Thursday, June 7th: Hounds & Ports Fall as Bees’ Bullpen Undermines Cole’s Effort

A’s Farmhand Of The Day

Burlington Bees pitcher A.J. Cole   (5 IP / 0 ER / 6 K)

 

TRIPLE-A PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Sacramento River Cats

Colorado Springs Sky Sox

-GAME SUSPENDED-

 

DOUBLE-A TEXAS LEAGUE

Midland RockHounds   3

Corpus Christi Hooks  6

(LP – Smith 4-3 / 3.13)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Outfielder Conner Crumbliss

(2 for 5 / Run / Stolen Base)

 

 

Worth Noting: Midland couldn’t muster much offense on Thursday. Outfielder Conner Crumbliss collected a pair of hits, stole his 13th base and scored, and first baseman Anthony Aliotti, serving as the designated hitter for the day, drove in 2 runs. But starter Murphy Smith had a rough outing, allowing 4 runs, 3 earned, on 8 hits over 4 innings to take the loss.

 

ADVANCED-A CALIFORNIA LEAGUE

Rancho Cucamonga Quakes  5

Stockton Ports                       4

(LP – Treinen 5-5 / 4.60)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

First Baseman Tony Thompson

(2 for 4 / Triple / RBI)

 

 

Worth Noting: First baseman Tony Thompson tripled in a run and second baseman Nino Leyja doubled in a run in Stockton’s 4-run 6th inning, but the Ports still came up 1 run short. Starter Blake Treinen allowed 5 runs, 4 earned, over 5 innings to take the loss.

 

CLASS-A MIDWEST LEAGUE

Beloit Snappers   4

Burlington Bees   3

(LP – Urlaub 4-3 / 3.04)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Pitcher A.J. Cole

(5 IP / 0 ER / 6 K)

 

 

Worth Noting: Starter A.J. Cole had another solid outing for Burlington, allowing just 1 unearned run, while walking 1 and striking out 6 in 5 innings of work, but right-hander Jose Macias allowed 2 runs and left-hander Jeff Urlaub gave up the game-winning run in the top of the 8th inning to take the loss. The Bees could only manage 6 hits against Beloit on Thursday. Outfielder Rashun Dixon had 2 of those hits, including a triple and a homer in the loss.

 

Friday’s Games:

Sacramento @ Colorado Springs – 6:05pm PT

(TBD vs. TBD)

Midland @ Corpus Christi – 7:05pm CT

(Gray vs. Buchanan)

Stockton @ San Jose – 7:00pm PT

(Murphy vs. Schumer)

Beloit @ Burlington – 6:30pm CT

(Gruver vs. Alcantara)

 

 

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