A’s Farmhand Of The Day
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A)
Sacramento River Cats 6
Nashville Sounds 5
WP – Werner 3-5 / 7.80
HR – Choice (8), Barfield (1)
Farmhand Of The Game:
Pitcher Andrew Werner
(6 IP / 5 H / 2 ER / 2 BB / 6 K / Win)
Starter Andrew Werner had a solid outing on Sunday, allowing 2 runs and striking out 6 over 6 innings to earn his 3rd win, while RHP Dan Otero got the final 3 outs for his 9th save. Center fielder Michael Choice homered in his second straight game, while right fielder Jeremy Barfield hit his 1st home run for Sacramento.
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TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A)
Midland RockHounds 3
San Antonio Missions 8
LP – Anderson 0-1 / 14.73
HR – Aliotti (4)
Farmhand Of The Game:
First Baseman Anthony Aliotti
(Home Run / 2 RBIs)
A’s starter Brett Anderson made his first rehab start for Midland on Sunday, and it didn’t go smoothly. The left-hander allowed 6 runs on 6 hits while walking 4 in 3 2/3 innings to take the loss. First baseman Anthony Aliotti clubbed a 2-run homer in the top of the 1st inning to briefly give the RockHounds the lead and account for 2 of the team’s 3 runs on the day.
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A)
Stockton Ports 0
Lancaster JetHawks 2
LP – Brown 1-2 / 4.15
Farmhand Of The Game:
Pitcher Jake Brown
(6 IP / 1 H / 1 ER / 0 BB / 2 K)
The Ports were no-hit by a pair of Lancaster pitchers of Sunday, but Ports pitchers surrendered only 2 hits themselves. Starter Jake Brown took the loss despite allowing just 1 hit and 1 run over 6 innings of work, while RHP Brett Hunter struck out 2 in 1 inning of scoreless relief in his season debut for Stockton, and RHP Blake Hassebrock gave up 1 hit and 1 run in his 1 inning of relief. Shortstop Addison Russell, who’d homered the last two days, went 0 for 4 in the game.
MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A)
Cedar Rapids Kernels 23
Beloit Snappers 16
LP – Streich 3-2 / 7.63
HR – Nunez (8), Wooten (6)
Farmhand Of The Game:
Outfielder John Wooten
(4 for 5 / Home Run / 5 RBIs)
Beloit and Cedar Rapids combined to put 39 runs on the board in a Midwest League slugfest on Sunday. Outfielder John Wooten led the hit parade for the Snappers, collecting 4 hits, including his 6th home run, and driving in 5 runs, while third baseman Renato Nunez had a pair of doubles and a home run and drove in 3, and shortstop Daniel Robertson tripled and drove in a pair. Starter Seth Streich allowed 11 runs, 10 earned, in just 2 innings of work to take the loss, while RHP Kris Hall gave up 6 runs and LHP Chris Lamb surrendered 5 runs in the loss.
Monday’s Games:
Sacramento @ Nashville – 5:05pm PT
Midland @ Frisco – 5:00pm PT / 7:00pm CT
Stockton @ Lancaster – 11:00am PT
Cedar Rapids @ Beloit – 4:30pm PT / 6:30pm CT
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