Cal League Condensed: 9/12 Preview

Hollingsworth tries to even series at one
Modesto Nuts v. San Jose Giants 5:00 PM PT
Game Two (SJ leads 1-0)
Ethan Hollingsworth v. Kelvin Marte
Radio Broadcast: 970 AM (Modesto), www.modestonuts.com, www.sjgiants.com and www.milb.com
TV Broadcast: CHN (San Jose)

Hollingsworth v. San Jose

. Date Dec. Team ERA WHIP IP H R ER BB K . Hollingsworth 6/27 L L 11.81 1.88 5.1 9 8 7 1 7 . 6/10 ND W 2.57 1.71 7 7 3 2 5 6 . 5/24 L L 3 1.67 6 9 6 2 1 7 . 5/1 ND W 4.05 .90 6.2 4 3 3 2 10 . 4/9 L L 3.60 1.40 5 7 3 2 0 5 . 0-3 2-3 4.80 1.50 30 36 23 16 9 35

Marte has not pitched against Modesto this year.

Notes: Ethan Hollingsworth won five straight starts to finish the regular season, all of which were quality starts... Hollingsworth didn't walk more than nine in any month this season... Tim Wheeler had hits in 10 of his 13 games at Municipal Stadium... Jimmy Cesario only had two multi hit games against San Jose this year... Kelvin Marte pitched 3.2 scoreless innings against Colorado's A affiliate Asheville in August... Marte allowed six runs in 3.2 IP against Visalia in his only previous Cal League start... Juan Perez had a .792 OPS at home this year... Jose Flores went 0/7 in a game against Modesto in June...

Quakes counter with their own ringer in Joel Pineiro
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes v. Lake Elsinore Storm 5:05 PM PT
Game Two (LE leads 1-0)
Joel Pineiro v. TBA
Radio Broadcast: 1510 AM (Rancho Cucamonga), 92.9 FM (Lake Elsinore), www.rcquakes.com, www.stormbaseball.com and www.milb.com

Oramas (my predicted starter) v. Rancho Cucamonga:

. Date Dec. Team ERA WHIP IP H R ER BB K . Oramas 8/22 ND L 0 1.13 2.2 2 0 0 1 3 . 8/11 L L 9 1 2 2 3 2 0 3 . 8/5 ND W 0 1.5 2 1 0 0 2 2 . 6/24 ND W 0 0.5 2 0 0 0 1 2 . 6/14 W W 3.6 1 5 4 2 2 1 5 . 5/7 ND W 6.23 2.31 4.1 6 5 3 4 2 . 1-1 4-2 3.5 1.33 18 15 10 7 9 17

Notes: Joel Pineiro is expected to throw 65-70 pitches for Rancho Cucamonga... My speculation is that Kyle Hurst will piggyback him and not Ryan Chaffee since Hurst came out of the bullpen most of the season... Gabe Jacobo had 15 RBI in his last 10 games in the regular season... Angel Castillo had four multi hit games at The Diamond this season... Juan Oramas pitched five innings in his last two starts of the regular season... Jeremy McBryde could also make this start... Dan Robertson scored 12 runs against Rancho Cucamonga this season... Vince Belnome posted a .976 OPS in the last 10 games of the regular season...