Visalia, CA – Jacob Steinmetz tossed three shutout innings in his return to Visalia but the Rawhide (34-50, 6-12) fell to the San Jose Giants (52-32, 15-3) 11-3 on Thursday night at Valley Strong Ballpark.
Steinmetz’s rehab outing in Visalia was his first full season pro start since 2024. After allowing the first two batters to reach he retired the final nine batters he faced.
The 2021 3rd round draft pick finished his day with four strikeouts and just two baserunners allowed in the three frames.
San Jose scored nine runs in the eighth inning to secure the win with six hits and four walks in the frame.
Visalia took an early lead on a Bo Walker solo home run in the third.
The Giants answered with a run apiece in the fifth and sixth before the Rawhide retook the lead with two runs in the home half of the sixth.
Abdias De La Cruz tied the game with a blast over the right field wall for his second homer of the week. Ivan Luciano reached second on a pop-up that the Giants infield could not handle and Pedro Catuy drove in the go-ahead run on an RBI single.
Chung-Hsiang Huang also pitched well for Visalia in a relief outing tossing 3.1 innings with just three hits and two runs allowed along with two strikeouts.
De La Cruz, Catuy and Luciano all finished with two hits to lead the Rawhide.
The series continues on Friday with a Rawhide Shark Week Replica Jersey giveaway for the first 350 fans thanks to Learn4Life.
The game is also a Four Pack Friday courtesy of Valley Pacific Petroleum Service and Chevron. Fans can pick up a four pack voucher at participating Chevron locations or show their Chevron Gas Card at the ballpark to receive four tickets, four hot dogs and four sodas for only $50.
First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM with gates opening for season tickets holders at 5:15 PM and the general public at 5:30 PM.
All Rawhide tickets are available through the team’s website and at the stadium box office presented by Kaweah Health starting at 10 AM on weekday gamedays.
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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.