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Late Rally Falls Short, Giants Swept in Visalia

May 1, 2016 - California League (CalL1)
San Jose Giants News Release


VISALIA, CA - San Jose's ninth-inning rally fell short on Sunday afternoon as the Visalia Rawhide hung on for a 5-4 victory over the Giants at Recreation Park. San Jose scored twice in the top of the ninth and had the potential tying and go-ahead runs on base with two outs before the Rawhide closed out the contest. With the loss, the Giants (10-11) were swept in the three-game series.

Richard Rodriguez (3-for-3), Ronnie Jebavy (2-for-5, 2B, RBI) and Chris Shaw (2-for-3, RBI) had multi-hit games to lead San Jose offensively in defeat.

With Visalia ahead by a 5-2 margin, the top of the ninth began with back-to-back walks to Jose Vizcaino, Jr. and Steven Duggar. After a wild pitch from Rawhide reliever Luis Ramirez advanced the runners, Brandon Bednar hit a sacrifice fly to center plating Vizcaino with the first run of the frame. Ty Ross then lined a single into right to score Duggar cutting the Visalia lead to 5-4. Cristian Paulino was up next, but his deep fly ball was caught by Rawhide center fielder Colin Bray at the edge of the warning track in left center. The game though continued when Rodriguez followed with a single to right advancing Ross, the potential tying run, to third base. Visalia then summoned from Bud Jeter from the bullpen and he was able to finish off the Giants striking out Ronnie Jebavy on a slider in the dirt to end the game.

Rawhide starting pitcher Brad Keller (1-1) picked-up the win after tossing six-plus innings with two runs (both earned) and eight hits allowed. He walked one and struck out three. Jeter earned his first save of the season.

Both Keller and San Jose starter Jordan Johnson excelled early as the game was scoreless through three innings. Johnson didn't allow a hit over the first three frames retiring nine out of ten Visalia batters.

The Giants then broke through with a run in the top of the fourth. With one out, Jebavy laced a double into the left field corner. Then with two down, Shaw lined a single into center bringing home Jebavy for a 1-0 San Jose lead.

The Rawhide though answered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the inning. After Johnson quickly retired the first two batters, Rudy Flores stepped to the plate and belted a game-tying solo home run to right center - Visalia's first hit of the game. Henry Castillo then blooped a double into shallow left before Dawel Lugo belted a two-run homer to left for a 3-1 Rawhide lead.

Visalia then pushed across another run in the bottom of the fifth. With one out, Victor Reyes reached safely on a throwing error committed by Bednar at shortstop. Reyes then stole second and scored on Bray's two-out double into the left center field gap to make it 4-1.

San Jose responded with a run in the top of the sixth, but missed an opportunity for a bigger inning. Three straight singles from Paulino, Rodriguez and Jebavy to start the frame produced a run as the Giants trimmed the lead to 4-2. After C.J Hinojosa grounded out to advance the runner, Shaw walked loading the bases. Keller though prevented further damage by inducing the next hitter, Vizcaino, to ground into a 6-4-3 double play.

Another double play hurt the Giants' comeback effort in the seventh. After Duggar reached on an error to leadoff and Bednar singled to put runners on first and second, Ross dropped down a bunt. However on the bunt, Rawhide catcher Matt Jones threw to third to force out Duggar before Cody Regis fired the ball across the diamond to first completing a 5-2-3 double play. Paulino then hit a line drive to deep left that was caught by diving Grant Heyman to end the inning.

After Visalia scored once against reliever Jeff Soptic (1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 SO) in the bottom of the seventh to increase their lead to 5-2, San Jose threatened once more in the top of the eighth. Rodriguez led off with a single before Hinojosa singled with out to bring the tying run to the plate. However, Shaw followed by grounding into a double play - the third one turned by the Rawhide in the last three innings - to halt the rally.

The Giants then staged their two-run ninth-inning rally that ultimately fell short.

Johnson (2-2) suffered the loss San Jose after yielding four runs (three earned) in six innings. The right-hander allowed five hits, walked one and struck out a season-high seven.

Notes:

* The Giants were swept in a series for the first time this season.

* San Jose is 1-5 against Visalia this year. The Rawhide have come-from-behind in all five of their wins.

* Shaw extended his hitting streak to eight games.

* The Giants out-hit Visalia 12-9 on Sunday.

* The Rawhide extended their winning streak to seven games. Visalia is also now 11-2 in one-run games this season.

* The Giants are 2-18 in their last 20 regular season games at Recreation Park dating back to June of 2014.

On Deck: The Giants continue their road trip on Monday evening with the opener of a four-game series against the Stockton Ports. First pitch at Banner Island Ballpark is scheduled for 7:10 PM. Mark Reyes (1-0, 6.75 ERA) is slated to start on the mound for San Jose while Stockton is expected to counter with Casey Meisner (0-2, 3.48 ERA). The game can be heard live on sjgiants.com with coverage beginning at 6:40 PM.

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