Cal League Condensed: 8/15 Preview

Lake Elsinore Storm v. High Desert Mavericks 1:05 PM PT
Anthony Bass v. Maikel Cleto
Notes: Anthony Bass leads qualified pitchers in the Cal League in ERA... The highest ERA Bass has in a month is 3.41, which he had in April... Maikel Cleto struck out seven in six innings in his last start... Cleto has allowed three or more earned runs in seven straight starts... Game will be available on 92.9 FM in Lake Elsinore and 960 AM in High Desert as well as www.milb.com...

Inland Empire 66ers v. Lancaster JetHawks 5:00 PM PT
Ethan Martin v. Kyle Greenwalt
Notes: Ethan Martin has lost four straight starts and five straight decisions... Martin has given up a home run in five consecutive starts... Kyle Greenwalt allowed two runs in his first professional complete game in his last start... Greenwalt has won both August starts so far... Game will be available on 1050 AM in Inland Empire and 1380 AM in Lancaster as well as www.kcaaradio.com, www.jethawks.com and www.milb.com...

Modesto Nuts v. San Jose Giants 5:00 PM PT
Parker Frazier v. Justin Fitzgerald
Notes: Modesto is going for a series sweep... Parker Frazier has 23 strikeouts to five walks in 22 innings with Modesto so far... Three of those walks came in his first start with Modesto, 4.2 IP... Justin Fitzgerald's second half ERA has fallen from 3.18 in the first half to 4.50 despite improving his strikeout and walk rates... Fitzgerald has lost two straight decisions... Game will be available on 970 AM in Modesto as well as www.sjgiants.com and www.milb.com...

Stockton Ports v. Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 5:05 PM PT
Travis Blackley v. Manny Flores
Notes: Travis Blackley allowed a run in two innings in his first start with Stockton... Blackley has pitched for a Mexican League team and two different Major League organizations in 2010... Manny Flores pitched seven scoreless innings in his last start... Flores struck out five in that start, which is more strikeouts than he had in 19 innings in June... Game will be available on 1280 AM in Stockton and 1510 in Rancho Cucamonga as well as www.rcquakes.com and www.milb.com...

Visalia Rawhide v. Bakersfield Blaze 7:15 PM PT
Charles Brewer v. Robbie Ross
Notes: Charles Brewer has only allowed one run in six innings in consecutive starts... Six of Brewer's nine Visalia starts have been six innings or longer... Robbie Ross has 30 strikeouts to 10 walks in 32.1 IP with Bakersfield... Ross allowed three runs in 11.1 IP in his first two starts with the Blaze, both against Visalia... Game will be available on 1270 AM in Visalia as well as www.milb.com...

CAL North
Bakersfield 30-18 .625
Stockton 28-20 .583 2 GB
Visalia 23-25 .479 7 GB
Modesto 22-26 .458 8 GB
*San Jose 20-28 .417 10 GB

CAL South
High Desert 25-23 .521
*Lake Elsinore 25-23 .521
Rancho Cucamonga 25-23 .521
Lancaster 24-24 .500 1 GB
Inland Empire 18-30 .375 7 GB

Transactions
RC: Rolando Gomez assigned to R Orem
RC: Darwin Perez assigned from AAA Salt Lake
LE: Adam Schrader assigned from R Padres
LE: Noah Mull assigned to A Fort Wayne
LE: Jon Berger assigned from A Fort Wayne
SJ: Dan Runzler assigned from Giants
LE: Nick Schmidt placed on DL