Visalia’s Rally Falls Short to Fresno

Fresno, CA – The Visalia Rawhide (13-25) scored six runs in the fourth inning but lost to the Fresno Grizzlies (23-15) 11-6 on Saturday night at Chukchansi Park.

The Rawhide trailed 8-0 entering the fourth inning when their bats came alive. Carlos Virahonda started the rally with a 420 foot home run to left field for his ninth long ball of the season- tied for the California League lead.

Abdias De La Cruz and Pedro Catuy followed with back to back singles and they both scored on an Enyervert Perez base hit to right field.

Jose Alpuria would later be hit by a pitch and Kayson Cunningham drove in a run on an RBI single. JD Dix walked for another run to score.

Virahonda in his second at-bat of the inning roped a two RBI double to right field to plate the frame’s final two runs and cut Fresno’s lead to two.

The Grizzlies scored five runs in the first inning thanks to four hits and two walks. They added three more runs in the third on two home runs.

Another two run blast for the Grizzlies in the fourth inning pushed Fresno’s lead back to four runs. Fresno padded the lead with another tally in the eighth.

Walvin Mena pitched well out of Visalia’s bullpen with three innings of work allowing just two hits and two runs. Jairon Digon tossed two innings allowing one hit and one run.

Virahonda finished with two hits and three RBI. The top ranked catcher in the D-backs farm system has 40 RBI on the season- second in the Cal League.

Jose Alpuria added two hits while Abdias De La Cruz extended his hit streak to 10 games. Cunningham added a hit and run for a nine game hit and run streak.

The six game series between Visalia and Fresno wraps up on Sunday at Chukchansi Park with a 1:05 PM first pitch.

Fans can listen to the game for free on the Rawhide Broadcast Network via the Rawhide’s website.

Visalia returns home to Valley Strong Ballpark to face the Lake Elsinore Storm for a six game set starting on Tuesday, May 19th.

All Rawhide tickets are available through the team’s website and at the stadium box office presented by Kaweah Health from 10 AM to 4 PM on weekdays.

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The Visalia Rawhide are the Single-A Affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks playing professional baseball in the Central Valley since 1946. The Rawhide's 2026 theme is "Savor the Season" as the team transforms into the Central Valley Sir Loins on Saturday gamedays.   

Stay up to date with the Rawhide on the team’s website and by following the Rawhide on Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and X. The Rawhide play all home games at Valley Strong Ballpark located at 300 N Giddings Street Visalia, CA 93291.

Fans can purchase season ticket packages, group ticket plans, single game tickets and team merchandise through the Rawhide website and at the stadium ticket office sponsored by Kaweah Health. All Rawhide games can be watched on MLB.TV and the Bally Sports Live App with a free radio broadcast also available online. Select home games will be aired on KNXT MyTV53. For more information, visit milb.com/visalia, email [email protected] or call (559) 732-4433.