Sunday, May 20th: Moss Blasts Cats to Victory as Hounds & Bees Win and Ports Fall

A’s Farmhand Of The Day

Sacramento River Cats outfielder Brandon Moss (Home Run / 2 RBIs)

 

TRIPLE-A PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Sacramento River Cats  5

Albuquerque Isotopes   4

(WP – De Los Santos 1-1 / 4.50)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Outfielder Brandon Moss

(Home Run / 2 RBIs)

 

 

Worth Noting: The River Cats took the lead in the top of the 9th inning thanks to a home run off the bat of outfielder Brandon Moss. Outfielder Grant Green and infielder Brandon Hicks both homered as well. Starter Travis Banwart had a rocky outing, allowing 3 runs on 4 hits and 4 walks over 4 innings of work, but right-hander Fautino De Los Santos pitched 2 2/3 perfect innings in relief to earn the win. Manny Ramirez sat out the game with a sore wrist.

 

DOUBLE-A TEXAS LEAGUE

Corpus Christi Hooks  3

Midland RockHounds   9

(WP – Haviland 2-3 / 5.29)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Second Baseman Tyler Ladendorf

(Triple / 3 RBIs)

 

 

Worth Noting: Infielders Tyler Ladendorf and Josh Horton both collected 2 hits and drove in 3 runs, and outfielder Shane Peterson doubled and drove in a run. Starter Shawn Haviland allowed 2 runs and struck out 8 over 5 innings to earn his 2nd win, and left-hander Sean Doolittle struck out 4 in 2 innings of relief to notch his 1st save for the RockHounds.

 

ADVANCED-A CALIFORNIA LEAGUE

San Jose Giants  8

Stockton Ports    7

(LP – Brown 1-3 / 2.53)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Shortstop Michael Gilmartin

(Double / 4 RBIs)

 

 

Worth Noting: Shortstop Michael Gilmartin had 3 hits, including a double, and drove in 4 runs, and outfielder Dusty Robinson contributed 4 hits, including his 2nd home run in just his 3rd game withStockton, but the Ports still came up a run short on Sunday. Starter Ian Krol allowed 3 runs and struck out 5 in 4 innings of work, but left-hander Jacob Brown took the loss after giving up 3 runs in 3 1/3 innings of relief.

 

CLASS-A MIDWEST LEAGUE

Beloit Snappers   0

Burlington Bees  12

(WP – Granier 6-2 / 1.74)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Pitcher Drew Granier

(6 2/3 IP / 0 ER / 9 K / Win)

 

 

Worth Noting: Starter Drew Granier turned in another impressive outing, striking out 9 over 6 2/3 scoreless innings to earn his 6th win and lower his ERA to 1.74. Second baseman Chih Fang Pan drove in 3 runs, third baseman B.A. Vollmuth collected 3 hits, including a double, and drove in 2, and outfielder Royce Consigli homered and drove in 2 for the Bees.

 

Monday’s Games:

Sacramento @ Round Rock – 5:05pm PT

(Billings vs. TBD)

Corpus Christi @ Midland – 6:30pm CT

(Oberholtzer vs. Smith)

San Jose @ Stockton – 7:05pm PT

(Snodgrass vs. Bowman)

Beloit @ Burlington – 6:30pm CT

(Wheeler vs. Powers)

 

Monday’s Links:

A’s Farm’s Weekly Minor League Update on A’s Nation

Sacramento River Cats Complete Season Stats

Midland RockHounds Complete Season Stats

Stockton Ports Complete Season Stats

Burlington Bees Complete Season Stats