Los Angeles Dodgers Minor League affiliates High-A Rancho Cucamonga and Double-A Tulsa claimed championships on the same night, with the Quakes winning the California League title and Drillers clinching the Texas League championship.
Dodgers relief pitchers Tony Cingrani, John Axford and Yimi Garcia contributed to the Quakes completing a three-game sweep of the Visalia Rawhide (Arizona Diamondbacks). Axford retired two of four batters faced and allowed one run.
He’s been sidelined since Aug. 13 due to a fractured fibula sustained in just his third relief appearance since being traded to the Dodgers.
Cingrani, out since June 7 because of a rotator cuff strain threw a scoreless inning in his rehab assignment.