Down on the Farm: 8/18/2015

AAA  Sacramento River Cats pounded the Round Rock Express 9-4:

Jarrett Parker(RF)- 3 for 4, 2B, HR(18).  BA= .285.
Mac Williamson(LF)- 1 for 4, HR(4).  BA= .260.
Chris Stratton(RHP)- 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 3.78.
Jake Dunning(RHP)- 3 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 5.15.
Steven Okert(LHP)- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 3.76.

This is an impulsive thought and probably ill-advised, but fun anyway:  If Hunter Pence goes on the DL, might the Giants try to catch lightning in a bottle with Mac Williamson?  I'm having flashbacks of the weekend series Dave Kingman had in his pro debut against the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Now, the Giants are playing the Pirates….oh….look here!  They are playing them this weekend!  Bring him up, Bobby!

Steven Okert seems to have gotten his train back on the track.  He has a 0.73 ERA over his last 10 appearances with 15 K's against just 3 BB's in 12.1 IP.

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AA  Richmond Flying Squirrels vs Binghampton Mets rained out.

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High A  San Jose Giants blanked the Stockton Ports 3-0:

Daniel Carbonell(LF)- 1 for 2, HR(4), 2 HBP.  BA= .269.
Jordan Johnson(RHP)- 6.1 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K's, GO/AO= 9/1.  ERA= 3.00.
Ian Gardeck(RHP)- 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 3.69.
Jake Smith(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, Save(11).  ERA= 2.44.

Woo hoo, Jordan Johnson!  Covechatter did a write up on this guy.  Make sure you go look that one up.  Late round draftee out of Pacific.  Now throwing mid-90's heat with sink.  Looks like another very legit pitching prospect.  Ian Gardeck has a 1.98 ERA over his last 10 appearances with 16 K's against just 3 BB's in 13.2 IP.  Chase Johnson was promoted to Richmond.  Andrew Suarez up to SJ from S-K.

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Low A  Savannah Sand Gnats edged out the Augusta Greenjackets 1-0 in a rain-shortened game to 6 innings:

Dylan Davis(RF)- 2 for 3.  BA= .269.
Chris Johnson(RHP)- 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 5.56.

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Short Season  Hillsboro Hops topped the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 5-4:

Miguel Gomez(Catcher)- 2 for 5.   BA= .344.
Jose Vizcaino Jr.(3B)- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(6), HBP.  BA= .292.
John Riley(DH)- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .253.
Richard Amion(2B)- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .253.
Michael Connolly(RHP)- 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.30.

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Rookie AZL  White Sox blasted the Giants 10-4:

Jean Angomas(LF)- 2 for 3, BB.  BA= .268.
Dillon Dobson(1B)- 1 for 4, HR(3).  BA= .307.
Tyler Brown(2B)- 2 for 4, 2 2B.  BA= .463.
Kleiber Rivas(DH)- 1 for 3, HR(1), SF.  BA= .333.
Dylan Brooks(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 2.42.

Hey look!  We found Kleiber Rivas!

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DSL  Giants defeated the Yankees1 4-3:

Robert Antunez(2B, 19 yo)- 2 for 5, SB(23).  BA= .333.
Robinson Medrano(PH-1B, 19 yo)- 2 for 2, 2B.  BA= .297.
Jose Patino(CF, 17 yo)- 2 for 3.  BA= .253.
Melvin Adon(RHP, 21 yo) 5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 2.48.

Giants lead the Yankees1 in their division with 4 games left in the DSL regular season.