Down on the Farm: 7/12/2018

AAA  Salt Lake City Bees swarmed the Sacramento River Cats 9-4:

Kelby Tomlinson SS- 1 for 3, 2 BB.   BA= .244.
Jerry Sands 1B- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .500.
Trevor Brown C- 2 for 3, BB.  BA= .254.
Tyler Beede RHP- 1.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 6.79.

Jerry Sands gets the promo to Sacramento.  Tyler Beede continues to struggle in a bullpen role.  This is a roster decimated by promotions to the MLB club.  Steven Duggar, Austin Slater, Chase d'Arnaud, Alen Hanson, Andrew Suarez, Dereck Rodriguez and Reyes Moronta all started the season on the River Cats roster and are now contributing to the MLB club.  Mac Williamson was also called up and contributed but has struggled since a concussion injury.  Ray Black started the season in AA, but was recently promoted from Sacramento too.

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AA  Trenton Thunder outlasted the Richmond Flying Squirrels 2-1(10 innings):

Aramis Garcia C/1B- 1 for 3, HR(9), BB.  BA= .216.
Jake McCasland RHP- 6 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 3.38.
Patrick Ruotolo RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 2.84.

An already weak Squirrels roster is further weakened by Jerry Sands departure for Sacramento.

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A+  Stockton Ports outscored the San Jose Giants 8-5:

Wander Franco "The Elder" 3B- 3 for 5, 2B.  BA= .273.
Gio Brusa 1B- 1 for 4, HR(14).  BA= .251.

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Low A  Augusta Greenjackets defeated the Lexington Legends 7-4:

Heliot Ramos CF- 3 for 5, HR(7), SB(6).  BA= .249.
Manuel Geraldo SS- 3 for 5.  BA= .286.
Ryan Kirby 1B- 2 for 4, HR(12).  BA= .238.
Orlando Garcia 2B- 1 for 3, BB, SB(8).  BA= .249.
Jose Marte RHP- 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 3.65.
Stetson Woods RHP- 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.   ERA= 1.69.
Olbis Parra RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 2.31.

That's the kind of line we are hoping to see a lot more of from Heliot Ramos.  He's been steadily improving his numbers over the season hitting .272. in May and .300 in 10 games so far in June.  ogc delved into his numbers a few days ago and found that an 0 for 25 slump in May hurt his overall BA by about 20 pts.  Take that skid out and he's hitting .270 in all other games.  So, here's to a strong finish for Heliot Ramos!

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Short Season  Salem-Keizer Volcanoes topped the Everett Aquasox 3-1:

Kyle McPherson 2B- 2 for 5.  BA= .283.
Diego Rincones LF- 1 for 3, BB.  BA= .365.
Joey Bart C- 1 for 4, HR(6).  BA= .290.
David Villar 3B- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .286.
Wander Franco "The Younger" 1B- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .221.
Mikey Edie CF- 1 for 2, 2 BB.  BA= .377.
Nico Giarratano SS- 2 for 4, 2B, SB(1).  BA= .308.
Sean Hjelle RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.25.
Sidney Duprey LHP- 2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.75.
Jesus Tona RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Joey Bart hits dingers! He's homered in 4 consecutive games.  Sean Hjelle stretches out to 2 innings.  Jesus Tona is a converted catcher who is putting up intriguing numbers as the Volcanoes Closer.

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Rookie AZL  Padres1 blanked the Giants Black 5-0:

Randy Norris LF/CF- 2 for 4.  BA= .314.
Raiber Gutierrez CF- 2 for 2, 2B.  BA= .182.
Israel Cruz RHP- 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 4.91.

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Rookie AZL  Giants Orange pounded the Padres2 8-2(Game 1 of DH, 7 innings):

Ismael Munguia LF- 1 for 4, 3B.  BA= .367.
Tyler Flores 1B- 2 for 4.  BA= .345.
Fabian Pena C- 2 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .313.
Patrick Hilson CF- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(3).  BA= .224.
Julio Rodriguez RHP- 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.68.

Patrick Hilson is hitting .308 over his last 10 games.  Julio Rodriguez is the man with the magic curveball that spins up to 3000 rpm.

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Rookie AZL  Padres2 destroyed the Giants Orange 8-0(Game 2 of DH, 7 innings):

NTSH.

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DSL  Tigers2 whitewashed the Giants 2-0(Game 1 of DH, 7 innings):

Luis Toribio 3B- 2 for 3.  BA= .320.
Richgelon Juliana CF- 0 for 1, 2 BB.  BA= .284.
Jesus Gomez LHP- 2.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 1.83.

Luis Toribio had the only 2 hits in the game for the Giants.  Jesus Gomez is 17 yo, 6'2", 180 lbs.  He has 25 K's, 10 BB's in 19.2 IP.

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DSL  Tigers2 edged out the Giants 2-1(Game 2 of DH, 7 innings):

Andrew Caraballo SS- 1 for 3, 3B.  BA= .243.
Luis Toribio DH- 0 for 1, 2 BB.  BA= .317.
Melvin Martinez RHP- 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 5.31.