Down on the Farm: 8/26/2018

AAA  Sacramento River Cats aced out the Las Vegas 51's 5-1:

Peter Bourjos CF- 2 for 4, 3B.  BA= .294.
Kelby Tomlinson 2B- 3 for 4, 2B.  BA= .288.
Josh Osich LHP- 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 5.40.
Roberto Gomez RHP- 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.68.
Tyler Rogers RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 2.22.

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AA  Altoona Curve blanked the Richmond Flying Squirrels 3-0:

Dylan Davis LF- 1 for 1, 2B.  BA= .236.
Caleb Gindl LF/RF- 0 for 1, 3 BB. BA= .304.
Chase Johnson RHP- 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 1 K, GO/AO= 10/2.  ERA= 4.04.
Ian Gardeck RHP- 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Dylan Davis did not start but had 1 of 2 Squirrels hits.

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A+  Modesto Nuts defeated the San Jose Giants 7-5:

Wander Franco 3B- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .275.
Gio Brusa 1B- 1 for 4, HR(19).  BA= .242.
DJ Myers RHP- 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 4.86.

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Low A  Kannapolis Intimidators edged out the Augusta Greenjackets 3-2:

Manuel Geraldo SS- 3 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .298.
Ismael Munguia LF- 2 for 4.  BA= .234.
Aaron Phillips RHP- 6.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 3.91.
Camilo Doval RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 3.24.

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Short Season  Spokane Indians topped the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 6-3:

Wander Franco 3B- 2 for 4.  BA= .290.
Aaron Bond LF- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(10).  BA= .277.
JJ Santa Cruz LHP- 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 1.88.
Matt Frisbee RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 3.20.

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Rookie AZL  Giants Black beat the Giants Orange 6-2:

Black:

Randy Norris LF- 2 for 5.  BA= .248.
Alexander Canario CF- 1 for 4, HR(6), BB.  BA= .250.
Franklin Labour RF- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .278.
Abdiel Layer SS- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .277.
Conner Nurse RHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 3.23.
Luis Amaya LHP- 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 5.40.

The Giants have a whole bunch of lottery ticket type pitching prospects:  Guys who could break out any time but haven't quite gotten there yet.  Conner Nurse is one of those.

Orange:

Yorlis Rodriguez 3B- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .316.
Marco Gonzalez LHP- 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 6.28.
Chris Roberts RHP- 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 2.45.

If you look past Marco Gonzalez' ERA, he has 55 K's against just 14 BB's in 57.1 IP and a GO/AO= 1.21 this season at age 20.