2021 game notes Sunday, September 5th, 2021 5:00PM Contact: Mike Lindskog LoanMart Field Game #108, Home Game #54 [email protected] Rancho Cucamonga, CA (47-60) AT RanCHO CUCAMONGA QUAKES (58-49) RHP Nick Thwaits (2-7, 6.12 ERA) vs. RHP Jerming Rosario (0-0, -.-- ERA) TODAY’S GAME: Welcome to LoanMart Field, today is the final game of the seven game series between the Quakes and the Lake DIVISION STANDINGS Elsinore Storm. The Quakes are looking for their fifth win in seven games against the Storm this series. This will be the last game- be tween these two clubs for the season, and the Quakes will have 12 contests left on the schedule after today’s game. After the conclusion NORTH W L PCT GB Fresno 70 37 .654 - of today’s game kids can run the bases courtesy of Smile Generation. San Jose 66 41 .617 4 LAST NIGHT’S GAMES: Double-headers are meant to be split, and that is exactly what happened yesterday at LoanMart Field. Modesto 58 49 .542 12 The Quakes took game one by a 7-6 final score. Rancho got a two-run homer from Ismael Alcantara to start the scoring. Rancho got Stockton 40 64 .385 28.5 a solid start from Tony Gonsolin on the hill, as the Dodger’s rehabber allowed just one run on three hits over 2.1 innings. The Storm erupted for three runs in the top of the fourth inning off of Braydon Fisher. A pair of two-out home runs by Bryan Torres and Jarryd SOUTH W L PCT GB Dale gave the Storm a two run advantage. The Quakes would strike for three runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. A Rancho Cucamonga 58 49 .542 - solo home run by Imanol Vargas was his 15th of the season, and that tied him for the team lead. The Quakes got a go-ahead two-run 53 51 .510 3.5 jack from Marco Hernandez put the Quakes back in front 5-4. Rancho would add a run in the fifth and the sixth innings. The Quakes Lake Elsinore 47 60 .438 11 would need them, as the Storm rallied for a pair of runs in the seventh inning, but they fell a run short. In game two, there was no Visalia 33 74 .308 25 offense to be found. Quakes starter Kendall Williams and Storm starter Dwayne Matos both pitched five scoreless frames to start the 2021 PLAYOFF STANDINGS ballgame. Rancho conceded the lone run of the game with two outs in the eighth inning on a Matthew Acosta single. The Storm held NORTH W L PCT GB on for the 1-0 extra-inning win and split the double-header. Fresno 70 37 .654 +4 HOMERS FUEL GAME-ONE WIN: The Quakes struck for three home runs in game one of the double-header. Ismael Alcantara San Jose 66 41 .617 - blasted his 11th home run in 50 games since joining the Quakes. Imanol Vargas is now tied with Jonny DeLuca for the most home Modesto 58 49 .542 8 runs on the team with 15 on the season. Marco Hernandez had the go-ahead home run, just his third of the season, but it was his Rancho Cucamonga 58 49 .542 8 biggest yet. The three homers in the game give Rancho 152 now on the season, which leads the league. Inland Empire 53 51 .510 11.5 WILLIAMS DEALS: Last night, Kendall Williams turned in what was arguably his best start of the season. Williams pitched five shutout innings against the Storm in game two yesterday. He allowed just three hits without walking a single batter and struck out YESTERDAY’S SCORES six. Williams also pitched around three errors behind him to keep the Storm off the scoreboard. This was Williams’ third start of the Fresno 3 Stockton 2 season where he went at least four innings without allowing a run. Rancho 7 L.E. 6 (DH1) / L.E. 1 Rancho 0 (DH2) DODGER NEWS: The Dodgers picked up a major win last night in San Francisco. The Dodgers got a leadoff home run from Trea Visalia 7 San Jose 1 Turner to start the game off on the right foot. The Dodgers held the Giants to just one run, as they took game two by a 6-1 final. They Inland Empire 7 Modesto 5 have now pulled back into a tie for first place with the Giants. Today is the last game of the series, and the winner will have a one- game lead in the division with just 26 games left on their schedule. 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 Lake Elsinore at Rancho Cucamonga, 2:00 PM teams compete in a championship series, regardless of division. The currently have the best record in the league and Visalia at San Jose, 5:00 PM have a three-game lead over San Jose, who would be the #2 seed. Rancho, winners of four of their last five, are sitting in fourth place Inland Empire at Modesto, 6:05 PM overall, currently 8 games behind San Jose. With San Jose winning the season-long series (10-2) over Rancho, the Quakes must have Fresno at Stockton, 6:05 PM a better record overall, so the San Jose lead is more like a 9-game advantage with just 13 to play. 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. TUESDAY’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 Visalia, 6:00 PM deadline, the Quakes have just two players on their 30-man roster that were drafted in the recent 2021 draft. Both Nick Nastrini Stockton at San Jose, 6:30 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. Fresno at Modesto, 7:05 PM com currently lists the Dodgers currently rank as the 16th-best farm system. Former Quake Diego Cartaya is now LA’s top prospect. Rancho Cucamonga at Inland Empire, 7:05 PM JERMING ROSARIO: The Quakes turn to a new face to start this final game of the series. Jerming Rosario is making his Quakes debut after being called up from the Complex League. Rosario is 0-4 with a 4.17 ERA in 11 appearances in the Arizona Com- 2021 QUAKES AT A GLANCE plex League. He will look to help Rancho close out this seven game series with their fifth win. 1st Half Record: 32-27 NICK THWAITS: The Storm are turning back to their starter from their Tuesday victory in Nick Thwaits. Thwaits had his best 2nd Half Record: 26-22 outing of the season against Rancho in game one of the series, and he picked up his first win against the Quakes this season. Thwaits vs L.E. Storm Overall: 20-9 went five innings and allowed two runs on five hits and struck out seven en-route to his second win of the season. vs L.E. Storm Home: 13-4 NEW RADIO HOME: Throughout the 2021 season, you can catch all the action from the ease of your phone or computer. Listen vs L.E. Storm Road: 7-5 online at rcquakes.com and the iHeartRadio app or the Tune-In Radio app (Keyword: Quakes) with the “Voice of the Quakes” Mike Lindskog and Davis Ellington. To listen LIVE at LoanMart Field, tune your portable FM radio to 91.3 FM. Home Record: 29-24 HOME GAMES: After today, the Quakes will have just two six-game series left on the schedule. The Quakes will hit the road next Road Record: 29-25 week for their final road series of the season against the . The Quakes will return home for their final series of the Current Streak: L1 season on September 14th against the . Tickets available at rcquakes.com. Probable Quakes Lineup UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLES 1. #7 E. Mateo CF Date Opp Pitching Probables Time Radio 2. #15 J. Ramos RF 3. #3 S. McWilliams 2B 9/7 at Inland Empire RHP Nick Nastrini vs. RHP Coleman Crow 7:05 PM RCQuakes.com 4. #5 S. Lao 1B 5. #18 9/8 at Inland Empire RHP Huei-Sheng Lin vs. RHP John Swanda 7:05 PM RCQuakes.com I. Vargas DH 6. #6 A. De Jesus SS 7. #10 L. Diaz 3B 9/9 at Inland Empire RHP Jimmy Lewis vs. RHP Jack Kochanowicz 7:05 PM RCQuakes.com 8. #9 M. Hernandez C 9/10 at Inland Empire RHP Kendall Williams vs. TBD 7:05 PM RCQuakes.com 9. #8 I. Alcantara LF P. #16 J. Rosario RHP