Down on the Farm: 7/6/2016

AAA  Fresno Grizzlies defeated the Sacramento River Cats 5-2:

Gorkys Hernandez CF- 2 for 5.  BA= .302.
Clayton Blackburn RHP- 7 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 1 BB, 2 K's, GO/AO= 12/5.  BA= 5.02.

Blackburn start was better than this line looks as he gave up 4 of his Hits and 3 of his Runs in the 7'th inning, or it could have been his BABIP luck finally running out.

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AA  Richmond Flying Squirrels smashed the Reading Fightin' Phils 9-0:

Christian Arroyo 2B- 2 for 5.  BA= .270.
CJ Hinojosa SS- 1 for 3, BB.  BA= .292.
Chris Shaw 1B- 1 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .355.
Hunter Cole RF- 1 for 3, HR(10), BB.  BA= .264.
Kyle Crick RHP- 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 5.83.

I don't know if you can be effectively wild consistently, but Crick was in this game.

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High A  San Jose Giants blanked the Modesto Nuts 2-0:

Robbie Garvey LF- 2 for 3, BB.  BA= .247.
Jonah Arenado 1B- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .271.
Mark Reyes LHP- 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 5 K's, GO/AO= 7/1.  ERA= 4.22.
Tyler Cyr RHP- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Reyes Maronta RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(4).  ERA= 2.06.

Arenado is on fire!  Since Chris Shaw left town and Nolan's lil' bro got the full-time gig at 1B, he's hit .387(12 for 31) in the 7 games with 9 XBH's(9 2B and 3 HR).

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Low A Hickory Crawdads outscored the Augusta Greenjackets 8-5:

Miguel Gomez 3B- 3 for 5.  BA= .367.
Dillon Dobson DH- 2 for 5, 2 2B.  BA= .281.
Matt Winn C- 2 for 3, HR(7), BB.  BA= .216.
Seth Harrison RF- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .257.
Cory Taylor RHP- 5.2 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 2.47.
Heath Slatton RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 4.22.

A bit of a stumble for Taylor, but the peripherals still look good.

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Short Season  Salem-Keizer Volcanoes buried the Vancouver Canadians 16-4:

Ashford Fulmer CF- 4 for 6, 2B, SB(4).  BA= .418.
Manuel Geraldo SS- 2 for 6, SB(4).  BA= .263.
Ryan Kirby DH- 2 for 4, 2 2B, BB, HBP.  BA= .308.
Heath Quinn RF- 1 for 3, 2 BB.  BA= .250.
Zach Bowers C- 2 for 4, SF, HBP.  BA= .268.
Kevin Rivera 2B- 1 for 2, 2B, 2 BB.  BA= .319.
Matt Krook LHP- 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Nick Sabo LHP- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 1.69.

Nick Sabo was drafted in 2014 out of Long Beach St.  He's a big lefty who pitched just 2.2 IP in the AZL then missed the entire 2015 season.  He has 9 K's against 1 BB in 10.2 IP, this year for S-K.

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Rookie AZL  Giants topped the Angels 8-5:

Christoph Bono CF- 1 for 4, 3B, BB, SB(3).  BA= .143.
John Polonius 3B- 3 for 4, HR(1), BB.  BA= .412.
Jacob Heyward LF- 2 for 4, 2 3B, BB.  BA= .500.
Wil Albertson DH- 2 for 4, 3B.  BA= .273.
Caleb Baragar LHP- 3.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.97.
Conner Menez RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 4.50.

Hey!  Jacob Heyward signed and hits 2 triples in his pro debut!  Wil Albertson is that dude who hit almost .500 for a small college somewhere in America.  Love the Giants taking a late round flyer on a guy like that.

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DSL  Mariners1 beat the Giants 5-1:

NTSH.