Cal League Condensed: 9/9 Preview

Arenas looks to overcome struggles against Mavs
High Desert Mavericks v. Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 7:05 PM PT
Jon Hesketh v. Orangel Arenas
Game Two (RC leads 1-0)
Radio Broadcast: 960 AM (High Desert), 1510 AM (Rancho Cucamonga), www.rcquakes.com and www.milb.com

Hesketh v. Rancho Cucamonga:

. Date Dec. Team ERA WHIP IP H R ER BB K . Hesketh 9/1 ND L 5.4 1.8 5 7 4 3 2 7 . 8/17 W W 0 0.5 8 3 0 0 1 10 . 7/30 ND W 9 2.33 6 10 6 6 4 4 . 1-0 2-1 4.26 1.42 19 20 10 9 7 21

Arenas v. High Desert:

. Date Dec. Team ERA WHIP IP H R ER BB K . Arenas 9/1 ND W 15.43 2.57 4.2 9 8 8 3 2 . 8/17 L L 0 1.29 7 7 1 0 2 4 . 7/12 ND W 10.8 2.4 5 11 7 6 1 4 . 6/10 W W 7.2 2.4 5 9 4 4 3 2 . 1-1 3-1 7.48 2.08 21.2 36 20 18 9 12

Notes: Jon Hesketh's last win was on 8/17 when he pitched eight scoreless innings against Rancho Cucamonga... Hesketh struck out 19 in 13 innings against Anaheim's A affiliate, Cedar Rapids, earlier this year... Three of the nine road home runs Johermyn Chavez has hit came at the Epicenter... High Desert had a .667 winning percentage at Rancho Cucamonga this year... Orangel Arenas' ERA in August was 2.05, by far his lowest in any month... High Desert was the only team to hit more than one home run in a game against Arenas this year... Mike Trout's season high in hits came against High Desert... Luis Jimenez had 17 extra base hits in August, his highest total in any month...

Nuts tab Nicasio with chance to advance to round two
Modesto Nuts v. Stockton Ports 7:05 PM PT
Juan Nicasio v. Justin Murray
Game Two (MOD leads 1-0)
Radio Broadcast: 970 AM (Modesto), 1280 AM (Stockton), www.modestonuts.com, www.stocktonports.com and www.milb.com
TV Broadcast: CHN (Stockton)

Nicasio v. Stockton:

. Date Dec. Team ERA WHIP IP H R ER BB K . Nicasio 8/24 L L 6 1.33 6 8 7 4 0 5 . 8/1 L L 9.53 1.59 5.2 7 6 6 2 5 . 7/10 L L 5.14 1.14 7 8 4 4 0 8 . 7/5 W W 3 1 6 3 2 2 3 6 . 5/12 L L 7.11 1.42 6.1 9 5 5 0 5 . 4/25 ND L 3.6 1 5 5 2 2 0 10 . 1-4 1-5 5.75 1.25 36 40 26 23 5 39

Murray v. Modesto:

. Date Dec. Team ERA WHIP IP H R ER BB K . Murray 8/25 ND L 1.5 1.33 6 7 1 1 1 1 . *7/30 ND W 2.45 1.91 3.2 5 3 1 2 2 . *7/12 ND W 0 1.5 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 . 5/30 W W 0 1.11 6.1 6 0 0 1 2 . 4/23 ND W 4.91 1.36 3.2 3 2 2 2 5 . *=RP 1-0 4-1 1.77 1.38 20.1 21 6 4 7 11

Notes: Two of Juan Nicasio's four multi home run starts have come against Stockton... Nicasio only pitched fewer than five innings twice this season... Beau Seabury's only three hit game this year came against Stockton... Mike Zuanich stole two of his five bases on the season in one game at Banner Island Ballpark... Justin Murray has allowed nine earned runs in 21 innings in four starts since returning to the rotation... Murray had the highest WHIP among pitchers with 10 Cal League wins... Mike Spina's only two home run game this year came against Modesto... Paul Smyth has allowed a run in four of his 12 appearances against Modesto this year...

Transactions
SJ: Jorge Bucardo assigned to R Giants
SJ: Dan Otero assigned to R Giants
SJ: Jose Casilla assigned from A Augusta
SJ: Wilmin Rodriguez assigned from A Augusta
SJ: Hector Correa assigned from A Augusta
MOD: Ethan Hollingsworth assigned to A- Tri-City (I'm assuming this was done to open a roster spot for someone else since he's not starting this series, and he'll be added again if Modesto advances)
SJ: Scott Nestor assigned to R Giants
STO: A.J. Griffin assigned from A- Vancouver
MOD: Joey Wong assigned from A Asheville
MOD: Paul Bargas assigned from A Asheville
MOD: Thomas Field placed on DL