Saturday, May 12th: Cats Win, Hounds and Bees Fall as Ports Lose 13th Straight

A’s Farmhand Of The Day

 

TRIPLE-A PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Iowa Cubs                     3

Sacramento River Cats  4

(WP – Scribner 1-0 / 3.32)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Outfielder Grant Green

(3 for 5 / Double / 2 RBIs)

 

 

Worth Noting: Outfielder Grant Green drove in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 9^th inning for the River Cats on Saturday night. Designated hitter Chris Carter and shortstop Adam Rosales both doubled, and catcher Derek Norris drove in 2 runs in the win. Starter Graham Godfrey allowed 3 runs over 6 innings to raise his ERA to 1.38, and right-hander Evan Scribner struck out 3 in 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief to earn the win.

 

DOUBLE-A TEXAS LEAGUE

Midland RockHounds   5

San Antonio Missions  8

(LP – Daley 4-2 / 4.58)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Outfielder Jeremy Barfield

(3 for 5 / 2 Doubles / 1 RBI)

 

 

Worth Noting: The RockHounds lost their 5^th in a row on Saturday. Outfielders Jeremy Barfield and Michael Choice contributed 3 hits apiece, and outfielder Conner Crumbliss and shortstop Dusty Coleman both homered in the loss. Starter Gary Daley had his roughest outing of the season, allowing 6 runs, 5 earned, over just 3 innings of work to take his 2^nd loss against 4 wins.

 

ADVANCED-A CALIFORNIA LEAGUE

Modesto Nuts  13

Stockton Ports  2

(LP – Cole 0-6 / 7.15)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Outfielder Myrio Richard

(2 for 4 / 1 RBI)

 

 

Worth Noting: Stockton’s losing streak reached an unlucky 13 on Saturday. Outfielder Myrio Richard had 2 hits and drove in 1 of the Ports’ 2 runs but was also picked off 1^st base. Starter A.J. Cole had the worst of many shaky outings this year, allowing 7 runs on 10 hits over just 4 innings of work to run his record to 0-6.

 

CLASS-A MIDWEST LEAGUE

Burlington Bees  1

Peoria Chiefs      2

(LP – Alcantara 2-4 / 4.41)

Farmhand Of The Game:

Pitcher Seth Frankoff

(3 2/3 / 0 ER / 1 K)

 

Worth Noting: The Bees were held to just 3 hits on Saturday. Starter Raul Alcantara walked 7 and allowed 2 unearned runs over 4 1/3 innings to take the loss. With the Bees down just 2 runs, right-hander Seth Frankoff came on in the 5^th inning and tossed 3 2/3 scoreless innings to keep his team in the game, but the Bees could only push 1 run across the plate in the game.

 

Sunday’s Games:

Iowa @ Sacramento – 1:05pm PT

(Rusin vs. Banwart)

Midland @ San Antonio – 4:05pm CT

(TBD vs. Erlin)

Burlington @ Peoria – 2:00pm CT

(Murphy vs. Rosario)