Tyler Fitzgerald’s great year at Sacramento continued, as he picked up his 18th home run of the season, while Matos got his ninth at Triple-A.  Brett Auerbach had a grand slam in Eugene, and Scott Bandura got his own home run for San Jose.

AAA: Albuquerque 8, Sacramento 5

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Top Sacramento Performances:

  • Shortstop Tyler Fitzgerald went 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk.  That’s Fitzgerald’s first home run in the last six games, giving him 18 on the season.  Fitzgerald is hitting .278/.345/.492 with the home runs, 17 doubles, and four triples.
  • Left fielder Luis Matos went 1-for-4 with a home run and a walk of his own.  It’s Matos’ second game in a row with a home run, giving him nine in Triple-A in 31 games, after he had just three in the same number of games at Double-A, and two in 59 MLB games.  He’s now got a batting line of .356/.408/.630 at Sacramento.
  • Right fielder Heliot Ramos went 2-for-3 with two walks, but with just two singles.  It’s Ramos’ third game in a row with multiple hits and with at least one walk.  He’s now moved his batting line up to .321/.393/.614.
  • AJ Pollack went 1-for-3 in his second rehab game, hitting a double and drawing a walk.  Pollack has been out since being injured in a game with San Francisco on August 8th.
  • Starting pitcher Mason Black had a rough game, giving up three runs in 6.0 innings, off of six hits and one walk, while striking out six.  That pushed his ERA up to 3.94 after ten games, and has 59 strikeouts to 26 walks in 45.2 innings.

Other Notable Lines:

  • DH Luis Gonzalez: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HR (1)
  • RP Randy Rodriguez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 0 K
  • RP Parker Dunshee: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K
  • RP Erik Miller: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

AA: Richmond 9, Hartford 6

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Top Richmond Performances:

  • Right fielder Victor Bericoto went 2-for-6 with a double.  That’s his seventh double in 41 games at Double-A, to go with a triple and nine home runs.  Bericoto has hits in eight of his last ten games, six of them with multiple hits, as he’s hitting .240/.290/.480, raising his average from .200.
  • Third baseman Shane Matheny went 2-for-5 with a walk and a double.  That’s his 15th double in 67 games at Richmond, and he’s hitting .256/.379/.466 over 67 games at the level.
  • Starting pitcher Hayden Birdsong had a rough start, giving up four runs, three earned, in 3.0 innings, on three hits, two walks, and a HBP, with three strikeouts.  After six games at Double-A, Birdsong has a 5.40 ERA, with 21 strikeouts to nine walks in 15.0 innings.

Other Notable Lines:

  • C Brandon Martorano: 2-3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 E (6)
  • SS Will Wilson: 2-5, 1 R, 2 K, 1 HBP
  • 1B Logan Wyatt: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
  • LF Yoshi Tsutsugo: 2-6, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
  • RP Mat Olsen: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K
  • RP Wil Jensen: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
  • RP Ben Madison: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K

High-A: Tri-City 8, Eugene 7

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Top Eugene Performances:

  • Third baseman Brett Auerbach had the biggest hit for the Emeralds, going 2-for-4 with a grand slam, and added two stolen bases.  Auerbach now has five home runs after 45 games in Eugene, with 13 steals in 15 attempts, now hitting .224/.292/.379.
  • Catcher Onil Perez was 2-for-3 with a triple and a walk, as well as stealing one base and getting caught stealing once..  The triple is Perez’s first in ten games at High-A, as he’s gone 12-for-34 (.353) at the level.  In 62 games at Low-A, Perez had 12 doubles, four triples, and two home runs.  In addition, Perez now has two steals in four attempts at Eugene, after having 21 steals in 23 attempts at San Jose.
  • Starting pitcher Seth Corry gave up just one unearned run in 2.0 innings, allowing only one hit, but also two wild pitches and one hit-by-pitch while striking out four.  After two games at Eugene (4.0 IP), he’s allowed just two runs, one earned (2.25 ERA) with seven strikeouts and one walk in his comeback.

Other Notable Lines:

  • LF Jared Dupere: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 2B (20)
  • 2B Ghordy Santos: 1-3, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB (8)
  • DH Tanner O’Tremba: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
  • RP Brett Standlee: 4.2 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 3 HR
  • RP Wilkelma Castillo: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Low-A: Lake Elsinore 5, San Jose 4

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Top San Jose Performances:

  • Center fielder Scott Bandura went 1-for-3 with a home run and a walk.  It was Bandura’s second home run at the Low-A level in 19 games, and he had one in five games in Arizona before that.  Overall in 19 games, he’s hitting .286/.420/.476 with four doubles, a triple, and two home runs, with 14 walks and 18 strikeouts.
  • Shortstop Cole Foster went 1-for-2 with a double, two walks, and a stolen base.  The bring’s Foster’s batting average back up to the Mendoza line, as he’s 17-for-85 (.200) through 22 games, with eight walks to 32 strikeouts, with one steal in two attempts.
  • Starting pitcher Joe Ross gave up one run in 2.0 innings, off of three hits, no walks, and one HBP, with one strikeout.  Ross has a 5.40 ERA after three games of rehab in Low-A, and has struck out three with one walk.

Other Notable Lines:

  • DH Quinn McDaniel: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB (2)
  • RP Manuel Mercedes: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP
  • RP Luis Moreno: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K