A’s Farmhand Of The Day
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