Down on the Farm: 5/27/2019

AAA  Sacramento River Cats outslugged the Albuquerque Isotopes 12-5:

Mike Gerber CF- 2 for 3, 2 2B, BB, HBP.  BA= .349.
Anthony Garcia LF- 4 for 5.  BA= .293.
Aramis Garcia C- 1 for 5, HR(8).  BA= .244.
Ryan Howard 3B- 2 for 4, HR(1), BB.  BA= .246.
Levi Michael 2B- 2 for 5, HR(5).  BA= .268.
Pat Venditte LHP/RHP- 3.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 2.13.
Steven Okert LHP- 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 5.47.
Fernando Abad LHP- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, Save(5).  ERA= 2.41.

More sillyball in the Albuquerque launching pad.  Was Pat Venditte an Opener here or are they stretching him out to try starting?  Steven Okert is an enigma.  He's got this terrible ERA, which seems well deserved but his K/BB is 39/3 in 24.2 IP and 2 of the BB's were IBB's.

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AA  Akron Rubber Ducks downed the Richmond Flying Squirrels 5-2:

Gio Brusa 1B- 2 for 4, HR(3).  BA= .300.
Garrett Williams LHP- 4.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 5.45.

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A+ San Jose Giants edged out the Lancaster Jethawks 2-1:

Randy Norris DH- 1 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .286.
Heliot Ramos CF- 1 for 4, Assist(3B).  BA= .269.
David Villar 3B- 2 for 4.  BA= .261.
Kyle McPherson 2B- 2 for 2, HR(2), BB.  .259.
Jake Wong RHP- 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.   ERA= 4.50.
Caleb Simpson RHP- 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Frank Rubio RHP- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's, Save(5).  ERA= 0.34.

Heliot Ramos is back from the IL!  Jake Wong's second Cal League start is significantly better than his first.  Ramos and Joey Bart are obviously the big stories in San Jose this season but the success of Jake Wong and Sean Hjelle in meeting the Cal League challenge may be almost as important for enabling the Giants to "rebuild" relatively quickly, because the Giants starting rotation is a complete shambles and will be a lot worse after Bummy gets traded.  Not saying Wong and Hjelle are going to help this season, but if they can dominate the Cal League, they should be on the fast track after that.

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A  Greenville Drive defeated the Augusta Greenjackets 6-4:

Shane Matheny 3B- 1 for 4, HR(6).  BA= .227.
Frankie Tostado 1B- 2 for 4, HR(7).  BA= .258.
Seth Corry LHP- 3.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 5 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 2.84.
Cooper Casad RHP- 3.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 2.45.
JJ Santa Cruz LHP- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 3.18.

Seth Corry still showing bouts of wildness.