’s offense with three hits, including two doubles, and drove in two runs. Over seven games in August, Toribio is slashing .360/.429/.640.

 

SCOREBOARD

 

INLAND EMPIRE – 13
VISALIA – 7
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66ers DH Gabe Matthews filled up the box score, going 2-for-3 with a grand slam HR (3), 5 RBIs and 4 runs scored. Inland Empire used seven pitchers with RHP Coleman Crow getting the win (4-1) for his 2 2/3 scoreless innings. Visalia also used seven pitchers. There were only eight base hits combined in this high-scoring game as both pitching staffs allowed 14 walks.

LAKE ELSINORE – 5
RANCHO CUCAMONGA  – 13
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Rancho Cucamonga banged out 14 hits along with 10 walks and scored in all but two innings. Quakes DH Ismael Alcantara went 3-for-5 with a double and his 8th HR of the season. Quakes 3B Jorbit Vivas stayed hot with a 2-for-5 day with 3 RBIs. Vivas had a fantastic July (.347/.420/.582) but he’s ahead of that pace over eight games in August at .400/.483/.480. Storm 3B Jarryd Dale belted two HRs (4,5) and LF Sean Guilbe was 2-for-4

MODESTO – 12
STOCKTON – 14
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Modesto scored 12 runs on 21 hits…and lost. Stockton’s T.J. Schofield-Sam drove in five runs, going 2-for-5 with his 6th HR of the year, a grand slam. Schofield-Sam is 11 for his last 26 and has a line of .409/.536/.591 in August. Modesto’s Alberto Rodriguez had 5 hits and has raised his batting average from .221 on July 10th to .277. Modesto 3B James Parker was 3-for-6, 2B, HR (2), 4RBIs.

WEDNESDAY 8/4 SCORES

Jairo Pomares singled in a run in the top of the 9th inning that proved to be the difference Friday night as the San  Jose Giants beat the Fresno Grizzlies 6-5 at Chukchansi Park in Fresno. Pomares’ third hit of the game gave San Jose a 6-4 lead that held up as the Grizzlies were able to push across just one run in the bottom of the 9th.

Having just been named July’s Low-A West Player of the Month, Pomares celebrated with a 3-for-5 night and boosted his batting average up to .356 on the season. 

After Fresno went up 2-0 in the first inning, San Jose came back with three runs in the second to take the lead. After a run came in on an error, 1B Tyler Wyatt doubled in two runs to give the Giants the lead. CF Luis Matos added on in the 5th with an RBI single to make it 4-2 before Fresno’s SS Julio Carreras homered in the bottom of the 5th to make it a 1-run game again.

Back came the Giants in the 6th on Luis Toribio‘s solo HR, his 5th of the year, and it was 5-3. CF Jack Yalowitz doubled in a run for the Grizzlies in the bottom of the 8th to make it 5-4 before the clubs traded single runs in the 9th.

Both clubs saw their star shortstops promoted to High-A this week as Ezequiel Tovar (Grizzlies) and Marco Luciano (Giants) moved up. The teams teams are now separated by one game in the standings and remain in the two playoff positions, with Rancho Cucamonga 6 1/2 games behind second-place San Jose.

INLAND EMPIRE – 6
VISALIA – 7
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LAKE ELSINORE – 12
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 7
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MODESTO – 6
STOCKTON – 3
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BUTLER, BERROA NAMED PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

Stockton OF Lawrence Butler and San Jose RHP Prelander Berroa have been named Low-A West Player and Pitcher of the Week for July 19-25.

LAWRENCE BUTLER – Against San Jose last week, Butler went 10-for-25 with a double and three home runs. On Wednesday he was 2-for-4 with two homers and six RBIs. Butler’s 13 home runs are tied for fourth in Low-A West.

 

PRELANDER BERROA – On Saturday against Stockton, Berroa went six shutout innings and allowed one hit with no walks and nine strikeouts. In July, Berroa is 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA over five starts. In 28 2/3 July innings, he has allowed 18 hits and nine walks with 34 strikeouts.

GIANTS SHUT DOWN PORTS

The San Jose Giants bounced back from three straight losses behind three home runs from the offense and a dominant combined effort from the pitching staff to beat Stockton 8-1 Saturday night. 2B Jimmy Glowenke and SS Abdiel Layer hit back-to-back homers in the 3rd inning to put the Giants up for good and RHP Prelander Berroa (W, 3-3) allowed just one hit over six innings with no walks and nine strikeouts.

The Giants carried the 3-0 lead to the bottom of the sixth where they tacked on five runs with PH Jairo Pomares blasting a three-run homer, his 10th of the season. RHP Ivan Armstrong and RHP Clay Helvey covered the final three innings with just one run allowed on an RBI single by 3B Joshwan Wright in the seventh inning. The three San Jose pitchers combined for 3H, 0BB and 13 Ks.

Glowenke has found his stroke in July, slashing .346/.446/.615 with all four of his HRs. Pomares extended his hitting streak to six games and has gone 10-for-23 over that stretch with three doubles and two home runs.

San Jose (45-26) picked up a game on the first-place Grizzlies and will look for a series split Stockton on Sunday.

MODESTO – 8
FRESNO -6
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RHP Sam Carlson 6IP, 5H, 3ER, 2BB, 7K
RHP Luis Curvelo 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
C Matt Scheffler 2-for-3 with 2 BB
Zac Veen 2-for-4, 1BB, HR (11)

RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 11
VISALIA – 4
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SS Alex De Jesus 2-for-4, HR (10)
RF Jose Ramos 2-for-6, HR (2), 3 RBIs.

LAKE ELSINORE – 4
INLAND EMPIRE – 9
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1B Spencer Brown 2-for-3, 2HR (5), 5 RBIs
SS Jose Guzman 3-for-5, 2 runs scored
LF Elijah Greene 2-for-4, triple
RHP Dakota Donovan 3IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 4K