Down on the Farm: 8/16/2015

AAA  Sacramento River Cats defeated the Round Rock Express 3-2:

Andrew Susac(Catcher)- 2 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .321.
Kevin Frandsen(1B)- 1 for 3, 2B.  BA= .284.
Nik Turley(LHP)- 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 4.69.
Brett Bochy(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 2.79.
Mike Broadway(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(12).  ERA= 0.99.

Susac should be just about ready for a return from the DL.

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AA  Altoona Curve beat the Richmond Flying Squirrels 4-3:

Kelvin Marte(LHP)- 6 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K's, GO/AO= 12/2.  ERA= 2.48.
Stephen Johnson(RHP)- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 3.30.
Kyle Crick(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.91.

This was Johnson's 6'th scoreless appearance in a row.  In that span, he has 10 K's against just 2 BB's in 8.2 IP.  He has lowered his BB/9 every season as a pro from 5.59 in 2012 to 5.16, 4.70 and 4.39 this season.  Still a tad high, but he seems to still be improving.  Cricky has a 1.93 ERA over his last 10 appearances with 19 K's and 7 BB's in 9.1 IP.  Still a lot of walks, but had more than 1 in just 2 of those 10 appearances.

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High A  San Jose Giants downed the Lancaster Jethawks 7-5:

Daniel Carbonell(LF)- 2 for 3, 2B, BB, HBP.  BA= .261.
Angel Villalona(1B)- 1 for 3, 2B, 2 BB.  BA= .254.
Brian Ragira(DH)- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .238.
Ray Black(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.84.

Angel Villalona has a .344 OBP since joining the SJ Giants this year.  Black reportedly hit 97-101 on the radar gun as per a Joe Ritzo tweet on Covechatter.

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Low A  Augusta Greenjackets outscored the Asheville Tourists 10-9:

Jonah Arenado(3B)- 2 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .271.
Skyler Ewing(DH)- 1 for 4, HR(2), BB.  BA= .243.
Chase Compton(1B)- 3 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .229.
Matt Winn(Catcher)- 2 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .375.
Travious Relaford(SS)- 3 for 4, 2 2B, SF.  BA= .243.
Tyler Cyr(RHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 4.80.

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Short Season  Spokane Indians topped the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 4-3:

Steven Duggar(RF)- 0 for 2, 2 BB.  BA= .282.
Fernando Pujadas(Catcher)- 2 for 4.  BA= .315.
Andrew Leenhouts(LHP)- 8 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 2.47.

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Rookie AZL  Giants edged out the Brewers 4-3:

Dillon Dobson(1B)- 2 for 4.  BA= .314.
Tyler Brown(2B)- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .417.
Jean Angomas(RF)- 2 for 4, 3B.  BA= .250.
Nathanael Javier(3B)- 2 for 4.  BA= .190.
Phil Bickford(RHP)- 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 2.76.
Dylan Brooks(RHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 2.52.

Angomas is hitting .351 in his last 10 games, but is still only playing sporadically with just 5 games in August so far.  He may be in some sort of platoon as he has had 57 AB against RHP's and just 19 against LHP's on the season.  All 7 of the outs Bickford recorded were K's.

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DSL  Giants were idle.