Dix Mounts Strong Night, Visalia Falls to Rancho Cucamonga

Visalia, CA – JD Dix totaled two hits and two runs but the Visalia Rawhide lost to the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 7-4 on Thursday night at Valley Strong Ballpark.

Rancho Cucamonga (62-49, 21-24) takes a two games to one series lead over Visalia (56-55, 21-24).

Dix totaled the ninth multi-hit game of his Rawhide career. He singled in the first inning and came around to score on a wild pitch. The D-backs 2024 1st round draft pick notched another single to lead off the fifth and scored on a sacrifice fly.

Rancho Cucamonga scored three runs in the first inning and led the rest of the way. The Quakes totaled 11 hits and scored in four different frames.

Visalia trimmed a four run deficit to one run going into the sixth. The Rawhide scored two runs in the fourth frame. Enyervert Perez led off with a walk and Yerald Nin followed with a single and advanced to second on the throw. A wild pitch and fielders’ choice plated the two runs.

Perez drove in Dix in the fifth with a sacrifice fly.

Grayson Hitt was the only Rawhide pitcher to not allow an earned run. He tossed 2.1 innings allowing just two hits and totaled four strikeouts.

Josdanner Suarez provided strong long relief with four innings pitched allowing two runs and totaling six strikeouts- tying his career high.

Yassel Soler reached on a single and walk to extend his on-base streak to 23 games. The third baseman now has the second longest on-base streak of any Rawhide player over the last two seasons (Demetrio Cristanes totaled a MiLB best 57 game streak to end the 2024 season.)

The series progresses to the weekend with a Friday jersey giveaway. The first 350 fans will receive a Mudville Nine jersey courtesy of Learn4Life. The Mudville Nine were a fictional team in the poem Casey at the Bat.

Fans can also take advantage of a 4 for $44 Friday, sponsored by Valley Pacific Petroleum & Chevron. Fans will receive four tickets, four hot dogs and four fountain sodas for $44 by showing a Chevron credit card or a 4 for $44 Voucher, which can be picked up at participating Chevron locations.

Tickets for all upcoming Rawhide games can be purchased on the team’s website or at the Rawhide Ticket Office sponsored by Kaweah Health starting at 10 AM on weekday gamedays.

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The Visalia Rawhide are a professional baseball team and the Single-A Affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Rawhide are celebrating 80 years of professional baseball in Visalia in 2025 as the “Year of the Oak.”  

Stay up to date with the Rawhide on the team’s website and by following the Rawhide on Facebook, X, Instagram and Tik Tok. 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 packages, 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 MiLB.TV with a free radio broadcast also available online. For more information, visit milb.com/visalia, email [email protected] or call (559) 732-4433.