Down on the Farm: 6/25/2019

AAA  El Paso Chihuahuas outscored the Sacramento River Cats 12-11:

Joey Rickard RF- 3 for 5, 2B.  BA= .417.
Chris Shaw LF- 3 for 5, HR(6).  BA= .299.
Austin Slater 1B- 2 for 5.  BA= .302.
Abiatal Avelino SS- 2 for 4, HR(6).  BA= .278.
Ronnie Freeman C- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(5).  BA= .290.
Ray Black RHP- 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 5.60.
Ty Blach LHP- 5.2 IP, 13 H, 8 R, 1 BB, 3 K's, GO/AO= 8/1.  ERA= 6.38.

River Cats tried using Ray Black as an Opener for Ty Blach.....and it didn't go well!  They are playing sillyball in the PCL this season.

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AA  Altoona Curve defeated the Richmond Flying Squirrels 5-1:

Gio Brusa LF- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(8).  BA= .259.
Jacob Heyward RF- 0 for 2, 2 BB.  BA= .222.
Brett Austin C- 2 for 3.  BA= .188.
Caleb Baragar LHP- 4.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 6 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 2.98.
Chase Johnson RHP- 2.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 5.34.

Caleb Baragar breaks his string of games allowing 2 runs or less.

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A+ San Jose Giants cracked the Modesto Nuts 8-4:

Brandon Van Horn SS- 2 for 4, HR(1).  BA= .290.
Heliot Ramos CF- 3 for 4, 2B, HR(9).  BA= .282.
Joey Bart C- 1 for 4, 3B.  BA= .245.
Manuel Geraldo DH- 3 for 4, SB(6).  BA= .212.
Matt Frisbee RHP- 5 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 4.70.
Garrett Cave RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 4.08.
Joey Marciano LHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 4.11.

Heliot Ramos busts out of a 2 for 24 slump with a big game.  Joey Bart has a modest 5 game hit streak in which he is 5 for 17. Manuel Geraldo's bat has a long history of coming alive in the second half of seasons.  He's hitting .378 over his last 10 games and his 8 for 16 over his last 4.

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A  Augusta Greenjackets stung the Asheville Tourists 4-2:

Ismael Munguia DH- 0 for 1, 2 BB, HBP.  BA= .264.
Mikey Edie RF- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .241.
Frankie Tostado 1B- 2 for 4, HR(11).  BA= .268.
Gregory Santos RHP- 4 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K's, GO/AO= 5/1.  ERA= 2.29.
Sandro Cabrera LHP- 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 2.00.
Jesus Tona RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's, Save(12).  ERA= 1.25.

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Short Season  Hillsboro Hops blanked the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 7-0:

Absolutely nothing to see here.  Volcanoes had just 2 hits in the game.  Jacob Lopez got shelled.

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Rookie AZL  Giants Orange and Giants Black were idle.

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DSL  Giants beat Colorado 8-3:

Jose Peralta 3B(17 yo)- 2 for 5.  BA= .324.
Luis Matos CF(17 yo)- 2 for 5, 2 HR(5).  BA= .319.
Victor Bericoto DH(17 yo)- 2 for 3, 2 BB. BA= .329.
Ronoldo Flores 1B(17 yo)- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .360.
Rayner Santana C(16 yo)- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .314.
Adolfo Valdez LF(19 yo)- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .189.
Rafael Martinez RHP(19 yo)- 4 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 4.26.
Yoniel Ramirez RHP(18 yo)- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.92.
Robinson Escobar RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 2.25.

Luis Matos continues to live up to his July 2 signing hype.  Rayner Santana continues to impress as a 16 yo.