In the first two games of the series, the Modesto hitters made Rawhide Ballpark look like Coors Field, having scored 20 runs. And from the sixth pitch of the final game of the set, it became clear that trend wouldn’t change. Braden Bishop took Rawhide starter Justin Donatella deep for his first home run of […]
Ivan Pineyro had been on cruise control for his first four innings. He struck out the side in the first and seemed like he had Modesto’s number. He allowed a couple of runners in the fifth inning but worked around it and, at that point, had a 2-1 lead. Then the sixth inning happened. Pineyro […]
For the second consecutive night, the bullpens of the Rawhide and 66ers were trading scoreless innings while dominating. Bud Jeter had already pitched a perfect 9th inning and had retired one batter in the ninth. With a 2-2 count to the 9 batter Jake Yacinich, Jeter left a pitch over the plate and Yacinich made […]
Michael Hermosillo launched Ivan Pineyro’s fifth pitch of the ballgame deep to left that, off the bat, looked playable for Galli Cribs. But Cribbs lost the ball in the setting sun and it sailed over his head, giving Hermosillo a leadoff double. On the next pitch, Zach Gibbons tripled on a sinking line-drive to center […]
After Austin Byler tripled home a run and scored on an error in the sixth inning, the Rawhide held a 4-0 lead. And with the way that Visalia had pitched through the game, four runs seemed like a mountain to climb for visiting Inland Empire. But after Nick Baker induced a lineout from Cody Ramer […]
The Visalia Rawhide and Arizona Diamondbacks announced the Rawhide’s 2017 Opening Day Roster. The roster features 15 players from the 2016 Rawhide team that reached the postseason for the fourth consecutive year and captured their 13th California League Northern Division Championship. Visalia will also have two top-30 prospects in the Arizona Diamondbacks system as ranked […]
The Visalia Rawhide announced today that tickets for the 2017 California League All-Star Game and Fan Fest are on sale through RawhideBaseball.com. The festivities are going to be hosted on June 19th and 20th by the Rawhide at Recreation Park at 300 N Giddings St. in Visalia. The California League celebrates its 76th season in […]
New faces will be taking over the Visalia coaching staff in 2017, the Arizona Diamondbacks announced. Shelley Duncan will take the reigns as Field Manager for the Rawhide. Duncan has served for two previous years as a Manager in the Diamondbacks organization, having spent the 2015 and 2016 seasons at the helm of the D-backs […]
For the second straight season, the Bell Game between Tulare Union and Tulare Western meant the winner would become the East Yosemite League Champion. In this, their 52nd meeting, the Tribe of Tulare Union avenged their loss last year by beating the Mustangs 48-27. The Tribe were able to get on the board first, after […]
The Visalia Rawhide and the Arizona Diamondbacks agreed on a two-year Player Development Contract extension today, ensuring that the D-backs will remain in the California League through 2018. Mike Bell, Director of Player Development for the Diamondbacks, was happy to see the affiliation continue. “We have been in Visalia for ten years now & are […]