Casey Schmitt had his first big game, hitting two home runs in Sacramento’s shutout win.  Over in Richmond, Grant McCray has a few different season firsts in his best game of the season. AAA: Sacramento 4, El Paso 0 Link...

David Villar went deep in an extremely deep way for Sacramento in Salt Lake, hitting one of the longest home runs in Triple-A all year long. Meanwhile, Richmond had another great game on the mound.

The fireworks aren’t supposed to happen until the 4th, but there were home runs all over the system. Richmond saw two players hit their first at the level…and one did it the hard way! Tyler Fitzergerald poked one out in Triple-A. And Heliot Ramos continues his rehab with a home run in San Jose, although another surprise player had two in the game! Also…let’s hope Yaz’s rehab doesn’t turn into another injury!

Yet another pitching callup has a strong game, as Hayden Birdsong went four scoreless innings in his first game at Eugene.  Meanwhile Wade Meckler had a 3-hit game in Richmond, and Luis Toribio finally got his first home...

Richmond got a strong win, on the back of Hayden Cantrelle’s two home runs, while everyone else was in close games.  Luckily, Ricardo Genovés was playing for Sacramento, with a game-tying home run, and Jared Dupere had a...

AAA: Las Vegas 9, Sacramento 3 Link Sacramento Notes: A day after hitting his first home run for Sacramento, Jose Rojas had the team’s only extra-base hit, going 3-for-4 with a double, his 2nd with the River Cats and 15th...

AAA: Las Vegas 11, Sacramento 5 Link Sacramento Notes: Jose Rojas led the way for the River Cats, going 3-for-5 with his first home run and double with Sacramento, his 19th home run and 14th double overall this year.  Rojas...

Landon Roupp had a huge game in Eugene and is really emerging in High-A, while Adrian Sugastey has his best game of the season in San Jose.

Top Prospect Watch #1: Marco Luciano This Week (Arizona): .375/.500/.500 – 3-8, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 1 BB, 2 SO, 0-0 SB-SBA Season (High-A): .292/.368/.506 – 45-154, 9 2B, 0 3B, 8 HR, 16 BB, 40 SO, 0-0 SB-SBA Marco Luciano is...

ACL: ACL Angels 4, ACL Giants Black 3 Link ACL Giants Black Notes: Third baseman Elian Rayo hit his fifth double of the summer while going 1-for-2 with a walk.  Rayo has a batting line of .250/.385/.440 with five doubles,...