Down on the Farm: 6/22/2019

AAA  Sacramento River Cats downed the Las Vegas Aviators 4-3:

Aramis Garcia 1B- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(11).  BA= .242.
Ryan Howard SS- 1 for 2, BB, Sac.  BA= .236.
Abiatal Avelino 2B- 2 for 4.  BA= .279.
Andrew Suarez LHP- 4.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 5.34.
Sam Selman LHP- 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 1.84.
Ray Black RHP- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K.  ERA= 5.40.
Tyler Rogers RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, Save(2).  ERA= 3.38.

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AA  Richmond Flying Squirrels defeated the Binghampton Rumble Ponies 4-2:

Jacob Heyward RF/LF- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .232.
Gio Brusa LF- 2 for 5, 2B, HR(7).  BA= .258.
Will Maddox 3B- 3 for 5.  BA= .195.
Johneshwy Fargas CF- 1 for 4, 2 SB(31).  BA= .230.
Alfred Gutierrez RHP- 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 4.26.
Melvin Adon RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(9).  ERA= 2.80.

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A+  Stockton Ports crushed the San Jose Giants 10-2:

Courtney Hawkins LF- 1 for 4, HR(6).  BA= .238.
Trent Toplikar RHP- 2.2 IP,  2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 4.26.
Olbis Parra RHP- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 2.37.

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A  Augusta Greenjackets swarmed the Kannapolis Intimidators 8-1:

Shane Matheny 3B- 2 for 3, BB, HBP.   BA= .220.
Diego Rincones RF- 2 for 4, BB.  BA= .286.
Jacob Gonzalez 1B- 1 for 4, BB.  BA= .232.
Zander Clarke DH- 1 for 4, BB.  BA= .250.
Nico Giarratano SS- 1 for 3, 2B, 2 BB.  BA= .179.
Jose Layer CF- 1 for 5, HR(2).  BA= .182.
Seth Corry LHP- 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K's, GO/AO= 7/1.  ERA= 2.50.
Luis Amaya LHP- 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 2.63.
Jesus Tona RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, Save(11).  ERA= 1.32.

The GJ's drew 9 walks in the game with every batter except Jose Layer drawing at least one.  20 yo LHP Luis Amaya has 29 K's in 24 IP over 13 appearances.

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Short Season  Salem-Kaiser Volcanoes buried the Everett Aquasox 6-2:

Yorlis Rodriguez 2B- 1 for 3, HR(1), SF.  BA= .306.
Franklin Labour RF- 1 for 3, BB, SB(1), Assist(3B).  BA= .306.
Tyler Flores 1B- 2 for 3, HR(1), SF.  BA= .241.
George Bell CF- 1 for 3, BB, SB(1).  BA= .147.
Jesus Ozoria RHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 1.80
Clay Helvey RHP- 4 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 8.22.

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Rookie AZL  Indians Red outlasted the Giants Orange 4-2(10 innings):

Alexander Canario DH- 0 for 3, 2 BB, SB(1).  BA= .421.
Marco Luciano SS- 1 for 5, HR(3).  BA= .364.
Conner Nurse RHP- 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 8 K's.  ERA= 0.90.
Jordan Scott RHP- 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 2.70.

Marco Luciano continues to show prodigious power with his 3'rd HR in 3 games.  At one point when I was checking on scores, Conner Nurse had throw 19 of 19 pitches for strikes.  He finished with 37 of 41.  I do notice that all of the pitchers in this boxscore show unusually high strike percentages, though.

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Rookie AZL  Giants Black pounded the Reds 12-2:

Grant McCray CF- 1 for 5, 3B.  BA= .100.
Harrison Freed LF- 4 for 4, 2B, HR(1), BB, SF.  BA= .455.
Jairo Pomares RF- 1 for 4, 2 BB.  BA= .353.
Carter Aldrete 1 for 2, 2 BB.  BA= .267.
Cesar Gonzalez C- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .250.
Jasier Herrera RHP- 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K's, GO/AO= 10/3.  ERA= 1.64.

Huge game for Harrison Freed, but he's a college draftee.  Needs to be at a higher level.

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DSL  Tigers2 outscored the Giants 10-9:

Victor Bericoto DH(17 yo)- 2 for 4, HR(3), BB.  BA= .313.
Luis Matos CF(17 yo)- 1 for 5, 3B.  BA= .333.
Rayner Santana C(16 yo)-  2 for 3, 2 HR(2), 2 BB.  BA= .328.
Robert Gomez RF(18 yo)- 1 for 4, 2B, BB.  BA= .234.

Wow! What an impressive career start for 16 yo Rayner Santana!  This appears to be an unusually strong hitting DSL class for the Giants while the pitching seems to be unusually weak.