Stockton OF Lawrence Butler hit a two-run home in the third inning then launched a grand slam in the eighth to drive in all of Stockton’s runs in a 6-2 win over San Jose Wednesday night. The Ports ended a nine-game losing streak as three pitchers held the Giants to just seven hits.
Butler went 2-for-4 with 6 RBIs, belting his 11th and 12 homers of the season. He’s gone 6-for-12 in his last three games.
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All but one San Jose batter had a multi-hit game on Friday night as the Giants posted a 14-3 win at Modesto. 1b Abdiel Layer went 4-for-6 and C Rodolfo Bone went 4-for-5 with a HR (1) to lead a 21-hit attack.
The Giants went up big early as they scored nine runs without hitting a home run in the second inning. 15 men came to the plate as San Jose had 10 hits and drew two walks to go up 9-0. Modesto starter Brayan Perez was chased after 1 2/3 having given up 9 earned runs on 12 hits and a walk.
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The Fresno Grizzlies got a five-run fifth inning to derail San Jose starter Kyle Harrison‘s outing and went on to a 6-3 victory over the Giants at Excite Ballpark Tuesday night. The top two teams in Low-A West are now separated by a game with the Giants on top and the Grizzlies on the rise.
San Jose got out of the gate first with a two-run homer in the first inning by RF Jairo Pomares. Harrison kept the Grizzlies off the board for the first four innings before the visitors put up a five-spot in the fifth.
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San Jose SS Marco Luciano and teammate RHP Ryan Murphy have been honored as Low-A West Player and Pitcher of the Week for June 28 – July 4.
MARCO LUCIANO – The top prospect in the Giants organization went 6-for-19 against Stockton last week with a double, four homers and nine RBIs. The 19-year old had a huge night in the opener against the Ports, going 3-for-5 with a double and two home runs. For the year Luciano is slashing .274/.371/.574.
RYAN MURPHY – The San Jose righty shutout the Stockton Ports for seven innings on Saturday, allowing just one hit and one walk with 12 strikeouts. In his longest outing of the season, Murphy threw 92 pitches, 68 for strikes.
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The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes jumped out on top with a three-run homer from DH Alex De Jesus in the first inning Tuesday night and went on to beat the Grizzlies in Fresno by a score of 5-1. RHP Jimmy Lewis went 2 2/3 scoreless innings and RHP Hyun-il Choi (W, 4-3) came on to cover 5 1/3 innings with only 1 ER as the Quakes held the Grizzlies to just five hits.
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San Jose OF Jairo Pomares and Inland Empire LHP Jose Salvador have been honored as Low-A West Player and Pitcher of the Week for the period of June 21-27.
JAIRO POMARES – The San Francisco Giants’ #19 prospect went 9-for-20 against Rancho Cucamonga with four doubles and a homer. Pomares went 4-for-5 on Wednesday night with two doubles and two RBIs. In 10 games with San Jose, Pomares is hitting .317/.391/.659.
JOSE SALVADOR – Lefty Salvador went seven innings against Stockton on Friday night, shutting out the Ports on five hits and no walks with 11 strikeouts. The 94-pitch effort helped the 66ers won the game 1-0.
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FRESNO – 8
VISALIA – 7
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The Grizzlies got a four-hit game from DH Drew Romo and three hits and three RBIs from LF Zac Veen. Romo’s line is now .313/.349/.485. The Grizzlies won four of the six games in this series and joined the 30-win club at 30-18. Only San Jose has more wins (33) and Fresno sits three games back in the North division. Visalia is 13-35, 11 1/2 games out in the South.
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FRESNO – 7
VISALIA – 5
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The Grizzlies (29-18) kept pace in the North division, staying four games back of San Jose with the win. SS Ezequiel Tovar stayed hot with a 2-for-4 night including his seventh homer of the season. It was Tovar’s fourth straight multi-hit game. Visalia outhit Fresno 14-8 but came up short. Fresno has won three of the five games so far and go for a series win today while Visalia is looking for a split.
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3B A.J. Vukovich broke a 9th-inning tie with an RBI double as the Visalia Rawhide beat the Fresno Grizzlies 6-5 on Friday night. Visalia walked off with a win for the second time in this series which is now even at two games apiece.
Visalia’s offense pounded out 12 hits, led by 1B Ramses Malave who went 3-for-4 with two homers (his 3rd and 4th of the season) and 4 RBIs. Vukovich went 2-for-5 with 2 RBIs and 2B Ronny Simon went 3-for-5 from the leadoff spot with 2 runs scored.
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Stockton 3B T.J. Schofield-Sam brought home the winning run with a sac fly in the top of the 10th at San Manuel Stadium as the Ports beat the Inland Empire 66ers 5-4 Thursday night. Sam had a pair of RBIs on the night and CF Junior Perez had two hits and an RBI to lead the offense.
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