Visalia, CA – Dean Livingston continued his terrific season on the mound but the Visalia Rawhide (37-53, 9-15) playing this weekend as the Visalia Oaks fell 2-1 to the Fresno Grizzlies (49-41, 13-11) on Sunday evening at Valley Strong Ballpark.
Livingston, the No. 19 ranked prospect in the D-backs organization, allowed just three hits and a run over five innings with four strikeouts. Over eight starts with Visalia he now holds a 3.06 ERA. The 2025 4th round draft pick has allowed just two runs over his last four starts.
Adrian De Leon gave Visalia the lead with a solo home run in the second inning. Fresno answered with a solo homer in the fourth.
The Grizzlies took the lead in the sixth with two walks and a go-ahead RBI single into centerfield.
Visalia’s offense had opportunities including putting the tying run in scoring position in the seventh and ninth innings. The Oaks finished 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine runners stranded.
Ivan Luciano led the Oaks’s offense with two hits to extend his hit streak to seven games. Tytus Cissell added a two hit night for his third multi-hit performance in his last four games.
Anderson Carndenas suffered a tough luck loss for Visalia tossing 3.2 innings allowing a run with six strikeouts.
Fresno leads the Highway 99 Rivalry Series 11 games to seven with six games left to play in Fresno on August 4th - August 9th.
Visalia next hits the road to Lake Elsinore for a six game series with the Storm starting on Tuesday. The games can be streamed on MLB.TV. The Rawhide return to Valley Strong Ballpark on Tuesday, July 28 for a series with the Inland Empire 66ers.
All Rawhide tickets are available through the team’s website and at the stadium box office 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.