A’s Farmhand Of The Day
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A)
Sacramento River Cats 1
Reno Aces 4
LP – Gray 6-4 / 2.48
Farmhand Of The Game:
Pitcher Sonny Gray
(6 IP / 6 H / 2 ER / 1 BB / 6 K)
Top pitching prospect Sonny Gray made his 9th straight quality start on Tuesday, allowing just 2 runs while striking out 6 over 6 innings of work, but he still ended up taking the loss. The River Cats managed just 5 games in the game, with catcher Luke Montz doubling in the Cats only run of the night.
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TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A)
Frisco RoughRiders 3
Midland RockHounds 4
WP – Murphy 3-2 / 4.88
Farmhand Of The Game:
Pitcher Sean Murphy
(6 IP / 7 H / 2 ER / 0 BB / 5 K / Win)
After a couple of rough outings, RHP Sean Murphy got back on the beam with a strong start on Tuesday, allowing just 2 runs while striking out 5 over 6 innings to earn his 3rd win and snap Midland’s 4-game losing streak. Designated hitter Jake Goebbert drove in 2 of the RockHounds 4 runs on the night, while first baseman Anthony Aliotti went 2 for 2 to raise his average to .369.
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A)
Stockton Ports 4
Inland Empire 66ers 6
LP – Jimenez 0-3 / 6.56
HR – Robinson (9), Lamas (5), Pohl (3)
Farmhand Of The Game:
Outfielder Dusty Robinson
(Home Run)
Starter Deyvi Jimenez had another shaky outing on Tuesday, allowing 4 runs, 3 earned, on 6 hits in just 2 2/3 innings to take his 3rd loss. Outfielder Dusty Robinson, second baseman Antonio Lamas and catcher Phil Pohl all homered for the Ports.
MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 4
Beloit Snappers 5
WP – Pudenz 3-1 / 3.12
HR – Bostick (7)
Farmhand Of The Game:
Second Baseman Chris Bostick
(Home Run / 3 RBIs)
Second baseman Chris Bostick homered and drove in 3 of the Snappers’ 5 runs on the night. Starter Raul Alcantara got out of a bases loaded jam in the 2nd inning to make it through 6 scoreless innings on Tuesday, but LHP Brent Powers came on to allow 4 runs in 2/3 of an inning in relief. RHP Stuart Pudenz ultimately picked up the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, and RHP Ryan Dull got the final 3 outs for his 12th save.
In Other News…
The A’s have officially signed a number of their top 20 draft picks, including #5 pick LHP Chris Kohler (3rd sup), #6 pick RHP Dylan Covey (4th), #10 pick OF Tyler Marincov (8th), #11 pick LHP Matt Stalcup (9th), #12 pick LHP Jerad Grundy (10th), #13 pick RHP Lou Trivino (11th), #14 pick RHP Dakota Freese (12th), #15 pick OF Justin Higley (13th), #18 pick RHP Junior Mendez (16th), #19 pick OF Jaycob Brugman (17th) and #20 pick RHP Sam Bragg (18th).
The team is also reportedly on the verge of making it official with #1 pick OF Billy McKinney (1st), #3 pick SS-3B Chad Pinder (2nd sup) and #9 pick Dustin Driver (7th).
Wednesday’s Games:
Sacramento @ Reno – 7:05pm PT
San Antonio @ Midland – 4:30pm PT / 6:30pm CT
Stockton @ Inland Empire – 7:05pm PT
Wisconsin @ Beloit – 5:00pm PT / 7:00pm CT
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I got tickets to tickets to see the Ports play the Quakes Saturday, noticed Russel hasn’t been in the last 2 games. Is he injured or just getting a couple days off?
Mild, aggravated injury. He’s day to day.
Yeah, he recently re-aggravated a hand injury. So hopefully he’ll be okay by the weekend.
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