Down on the Farm: 7/5/2018

AAA  Reno Aces outscored the Sacramento River Cats 10-9:

Miguel Gomez 2B- 2 for 5, 3B.  BA= .289.
Chris Shaw LF- 1 for 4, HR(18), BB.  BA= .261.
Ryder Jones 3B- 4 for 5, HR(8).  BA= .301.
Trevor Brown 1B- 2 for 5, 2B, SB(2).  BA= .263.
Ray Black RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.91.

*********************************************************************************

AA  Akron Rubber Ducks downed the Richmond Flying Squirrels 5-4:

Dillon McNamara RHP- 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 1.11.
Sam Wolff RHP- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.00.

*********************************************************************************
A+  Rancho Cucamonga Quakes broke out in the 10'th inning for an 8-3 win over the San Jose Giants:

Brandon Van Horn SS- 1 for 4, HR(6).  BA= .211.
Jason Bahr RHP- 4 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 1.69.
Peter Lannoo RHP- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.84.
Franklin Van Gurp RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

*********************************************************************************

Low A  Charleston River Dogs mauled the Augusta Greenjackets 7-4:

Trevor Abrams 1B- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .267.
Logan Baldwin RF- 2 for 4, 2 SB(20).  BA= .254.
Jeffry Parra C- 1 for 3, 2B.  BA= .182.
Nick Hill LF- 1 for 3, 2B, BB, SB(9).  BA= .275.
Stetson Woods RHP- 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K.  ERA= 0.00.

This is Stetson Woods' 3'rd stop this season.  He pitched 5 shutout innings for San Jose before heading back to Salem-Keizer for 4 appearances.  Now he shows up in a Greenjackets uniform appearing in relief.

*********************************************************************************

Short Season  Hillsboro Hops topped the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 5-4(10 innings):

Jose Layer CF- 2 for 4, 3B, BB.  BA= .353.
Diego Rincones LF- 3 for 4.  BA= .408.
David Villar 3B- 2 for 5, HR(3).  BA= .250.
Ricardo Genoves DH- 2 for 3, 2B.  BA= .170.
Sean Hjelle RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K.  ERA= 4.50.
Orleny Quiroz LHP- 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 3.48.
Sidney Duprey LHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Jesus Tona RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Love what we're seeing from Jose Layer and Diego Rincones.   Giants are taking it very slow with 2'nd round draft pick Sean Hjelle.

*********************************************************************************

Rookie AZL. Giants Black beat the Angels 7-4:

Alexander Canario CF- 0 for 3, 2 BB, SB(3).  BA= .200.
Frankie Tostado LF- 3 for 5.  BA= .340.
Randy Norris RF- 0 for 1, 3 BB, SB(1).  BA= .259.
Jordan Scott RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Jose Maita RHP- 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 7.04.
Trevor Horn RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 1.23.

*********************************************************************************

Rookie AZL  Giants Orange pounded the Brewers 14-8:

George Bell RF- 2 for 4, BB.  BA= .340.
Beicker Mendoza 1B- 2 for 3, BB, SF, SB(1).  BA= .357.
Patrick Hilson CF- 1 for 5, HR(1).  BA= .209.
Hector Santiago 3B- 2 for 4, BB.  BA= .143.
Julio Rodriguez RHP- 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 8.10.
Chris Roberts RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 2.70.

Julio Rodriguez is a 18 yo, 6'3', 180 lbs from Cuba who recently got some national notoriety for having an eye-popping spin rate of 3000 rpm on his curveball.  A kid to keep in eye on.

*********************************************************************************

DSL  Giants defeated the Pirates2 5-2:

Andrew Caraballo 3B- 1 for 2, 2B, 2 BB.  BA= .255.
Omar Medina DH- 2 for 4.  BA= .214.
Cesar Gonzalez C- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .375.
Ivan Armstrong RHP- 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 2.39.

Ivan Armstrong is one of several promising young pitchers from last year's international class.  Big kid at 6'5", 247 lbs.