Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 2018 game notes Thursday, May 3rd at 7:05 PM Contact: Mike Lindskog LoanMart Field Game #28, Home Game #15 [email protected] Rancho Cucamonga, CA Modesto Nuts (11-16) AT Rancho Cucamonga Quakes (12-15) RHP Reggie McClain (0-0, 3.00 ERA) vs. RHP Dustin May (0-0, 0.00 ERA) TODAY’S GAME: The Quakes conclude a four-game home stand in game four of the series hosting the Modesto Nuts (Seattle Mariners Affiliate). Today is Thirsty Thursday at LoanMart Field, as fans can enjoy $3 domestic drafts, $4 premium drafts, wine and 2018 1ST HALF STANDINGS margaritas and $2 Pepsi products! NORTH W L PCT GB VS MODESTO: This is the fourth of ten overall meetings between the two clubs and the fourth of seven match-ups at LoanMart Stockton 17 10 .630 - Field. Following an 11-4 defeated to Modesto on Wednesday afternoon, Rancho has fallen behind the season series at 1-2. Last sea- Visalia 16 11 .593 1.0 son, Modesto won the season series (7-5) but the Quakes were victors in four of six games played at LoanMart Field. Both Modesto San Jose 16 11 .593 1.0 and Rancho punched their tickets to the California League playoffs in 2017 with the Nuts going on to win the league championship. Modesto 11 16 .407 6.0 LAST TIME OUT: The Quakes pitching staff was struck for 15 hits on Wednesday afternoon and was unable to recover from three consecutive multi-run innings as the Modesto Nuts stole game three of the series at LoanMart Field with an 11-4 victory. Following a SOUTH W L PCT GB 43-minute delay of game action due to rain, the Quakes and starting pitcher Andrew Sopko kept the game close, tied at 1-1 after three Lancaster 14 13 .519 - innings. Hamlet Marte tied the game at 1-1 in the third inning with a solo-home run, his second on the season. Modesto jumped to Rancho Cucamonga 12 15 .444 2.0 Inland Empire 12 15 .444 2.0 a big lead in the sixth with a five-run inning and led 8-1. Connor Wong helped cut the deficit with a two-run triple in the sixth but Lake Elsinore 10 17 .370 4.0 Modesto would add three more in the seventh. Sopko (1-2), who left the game after the fifth trailing 3-1, was hit with the loss allow- ing three runs (two earned) on eight hits and striking out six. Rancho Cucamonga's starter did not issue a walk in the contest. D-LUX: Gavin Lux was named the California League Player of the Week on Monday, becoming the first Quakes player to receive the CAL LEAGUE SCOREBOARD honor this season. During the week, Lux batted .417 (10-for-24) with a home run, four doubles, five runs scored and six RBI's. As a result from his standout stretch, Lux leads the California League in runs scored (21) and is in a three-way tie for second on the season in doubles (9). Lux has continued to hit well at the plate opening the Modesto series on Monday with his third three-hit game over Yesterday the last five. The Kenosha, WI native and former first-round draft pick by the Dodgers in 2016, began the season 1-for-20 at the plate Visalia 1 at San Jose 4 and has rebounded to push his average to .326. Lake Elsinore 0 at Inland Empire 4 JOIN THE HIT PARADE: The Quakes rallied for a season-high 16 hits on Friday in Lancaster and punched an additional 14 in Modesto 11 at Rancho Cucamonga 4 game three on Sunday. Across the weekend series, the offense generated 37 hits over the three-game stretch. On Monday in the Lancaster 16 at Stockton 6 opener against Modesto, the Quakes hit in the double digits once more with 12 knocks. An additional 11 hits in game two of the series and ten in game three give the Quakes 33 total hits through the first three games of the set. Rancho has now raised their sea- Today son-long batting average to .281, good for second in the California League behind Lancaster (.281). CURRENT STREAKS: Rylan Bannon currently leads the team with a nine-game hitting streak (11-for-35) and has homered in four Lancaster at Stockton, 11:10 PM of his last nine games overall. Gavin Lux has pieced together a modest six-game hitting streak (13-for-27), and has reached on a hit in Visalia at San Jose, 12:30 PM nine of his last ten games. Cristian Santana went 0-for-3 Monday night and saw his ten-game hitting streak come to a close, a team- Modesto at Rancho Cucamonga, 7:05 PM high streak for Rancho this year. Lake Elsinore at Inland Empire, 7:05 PM RECENT ROSTER MOVES: Today, RHP Dustin May has been transferred to Rancho Cucamonga from Extended Spring Train- ing. Imani Abdullah has been placed on the Disabled List. Tuesday, Parker Curry was transferred to Rancho Cucamonga from Extended Tomorrow Spring Training. Justin Hoyt was transferred from Rancho Cucamonga to Extended Spring Training. On Monday, outfielder Logan Landon San Jose at Lancaster, 6:35 PM was transfered to Double-A Tulsa of the Texas League. Landon hit an even .300 with the Quakes over 19 games, homering twice and Modesto at Lake Elsinore, 7:00 PM driving in ten runs. In Landon's spot, OF Saige Jenco has been activated from the temporary inactive list. Rancho Cucamonga A MAY DEBUT: Dustin May (0-0) will make his 2018 debut with the Quakes today after being transferred to the Quakes roster at Visalia, 7:00 PM from Extended Spring Training in Arizona. May made two appearances with the Quakes last season, one of which was during the Inland Empire at Stockton, 7:10 PM California League Playoffs, but spent the majority of the year with Low-A Great Lakes (9-7, 3.67 ERA, 35G, 30GS) of the Midwest League. May was drafted in the third round in 2016 by the Dodgers out of Justin, TX and Northwest High School and is currently 2018 QUAKES AT A GLANCE ranked as the number eleven prospect in the Dodgers system by Baseball America and MLBPipeline.com. 1st Half Record: 12-15 OPPOSING PITCHER: Reggie McClain (0-0) will make his second start of the year for the Nuts and his first against Rancho. In his 2nd Half Record: 0-0 first outing of the season, McClain allowed two runs on four hits over 6.0 innings in a no-decision vs. San Jose on 4/28. The Duluth, vs Modesto: 1-2 GA native is in his third professional season with the Mariners. Last year, he made 27 starts for Modesto (12-9, 4.75 ERA, 27G, vs Mod Home 1-2 27GS). Drafted by Seattle in the 13th round of 2016 draft out of the University of Missouri. vs Mod Road LISTEN TO THE QUAKES: Listen to every Quakes’ game on Fox Sports AM 1350, Online at rcquakes.com and the iHeartRadio 0-0 Home Record: and TuneIn Radio apps with the “Voice of the Quakes” Mike Lindskog and Andrew Chapman. 7-7 NEXT HOME GAME: After three games on the road in Visalia and three at Lake Elsinore, the Quakes return home to LoanMart Field on Road Record: 5-8 May, 11th for the start of a four game series hosting the Visalia Rawhide. Bring the Family to $1 Feast Night and enjoy $1 Hot Dogs, $1 Pepsi Current Streak: L1 Products and $1 Ice Cream Sandwiches, thanks to Family RV! Tickets are available online at rcquakes.com or by calling (909)-481-5000. Probable Quakes Line-Up UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLES 1. #14 Gavin Lux LF 2. #21 Omar Estevez SS Date Opp Pitching Probables Time Radio 3. #5 Cristian Santana 3B 5/4 at Visalia RHP Tony Gonsolin vs. RHP Kevin McCanna 7:00 PM FOX Sports1350 4. #33 Connor Wong DH 5. #3 Jeren Kendall CF 5/5 at Visalia RHP Isaac Anderson vs. RHP Riley Smith 7:00 PM FOX Sports 1350 6. #19 Donovan Casey 2B 7. #25 Rylan Bannon RF 5/6 at Visalia RHP Dean Kremer vs. RHP Connor Wong 2:00 PM FOX Sports 1350 8. #30 Cody Thomas 1B 9. #31 Zach Reks C 5/8 at Lake Elsinore RHP Andrew Sopko vs. TBD 6:00 PM FOX Sports 1350 P. #36 Dustin May RHP 2 TODAY'S QUAKES, TOMORROW'S STARS: The Dodgers' season is well underway and a total of 15 players 1st Half Schedule && Results named to the 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers opening day roster have sported a Quakes uniform in years past. The list includes Dodgers starting pitchers Clayton Kershaw, Rich Hill, Kenta Maeda and Hyun-jin Ryu along with bullpen arms Kenley Jansen, Ross Stripling and Pedro Baez. Position players Corey Seager, Cody Bellinger, Kike Hernandez, Matt Date Opponent Result/Time Kemp, Yasiel Puig, Joc Pederson, Logan Forsythe and Kyle Farmer have all made previous stops in Rancho Cucamonga April 5 at Visalia L, 9-11 as well. April 6 at Visalia W, 4-1 April 7 at Visalia L, 3-7 FAMILIAR FACES ON THE FARM: A total of 16 former Quakes returned to Rancho Cucamonga to start the April 8 at Visalia W, 8-4 2018 campaign, including 12 of the 14 original pitchers on the roster. Jordan Sheffield and Tony Gonsolin, ranked April 9 at Stockton L, 2-10 18th and 24th in the Dodgers' system, by MLBPipeline.com, return to the Quakes to help anchor the rotation.