Oaks win big
September 1, 2005 - California League (CalL1)
Visalia Rawhide News Release
Last Night: 17 Runs + 21 Hits = Picnic In The Woods Visalia pounded out 21 hits off four Modesto pitchers to score its most convincing victory of the season at John Thurman Field on Monday night. Kris Dufner began the onslaught with a solo homer off Nuts starter Marc Kaiser in the first, and after Joey Gomes reached on an error by Ian Stewart, Josh Arhart clinically singled through the vacant second-baseman position on a brilliant hit-and-run, and Gomes scored from first when Joe Gaetti mishandled the bouncing ball in center field. Aneudi Cuevas doubled home Arhart, and the Oaks led 3-0 after one inning.
In the third Kaiser plunked John-Paul Davis with a pitch, and two batters later Cuevas jacked a two-run homer to right to make it 5-0 Visalia. After Modesto got a run back in the bottom half with a Stewart sacrifice fly, the Oaks opened the floodgates in the fourth and fifth. The fourth went like this: after Carlos Ramos' groundout, Francisco Leandro bounced to first off the foot of Michael Davies and reached on the error; Dufner singled to center and Ramos went to third; Gomes grounded out to short to score Leandro and advance Dufner; Davis singled to left, bringing in Dufner, moving Davis to second; a wild pitch by Kaiser and a passed ball by Rick Guarno plated Davis and saw Arhart end up at third; Cuevas and Josh Asanovich both walked. Modesto's Eudy Morel took over for Kaiser on the mound and allowed a Sandy Aracena two-run single to left before striking out Ramos to end it all. Five runs, four hits, an error and two left gave the Oaks a 10-1 edge.
The fifth proved equally enthralling for Oaks faithful: Leandro singled to center; following Dufner's flyout, Gomes doubled to right-center to bring Leandro in; Davis walked; Arhart singled to right to load the bases; Cuevas bounced to the hole at third for an infield hit, scoring Gomes, and Stewart threw the ball away again to send Davis home, put Arhart at third and land Cuevas at second; Asanovich drove the two runners in with a base hit to right; Aracena was hit by a Morel pitch; Ramos grounded out to first to move the runners along; and Leandro singled home Asanovich. After six, Visalia led 16-1. The Oaks added another in the seventh off Nuts reliever Caleb Balbuena, as Aracena doubled with one out, went to third on Ramos' grounder to second and scored on another Leandro hit, his fourth of five on the night.
Modesto posted four runs in the last of the ninth off Jean Machi; Guarno reached on an Asanovich error at second, Jonathan Herrera walked, Randy Blood's grounder to short forced Herrera at second and moved Guarno to third; Seth Smith singled Guarno in and Blood went to second; Stewart tripled to the gap in right-center to plate those two; and Gaetti's single brought home Smith. The final: 17-6 Visalia.
Visalia had not scored 17 or more runs since May 16, 2004, when the Oaks prevailed 18-16 over Lancaster. Modesto had previously allowed 15 runs this season in a June 4 loss at High Desert, and had scored its season high in the previous day's game at San Jose, a 16-3 victory.
In the second of this three-game series, Andrew Sonnanstine (3-1, 3.13) is slated to go to the mound for the Oaks, opposite Modesto's Juan Morillo (6-5, 4.07). Tuesday's first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 pm. Filling in for Ira Liebman, Scott Armstrong and Sean Engmann have the call on KJUG AM 1270 and www.kjugam.com, with the Radisson Pre-Game Show beginning at 6:45.
California League Stories from September 1, 2005
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- Stockton shuts out Modesto for sweep - Modesto Nuts
- Lynn for the win - Visalia Rawhide
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- Stockton Ports Assisting Relief Efforts for Hurricane Katrina - Stockton Ports
- Playoff Tickets on Sale - Modesto Nuts
- 66ers to host collection for hurricane relief - Inland Empire 66ers
- Hurricane Relief Effort to Continue During Monday's Regular Season Finale - Lancaster JetHawks
- Oaks win big - Visalia Rawhide
- Stockton Beats Modesto in 11, 6-5 - Modesto Nuts
- Giants Bounce Back With 7-4 Victory Over Rancho Cucamonga - San Jose Giants
- JetHawks Fall 10-2 to Inland Empire, Gain Post Season Berth - Lancaster JetHawks
- JetHawks Clinch South Division Playoff Berth - Lancaster JetHawks
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