Down on the Farm: 8/31/2025

 AAA:  Sacramento River Cats outscored the Reno Aces 9-7.

Jesus Rodriguez C- 3 for 5, HR(2).  BA= .319.

Brett Wisely 2B- 4 for 5, 2B.  BA= .258.

Marco Luciano LF- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(23), BB.  BA= .229.

Osleivis Basabe SS- 1 for 5, HR(11).  BA= .249.

Hayden Birdsong RHP- 4 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 4.76.

Marco Luciano's full line is .229/.355/.455.  Looking through Moneyball glasses, that's a good line.  Are they rose-colored?  More of the same from Birdsong.

AA:  Richmond Flying Squirrels matched the Giants score over the Akron Rubber Ducks 13-2.

Dayson Croes 2B- 2 for 5.  BA= .307.

Sabin Ceballos 1B- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .229.

Victor Bericoto RF- 3 for 4, BB.  BA= .253.

Scott Bandura DH-  1 for 3, 2B, 2 BB, SB(8).  BA= .219.

Carter Howell LF- 3 for 4, BB, SB(8).  BA= .223.

Justin Wishkoski 3B- 1 for 3, HR(5), BB.  BA= .234.

John Bertrand LHP- 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 9 K's.  ERA= 2.94.

Dylan Hecht RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 5.40.

Ceballos final line for August is .329/.390/.543.  He finishes the season with two strong months after struggling for the first three.  His July line was .286/.382/.444.  

A+:  Everett Aquasox outscored the Eugene Emeralds 7-5.

Charlie Szykowny 1B- 2 for 5, HR(21).  BA= .268.

Parks Harber LF- 2 for 3, 2B, HR(7), 2 BB.  BA= .304. 

Jakob Christian RF- 3 for 5, 2B.  BA= .286.

Zane Zielinski 3B- 2 for 5, SB(31).  BA= .234.

Cesar Perdomo LHP- 4.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 4.13.

Charlie Szykowny finishes August with a line of .321/.359/.587, 8 HR.  His second half line is .290/.327/.548, 15 HR, 248 PA.

A:  Visalia Rawhide edged out the San Jose Giants 4-3.

Lorenzo Meola 2B- 3 for 5.  BA= .222.

Jeremiah Jenkins 1B- 2 for 5, HR(4).  BA= .236.

Jose Astudillo LF- 2 for 6.  BA= .353.

Cam Maldonado RF- 0 for 2, 3 BB, 2 SB(4).  BA= .194.

Argenis Cayama RHP- 3.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 9.00.

Keyner Martinez RHP- 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 1.93.

Game Wrap 8/31/2025: Giants 13 Orioles 2

The Giants jumped out to an early lead on the Orioles and never looked back.  Key Lines:

Heliot Ramos LF- 3f or 5, BB, 2 R, RBI.  BA= .268.  Ramos only hit 2 HR in the month of August but batted .271/.339/.355 mostly out of the leadoff spot.  He's 10 for 24(.417) over his last 6 games.

Rafael Devers DH- 3 for 5, 2B, HR(28), 2 R, 2 RBI.  BA= .262.  Devers solo HR in the first inning got the Giants off on the right foot.  He was 3 for 3 with 3/4 of a cycle by the end of the 4'th inning.  I don't think I would want to see him try to leg out a triple even on a ball to the apex of Triples Alley.  Devers finishes August with a line of .291/.397/.592 with 9 HR's.  13 of his 28 HR's have come since the trade.  17 of his HR's have come in home games with 8 coming in 155 PA's at Oracle Park and 9 in 176 PA's at Fenway.  

Luis Matos RF- 2 for 4, SF, R, RBI.  BA= .232.  Matos stays hot batting .385 over his last 7 games and .362 over his last 15.

Christian Koss 2B- 2 for 5, R.  BA= .255.  Koss continues to be a valuable utility IF and mop-up relief pitcher.  

Drew Gilbert CF- 3 for 5, 2B, 3B, 2 R, 3 RBI.  BA= .190.  Gilbert is 5 for 11 with 4 XBH's over his last 3 games(2 starts).  The Giants current OF rotation mixing in Gilbert and Matos while giving Ramos and Lee more days off seems to be making everybody in the mix better.  Is that a foundation for next season?

Justin Verlander RHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 10 K's.  ERA= 4.29.  Verlander allowed 7 baserunners and threw 121 pitches in his 5 innings of work but did not allow a run and got his third W of the season.  The 10 K's were a rare feat with Nolan Ryan, Roger Clemons and Gaylord Perry being the only pitchers to do it at Verlander's age or older in the last 125 years(that fun fact courtesy of Andres Soto of sfgiants.com.  He needs just 5 more K's to pass Gaylord Perry for 8'th on the all-time strikeout list.

The Win was the Giants 7'th in 9 games.  They gained a full game on the final Wild Card playoff spot and are now 5 games off the pace.  

Kai-Wei Teng RHP gets another start today in Coors Field facing Chase Dollander RHP who comes in with an ERA of 6.55.  That should be a fun game!