Down on the Farm: 4/20/2019

AAA  Sacramento River Cats outslugged the Salt Lake City Bees 9-6:

Henry Ramos RF- 2 for 4, 2 HR(4).  BA= .288.
Mike Gerber DH- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(3).  BA= .347.
Mac Williamson LF- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(2).  BA= .341.
Aramis Garcia C- 1 for 4, HR(3).  BA= .231.
Zach Green 3B- 1 for 3, HR(4), BB.  BA= .313.
Andrew Suarez LHP- 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 5.89.
Sam Selman LHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Williams Jerez LHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.00.

Are the River Cats hitters hot, or did they just face bad pitching? 9 of the Cats' hits went for XBH's.  Mac hit is second HR in 2 games and 4'th XBH in 3 games.  I STILL think Mac is the one guy currently in the organization who has a chance to hit 30 dingers for the Giants THIS YEAR.  It's not too late!  If Mac is still in Bochy's and Zaidi's doghouse for some indiscernible reason, OK, bring up Henry Ramos or Mike Gerber already.  They couldn't keep Conner Joe in the organization because they want to compete now.  Why doesn't the same hold true for Tyler Austin?   Sam Selman gets the promo from AA Richmond and has a successful debut for the River Cats.  Ray Black paid a visit to orthopedist and was diagnosed with a pronator strain.  He's on the IL.

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AA  Altoona Curve blanked the Richmond Flying Squirrels 2-0(7 Innings, 1'st Game of DH):

Garrett Williams LHP- 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K's, GO/AO= 6/1.  ERA= 3.46.
Ryan Halstead RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 12.86.

Squirrels managed just 1 hit in the 7-inning game.

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AA  Altoona Curve blanked the Richmond Flying Squirrels 1-0(8 innings, 2'nd Game of DH):

Yoanis Quiala RHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's, GO/AO= 8/3.  ERA= 1.13.
Sam Wolff RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 1.80.
Melvin Adon RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.57.

Squirrels managed just 1 hit in this game too which adds up to 2 hits in 15 innings on the day.

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A+  Rancho Cucamonga Quakes pounded the San Jose Giants 11-4:

Bryce Johnson RF- 2 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .224.
Heliot Ramos CF- 0 for 2, 2 BB, SB(2).  BA= .241.

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A  Charleston River Dogs came from behind to top the Augusta Greenjackets 3-1:

Ismael Munguia CF- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .314.
Jacob Gonzalez 3B- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .238.
Sean Hjelle RHP- 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K's, GO/AO= 11/0.  ERA= 2.75.
Solomon Bates RHP- 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 3.27.

Dominant Start for Hjelle.  He needs a couple more of these for an early promo to SJ.