Rawhide Power Past Ports for Series Clinching Victory

Visalia, CA – The Visalia Rawhide (12-21) used five doubles and two home runs to defeat the Stockton Ports (15-18) 8-6 on Sunday afternoon at Valley Strong Ballpark. Visalia wins the series four games to two and improves to a California League best 6-3 record in May.

Jakey Josepha totaled a three hit game with two runs while Enyervert Perez added a two hit, two run and two RBI day.

Visalia scored in the first inning for a fourth consecutive game and never trailed. Josepha led off the first with a single, stole second and advanced to third on a wild throw. Pedro Catuy batted him in with an RBI single.

The Rawhide added three runs in the second inning. Kyle Sinzza and Abdias De La Cruz hit RBI doubles along with a Josepha sacrifice fly.

Stockton plated three runs in the fourth inning. Visalia responded with Josepha doubling and scoring on a Jose Mejia RBI single in the bottom of the frame.

Perez doubled the score in the fifth with a 445 foot two run blast that cleared the left field scoreboard.

The Ports plated three more in the seventh but Jose Alpuria hit a solo home run to extend Visalia’s lead to two runs.

Jesus Escobar earned the win with a five inning start. The Venezuelan right hander retired the first nine batters of the game and finished with just four hits allowed and two strikeouts.

Samuel Gonzalez made his Rawhide debut with 2.1 innings completed and four strikeouts. Walvin Mena then pitched his first pro save with 1.2 scoreless innings to secure the win.

De La Cruz added a two hit game as all nine Rawhide batters recorded at least a hit.

The Rawhide now hit the road to resume the Battle for the 99 rivalry series with the Grizzlies at Chukchansi Park in Fresno. The six game series opens with an 11:00 AM first pitch on Tuesday.

Fans can listen to all six games in Fresno 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 info@rawhidebaseball.com or call (559) 732-4433.