Down on the Farm: 5/17/2019

AAA  Sacramento River Cats defeated the Fresno Grizzlies 8-3(7 innings, Game 1 of DH):

Mike Yastrzemski CF- 3 for 4, 2 2B.  BA= .330.
Austin Slater 1B- 0 for 1, 2 BB, SF.  BA= .300.
Mike Gerber RF- 2 for 4.  BA= .297.
Anthony Garcia LF- 2 for 3, SF.  BA= .297.
Dereck Rodriguez RHP- 3 for 3, 3 2B.  BA= 1.000.
Dereck Rodriguez RHP- 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 3.00.

Gotta wonder how long before Farhan Zaidi is tempted to dump Mac and call up Young Yaz to be the next Giants player to find out hitting in MLB is a lot different than the PCL?  QS after being sent down by DRod who also found out it's a lot easier to hit in the PCL.

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

AAA  Sacramento River Cats outscored the Fresno Grizzlies 9-8(9 innings, Game 2 of DH):

Mike Yastrzemski CF- 1 for 4, HR(12), BB.  BA= .327.
Austin Slater 3B- 3 for 5, 2B, HR(7).  BA= .313.
Aramis Garcia C- 2 for 5.  BA= .216.
Levi Michael 2B- 2 for 4.  BA= .250.

Young Yaz and Austin Slater continue to lead the River Cats offense.

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

AA  Akron Rubber Ducks blasted the Richmond Flying Squirrels 10-2:

Really, nothing to see here.

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

A+  San Jose Giants edged out the Lake Elsinore Storm 1-0:

Casey Meisner RHP- 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 2.89.
Peter Lannoo RHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 4.00.
Olbis Parra RHP- 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 3.79.
Frank Rubio RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 0.37.
Mackenzie Gore LHP(Storm)- 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 1.07.

SJ Giants have faced the Padres top pitching prospect twice in the last 2 weeks and won both game, although he pitched 5 scoreless innings in this one.

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

A  Augusta Greenjackets beat the Charleston River Dogs 8-3(10 innings):

Mikey Edie DH- 2 for 5.  BA= .214.
Diego Rincones LF- 2 for 5, 3B. BA= .281.
Aaron Bond RF- 1 for 4, 3B.  BA= .179.
Jose Layer CF- 2 for 5.  BA= .194.
Seth Corry LHP- 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 2.20.
Tyler Schimpf RHP- 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 7.13.
Ben Madison RHP- 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 0.00.

Seth Corry has 53 K's in 32.2 IP, but also has 21 BB's. Diego Rincones' BA hit a nadir of .235 on May 8.  In 11 games since, he is hitting .415.