2021 game notes Saturday, September 4th, 2021 5:00PM Contact: Mike Lindskog LoanMart Field Games #106/107, Home Games #52/53 [email protected] Rancho Cucamonga, CA (46-59) AT RanCHO CUCAMONGA QUAKES (57-48) LHP Jackson Wolf (3-5, 6.12 ERA) vs. RHP Tony Gonsolin (1-0, 3.18 ERA) TODAY’S GAMES: Welcome to LoanMart Field, as the Quakes are playing a pair today against the Lake Elsinore Storm. Rancho DIVISION STANDINGS has won their last three games, and 12 of their 15 home games against the Storm to this point. Dodger pitcher Tony Gonsolin will be making a rehab start tonight for the Quakes. All Dodger rehabbers are brought to you by San Manuel Casino. Tonight there will be NORTH W L PCT GB Fresno 69 37 .651 - fireworks for the second night in a row after the conclusion of tonight’s double-header, courtesy of Massage Envy! San Jose 66 40 .623 3 LAST NIGHT’S GAME: The Quakes won their third straight contest against the Storm by a 5-2 final score on Friday at LoanMart Modesto 58 48 .547 11 Field. Lake Elsinore and Rancho were both blanked through the first four frames of this one. The Quakes broke through in the bottom Stockton 40 63 .388 27.5 of the fifth inning on a Wladimir Chalo solo home run, his fifth of the season. Rancho would continue to score, as they got a huge two-out two-run single from Imanol Vargas. Quakes’ starter Mitch White protected the lead with another shutout inning in the sixth. SOUTH W L PCT GB White pitched six innings of scoreless and struck out six in his second start for the Quakes this season. The Storm would get Rancho Cucamonga 57 48 .543 - their first run of the game in the eighth inning off of Jimmy Lewis, but the Quakes turned their third double-play of the day to limit 52 51 .505 4 the damage. The Quakes struck back with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning on a Sam McWilliams sac fly. The Storm tallied Lake Elsinore 46 59 .438 11 one final run in the ninth inning, but Kyle Hurt brought the game to a close on a line drive that Luis Diaz snagged to end the game. Visalia 32 74 .302 25.5 STRONG START SETS TONE: Mitch White is now 2-0 in his two starts for the Quakes. White authored a masterful six scoreless 2021 PLAYOFF STANDINGS innings and allowed just a pair of hits last night, throwing just 60 pitches, while striking out six. White’s two starts for Rancho are due NORTH W L PCT GB to the continued Covid outbreak in Triple-A Oklahoma City. It’s expected that White’s next outing will be for either LA or OKC. Fresno 69 37 .651 +3 BOTTOM OF THE ORDER PLAYS BIG: Last night, Wladimir Chalo and Kenneth Betancourt combined for seven hits in the San Jose 66 40 .623 - game, as they fueled the Rancho offense out of the bottom two spots of the order. For Chalo it was his first 4-for-4 game at the plate of Modesto 58 48 .547 8 his career outside of the Dominican Summer League, where he did it back in 2017. It was also Betancourt’s first three-hit game since Rancho Cucamonga 57 48 .543 8.5 joining the Quakes. Betancourt had a career-high four hits in a game for Double-A Tulsa earlier this year. Inland Empire 52 51 .505 12.5 DOUBLE-HEADER: The Quakes and Storm are playing a double-header tonight due to a string of positive Covid-19 tests when the Storm were in town last, as their game on Thursday, August 6th was postponed. That marked the first game postponed for the YESTERDAY’S SCORES Storm this year and the second for the Quakes, who had to play a double-header against Inland Empire on August 14th, due to the Fresno 3 Stockton 2 same circumstances, when positive tests postponed their game back on May 7th. The Quakes won both games of that double-header Rancho Cucamonga 5 Lake Elsinore 2 back on August 14th over the 66ers. Game two of tonight’s double-header should feature Kendall Williams (3-3, 4.59) making his San Jose 5 Visalia 4 21st appearance, taking on Lake Elsinore’s Dwayne Matos (1-4, 5.46) in his 18th appearance of the year for the Storm. Inland Empire 3 Modesto 0 DODGER NEWS: The Dodgers dropped game one against San Francisco last night in 11 innings. A throwing error by Trea Turner on a Posey ground ball allowed the winning run to score. The Dodgers now trail by a game in the standings and will look to pull back TODAY’S GAMES to even in game two of the series tonight. With just 27 games left, the NL West race is coming down to the wire. Lake Elsinore at Rancho Cucamonga, 5:00 PM 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, 6:00 PM teams compete in a championship series, regardless of division. The currently have the best record in the league Inland Empire at Modesto, 6:05 PM and have a three-game lead over San Jose, who would be the #2 seed. Rancho has fallen to fourth place overall, currently 8.5 games Fresno at Stockton, 7:05 PM behind San Jose with just 14 to play. With San Jose winning the season-long series (10-2) over Rancho, the Quakes must 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 sched- TOMORROW’S GAMES ule and the first-half and second-half winners of each respective division meet in the playoffs. Lake Elsinore at Rancho Cucamonga, 2:00 PM 2021 DRAFT: Thanks to a deep Dodgers’ farm system that remains strong despite the loss of their top two prospects at the trade Visalia at San Jose, 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 Inland Empire at Modesto, 6:05 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 Stockton, 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. TONY GONSOLIN: The Quakes will hand the ball to Dodger rehabber Tony Gonsolin, who pitched for the Quakes back in both 2021 QUAKES AT A GLANCE 2017 and 2018. Gonsolin is 2-1 with a 2.78 ERA in ten games (nine starts) for the Dodgers this year, but is on the Injured List due to 1st Half Record: 32-27 right shoulder inflammation. Gonsolin was a ninth-round selection out of Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, back in 2016. 2nd Half Record: 25-21 JACKSON WOLF: Jackson Wolf was a fourth-round selection by the Padres out of West Virginia University in the 2021 draft, as he vs L.E. Storm Overall: 19-8 makes his first start against the Quakes. He has made two starts against the and pitched four innings over those two vs L.E. Storm Home: 12-3 appearances. Wolf accumulated a 3.62 ERA over four seasons and 208.2 innings for the Mountaineers. 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: 28-23 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 our final game of the series against the Storm. First pitch is at 2pm, and children will get to Current Streak: W3 run the bases after the conclusion of the game courtesy of Smile Generation. Tickets available at rcquakes.com. Probable Quakes Lineup UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLES 1. #11 J. Vogel LF Date Opp Pitching Probables Time Radio 2. #15 J. Ramos RF 3. #3 S. McWilliams 2B 9/4 (Game 2) vs Lake Elsinore RHP Dwayne Matos vs. RHP Kendall Williams TBD RCQuakes.com 4. #18 I. Vargas 1B 5. #6 9/5 vs Lake Elsinore RHP Nick Thwaits vs. RHP Jerming Rosario 2:00 PM RCQuakes.com A. De Jesus SS 6. #10 L. Diaz 3B 7. #7 I. Alcantara DH 9/7 at Inland Empire RHP Nick Nastrini vs. RHP Coleman Crow 7:05 PM RCQuakes.com 8. #9 M. Hernandez C 9/8 at Inland Empire RHP Huei-Sheng Lin vs. RHP John Swanda 7:05 PM RCQuakes.com 9. #7 E. Mateo CF P. #35 T. Gonsolin RHP