Estevez Late Homer Lifts Quakes to Ninth Straight

San Jose, CA - Rancho Cucamonga got seven shut-out innings from Leo Crawford and a pair of homers to lock up their ninth straight win overall, downing the San Jose Giants in front of a sold-out July 4th crowd at Municipal Stadium on Wednesday night by a final of 3-1.
Omar Estevez smacked a two-run blast and Cody Thomas homered in the ninth to provide the Quakes with some extra insurance, as Rancho evened their longest winning streak since 2014 with their ninth consecutive win.
Crawford, making his first start since joining the Quakes from Great Lakes, was perfect through three innings and took a no-hit bid to the seventh.
With two outs in the seventh, Heath Quinn doubled off the wall in right field for San Jose's first knock. Crawford (2-0), who struck out seven and walked just one over seven innings, stranded Quinn by getting Jacob Heyward to pop up.
That set the stage for Estevez, who homered with two outs and Jeren Kendall aboard to make Crawford the pitcher of record, giving the Quakes a 2-0 lead against Giants' reliever Domenic Mazza (1-1).
In the last of the eighth, the Giants finally got on the board, as John Riley homered to left field off Jason Richman, making it 2-1.
Thomas answered that bomb in the ninth, with an opposite-field homer to make it 3-1. Thomas now has ten homers in the second half and five in five games against San Jose.
In the last of the ninth, Zach Pop closed out the Giants with three groundballs, recording his seventh save in eight chances.
Rancho (12-2, 47-37) will look for ten in a row on Thursday, sending Ryan Moseley (2-2) to the mound, opposite Jason Bahr (2-0). Game time on Thursday will be 7:00pm.
The Quakes return to LoanMart Field on Monday, hosting the Lancaster JetHawks in a four-game series. Game time on Monday is 7:05pm and tickets are available by calling (909) 481-5000 or online at rcquakes.com. Go Quakes!