Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Down on the Farm: 9/1/2026

 AAA:  Salt Lake City Bees stung the Sacramento River Cats 4-1.

Will Brennan RF- 1 for 4, HR(7).  BA= .311.
Charlie Szykowny 1B- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .333.
Spencer Bivens RHP- 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 5.07.
Philip Abner LHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 4.75.
Cristian Alvarado RHP- 3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 5.84.

AA:  Richmond Flying Squirrels topped the Akron Rubber Ducks 13-12.

Dayson Croes 2B- 4 for 6.  BA= .280.
Dakota Jordan RF- 2 for 5, 2B, SB(6).  BA= .298.
Sabin Ceballos 3B- 3 for 4, BB, SF.   BA= .224.
Maui Ahuna SS- 2 for 5, BB, SB(30).   BA= .227.
Lisbel Diaz LF- 3 for 5, SF.  BA= .224.
Jancel Villaroel C- 2 for 4, 2 BB.  BA= .200.
Mitch White RHP- 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 5.73.
Ryan Vanderhei RHP- 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 2.61.

Mirror image of the Giants game.  Second year in a row Ceballos' bat finally comes alive in the last few weeks/days of the season.  Giants fans learned the hard way this season that it sometimes doesn't matter what you do late in the season if you faceplanted early.

A+:  Eugene Emeralds outscored the Hillsboro Hops 7-5.

Jhonny Level SS- 2 for 5, 2B, HR(8).  BA= .305.
Walker Martin DH- 2 for 4, SB(20).  BA= .238.
Henry Lalane LHP- 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 4.57.

Jhonny Level just keeps going.  A sigh of relief for Henry Lalane who was coming off a rough start.

A:  San Jose Giants defeated the Fresno Grizzlies 8-6.

Josuar Gonzalez SS- 4 for 4, SF, SB(13).  BA= .375.
Lorenzo Meola 3B- 1 for 4, HR(14), BB.  BA= .274.
Tanner Mally RF- 1 for 1, 3 BB.  BA= .400.
Angel Guzman DH- 1 for 3, HR(4), HBP.  BA= .260.
Dylan Carter RHP- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, Save(7).  ERA- 4.91.

It's good to be able to shake off a loss by dreaming on our future superstar.  How great is it to follow Young Josuar Gonzalez?  Wow!

4 comments:

  1. Good to see Dakota Jordan back on the field for RICHMOND...Jordan and Diaz give the Giants some high ceiling RH outfield bats with speed and power..Hot on the heels of the lefty bats Bandura and Davidson in SAC (and maybe the punch and judy guys Cox and Hill). I think Buster has done a horrific job with the Major League team but an excellent job growing and stocking the system from top to bottom.

    Haven't seen HERNANDEZ in the linuep for SJ for quite awhile.

    Level and Gonzales are amazing and sooo much fun..

    SteveVA

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  2. Mally! .400 wow
    I was happy to see Josuar taste A-ball. He tasted it all right. He would have been moved up again if we did not have another star in A+

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  3. The River Cats only had 4 hits through 8 innings and trailed 4-0, struggling against Bees pitchers with ERAs in the 5's and 6's: they were never in this game which was over by the 3rd inning.
    With Posey grabbing nearly everyone who can hit-a-lick, it's not surprising, is it?

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  4. Gonzalez has scored 111 runs in 109 career minors games and extraordinarily consistently at that: 52 runs /52 games Dominican, 29R/30G ACL, 30/27 San Jose. I'm just eyeballing his highlight plays, especially the August triples, but he looks as good a base runner as there is in baseball at any level

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