Down on the Farm: 8/23/2011

AAA Fresno Grizzlies edged the Las Vegas 51's 7-6:

Tyler LaTorre(C)- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(2). BA= .306.
Emmanuel Burriss(2B)- 2 for 5, SB(23). BA= .309.
Dan Otero(RHP)- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, Save(9). ERA= 3.66.

AA Richmond Flying Squirrels split a DH with the Altoona Curve winning 6-2 and losing 4-3:

Darren Ford(CF)- 2 for 3, 2B, BB. BA= .240.
Francisco Peguero(RF)- 2 for 4, 2B. BA= .299.
Roger Kieschnick(LF)- 1 for 2, BB, SF. BA= .257.
Justin Schumer(RHP)- 4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 4.50
David Quinowski(LHP)- 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 2.63.
Tim Alderson(Curve)- 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 4.48.

Anybody else impressed with now Peguero has handled AA? Schumer gets the call up from Augusta. Seems the Giants aren't moving anybody from SJ as they gear up for the Cal League playoffs. Q has quietly had a good season. Catching up on Tim Alderson, he is not having an impressive year at all with just 48 K's in 66.1 IP, with a GO/AO<1. He has a 9.37 ERA in his last 10 appearances.

Jackson Williams(C)- 1 for 2, HR(3). BA= .226.

With all the catching in the Giants system, it seems Williams is likely going to have to find another organization to have any hope of sniffing a cup-o-coffee in the majors.

High A San Jose Giants squeaked by the Stockton Ports 1-0:

Craig Westcott(RHP)- 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K's. ERA= 2.93.
Jake Dunning(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K's, Save(6). ERA= 4.42.

The Giants mustered just 4 hits but 3 of those were doubles by Brown, Joseph and Jurica. Ironically, none of the doubles played a role in scoring the 1 run in the game.

Low A Kannapolis Intimidators outlasted the Augusta Greenjackets 5-4 in 11 innings:

Seth Rosin(RHP)- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.58.
Andrew Bowlin(RHP)- 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 3.66.

Bowlin has a 1.46 ERA in his last 10 appearances spanning 12.1 IP. Mazzola, Harris, Weeks and Zambrano had multi-hit games. the top 3 batters in the 'Jackets' lineup, Willoughby, Lofton and Duvall went a combined 0 for 16.

Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes buried the Vancouver Canadians 12-0:

Jesus Galindo(CF)- 0 for 2, 2 BB, 3 SB(40). BA= .283.
Ben Thomas(1B)- 4 for 5, 2B, HR(1). BA= .270.
Reiner Roibal(RHP)- 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 3.50.
Keith Bilodeau(RHP)- 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 0.00.
Phil McCormick(LHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 0.99.

Ben Thomas had been struggling since his promotion to S-K. This game raised his BA by about 50 pts. Payne, Panik and Krill also had 2 hit games.

Rookie AZL Giants were idle.

Interesting story in BA about Jason Stevenson, the LHP recently signed by the Giants and assigned to Fresno. He had been out of baseball for 5 years before hooking on with the indy Chico Outlaws this year. He walked away from the Expos organization 5 years ago after reaching AAA. It sounds like he then battled depression and other personal demons before finally pulling himself together and giving it another try. One interesting tidbit, he reportedly cleaned up his delivery by doing a lot of mirror work all by himself! Here's to hoping he can keep it together and prove something to himself. Bacci, sounds like you've got a new guy to root for!