Friday, June 8th: Murphy Leads Ports to Win while Hounds & Bees Fall and Cats Earn Split

A’s Farmhand Of The Day

 

TRIPLE-A PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

GAME #1  (Suspended from June 7)

Sacramento River Cats        4

Colorado Springs Sky Sox  12

(LP – Castro 3-6 / 7.01)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Outfielder Michael Taylor

(2 for 4 / Double / RBI)

 

 

Worth Noting: Sacramento lost a game on Friday that had been suspended from the previous night. Right-hander Brad Peacock started the game on Thursday and allowed 2 runs and struck out 5 over 3 innings of work. Left-hander Fabio Castro picked up where Peacock left off on Friday and allowed 3 runs, 2 earned, over 2 innings to earn his 6^th loss. And after coming in to take over for Castro, right-hander Fautino De Los Santos gave up 5 runs in 1 inning to raise his ERA with Sacramento to 7.11.

 

GAME #2

Sacramento River Cats     11

Colorado Springs Sky Sox  2

(WP –Griffin1-2 / 3.22)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Pitcher A.J. Griffin

(7 IP / 0 ER / 8 K / Win)

 

 

Worth Noting: Starter A.J. Griffin turned in another strong outing for the River Cats, giving up 2 unearned runs on just 3 hits while walking none and striking out 8 over 7 innings to earn the win. Third baseman Stephen Parker tripled and drove in 4 runs in the win.

 

DOUBLE-A TEXAS LEAGUE

Midland RockHounds   5

Corpus Christi Hooks  8

(LP – Gray 1-5 / 4.95)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Third Baseman Leonardo Gil

(2 for 4 / 2 RBIs)

 

 

Worth Noting: Starter Sonny Gray allowed 6 runs on 7 hits over just 2 2/3 innings to run his record on the season to 1-5. Third baseman Leonardo Gil had 2 hits and drove in 2 runs for the RockHounds in the loss.

 

ADVANCED-A CALIFORNIA LEAGUE

Stockton Ports    6

San Jose Giants  0

(WP – Murphy 3-1 / 1.33)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Pitcher Sean Murphy

(6 1/3 IP / 0 ER / 10 K / Win)

 

 

Worth Noting: Starter Sean Murphy delivered another impressive outing for Stocktonon Friday, walking 1 and striking out 10 in 6 1/3 scoreless innings to earn his 3^rd win with the Ports. Designated hitter Miles Head blasted a 2-run homer in the 1^st inning to give the Ports the lead, which they never relinquished.

 

CLASS-A MIDWEST LEAGUE

Beloit Snappers   7

Burlington Bees   0

(LP – Alcantara 3-6 / 4.87)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Pitcher Raul Alcantara

(6 IP / 2 ER / 1 K)

 

 

Worth Noting: Starter Raul Alcantara gave up 2 runs in the 1^st inning and then proceeded to toss 5 shutout innings for Burlington on Friday. Unfortunately, the Bees’ sluggish offense could only muster 4 hits on the night, and the team has only managed to collect 10 hits over its last 2 games

 

Saturday’s Games:

Sacramento @ Colorado Springs – 5:05pm PT

(TBD vs. Torres)

Midland @ Corpus Christi – 7:05pm CT

(Daley vs. Cosart)

Stockton @ San Jose – 5:00pm PT

(Brown vs. Sandbrink)

Quad Cities @ Burlington – 6:30pm CT

(Hernandez vs. TBD)

 

 

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