Cal League Condensed: 9/11 Preview

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Giants send ace Fitzgerald to hill to start postseason
Modesto Nuts v. San Jose Giants 6:00 PM PT
Game One (Series tied 0-0)
Josh Sullivan v. Justin Fitzgerald
Radio Broadcast: www.modestonuts.com, www.sjgiants.com and www.milb.com
TV Broadcast: CHN (San Jose)

Sullivan v. San Jose:

. Date Dec. Team ERA WHIP IP H R ER BB K . Sullivan 8/14 ND W 10.80 2.40 3.1 7 4 4 1 2 . 0-0 1-0 10.80 2.40 3.1 7 4 4 1 2

Fitzgerald v. Modesto:

. Date Dec. Team ERA WHIP IP H R ER BB K . Fitzgerald 8/15 L L 3.18 0.71 5.2 4 3 2 0 5 . 5/24 W W 2.57 1.14 7 7 2 2 1 5 . 4/30 W W 1.50 0.83 6 4 1 1 1 5 . 4/11 ND W 0 2.50 2 4 2 0 1 1 . 2-1 3-1 2.18 1.06 20.2 19 8 5 3 16

Notes: Josh Sullivan has six walks and two strikeouts since he struck out a season high seven on 8/25 against Stockton... Sullivan hasn't pitched this many innings (49.1 total) since 2007 with A Asheville... Modesto's bullpen only allowed one unearned run in seven innings of work against Stockton... Mike Zuanich and Ben Paulsen each had four hits in the first round... All of San Jose's wins in Justin Fitzgerald starts against Modesto came in the first half... Fitzgerald only allowed one earned run over his last two regular season starts... None of Francisco Peguero's 16 triples this year came against Modesto... Charlie Culberson has a .303 OPS in his last 10 games...

Quakes face tall test in Padres' rehabbing Young
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes v. Lake Elsinore Storm 7:05 PM PT
Game One (Series tied 0-0)
Garrett Richards v. Chris Young
Radio Broadcast: 1510 AM (Rancho Cucamonga), 92.9 FM (Lake Elsinore), www.rcquakes.com, www.stormbaseball.com and www.milb.com

Richards v. Lake Elsinore

. Date Dec. Team ERA WHIP IP H R ER BB K . Richards 8/21 W W 0 0.8 5 3 0 0 1 5 . 1-0 1-0 0 0.8 5 3 0 0 1 5

Notes: Garrett Richards is 3-0 in his last four starts and hasn't lost since 8/14 against Stockton... Richards allowed three earned runs in seven innings on four hits and four walks against San Diego's A affiliate Fort Wayne in July... Rancho Cucamonga's top two hitters, Mike Trout and Alberto Rosario, combined for eight hits against High Desert... Dillon Baird was the only player in the first round to hit two home runs... Chris Young allowed one run over 6.1 IP in two rehab starts with AAA Portland... Young last rehabbed with Lake Elsinore in 2008... Cole Figueroa is hitting .297 at home against Rancho Cucamonga this season... Cody Decker hit .476 with three home runs in six September games...

Transactions
LE: Eric Gonzalez assigned from AAA Portland
LE: Jon Berger assigned from AAA Portland
LE: Rico Noel assigned from A- Eugene
MOD: Ethan Hollingsworth assigned from A- Tri City
LE: Chris Young assigned from Padres
MOD: Parker Frazier placed on DL
LE: Nick Schumaker placed on DL
LE: Rymer Liriano placed on DL