2019 game notes Sunday, September 1st at 2:05 PM Contact: Mike Lindskog LoanMart Field Game #137 (#69), Home Game #67 (#34) [email protected] Rancho Cucamonga, CA 66ers (56-81, 30-38) AT Rancho Cucamonga QuakeS (80-56, 39-29) RHP Kyle Tyler (3-0, 2.35 ERA) vs. RHP Andre Jackson (3-1, 3.69 ERA)

TODAY’S GAME: This afternoon is game three of the final regular-season series of the year, a four-game battle with the Los Angeles Angels’ Cal League affiliate, the . Today is also the second-to-last Postgame Kids Run the Bases, presented by The 2ND HALF STANDINGS Smile Generation. The regular season wraps tomorrow and then the Quakes take a day off, before opening the playoffs on Wednesday. NORTH W L PCT GB VS INLAND EMPIRE: The game today with Inland Empire marks the 29th out of 30 matchups between these two clubs. Further- Visalia $# 38 30 .559 - more, this will be the 13th out of 14 games to be played at LoanMart Field. So far in 2019, Rancho has had their way with the Sixers, Modesto 34 34 .500 4 taking 19 out of the 28 previous matchups. The Quakes strung together an 11-game win streak at , before watch- San Jose 34 34 .500 4 ing it come to an end last Monday night. However, Rancho is only 6-6 at home against Inland, after last night’s loss. Stockton 27 41 .397 11 TROUBLE WITH THE SIXERS: The Quakes (80-56, 39-29) dropped a third consecutive game head-to-head with the Sixers (56-81, SOUTH W L PCT GB 30-38), losing by a final score of 5-1 on Saturday night. To open up the series, Rancho has recorded exactly five hits in each of their Rancho CucamongA $# 39 29 .574 - two losses. The only Rancho run of the night came via a Brandon Montgomery RBI single in the bottom of the third. A huge reason Lake Elsinore * 37 31 .544 2 for the Rancho struggles was 66ers’ starter Travis Herrin. Herrin (5-6) grabbed a win, spinning seven innings of one-run (unearned) Lancaster 33 35 .485 6 Inland Empire 30 38 .441 9 baseball, with seven strikeouts, five hits allowed and no walks. Austin Hamilton (6-5), making a second straight start against Inland, got roughed up again. He took the loss due to 3.2 innings of work and five earned runs on seven hits. First Half Division Champions $ BACK-TO-BACK... AGAIN!: The win on Thursday night for the Quakes clinched the second-half crown. That marks back-to-back Second Half Division Champions # Clinched Wild Card * half pennants in back-to-back seasons. They won both the first half and the second half South titles in the championship year of 2018 as well. Rancho’s victory officially brought the overall records of the next two teams on full display. Lake Elsinore defeated Lancaster CAL LEAGUE SCOREBOARD on Friday at The Diamond, securing the South Division Wild Card. It’s the Storm’s first trip to the postseason since 2014, as they’ll host Rancho Cucamonga in games one and two in the best-of-five, starting on Wednesday. They last won it all in 2011. Up North, YESTERDAY Visalia won Friday to wrap up the second half crown, but the North Wild Card is tight, with San Jose leading Modesto by a half-game. Stockton 12 at San Jose 5 LAUNCH ANGLE & PUNCHOUTS: Dillon Paulson’s home run in the eighth inning of Tuesday’s win was Rancho’s 161st home run Lancaster 3 at Lake Elsinore 6 of the year, which is Rancho’s second-highest single-season total in franchise history. Last year, the Quakes set the bar high with a Inland Empire 5 at Rancho Cucamonga 1 franchise-setting 202 home runs. Starling Heredia’s round-tripper on Friday gives them 163 on the year. Another record that Rancho Visalia 2 at Modesto 3 (F/10) shattered was the Cal League’s strikeout record by an entire pitching staff, recently held by the 1970 Bakersfield Dodgers. The Quakes’ TODAY 1,472 punchouts on the year has since broken that mark, while Modesto is also right behind them at 1,458. Stockton at San Jose, 1:00 PM CONSISTENT, CONSISTENTLY GOOD: First-year Skipper Mark Kertenian has officially led his ball club to a fifth consecutive Inland Empire at RANCHO CUCAMONGA, 2:05 PM winning month to open up his career with Rancho. Wednesday night’s victory pushed the Quakes to a 15-10 record in the month of Lancaster at Lake Elsinore, 5:00 PM August, securing a winning month throughout every month of the season. Rancho has now won 12 of their last 18 games overall. Visalia at Modesto, 6:05 PM RANCHO REPRESENTATION: As expected, the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes were well represented when this year’s “End of Year” Cal League Awards were announced. Three members of the ‘19 club were named to the Postseason All-Star Team, as Devin Mann, TOMORROW Donovan Casey and Jeter Downs got the honors. Mann, the only one out of three still with the club, has hit .282 with 19 HR and 63 Stockton at San Jose, 2:00 PM RBI in 95 games. As for Casey, promoted to AA Tulsa on August 6th, he notched a .280 clip with 20 HR and 65 RBI in 100 games. Inland Empire at RANCHO CUCAMONGA, 2:05 PM Downs, called up to AA Tulsa in late August, had a .269 average to go along with 19 HR and 75 RBI in 107 games. Visalia at Modesto, 2:05 PM ANDRE JACKSON: Right-hander Andre Jackson will come off the Injured List today, taking the open spot on the roster that was Lancaster at Lake Elsinore, 6:00 PM occupied by RHP Sven Schueller, who was transferred to Double-A Tulsa on Saturday. Jackson will be making his 15th start for the Quakes since being called up from Great Lakes of the Midwest League, where he was a mid-season All-Star, going 4-1 with a 2.23 2019 QUAKES AT A GLANCE ERA over ten starts. Has not pitched since he went one inning and took a no-decision in a start vs Modesto here at LoanMart Field 41-27 on August 15th. This will be his third start against Inland Empire this year, as he’s 0-0 with a 2.79 ERA over his first two starts, span- 1st Half Record: 39-29 ning 9.2 innings. Jackson was a 12th round pick by the Dodgers in the 2017 draft out of the University of . 2nd Half Record: KYLE TYLER: RHP Kyle Tyler will go for Inland Empire tonight, as he makes his fourth overall appearance, and second start of the vs Inland Empire: 19-9 season. In his last outing, Tyler made his first Cal League start, coming against Lancaster. At the Hangar, the right-hander allowed vs IE Home 6-6 just two runs (one earned) on six hits over 6.2 innings. The Oklahoma City, OK native grabbed his third straight win at the High-A vs IE Road 13-3 level, and his fourth straight victory dating back to his time in Burlington (Low A). Tyler was drafted in the 20th round of the 2018 Home Record: 37-29 draft by the Angels out of University of Oklahoma. Road Record: 43-27 TURN ON THE OLE RADIO: Listen to “The Voice of the Quakes” Mike Lindskog and Toph Buzzard as they call every game of the Current Streak: L2 2019 season on NewsTalk AM1290, or Online at rcquakes.com via the iHeart Radio App or TuneIn Radio App. 7-7 WRAPPIN’ IT UP: The Quakes will play at 2:05pm on Monday to wrap up the regular season. Kids will get to “Run the Bases” after Shutouts: 6-9 the game, thanks to Smile Generation. Rancho will be back to LoanMart Field for Game 3 in the Best-of-5 South Division Finals, Extra Innings: on Friday night against the . 1,500 fans will take home a Clayton Kershaw Bobblehead on Friday, thanks to U.S. Bank. Get tickets at rcquakes.com or by calling (909) 481-5000...Go Quakes! PROBABLE QUAKES LINEUP 1. #10 Brayan Morales CF UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLES 2. #33 Devin Mann 3B Date Opp Pitching Probables Time Radio 3. #17 Marcus Chiu 1B 9/02 vs. Inland Empire RHP Cristopher Molina vs. RHP Jose Martinez 2:05 PM NewsTalk 1290 4. #43 Dillon Paulson DH 5. #6 Deacon Liput SS END OF REGULAR SEASON 6. #34 Starling Heredia LF 7. #8 Tre Todd RF 9/04 @ Lake Elsinore Game 1 TBD vs. TBD 6:00 PM NewsTalk 1290 8. #44 Garrett Hope C 9. #12 Brandon Montgomery 2B 9/05 @ Lake Elsinore Game 2 TBD vs. TBD 7:00 PM NewsTalk 1290 P. #36 Andre Jackson RHP