Cal League Condensed: 8/15 Review

Lake Elsinore 18, High Desert 6
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W: Eric Gonzalez (6-3)
L: Maikel Cleto (3-7)
HR: Jaff Decker 2 (16) Jesus Lopez (2) Cody Decker (22) Rich Poythress 2 (28)
Notes: Lake Elsinore wins the series... Game was tied 4-4 after the first inning... Lake Elsinore had a six run 3rd and five run 5th... Jaff Decker hit two home runs, including a grand slam, and drove in six runs... Cody Decker had three hits, three runs and three RBI... Ryan Skube and Adam Zornes also had three hits... Vince Belnome reached base five times, including three walks, and scored three times... Anthony Bass struck out six in 3.2 IP but allowed five runs... Maikel Cleto allowed six runs on five hits and six walks in two innings... Bobby LaFromboise was charged with nine runs but only five were earned in 2.1 IP of relief... Brian Moran struck out four in two scoreless innings of relief, the only High Desert pitcher to appear without allowing a run... Rich Poythress hit two home runs and had four RBI... Edilio Colina had three hits... Attendance was 758... After an off day, Lake Elsinore plays a series at Inland Empire while High Desert heads to Rancho Cucamonga...

Lancaster 9, Inland Empire 7
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W: Shane Wolf (7-4)
L: Miguel Sanfler (0-2)
S: David Berner (12)
Notes: Lancaster sweeps the series and improves to 11-2 in August... Jonathan Villar made his 50th error of the season between Lancaster and A Lakewood... Lancaster had a six run 5th inning to erase a 7-1 deficit... Lancaster scored nine runs on only nine hits... Jay Austin had three RBI... Mark Ori scored three runs... Kyle Greenwalt allowed five runs in four innings... Aaron Miller allowed seven runs, four earned, in five innings... Pedro Baez and Tony Delmonico had three hit games... Johan Garcia had three RBI... Attendance was 2,256... After an off day, Inland Empire hosts Lake Elsinore while Lancaster begins a 14 game road trip in Stockton...

Modesto 3, San Jose 2
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W: Stephen Dodson (3-1)
L: Justin Fitzgerald (8-5)
S: Kurt Yacko (2)
Notes: Modesto sweeps the series... Jeremy Affeldt struck out three and walked one in two scoreless innings... Justin Fitzgerald struck out five and allowed two earned runs in 5.2 IP... Modesto scored three runs in the 8th... San Jose outhit Modesto 9-5, and all five were singles... Johnny Monell hit two doubles... Parker Frazier allowed two runs in six innings... San Jose was 1 for 14 w/ RISP and left eight runners on base... Attendance was 2,586... After an off day, Modesto starts a homestand against Bakersfield while San Jose heads to Visalia...

Stockton 3, Rancho Cucamonga 1
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W: Justin Murray (9-4)
L: Manny Flores (5-8)
S: Scott Hodsdon (1)
Notes: Stockton sweeps the series and has nine straight wins, three consecutive sweeps... Teams combined for only 12 hits... The top five hitters in Rancho Cucamonga's lineup each had one hit... Rancho Cucamonga's run was unearned... Travis Blackley struck out two and allowed one hit in three scoreless innings... Justin Murray allowed the unearned run in four innings of relief... Manny Flores allowed two earned runs in eight innings... Attendance was 1,369... After an off day, Stockton hosts Lancaster while Rancho Cucamonga wraps up the homestand against High Desert...

Visalia 4, Bakersfield 3
Recap | Box
W: Ryan Robowski (2-3)
L: Hector Nelo (0-1)
S: Yonata Ortega (4)
BS: Shane Zegarac (3)
HR: Marc Krauss (23) Josh Ford (16)
Notes: Visalia wins the series... All three games in the series were decided by 4-3 scores... Josh Ford's 9th inning home run proved to be the winning run... Ford has homered in consecutive games... Paul Goldschmidt had three hits... Charles Brewer struck out six and allowed three runs in six innings... Robbie Ross allowed two runs in four innings... Cody Podraza had two hits and two RBI... Attendance was 533... After an off day, Visalia hosts San Jose while Bakersfield heads to Modesto...

Tomorrow is the last off day of the regular season. After that, it'll be 21 straight games to finish up 2010.