Down on the Farm: 7/18/2015

AAA Tacoma Rainiers outscored the Sacramento River Cats 6-5 in 10 innings:

Hector Sanchez(Catcher)- 2 for 3, SF.  BA= .280.
Trevor Brown(PR-Catcher)- 1 for 1, 2B.  BA= .295.
Jarrett Parker(LF)- 1 for 4, HR(14), BB.  BA= .260.
Tommy Hanson(RHP)- 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 7.11.
Jeremy Affeldt(LHP)- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K,  GO/AO= 4/0.  ERA= 0.00.

Hector Sanchez left the game early, presumably to catch a flight to Phoenix to replace the injured Andrew Susac.  Hector is hitting .400 over his last 10 games raising his BA from .225 in that span.  Tommy Hanson does not seem to be getting much traction in AAA.  Affeldt's rehab seems to be right on schedule.  Is Trevor Brown the 3'rd string catcher until Susac recovers?

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AA  Altoona Curve defeated the Richmond Flying Squirrels 4-2:

Rando Moreno(SS)- 3 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .291.
Engel Beltre(CF)- 1 for 4, HR(3).  BA= .302.
Adalberto Mejia(LHP)- 6 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 2.82.

Moreno keeps hanging in there with the bat.  QS for Mejia.

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High A  San Jose Giants downed the Lancaster Jethawks 4-1:

Daniel Carbonell(LF)- 1 for 4, SB(7).  BA= .310.
Angel Villalona(1B)- 1 for 4, HR(5).  BA= .286.
Tyler Horan(RF)- 1 for 2, HR(10), BB. BA= .233.
Seth Harrison(CF)- 2 for 3, HR(3).  BA= .247.
Jason Forjet(RHP)- 6 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 2.73.

Horan has hit 3 dingers in 3 games.  Forjet has allowed 1 ER in 13 IP with 12 K's and 1 BB over his last 2 starts.  His season line includes 46 K's against just 6 BB's in 52.2 IP.  Maybe another sleeper pitching prospect in the system?

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Low A  Hickory Crawdads shut out the Augusta Greenjackets 3-0:

DJ Snelton(LHP)- 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 2.58.

This was Snelton's 5'th QS in a row.  His line over those 5 starts is 2-0, 1.32, 34 IP, 8 BB, 44 K's.

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Short Season  Salem-Keizer Volcanoes smothered the Tri-Cities Dust Devils 1-0:

Kevin Rivera(2B)- 2 for 4.  BA= .286.
Michael Connolly(RHP)- 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K's, GO/AO= 9/0.  ERA= 3.55.
Cory Taylor(RHP)- 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 1.85.

Taylor is a 6'2", 250 lb pitcher drafted in the 8'th round this year out of Dallas Baptist.  He has 22 K's in 14.2 IP, with 5 BB's for S-K so far.

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Rookie AZL  Giants blanked the D'Backs 3-0:

Kelvin Beltre(2B)- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .281.
Jean Angomas(RF)- 2 for 4, HR(1), SB(1).  BA= .133.
Ricky Romero(LHP)- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 4.50.
Stetson Woods(RHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 3.14.
Charles Owen(RHP)- 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 5.40.
Jose Morel(RHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 0.68.

Carmot will be happy when he sees this boxscore and Angomas' line.  Maybe this game will buy him some more PT?  Charles Owen is a 19'th round draft pick from this year.