Down on the Farm (2018)

Thursday, 5/24

Sorry to be so late. My daughter graduated with her Master's degree this week, and we have been celebrating her accomplishment. She's the last one in the family to get a Master's.

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) (23-25) WON 1-0 in 10 innings (tzill approved)

Steven Duggar 3-4
Ryder Jones 2-4
Kyle Jensen 2-4, double
Ronnie Freeman 1-4, RBI

Team RISP: 0-for-5.

Casey Kelly 7.0-1-0-0-0-1
Mark Melancon 0.2-1-0-0-0-1
Ray Black 1.1-1-0-0-0-4
Tyler Rogers (W, 2-0) 1.0-0-0-0-2-1

Inherited runners-scored: Black, R 1-0.

Game story: River Cats walk off in extras for 1-0 shutout win

• The River Cats tied a franchise record by grounding into five double plays. Their previous season high was just two, and the last time they recorded five in a game was June 12, 2014.

• Hard-throwing reliever Ray Black followed a brief 14-pitch rehab outing from Mark Melancon by striking out four of the five batters he faced, touching 100 miles per hour on the radar gun twice.

• Though Thursday's win was technically the team's second extra-inning game, it was their first nine-inning game that reached extras. Game two of the May 13 doubleheader, a game scheduled for seven innings, went one extra frame and also ended in a River Cats walk-off win.

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) (23-20) lost 6-4

Ryan Howard 2-3, RBI, 2 doubles
Dillon Dobson 2-3, 2 runs, RBI, double, homer (5)
Ali Castillo 2-4

Team RISP: 1-for-8.

BASERUNNING
CS: Castillo, Al (4, 2nd base by Copeland/Mazeika).

FIELDING
E: Dobson (3, throw).

Jordan Johnson (L, 5-4) 3.2-7-4-4-2-5
Connor Overton 2.1-4-1-0-1-3
Will LaMarche 1.0-3-1-1-1-2
Patrick Ruotolo 1.0-0-0-0-0-2

Inherited runners-scored: Overton 3-0;

San Jose Giants (A+) (26-21) lost 5-4

Bryce Johnson 2-5
Johneshwy Fargas 2-5
Jalen Miller 1-5, run, RBI, double
Sandro Fabian 3-4, 3 runs, RBI, 2 doubles, homer (4) (still just 20 years old)
Frandy De La Rosa 3-4

Team RISP: 3-for-12.

BASERUNNING
SB: Miller (5, 2nd base off Newsome/Kennedy).
CS: Fargas (5, 2nd base by Newsome/Kennedy).
PO: Fargas (1st base by Newsome).

FIELDING
E: Van Horn (5, throw).
Outfield assists: Fabian, S (Brigman at 2nd base).

Logan Webb 4.0-1-0-0-2-2
Carlos Sano 2.0-3-4-4-4-2
Peter Lannoo (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) 2.0-4-1-0-0-4

Inherited runners-scored: Lannoo 2-1;

Augusta GreenJackets (A) (28-15)


Salem-Keizer (Short-A) did not play
DSL Giants (Rookie) did not play
AZL Giants did not play

Scheduled Pitchers (Friday)

Sacramento (AAA) Camarena (2-3, 5.08)
Richmond (AA) Williams (1-3, 5.17)
San Jose (A+) Cabrera (6-0, 3.46)
Augusta (A) Bahr (4-2, 1.73)

Salem-Keizer (A-Short) DNP (Season opens June 15th)

Giants (AZL) DNP (Season opens June 18th)

Giants (DSL) DNP (Season opens July 5th)

Mazel on your daughter's simcha, Stokes!

Stokes, that is awesome. Congratulations to you and your daughter. So, with all the master's degrees in the family, your kids are paying for everything for you now, right?

Ray Black has really settled in now. 4 consecutive scoreless outings. He's struck-out 14 of the 26 batters he's faced

His latest he was 95-100 with his fastball and 80-81 with his breaking ball. Dude is just unfair, look at this hammer. When a guy is throwing 100 how do you look for this?



That was 80 mph in an 0-1 count. Then he blew 98 right by him two pitches later.

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SFGRTB said:

Ray Black has really settled in now. 4 consecutive scoreless outings. He's struck-out 14 of the 26 batters he's faced

His latest he was 95-100 with his fastball and 80-81 with his breaking ball. Dude is just unfair, look at this hammer. When a guy is throwing 100 how do you look for this?

That was 80 mph in an 0-1 count. Then he blew 98 right by him two pitches later.

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He seems ready. However, where does he go with Melancon close to activation?

LHG said:

He seems ready. However, where does he go with Melancon close to activation?

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I don't think we can say he's officially ready until he goes back-to-back days. Until then he's still cooking. Which means by then someone else may need a rest.

LHG said:

Stokes, that is awesome. Congratulations to you and your daughter. So, with all the master's degrees in the family, your kids are paying for everything for you now, right?

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That's our retirement plan....

The Giants signed Daniel Camarena yesterday to a minor league deal and assigned him to Sacramento. He's had an interesting history, missing all of the 2015 season with an injury and finally walking from the Yankees' organization, signing a minor league deal with the Cubs last off season, only to be traded back to the Yankees at the start of this season. He struggled in 8 starts at AAA this year but if the Giants can get him corrected, he may have value at the big league level. He certainly cannot do any worse than the guys currently starting for Sacramento.

Friday, 5/25

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) (23-26) lost 12-2, giving up 10 runs in the 9th inning

Hunter Pence 2-4, RBI, double
Chase d'Arnaud 2-4, run, RBI, homer (7)
Hector Sanchez 1-4

Team RISP: 1-for-5.

FIELDING
E: Camarena (1, fielding); d'Arnaud, C (5, fielding); Calixte (8, fielding).
Outfield assists: Slater (Tapia, R at 2nd base).

Daniel Camarena 6.0-3-1-1-2-5
Madison Younginer 1.0-2-1-1-1-1
Jordan Schafer 1.0-0-0-0-2-1
Jose Flores (L, 1-5) 0.0-3-6-5-3-0
Ryan Halstead 1.0-3-4-0-1-1

Inherited runners-scored: Halstead 2-2.

Game story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20180525&content_id=278389508&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t105

• Camarena's six strikeouts and three hits tie his season-highs for 2018 from May 1 when he played for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

• d'Arnaud's seven home runs this season are the most for a middle-infielder in the Pacific Coast League, and ties his career-high for home runs in a season.

• With his eighth inning RBI, Pence has recorded a hit in 13 of his last 14 games. He is batting .362 during that that stretch with 12 RBI and six runs scored.

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) (23-21) lost 14-6

Luigi Rodriguez 3-4, 2 runs
Jerry Sands 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, homer (7)
Ronnie Jebavy 1-3, 2 RBI

Team RISP: 3-for-8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Dobson (1, home off DeMasi/Loopstok); Jebavy (8, 2nd base off DeMasi/Loopstok); Rodriguez, Lu (9, 2nd base off DeMasi/Loopstok).

FIELDING
E: Williams, G (2, fielding); Howard (9, fielding); Rodriguez, Lu (2, fielding).
PB: Garcia (4).

Garrett Williams (L, 1-4) 3.2-9-11-8-3-3
Jake McCasland 3.1-4-2-1-2-2
Dan Slania 1.0-2-1-1-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: McCasland 1-1

San Jose Giants (A+) (26-22) lost 3-2

Wander Franco 1-4, double
Jacob Heyward 1-3, run, double
Sandro Fabian 1-3, run, 2 RBI's, homer (5) (still just 20 years old)

Team RISP: 1-for-4.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Heyward (Rosario at home); Johnson (Giron at home).

Sandro Cabrera 6.0-7-1-1-0-6
Nolan Riggs (BS, 2)(L, 0-2) 1.0-2-2-2-2-0
Caleb Baragar 1.0-1-0-0-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

Ejections: San Jose Giants catcher Tanner Murphy ejected by HP umpire Zach Neff (8th); San Jose Giants pitcher Nolan Riggs ejected by HP umpire Zach Neff (9th); Lake Elsinore Storm second baseman Eguy Rosario ejected by HP umpire Zach Neff (9th)

Augusta GreenJackets (A) (29-15) WON 8-4 in 5 rain shortened innings

Strange game, Augusta scored 8 runs with only 2 RBI's

Logan Baldwin 1-3, run
Heliot Ramos 1-3, run, double
Orlando Garcia 1-2, run
Manuel Geraldo 2-2, run, RBI
John Riley 1-2, run
Aaron Bond 0-0, 2 runs, 2 walks

Team RISP: 1-for-5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bond (1, 2nd base off Ynoa/Contreras, W).
CS: Geraldo, M (7, 2nd base by Ynoa/Contreras, W).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Ramos (Encarnacion at 3rd base).

Jason Bahr (W, 5-2) 5.0-5-4-4-2-6

Inherited runners-scored: none

Salem-Keizer (Short-A) did not play
DSL Giants (Rookie) did not play
AZL Giants did not play

Scheduled Pitchers (Saturday)

Sacramento (AAA) Bumgarner (0-0, -.--)
Richmond (AA) Johnson (0-1, 5.40)
San Jose (A+) Menez (2-2, 3.40)
Augusta (A) Cave (2-1, 3.98)

Salem-Keizer (A-Short) DNP (Season opens June 15th)

Giants (AZL) DNP (Season opens June 18th)

Giants (DSL) DNP (Season opens July 5th)

Stokes1931 said:

Friday, 5/25

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) (23-26) lost 12-2, giving up 10 runs in the 9th inning

Hunter Pence 2-4, RBI, double
Chase d'Arnaud 2-4, run, RBI, homer (7)
Hector Sanchez 1-4

Team RISP: 1-for-5.

FIELDING
E: Camarena (1, fielding); d'Arnaud, C (5, fielding); Calixte (8, fielding).
Outfield assists: Slater (Tapia, R at 2nd base).

Daniel Camarena 6.0-3-1-1-2-5
Madison Younginer 1.0-2-1-1-1-1
Jordan Schafer 1.0-0-0-0-2-1
Jose Flores (L, 1-5) 0.0-3-6-5-3-0
Ryan Halstead 1.0-3-4-0-1-1

Inherited runners-scored: Halstead 2-2.

Game story: http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20180525&content_id=278389508&fext=.jsp&vkey=recap&sid=t105

• Camarena's six strikeouts and three hits tie his season-highs for 2018 from May 1 when he played for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

• d'Arnaud's seven home runs this season are the most for a middle-infielder in the Pacific Coast League, and ties his career-high for home runs in a season.

• With his eighth inning RBI, Pence has recorded a hit in 13 of his last 14 games. He is batting .362 during that that stretch with 12 RBI and six runs scored.

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) (23-21) lost 14-6

Luigi Rodriguez 3-4, 2 runs
Jerry Sands 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI, homer (7)
Ronnie Jebavy 1-3, 2 RBI

Team RISP: 3-for-8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Dobson (1, home off DeMasi/Loopstok); Jebavy (8, 2nd base off DeMasi/Loopstok); Rodriguez, Lu (9, 2nd base off DeMasi/Loopstok).

FIELDING
E: Williams, G (2, fielding); Howard (9, fielding); Rodriguez, Lu (2, fielding).
PB: Garcia (4).

Garrett Williams (L, 1-4) 3.2-9-11-8-3-3
Jake McCasland 3.1-4-2-1-2-2
Dan Slania 1.0-2-1-1-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: McCasland 1-1

San Jose Giants (A+) (26-22) lost 3-2

Wander Franco 1-4, double
Jacob Heyward 1-3, run, double
Sandro Fabian 1-3, run, 2 RBI's, homer (5) (still just 20 years old)

Team RISP: 1-for-4.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Heyward (Rosario at home); Johnson (Giron at home).

Sandro Cabrera 6.0-7-1-1-0-6
Nolan Riggs (BS, 2)(L, 0-2) 1.0-2-2-2-2-0
Caleb Baragar 1.0-1-0-0-0-1

Inherited runners-scored: none

Ejections: San Jose Giants catcher Tanner Murphy ejected by HP umpire Zach Neff (8th); San Jose Giants pitcher Nolan Riggs ejected by HP umpire Zach Neff (9th); Lake Elsinore Storm second baseman Eguy Rosario ejected by HP umpire Zach Neff (9th)

Augusta GreenJackets (A) (29-15) WON 8-4 in 5 rain shortened innings

Strange game, Augusta scored 8 runs with only 2 RBI's

Logan Baldwin 1-3, run
Heliot Ramos 1-3, run, double
Orlando Garcia 1-2, run
Manuel Geraldo 2-2, run, RBI
John Riley 1-2, run
Aaron Bond 0-0, 2 runs, 2 walks

Team RISP: 1-for-5.

BASERUNNING
SB: Bond (1, 2nd base off Ynoa/Contreras, W).
CS: Geraldo, M (7, 2nd base by Ynoa/Contreras, W).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Ramos (Encarnacion at 3rd base).

Jason Bahr (W, 5-2) 5.0-5-4-4-2-6

Inherited runners-scored: none

Salem-Keizer (Short-A) did not play
DSL Giants (Rookie) did not play
AZL Giants did not play

Scheduled Pitchers (Saturday)

Sacramento (AAA) Bumgarner (0-0, -.--)
Richmond (AA) Johnson (0-1, 5.40)
San Jose (A+) Menez (2-2, 3.40)
Augusta (A) Cave (2-1, 3.98)

Salem-Keizer (A-Short) DNP (Season opens June 15th)

Giants (AZL) DNP (Season opens June 18th)

Giants (DSL) DNP (Season opens July 5th)

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This kid starting for the RiverCats I've heard is an uber prospect. Seems he's got some potential.

LHG said:

This kid starting for the RiverCats I've heard is an uber prospect. Seems he's got some potential.

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I heard he also swings a mean bat, but has dirt bike issues.

Saturday, 5/26

Eventful week for my clan. SFGRTB will be here this coming week.

Pitching Line: IP-H-R-ER-BB-K

Sacramento River Cats (AAA) (24-26) WON 2-0

Hunter Pence 1-4
Ryder Jones 1-3, run
Kyle Jensen 1-3
Orlando Calixte 1-3, run, RBI, homer (7)
Madison Bumgarner 1-1

Team RISP: 0-for-3.

BASERUNNING
SB: Slater (4, 2nd base off Hessler/Murphy, To).

FIELDING
DP: (Freeman-d'Arnaud, C).

Madison Bumgarner 3.2-0-0-0-1-8 (50 pitch limit, threw 47 pitches)
Tyler Rogers 0.1-0-0-0-0-0
Mark Melancon 1.0-0-0-0-0-1
Tyler Beede (W, 2-5) 4.0-2-0-0-3-4

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game story: none yet

Richmond Flying Squirrels (AA) (24-21) WON 7-4

Ali Castillo 1-3, run, 2 walks
Ryan Howard 2-5, 2 runs, RBI, double
Dylan Davis 3-4, 3 RBI, 2 doubles
Jeff Arnold 1-3, run, double
Matt Lipka 1-4, run, RBI, triple

Team RISP: 3-for-10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Castillo, Al (4, 2nd base off Pasquale/Salters); Brown (1, 2nd base off Lovegrove/Salters).

Chase Johnson 3.0-0-0-0-1-1
Mike Connolly (W, 2-2) 4.0-4-4-4-1-6
Patrick Ruotolo (S, 1) 2.0-1-0-0-0-3

Inherited runners-scored: none

Game story: none yet

San Jose Giants (A+) (26-23) lost 6-3

Bryce Johnson 2-3, run, 2 RBI, 2 walks
Wander Franco 2-5, RBI

Team RISP: 3-for-11

FIELDING
E: De La Rosa (10, missed catch).

Conner Menez (L, 2-3) 5.0-6-4-4-0-9
Orleny Quiroz 2.0-2-0-0-1-2
Dylan Rheault 1.0-2-2-1-1-0

Inherited runners-scored: none

Augusta GreenJackets (A) (30-15) WON 3-0

Heliot Ramos 1-4, run, double
Jacob Gonzalez 2-4
Ryan Kirby 1-3, run, RBI, homer (6)
Rob Calabrese 2-3, run, double
Aaron Bond 1-3

Team RISP: 0-for-10.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Baldwin (Lugbauer at 1st base).

Garrett Cave (W, 3-1) 5.0-3-0-0-3-4
Franklin Van Gurp (H, 1) 1.0-0-0-0-0-1
Olbis Parra (H, 4) 2.0-1-0-0-0-2
John Russell (S, 3) 1.0-1-0-0-0-0

Inherited runners-scored: none

Salem-Keizer (Short-A) did not play
DSL Giants (Rookie) did not play
AZL Giants did not play

Scheduled Pitchers (Sunday)

Sacramento (AAA) Gage (2-3, 7.30)
Richmond (AA) TBD
San Jose (A+) Vizcaino (3-3, 4.14)
Augusta (A) Gavin (2-1, 1.38)

Salem-Keizer (A-Short) DNP (Season opens June 15th)

Giants (AZL) DNP (Season opens June 18th)

Giants (DSL) DNP (Season opens July 5th)

Probably 2 more starts for Bum? Get him to 85 pitches??

calsnowskier said:

Probably 2 more starts for Bum? Get him to 85 pitches??

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Madison Bumgarner's rehab start couldn't have gone any better

Stokes1931 said:

Madison Bumgarner's rehab start couldn't have gone any better

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You missed his offensive contribution in your write-up...

But I don’t want a 65 pitch Bum in SF. That is still only 4 innings. I want him to get at least 1 more minor league start, THEN call him up. Maybe make it a two-fer and call up DRod as well.

calsnowskier said:

You missed his offensive contribution in your write-up...

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Corrected the oversight.

Stokes1931 said:

Corrected the oversight.

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Odd part was, it was a single to right field?!?

That’s right. Bum went the other way for a single.

Dude should be illegal.

calsnowskier said:

Dude should be illegal.

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Especially when facing 'Shaw.

calsnowskier said:

Odd part was, it was a single to right field?!?

That’s right. Bum went the other way for a single.

Dude should be illegal.

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