2021 game notes Friday, September 3rd, 2021 6:30PM Contact: Mike Lindskog LoanMart Field Game #105, Home Game #51 [email protected] Rancho Cucamonga, CA (46-58) AT RanCHO CUCAMONGA QUAKES (56-48) LHP Robert Gasser (3-5, 6.12 ERA) vs. RHP Mitch White (1-0, 3.18 ERA) TODAY’S GAME: Welcome to LoanMart Field, as the Quakes are looking to win their third consecutive game against the Lake DIVISION STANDINGS Elsinore Storm tonight. Rancho has won 11 of their 14 home games against the Storm to this point. Dodger pitcher Mitch White will be making the start tonight for the Quakes. White has posted a 3.49 ERA for the Dodgers this season. There will also be fireworks NORTH W L PCT GB Fresno 68 37 .648 - after the conclusion of tonight’s game! San Jose 65 40 .619 3 LAST NIGHT’S GAME: The Quakes won their second straight game last night, as they again posted eight runs in the 8-4 victory. Modesto 58 47 .552 10 Rancho struck early once again with a four-run second inning. Luke McKenzie tallied his second RBI as a Quake on a ground out to Stockton 40 62 .926 26.5 second base to score Rancho’s first run. Rancho would then benefit from a fielding error by third baseman Lucas Dunn that kept the inning alive. Rancho got a huge two-out two-run single from Jose Ramos, this gave the Quakes a 4-1 advantage after two innings. The SOUTH W L PCT GB Storm would get a run back in the top of the fifth inning on a ground out. Rancho responded quickly with a run of their own in the Rancho Cucamonga 56 48 .538 - bottom half of the fifth, as Sauryn Lao doubled home Jake Vogel to make the score 5-2. Leading 5-3, Jose Ramos belted a solo shot to 51 51 .500 4 kick off the bottom of the seventh and Rancho pulled further away in the frame, as Imanol Vargas blasted a two-run homer to make Lake Elsinore 46 58 .442 10 the score 8-3. For Vargas it was his 14th home run on the season, making him the active team leader. The Storm made one last effort Visalia 32 73 .305 24.5 to get back into the game, as they scored a run and loaded the bases in the ninth inning. Carlos Alejo would strike out Jarryd Dale, 2021 PLAYOFF STANDINGS who was the tying run at the plate to end the game. It was Alejo’s team-leading seventh save of the season. NORTH W L PCT GB THE LONG-BALL PLAYS BIG: After going without a home run in the opening loss of the series, the Quakes have been swinging Fresno 68 37 .648 +3 for the fences. Game two saw three home runs hit by the Quakes, and they left the yard two more times last night. Jose Ramos and San Jose 65 40 .619 - Imanol Vargas both went deep last night in the seventh inning, and gave the Quakes their final runs to solidify their win. Rancho still Modesto 58 47 .552 7 leads the Low-A West in home runs with 148, 17 more than San Jose. Rancho Cucamonga 56 48 .538 8.5 AUGUST AT A GLANCE: The season started all the way back in May, and we have now made it through the “dog days of August”. Inland Empire 51 51 .500 12.5 Around minor league baseball, especially in Low-A, many players are getting their first taste of a full season of pro-ball. After a terrific July in which they went 18-9, the Quakes were just 11-15 in August. Offensively, there were several Quakes who enjoyed a terrific YESTERDAY’S SCORES month, as it’s the pitching (5.94 ERA) that has had a rough go of it. Imanol Vargas (.325 avg) and Sam McWilliams (.338) both had Stockton 9 Fresno 3 their best months of the season, with Vargas leading the team with seven homers and 20 RBIs in 23 games. Both players have hom- Rancho Cucamonga 8 Lake Elsinore 4 ered already in the month of September, with McWilliams posting a two homer game during Wednesday’s contest. San Jose 5 Visalia 2 DODGER NEWS: The Dodgers are now tied for the NL West lead with the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers, as luck would have Inland Empire 4 Modesto 3 it, are headed to San Francisco for a three-game series today. One team will hold a lead in the division when the series ends on Sun- day. This marks the first September series since 1962 where two teams will enter play with a .630 winning percentage or better. TODAY’S GAMES PLAYOFF UPDATE!: The 2021 Playoffs will look and feel differently than any other year, as this year’s edition will see the top two Visalia at San Jose, 6:30 PM teams compete in a championship series, regardless of division. The currently have the best record in the league Lake Elsinore at Rancho Cucamonga, 6:30 PM and have a three-game lead over San Jose, who would be the #2 seed. Rancho, losers of nine of their last 12, has fallen to fourth place Inland Empire at Modesto, 7:05 PM overall, currently 8.5 games behind San Jose. With San Jose winning the season-long series (10-2) over Rancho, the Quakes must Fresno at Stockton, 7:05 PM have a better record overall, so the San Jose lead is more like a 9.5 game advantage. The 2022 season will see the league move to a 132- game schedule and the first-half and second-half winners of each respective division meet in the playoffs. TOMORROW’S GAMES 2021 DRAFT: Thanks to a deep Dodgers’ farm system that remains strong despite the loss of their top two prospects at the trade Lake Elsinore at Rancho Cucamonga, 5:00 PM deadline, the Quakes have just two players on their 30-man roster that were drafted in the recent 2021 draft. Both Nick Nastrini Visalia at San Jose, 6:00 PM (fourth round) and Emmett Sheehan (sixth round) were called up less than two weeks ago, as both pitched in last night’s win. MLB. Inland Empire at Modesto, 6:05 PM com currently lists the Dodgers currently rank as the 16th-best farm system. Former Quake Diego Cartaya is now LA’s top prospect. Fresno at Stockton, 7:05 PM MITCH WHITE: Mitch White will make his second appearance for the Quakes this year and his first at LoanMart Field, after he was optioned to Rancho rather than Triple-A Oklahoma City, where they’re dealing with a Covid outbreak. White is 1-0 for the Quakes 2021 QUAKES AT A GLANCE this season, as he made a start for the club last week in Visalia and lasted 5.2 innings while allowing a pair of runs on five hits. White 1st Half Record: 32-27 spent parts of 2016 and 2017 with the Quakes, and combined with Alex Hermeling in 2017 for the only no-hitter in franchise history. 2nd Half Record: 24-21 White was originally drafted by the Dodgers in the second round of the 2016 draft. vs L.E. Storm Overall: 18-8 ROBERT GASSER: Robert Gasser was a second round selection by the Padres out of the University of Houston in the 2021 draft. vs L.E. Storm Home: 11-3 Gasser has made two starts already for the Storm, and has allowed just one run over five innings of work to this point. vs L.E. Storm Road: 7-5 NEW RADIO HOME: Throughout the 2021 season, you can catch all the action from the ease of your phone or computer. Listen online at rcquakes.com and the iHeartRadio app or the Tune-In Radio app (Keyword: Quakes) with the “Voice of the Quakes” Mike Home Record: 27-23 Lindskog and Davis Ellington. To listen LIVE at LoanMart Field, tune your portable FM radio to 91.3 FM. Road Record: 29-25 HOME GAMES: Join us tomorrow for a double-header at LoanMart Field, first game starts at 5:00 pm! There will be fireworks at Current Streak: W2 the conclusion of the second game courtesy of Massage Envy. Tickets are available at rcquakes.com. Probable Quakes Lineup UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLES 1. #11 J. Vogel CF Date Opp Pitching Probables Time Radio 2. #15 J. Ramos RF 3. #3 S. McWilliams 2B 9/4 (DH 1) vs Lake Elsinore LHP Jackson Wolf vs. RHP Kendall Williams 5:00 PM RCQuakes.com 4. #5 S. Lao DH 5. #18 9/4 (DH 2) vs Lake Elsinore RHP Ruben Galindo vs. TBD TBD RCQuakes.com I. Vargas 1B 6. #10 L. Diaz 3B 7. #7 E. Mateo LF 9/5 vs Lake Elsinore RHP Nick Thwaits vs. TBD 5:00 PM RCQuakes.com 8. #33 W. Chalo C 9/7 at Inland Empire RHP Nick Nastrini vs. RHP Coleman Crow 7:05 PM RCQuakes.com 9. #25 K. Bentancourt SS P. # M. White RHP