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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.

66ERS DROP FRESNO FOR THIRD STRAIGHT WIN, 13-9

The Inland Empire 66ers won for the third night in a row and earned a series split with a 13-9 win over the Fresno Grizzlies on Sunday night at San Manuel Stadium. David Calabrese had four hits and Edgar Quero and Adrian Placencia both homered as the 66ers pounded out 17 hits.

The Grizzlies got three unearned first-inning runs but Inland Empire came back with 12 unanswered runs over the first four innings. Quero hit his 14th home run of the season in the bottom of the first and Placencia followed with his ninth.

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RAWHIDE RALLY ON QUAKES E’S, DIAZ SHARP

The Visalia Rawhide graciously accepted three errors by Rancho Cucamonga to post a four-run inning in a 4-2 victory over the Quakes on Saturday night at Valley Strong Ballpark. Yilber Diaz (W, 4-2) struck out nine over six innings and combined with two relievers to make the big inning stand up.

Rancho Cucamonga took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a Kenneth Betancourt RBI single. It was the only run Diaz would allow.

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66ERS WIN BEHIND EARLY HOMERS, GOFF’S 9 K’S

The Inland Empire 66ers went came out of the break swinging with two first-inning home runs on their way to a 6-2 win over the Lake Elsinore Storm at San Manuel Stadium Friday night. Alexander Ramirez and David Calabrese went back-to-back to get the scoring started and Julio Goff (W, 6 -7) whiffed nine LE hitters in five innings.

Ramirez hit a two-run shot to put IE up 2-0 with two outs in the first, his seventh home run of the season. Calabrese followed with his fourth of the year to make it 3-0.

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GRIZZLIES BLAST PORTS WITH 6 HRs, 22 RUNS, 20 HITS

The Fresno Grizzlies (1-3) got their first win of the second half with a loud 22-2 win over the Stockton Ports on Tuesday night at Banner Island Ballpark. The first-half North division champions belted out 20 hits including five doubles, a triple and six home runs.

Zach Kokoska was 4-for-6 with a triple and a homer (7). Warming Bernabel had two home runs (7, 8) and drove in five runs. Yanquiel Fernandez had three hits, including his 7th homer, and three walks and scored four times. Juan Guerrero drove in four runs.

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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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GRIZZLIES POWER PAST RAWHIDE, 8-7

The Fresno Grizzlies got back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning from Warming Bernabel (6) and Hunter Goodman (14) to come from a run down and win 8-7 at Chukchansi Park on Tuesday night. Yanquiel Fernandez hit a grand slam (4) in the second inning to get the scoring started.

Diomede Sierra started for Visalia and pitched a scoreless first inning but then was touched up for 6 runs (5 ER) in the second. Fresno starter Jarrod Cande had nearly the same experience, throwing two shutout innings before the Rawhide answered with a five-run third inning. Only two of the runs were charged to Cande.

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STOCKTON HOLDS OFF FRESNO 10-8 AS TEAMS TRADE SLAMS LATE

Nick Brueser‘s eighth-inning grand slam proved just enough for Stockton to outlast the Fresno Grizzlies in a wildly entertaining game on Saturday night at Chuckchansi Park. Brueser’s blast gave the Ports a late 10-4 lead, but the home team got a slam of its own from Trevor Boone in a long bottom of the ninth inning before falling just short in a 10-8 Stockton win.

The Ports got on the board first in the second inning with a three-run rally started by a Junior Perez single. Back-to-back doubles by T.J. Schofield-Sam and Robert Puason made it 2-0 before Max Muncy made it 3-0 with an RBI single.

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RAWHIDE PITCHERS RING UP 18 K’s IN 4-1 WIN

Yaifer Perdomo struck out nine Inland Empire 66ers in 4 2/3 innings on Saturday night, leading the way in an 18-strikeout night for Visalia pitching in a 4-1 win. Oscar Santos doubled and knocked in two runs as the Rawhide snapped a six-game losing streak.

Carlos Meza (W, 3-1) relieved Perdomo and went two innings, allowing the only run on one hit and one walk, while adding five strikeouts. Junior Mieses punched out 3 in 1 1/3 scoreless innings and David Sanchez struck out one in a scoreless ninth inning to notch his second save of the season.

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