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THUNDER BAY -- The Fresno Grizzlies will battle the California Volcanoes in the first round of the playoffs.

California (96-66)

Lineup Pos AVG HR RBI
Suzuki RF .310 4 52
Beltre 3B .315 38 132
Werth CF .303 40 118
Bautista DH .260 55 140
Gonzalez 1B .299 31 98
Snider LF .228 9 22
Callaspo 2B .249 7 41
Martin C .215 7 36
Bartlett SS .250 1 32
Reserves
Morales 1B .424 14 40
Spillborgs OF .242 10 44
Theriot IF .268 0 24
Mathis C .174 0 7
Starters W-L ERA K BB
Jiminez 20-5 2.94 225 81
Grienke 21-6 3.39 181 67
Braden 12-11 4365 123 44
DeLaRosa 6-6 4.61 105 56
Bullpen W-L Sv ERA K
Francisco 1-1 13 2.75 43
Fuentes 3-6 11 8.10 31
Lopez 5-5 9 2.41 37
Capps 3-2 8 5.63 29
Wheeler 2-4 6 4.58 40
Villaneuva 2-1 2 3.83 54
Schlichting 1-0 1 1.93 14
Correa 4-13 0 6.04 101

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Game 1 Jimenez 20-5 vs Cahill 20-6,
What looked like a great SP matchup became ugly and fast as Fresno's Cust clobbers a RBI double in the first and then a 3 run bomb in the 3rd. Fresno out to 5-0 lead after 3 played. leading off the 4th Jose Baustisa goes yard, followed by 3 straight singles Martin with 3rd one plating 1 run, SF by Bartlett and we have 5-3 game. Volcanoes get another one in 5th on Bautista FC.  Top 6 5-4 game and California erupts for 6 runs lead by RMartins 2 run single and Ichiro's 2 run single. Now 10-5 game, Volcanoes would 4 more late in game capped by Bartlett 2 run single.  Final 14-5, Cal pounds out 20 hits. Ichiro 4-6, JBautista 2b hr 4 rbis.  Fresno's Chamberlin pounded for 6hits, 4 runs in 1.2 IP, Cahill though takes the loss 5+ip 11 hits 6 runs 2 bb O k's

Game 2 Greinke 21-5 vs Garland 18-9
Volcanoes strike 1st with rbi single by Morales, Fresno's Scott launches a 2 run shot in 2nd to make it 2-1 game after 2. Callaspo leads off 4th with solo shot to tie it. Top 5 2 outs 2 on Gonzalez cranks a 3 run shot, next batter Callaspo singles, followed by RMartin who takes Garland deep for a 2 run shot. 7-2 CAL lead, Bot 7th and Fresno's starts a rally CPatterson with PH rbi single, then with 2 out 2 on, Cust goes yard for 3 run shot, but rally would end. 7-6 ball game, Top 8 Beltre knocks in Ichiro and a little breathing room. Bot 8 Fuentes continues to throw well striking out 3 of 5 batters faced. On to 9th, Morales pops one to RF where its dropped by GJones, Gonzo drives him in with single, RMartin drives in Gonzo for another run, Beltre would fly out with bases loaded to end rally. Bot 9 Wheeler 3 up 3 down. Final Cal 10 FRE 6 Cal 17 hits, Gonzalez 2-4 4 rbi hr, RMartin 3-5 hr 3 rbi (6 so far in series) Fresno's Scott 2-4 3 rbi 2b hr, Cust 3 run hr

Game 3 Pinerio 12-6 vs Braden 12-11
Bot 2nd Snider smacks a 3 run bomb, but in top 3rd Mora's rbi single and Camerons 2 run shot tie it. In the 4th Snider rips a 1 out triple, Callaspo SF and 4-3 game. Onto the 6th and another SF this time by Gonzo makes it 5-3 game, Pinerio lifted after 6ip 6 hits 5runs , Braden though still working into the 8th, when WLopez relives him with 2 outs 1 on, Lopez gets the groundout by PH Scott. Wheeler comes in to close it and makes things interesting, walking Cust and Zobrist with 2 outs go ahead at bat in Napoli, and Wheeler gets the WHIFF to end it! Final 5-3 California 3-0 series lead Mora 3-4, Cameron 2 run hr Snider 2-3 3 rbi triple hr

Game 4 Lilly 15-8 vs De la Rosa 6-6
Bot 2nd Gonzo goes yard with solo shot and lead 1-0. Bot 4 Gonzo again launches one this time for a 2 run shot and 3-0 lead. with De la Rosa working out of jams getting 3 big double plays to squash Fresno rally attempts things looking good for Volcanoes. Bot 5 Gonzalez with 2 on hits one high, hits it deep, OUTTA HERE! 3 run shot, breaking game wide open. Top 7 Fresno bases loaded nobody out, rally time for Fresno, Napoli at bat, Villaneuva on in relief, Napoli lines one back to pitcher, he fires to 3rd Scutaro caught off the bag, Beltre fires across to 1st for TRIPLE PLAY with Aviles caught off 1st, it's not Fresno's day to say the least. Bot 8 Bautista takes one deep and 10-0 final as De la Rosa, Villaneuva, Capps combine on shutout and series win. Gonzalez 3-4 6 rbi, 3 hrs

Series MVP Adrian Gonzalez .529 avg, 9-17 8 runs 4 hrs 12 rbis

Game Results

Game 1 Volcanoes 14, Grizzlies 5
Game 2 Volcanoes 10, Grizzlies 6
Game 3 Volcanoes 5, Grizzlies 3
Game 4 Volcanoes 10, Grizzlies 0
Game 5 TBA (if nec)
Game 6 TBA (if nec)
Game 7 TBA (if nec)

Fresno (99-63)

Lineup Pos AVG HR RBI
Venable CF .262 14 49
Avilles 3B .315 15 74
Scott 1B .295 26 89
Cust DH .324 19 79
Napoli C .251 43 116
Jones RF .279 22 86
Scutaro SS .279 8 77
Zobrist 2B .276 10 64
Smith LF .240 11 36
Reserves
Wilson SS .200 0 6
Mora 3B .307 4 31
Hanigan C .266 5 22
Gwynn OF .232 0 7
Starters W-L ERA K BB
Cahill 20-6 3.59 120 65
Lilly 15-8 3.48 141 54
Piniero 12-6 2.77 98 25
Wolf 12-15 4.05 113 76
Bullpen W-L Sv ERA K
Soria 2-5 19 2.08 54
Bell 1-4 7 2.55 74
Hensley 3-2 2 4.04 37
Miller 0-1 2 3.92 10
Logan 3-0 1 0.68 17
Bray 0-1 1 2.18 24
Chamberlain 3-1 0 1.97 81
Tronosco 1-1 0 4.42 11