Thursday, July 19th: Kila’s 2 HRs Lead Cats to Victory while Hounds & Bees Win and Ports Fall

 

A’s Farmhand Of The Day

Sacramento River Cats DH Kila Ka’aihue (2 Home Runs / 4 RBIs) 

 

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)

 

 

Be sure to like A’s Farm’s page on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @AthleticsFarm to keep up with all the news down on the farm!