June 22, 2024 – California League (CalL)
Fresno Grizzlies News Release
Fresno, CA – The Fresno Grizzlies (39-27, 1-0) started the second half of their 2024 schedule on the right paw, blanking the Stockton Ports (26-39, 0-1) 8-0 Friday night from Chukchansi Park. The Grizzlies tied their shortest time of game this season (1 hour and 51 minutes; June 2 at San Jose), earning their first Friday home victory in 2024 (1-5). The Grizzlies third consecutive triumph in the series moved them to 74-26 all-time against the Ports with a 13-3 mark this year.
Grizzlies’ righty Jack Mahoney (4-4, win) was almost unhittable in his 11th start of the season, giving Fresno their seventh shutout victory of the year. Mahoney went the distance with catcher Ben McCabe, firing a nine-inning complete game shutout, the first in Minor League Baseball this season. The only other Minor League pitcher to toss a nine-inning complete game in 2024 was fellow Rockies’ and former Grizzlies lefty Sean Sullivan with High-A Spokane. Mahoney faced two over the minimum, retiring the first 16 batters in the contest. He allowed a one-out single to Carlos Franco in the sixth and a two-out double to Nelson Beltran in the eighth. Mahoney did not issue a walk and fanned four batters. He struck out half of those batters in the first inning and finished the complete game shutout with another punchout, this time of Dereck Salom. Mahoney ended his unbelievable feat with 95 pitches (69 strikes), yielding 18 groundouts. He received a lot of defensive support as Caleb Hobson made an unreal catch in center to end the fourth and his infielders recorded multiple tough outs. Mahoney has not allowed a run in 15 straight innings, spanning two starts.
The Rockies #19 prospect became the 19th pitcher in Grizzlies history to notch a complete game shutout (Mahoney wears #19 on his jersey as well) and the first since the club entered Single-A in 2021. Mahoney joins Chris Heston (two complete game shutouts), Chris Begg, Jason Berken, Darin Blood, Madison Bumgarner, Austin Fleet, Ryan Jensen, Sun-Woo Kim, Andrew Kown, Shane Loux, Noah Lowery, Ramon Ortiz, Brad Peacock, Brady Rodgers, Cy Sneed, Steve Soderstrom, Cesar Valdez and Barry Zito as Grizzlies’ pitchers to accomplish the feat (done 20 times overall). The most recent complete game shutout in Fresno history was thrown by Cy Sneed (Houston Astros), who did it on June 21, 2018 versus Albuquerque (Rockies affiliate) at Chukchansi Park, exactly six years ago…
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