Down on the Farm: 07-01-2010

Sacramento River Cats beat the Fresno Grizzlies 6-3:

Eugenio Velez-1 for 4, HR(3). BA= .305.
Emmanuel Burriss- 1 for 4, 2B. BA= .265.
Matt Yourkin- 7.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 4.09.

AA Richmond Flying Squirrels edged the Erie Sea Wolves 2-1 in 12 innings:

Brandon Crawford- 2 for 6, 2B, HR(12). BA= .242.
Clayton Tanner- 7 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.28.

Tanner's season line stands at 4-5, 3.28, 82.1 IP, 35 BB, 39 K's. That K/BB has to improve for sustained success. On the other hand, he's maintained a GO/AO=2 which is really good.

High A Lancaster Jet Hawks scored 5 runs in the last two innings to edge the San Jose Giants 5-4:

Francisco Peguero- 2 for 4, 3B, BB, SB(27). BA= .282.
Brandon Belt- 2 for 3, 2B, 2 BB, 2 SB(18). BA= .383.
Kyle Nicholson- 7.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 7 K's. ERA= 5.96.
Jason Stoffel- 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K. ERA= 6.04

I love Belt's lines. They are so busy! Nicholson has been pitching much better lately. Here, he took a shutout into the 8'th inning and had a very nice K/BB.

Low A(game 1) Charleston River Dogs topped the Augusta Greenjackets 4-2:

Luke Anders- 2 for 3, 2B. BA= .299.
Jorge Bucardo- 5.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 2.23.

Low A(game 2) Charleston River Dogs made it a sweep over the Augusta Greenjackets 4-1:

Ryan Cavan- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(8). BA= .276.
Dan Cook- 3 for 3, 2B. BA= .285.
Craig Clark- 5 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 6 K's. ERA= 3.60.

Clark must be on a rehab stint.

Short Season Everett Aquasox defeated the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 6-4:

Julio Izturis- 2 for 5. BA= .364.
Ryan Scoma- 2 for 4, 2B. BA= .455.
Cameron Lamb- 3 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 0 K's. ERA= 7.50.
Brennan Flick- 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 3.09.

Still sorting out who's who in the short season leagues.

Rookie AZL Giants were idle.

DSL Giants trounced the Cubs 8-2:

Joan Gregorio- 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 1.72.

You'd think there would be some great offensive lines in a game like this, but the Giants scored all those runs off just 5 hits. They had 11 BB's plus 3 HBP's.

Michael Main is being assigned to AA Richmond. His line for High A Bakersfield was pretty good: 5-3, 3.45, 91.1 IP, 21 BB's, 72 K's. Especially like that K/BB. He's just 21 yo and still has a very high ceiling. The Giants have made two good pickups from the Ranger's organization in the last year: Main and Edwin Escobar.