Thursday, April 13th: Garland Helps Pitch Ports to Victory while Vegas, Midland & Lansing All Fall

 

Prospect Of The Day: Pitcher Jake Garland (5 IP / 0 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 7 K)

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (SINGLE-A)

Stockton Ports    5

Fresno Grizzlies  4

WP: Santos 1-1 / 10.13

Stockton starter Jake Garland turned in an impressive performance on Thursday night to help the Ports prevail over the Grizzlies. Last year’s 17th-round draft pick for the A’s struck out 7 while failing to allow a hit or a walk through 5 scoreless frames. The only runner to reach base while Garland was on the mound was due to a fielding error with one out in the 2nd inning. The 22-year-old righty threw a total of 69 pitches, 47 for strikes. Stockton held a 4-0 lead when RHP Micah Dallas took the mound in the bottom of the 6th, but the 23-year-old gave up 4 runs, 3 earned, to allow Fresno to tie the game. 20-year-old Venezuelan shortstop Jose Escorche singled twice, walked, stole a base and drove in the winning run with one out in the top of the 9th, while 3B T.J. Schofield-Sam singled, doubled twice, drove in a run and scored the winning run, and first baseman Kevin Richards singled twice and drove in a run for Stockton. 23-year-old Cuban RHP Pedro Santos tossed 2 scoreless innings in relief to pick up the win for the Ports.

 

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (TRIPLE-A)

Salt Lake Bees             8

Las Vegas Aviators  5

LP: Cushing 0-2 / 16.55

3B Pablo Reyes: 1-1, 2B, 3 BB, RBI

LF JJ Bleday: 2-4, 2 2B, BB, RBI

C Tyler Soderstrom: 1-4, BB, 2 Runs

RHP Jack Cushing: 2 IP/5 H/7 R/6 ER/2 BB/2 K

RHP Austin Pruitt: 2 IP/3 H/1 ER/1 BB/5 K

RHP Billy Sullivan: 2 IP/1 H/0 ER/2 BB/2 K

 

TEXAS LEAGUE  (DOUBLE-A)

Tulsa Drillers                      9

Midland RockHounds  3

LP: Coker 0-1 / 18.00

HR: Harris (1)

DH Brett Harris: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI

RF Michael Guldberg: 1-3, 2B

LF Chase Calabuig: 1-4, 2B

RHP Joey Estes: 5 IP/2 H/0 ER/0 BB/6 K

RHP Trey Supak: 1 IP/5 H/3 ER/1 BB/1 K

RHP Calvin Coker: 0.2 IP/4 H/4 ER/1 BB/0 K

 

MIDWEST LEAGUE  (HIGH-A)

West Michigan Whitecaps  6

Lansing Lugnuts                        0

LP: Del Rosario 0-1 / 4.22

LF Danny Bautista: 2-4

CF Junior Perez: 1-3, BB

RHP Joelvis Del Rosario: 6 IP/6 H/5 ER/1 BB/5 K

LHP Jack Owen: 3 IP/2 H/1 ER/0 BB/3 K

 

Friday’s Games:

Salt Lake @ Las Vegas: 7:05pm PT

Tulsa @ Midland: 5:00pm PT / 7:00pm CT

West Michigan @ Lansing: 3:05pm PT / 6:05pm ET

Stockton @ Fresno: 6:50pm PT

 

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