A’s Farmhand Of The Day
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A)
Sacramento River Cats 14
Tacoma Rainiers 3
(WP – Billings 6-3 / 3.33)
Farmhand Of The Game:
Designated Hitter Kila Ka’aihue
(2 Home Runs / 4 RBIs)
Worth Noting: Designated hitter Kila Ka’aihue led the River Cats’ attack on Thursday, blasting 2 homers and driving in 4 runs. Outfielder Grant Green hit his 10th homer and drove in 4, while third baseman Stephen Parker and outfielder Jermaine Mitchell drove in 2 runs apiece. Starter Bruce Billings allowed 2 runs and struck out 5 over 5 innings to earn his 6th win.
TEXAS LEAGUE (DOUBLE-A)
Corpus Christi Hooks 4
Midland RockHounds 6
(WP – Hernandez 3-4 / 6.04)
Farmhand Of The Game:
Shortstop Dusty Coleman
(Home Run / Double / 3 RBIs)
Worth Noting: Shortstop Dusty Coleman homered, doubled and drove in 3 runs, while outfielder Conner Crumbliss doubled and drove in 2, and outfielder Michael Choice clubbed his 10th home run. Starter Carlos Hernandez allowed 4 runs in 5 1/3 innings to pick up his 3rd win.
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (HIGH-A)
Inland Empire 66ers 8
Stockton Ports 4
(LP – Brown 3-7 / 4.55)
Farmhand Of The Game:
Catcher Max Stassi
(Home Run / Double / RBI)
Worth Noting: Catcher Max Stassi homered, doubled and scored twice, while shortstop Michael Gilmartin collected 3 hits and drove in a run. Starter Jacob Brown had a rough outing, allowing 5 runs, 4 earned, over 4 1/3 innings to take his 7th loss.
MIDWEST LEAGUE (CLASS-A)
Burlington Bees 7
South Bend Silver Hawks 5
(WP – Mota 3-0 / 2.82)
Farmhand Of The Game:
Shortstop Sean Jamieson
(3 for 5 / Double / 2 RBIs)
Worth Noting: Shortstop Sean Jamieson had 3 hits, including a double, drove in 2 runs and scored the winning run in the 10th inning. Starter Tanner Peters had a solid outing, allowing just 1 run and striking out 6 in 6 innings of work, while right-hander David Mota picked up the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings in relief.
NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (CLASS-A SHORT-SEASON)
Tri-City ValleyCats 6
Vermont Lake Monsters 3
(LP – Vail 0-1 / 6.23)
Farmhand Of The Game:
Outfielder John Wooten
(2 for 4 / RBI)
Worth Noting: Starter Tyler Vail allowed 5 runs over 4 1/3 innings to take the loss, while outfielder John Wooten had 2 hits and drove in a run, and outfielder Brett Vertigan doubled and scored in Vermont’s 3rd straight loss.
Friday’s Games:
Tucson @ Sacramento – 7:05pm PT
(TBD vs. Peacock)
Midland @ San Antonio – 7:05pm CT
(Castro vs. Werner)
HighDesert @ Stockton – 7:05pm PT
(TBD vs. TBD)
Burlington @ South Bend – 6:35pm CT
(TBD vs. TBD)
Tri-City @ Vermont – 7:05pm ET
(West vs. Jimenez)
AZL Athletics @ AZL Dodgers – 7:00pm PT
(TBD vs. TBD)
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