Monday, May 21st: Moss Homers Twice as Cats, Hounds, Ports and Bees All Lose

A’s Farmhand Of The Day

Sacramento River Cats outfielder Brandon Moss (3 for 4 / 2 Home Runs / 3 RBIs)

 

TRIPLE-A PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Sacramento River Cats  5

Round Rock Express      6

(LP – Threets 3-1 / 2.45)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Outfielder Brandon Moss

(3 for 4 / 2 Home Runs / 3 RBIs)

 

 

Worth Noting: After homering in Sunday night’s game, outfielder Brandon Moss topped himself by homering twice on Monday. Infielder Brandon Hicks also hit a solo shot in the 2nd inning to put the River Cats on the board. After going 0 for 4 with 3 strikeouts in his first game with Sacramento this weekend, Manny Ramirez went 2 for 2 and drew a walk on Monday. Starter Bruce Billings had his first rocky outing this month, allowing 5 runs on 8 hits over 5 2/3 innings.

 

DOUBLE-A TEXAS LEAGUE

Corpus Christi Hooks  5

Midland RockHounds   2

(LP – Smith 3-1 / 2.61)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Pitcher Murphy Smith

(6 IP / 1 ER / 5 K)

 

 

Worth Noting: Infielders Josh Horton, Dusty Coleman and Tyler Ladendorf each collected 2 hits, but the RockHounds could only manage to push 2 runs across the plate on Monday. Starter Murphy Smith allowed 4 runs, just 1 earned, over 6 innings to take his 1st loss.

 

ADVANCED-A CALIFORNIA LEAGUE

San Jose Giants  7

Stockton Ports    6

(LP – Capra 0-1 / 11.25)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Catcher Max Stassi

(3 for 5 / Home Run)

 

 

Worth Noting: After snapping their 16-game losing streak last week, the Ports have now lost 4 in a row. Catcher Max Stassi and outfielder Josh Whitaker both homered in Monday’s game, and starter Josh Bowman gave up 3 runs over 5 innings, but left-hander Anthony Capra took the loss after allowing 4 runs in 1 1/3 innings of relief.

 

CLASS-A MIDWEST LEAGUE

Beloit Snappers  4

Burlington Bees  2

(LP – Powers 3-3 / 5.34)

 

Farmhand Of The Game:

Outfielder Bobby Crocker

(2 for 4 / RBI / Stolen Base)

 

 

Worth Noting: Outfielders Bobby Crocker, Eliezer Mesa and Royce Consigli each collected 2 hits, but the Bees only managed to score twice in Monday’s game. Starter Brent Powers allowed 4 runs in 4 2/3 innings to take his 3rd loss.

 

Tuesday’s Games:

Sacramento @ Round Rock – 5:05pm PT

(Peacock vs. Kirkman)

San Jose @ Stockton – 11:05am PT

(Rogers vs. Treinen)