Friday, September 5th: Turley, Taylor & Manzano Help Ports Prevail while Spence Is Solid in Vegas Victory

 

Prospect Of The Day: Outfielder Gavin Turley (2 for 3 / Double / Walk / HBP / 2 RBI / 2 Runs)

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (SINGLE-A)

Visalia Rawhide   5

Stockton Ports    8

WP: Manzano 6-5 / 3.38

Right fielder Gavin Turley, designated hitter Devin Taylor and RHP Alejandro Manzano helped Stockton score a come-from-behind win over Visalia on Friday. Turley, this year’s 4th-round draft pick for the A’s, singled, doubled, drew a walk, was hit by a pitch, drove in a pair of runs and scored twice. Turley drove in the tying run and then came around to score the winning run in the 7th, and he’s now gone 7 for 18 with 3 extra-base hits, 3 walks and 6 RBIs over his last 4 games for the Ports. Taylor, the A’s 2nd-round pick this year, also singled, doubled, drew a walk, drove in a pair and scored twice for Stockton. Meanwhile, the 23-year-old Manzano threw 4 1/3 scoreless frames in relief to give his team the chance to mount a comeback, and he picked up the win for the Ports. 20-year-old RHP Cole Miller made the start for Stockton and allowed 3 runs, just 1 earned, and struck out 7 through 3 innings of work for Stockton.

 

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (TRIPLE-A)

Las Vegas Aviators           2

Sacramento River Cats   1

WP: Leal 2-1 / 4.18

LF Cooper Bowman: 1-3, 2 BB, SB, RBI

C Daniel Susac: 2-4, R

SS Drew Swift: 2-4, R

RHP Mitch Spence: 6 IP/6 H/1 ER/2 BB/5 K

LHP David Leal: 1 IP/0 H/0 ER/0 BB/0 K/Win

RHP Gustavo Rodriguez: 1 IP/0 H/0 ER/0 BB/2 K/SV

 

TEXAS LEAGUE  (DOUBLE-A)

Frisco RoughRiders         4

Midland RockHounds   5

WP: Emanuels 7-1 / 2.68

3B Joshua Kuroda-Grauer: 3-5, 2B, R

LF Jared Dickey: 2-3, 2B, BB, RBI

DH Brennan Milone: 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI

RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang: 5.2 IP/6 H/4 ER/2 BB/4 K

RHP Colin Peluse: 1 IP/0 H/0 ER/0 BB/1 K

RHP Stevie Emanuels: 2 IP/1 H/0 ER/0 BB/2 K/Win

 

MIDWEST LEAGUE  (HIGH-A)

Lansing Lugnuts   2

Dayton Dragons   6

LP: Guante 2-3 / 3.65

1B C.J. Pittaro: 2-3, BB, R

3B Ben Newton: 1-3, BB, R

LF Carlos Pacheco: 1-3, RBI

RHP Jake Garland: 4 IP/1 H/0 ER/0 BB/1 K

RHP Tom Reisinger: 2 IP/2 H/1 R/0 ER/0 BB/1 K

RHP Wander Guante: 1 IP/4 H/2 ER/0 BB/0 K/Loss

 

Saturday’s Games:

Las Vegas @ Sacramento: 6:37pm PT

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

Lansing @ Dayton: 4:05pm PT/7:05pm ET

Visalia @ Stockton: 7:05pm PT

 

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