Down on the Farm: 7/19/2015

AAA  Sacramento River Cats outscored the Tacoma Rainiers 7-6:

Ryan Lollis(1B-RF)- 2 for 4, HBP.  BA= .352.
Kelby Tomlinson(2B)- 1 for 3, HR(2), BB, Sac.  BA= .319.
Adam Duvall(3B-1B)- 2 for 5, 2 HR(23).  BA= .275.
Darren Ford(CF)- 2 for 2, 2 BB, 2 SB(21).  BA= .267.
Clayton Blackburn(RHP)- 6 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA=  3.97.
Mike Broadway(RHP)- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, Save(8).  ERA= 1.03.

Blackburn has allowed 80 Hits in 65.2 IP this season.  For comparison, Chris Heston in 2014 allowed 152 Hits in 173 IP.  Blackburn's BAA= .300. Heston's in 2014 was .286.

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AA  Richmond Flying Squirrels defeated the Altoona Curve 6-3:

Engel Beltre(CF)- 2 for 5, 2B, 3B.  BA= .306.
Hunter Cole(RF)- 2 for 4, 2 2B.  BA= .265.
Austin Slater(2B)- 2 for 3, BB.  BA= .299.
Joe Biagini(RHP)- 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 1.91.
Kyle Crick(RHP)- 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 0 K.  ERA= 3.17.

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High A San Jose Giants edged out the Lancaster Jethawks 3-2:

Angel Villalona(1B)- 1 for 3, HR(6), SF.  BA= .269.
Chase Johnson(RHP)- 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 2.87.

Someone on Covechatter's blogroll had Johnson hitting 95 MPH in every inning.  In his last 4 starts, Johnson has a 1.26 ERA in 24.1 IP with 6 BB and 31 K's.  Should we be considering Chase Johnson a top tier pitching prospect?

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Low A Augusta Greenjackets beat the Hickory Crawdads 4-1:

Aramis Garcia(Catcher)- 2 for 3, 2B, SF.  BA= .269.
Dylan Davis(RF)- 1 for 4, HR(3).  BA= .210.
Michael Santos(RHP)- 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 1.35.
Dusten Knight(RHP)- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, Save(1).  ERA= 1.84.

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Short Season  Tri-Cities Dust Devils topped the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 5-4:

Miguel Gomez(3B)- 2 for 4.  BA= .368.
Shilo McCall(LF)- 2 for 3, 2B, 3B, BB.  BA= .263.
Andrew Suarez(LHP)- 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB,  1 K.  ERA= 0.00.
Luis Pino(RHP)- 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Eric Sim(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 2.45.

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Rookie AZL  Giants downed the Mariners 3-2:

Everth Cabrera(SS)- 0 for 1, 2 BB.  BA= .000.
Byron Murray(LF)- 2 for 4, 2 2B.  BA= .271.
Nick Gonzalez(LHP)- 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Eury Sanchez(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's, Save(1).  ERA= 1.17.

Gonzalez and Sanchez are both in Arizona on rehab assignments.  Everth Cabrera too as he makes his Giants organizational debut.

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DSL Giants were idle.

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According to BA's Transactions list, the Giants signed 12'th round draft pick Hector Santiago, SS.  They also released Ryan Bradley, Guillermo Quiroz, Ryan Jones, Ronny Cedeno, Brett Jackson and Brennan Metzger.