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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Tagged Braxton Martinez, Drew Romo, Eddys Leonard, Fresno Grizzlies, Imanol Vargas, inland Empire 66ers, Ismail Alcantar, Jonny Deluca, Kelvin Nunez, Lake Elsinore Storm, Modesto Nuts, Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, San Jose Giants, Stockton Ports, Visalia Rawhide, Zac Veen
A five-run second innings put the Inland Empire 66ers on top for good in a 9-3 win over the Lake Elsinore Storm Saturday night. The homestanding Storm yielded first place in the South division as IE has won four of the first five games of the series.
3B Jeremy Arocho started the scoring for the visiting 66ers with a 2-RBI single. 2B Jeremiah Jackson (Los Angeles Angels’ #6 prospect) doubled in three more runs to make it a five spot for the 66ers.
The Storm came back with three runs of their own in the bottom of the second. LF Matthew Acosta tripled in two runs followed by an RBI groundout by C Gilberto Vizcarra.
The Storm were done scoring but the 66ers were not.
Inland Empire got three more runs in the seventh inning and tacked on another in the ninth for a final of 9-3. The win moved IE (6-4) into first place, 1/2 game ahead of Lake Elsinore (6-5).
RHP Justin Courtney (1-0) went three scoreless innings in relief to earn the win. Courtney allowed three hits and no walks while striking out six.
MODESTO – 9
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 7
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The Modesto Nuts stayed hot with their fourth straight win over Rancho Cucamonga to keep pace with Fresno atop the North division. LF Cade Marlowe had a double and a homer (3) and SS Noelvi Marte, the Seattle Mariners’ #7 prospect, had two more hits and is now hitting .367/.426/.977.
VISALIA – 4
FRESNO – 14
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The Grizzlies scored in every inning except the first and broke open a close game and stayed perfect at home with a 14-4 win over the struggling Visalia Rawhide. Zac Veen, the Colorado Rockies’ top prospect, had two hits and drove in three to lead Fresno’s 14-hit attack. SS Ezequiel Tovar (#20 Rockies prospect) had two hits and an RBI and RHP Robinson Hernandez (1-0) went two scoreless innings for the win, giving up no hits and one walk while striking out three.
SAN JOSE – 2
STOCKTON – 0
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CF Luis Matos drove in both Giants runs, with a single and a sac fly, as three Giants pitchers blanked the Stockton Ports 2-0. Matos (#7 San Francisco Giants prospect) is now hitting .381/.391/1.010. Prelander Berroa (3 2/3 IP), Luis Moreno (3 1/3) and Chris Wright (2) scattered five hits and combined to strike out 11 Ports batters while walking four.
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SS Ezequiel Tovar homered and drove in three runs, including the game-winner in the bottom of the 1th inning as the Fresno Grizzlies won a see-saw battle with the Visalia Rawhide Friday night. The Rawhide scored single runs in the 10th and 11th innings but couldn’t put the game in the win column as Fresno tied it back up in the 11th and won on the strength of Tovar’s two-run double to end it.
Fresno starter RHP Will Ethridge went five innings allowing one run on three hits and striking out six with no walks as the Grizzlies held on to an early 2-1 lead. Tovar, the Colorado Rockies’ #20 prospect per MLB Pipeline, tacked on a run with a solo homer in the fifth.
Visalia rallied for two runs in the eighth to tie it at 3-3 on a Ronnie Simon single to RF where Zac Veen let the ball get past him and two runners scored. Simon was thrown out at the plate, which would prove crucial as the game ended up going to extra innings.
RHP Fineas Del Bonta-Smith went two innings in relief for the Grizzlies, striking out six. He allowed an unearned run to score by the installed runner in the 10th after pitching a scoreless ninth.
The Rawhide fell to 1-9 on the season. RHP Brandon Pfaadt went five innings, allowing three runs on five hits with one walk and three strikeouts.
The Grizzlies are 7-3 and tied with Modesto for first place in the North division.
SCOREBOARD
MODESTO – 8
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 2
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Taylor Dollard (1-0) earned his first win with five dominant innings, allowing one run on five hits with eight Ks and no walks. LF Cade Marlowe (2) and 3B Brett Rodriguez (1) homered as the Nuts offense racked up 15 hits. #7 prospect SS Noelvi Marte went 3-for-5 with a double.
SAN JOSE – 14
STOCKTON – 3
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San Jose had 17 hits, including four-hit nights for SS Abdiel Layer and C Ricardo Genoves, as the Giants got back to .500 at 5-5. Layer (2) homered twice and LF Harrison Freed (1) and CF Luis Matos (2) also went deep. RHP Randy Rodriguez went the final three innings and gave up just one hit and no runs while walking one and striking out six to earn the save despite the blowout score.
INLAND EMPIRE – 7
LAKE ELSINORE – 2
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LHP Ryan Smith (1-0) and LPH Jack Dashwood (S1) combined to cover all nine innings in a 7-2 win over Lake Elsinore. Smith gave up a 2nd-inning HR to Joshua Mears, his only hit allowed, and walked three while striking out eight. Dashwood went the last four innings allowing a run on four hits with no walks and five Ks. 2B Kyren Paris, the Angels’ #7 prospect, homered and LF William Rivera had three hits. The 66ers moved to within 1/2 game of the Storm in the South division standings.
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