Cal League Condensed: 5/7 Preview

High Desert Mavericks v. San Jose Giants 7:00 PM PT
Andrew Carraway v. Kyle Nicholson
Notes: High Desert lost their series against Lancaster, and San Jose won their series against Stockton... Andrew Carraway has a 15:1 K:BB ratio... However, Carraway also has a .366 BAA and has given up at least six hits in every start this season... Kyle Nicholson pitched a season long seven innings in his last start... Nicholson has given up 14 runs this year, but eight of them came in his first start which only lasted two innings... Game will be available on 92.9 FM in High Desert as well as www.sjgiants.com and www.milb.com...

Inland Empire 66ers v. Lancaster JetHawks 7:00 PM PT
Nate Eovaldi v. Dallas Keuchel
Notes: Inland Empire lost their series against Lake Elsinore, and Lancaster won their series against High Desert... This is Geison Aguasviva's turn in the rotation, but he pitched in relief last night... Nate Eovaldi gave up a season high eight hits in his last start... Dallas Keuchel allowed 10 earned runs in his first two starts and only five since... Keuchel has 13 strikeouts in his last two starts... Game will be available on 1050 AM in Inland Empire and 1380 AM in Lancaster as well as www.kcaaradio.com and www.jethawks.com...

Lake Elsinore Storm v. Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 7:05 PM PT
Juan Oramas v. Will Smith
Notes: Both teams won their previous series, against Inland Empire and Rancho Cucamonga respectively... Juan Oramas will be making his second start... Oramas struck out eight in 3.1 IP in his first start but did give up two runs... Will Smith allowed four runs in 5.2 IP in a previous start against Lake Elsinore... Game will be available on www.rcquakes.com as well as www.milb.com...

Visalia Rawhide v. Modesto Nuts 7:05 PM PT
Taylor Sinclair v. Ethan Hollingsworth
Notes: Both teams lost their previous series, against Bakersfield and Rancho Cucamonga respectively... Taylor Sinclair has given up seven hits in each of his last three starts... Sinclair has only allowed more than two earned runs in one of his five starts... Ethan Hollingsworth has a 35:3 K:BB ratio... After pitching about 60 innings with Modesto last year, Hollingsworth is probably ready to move onto a higher level... Game will be available on 1270 AM in Visalia and 970 in Modesto as well as www.milb.com...

Stockton Ports v. Bakersfield Blaze 7:15 PM PT
Kenny Smalley v. Wilfredo Boscan
Notes: Stockton lost their series against San Jose, and Bakersfield won their series against Visalia... These pitchers squared off in their last start, a 5-3 Ports win... Kenny Smalley got the win, and Wilfredo Boscan took the loss... Smalley gave up two runs in 6.1 IP... Boscan gave up five runs in five innings... Game will be available on 1280 AM in Stockton as well as www.milb.com...

CAL North
Visalia 16-10 .615
Modesto 15-10 .600 .5 GB
San Jose 14-11 .560 1.5 GB
Stockton 12-15 .444 4.5 GB
Bakersfield 10-14 .417 5 GB

CAL South
Lake Elsinore 16-12 .571
High Desert 15-12 .556 .5 GB
Rancho Cucamonga 15-13 .536 1 GB
Inland Empire 10-18 .357 6 GB
Lancaster 9-17 .346 6 GB

Transactions
MOD: Brad Hawpe assigned from Rockies