AAA: Fresno defeated Tucson 5-4 (11 innings)

Fresno: CF Clay Timpner: 2 for 4, 2 BB, SB
Fresno: SS Ivan Ochoa: 2 for 5, 3B, BB, 3 SO
Fresno: RF Nate Schierholtz: 2 for 5, BB, SB
Tucson: C Miguel Montero: 1 for 2, 3 BB, IBB, GiDP

Fresno: LHP Pat Misch: 6.0+ IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 2 K
Fresno: LHP Alex Hinshaw: 1.0 IP, 2 BB

Timpner paced the Grizzlies' offense by reaching base four times, while Ochoa and Schierholtz each reached base three times.  Ochoa, who is in his second season in the Giants organization after signing as a minor league free agent, is only a few months older than Timpner.  Two nights after drawing their first walks of the season, Timpner and Schierholtz combined to draw three more walks.  Schierholtz also had an outfield assist when he threw out a runner at the plate.  The 24-year-old Montero reached base four times for the Diamondbacks' affiliate.  He is now hitting .250/.382/.429 in 28 AB this year.

Misch allowed four runs but never more than one run in an inning.  An 11/4 GO/FO line improved his GO/AO ratio to 1.90.  Hinshaw worked a scoreless inning despite throwing just 5 of 14 pitches for strikes.

AA: Connecticut defeated Bowie 1-0
(with only run scoring in bottom of 9th inning)

Connecticut: C Adam Witter: 0 for 2, 2 BB, SO
Connecticut: DH Simon Klink: 2 for 3, HBP, SO
Connecticut: PH Olma Rosario: 1 for 1
Bowie: RF Nolan Reimold: 1 for 2, BB

Connecticut: RHP Dave McKae: 7.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

Klink reached base three times in the pitcher's duel, bringing his OBP above .300.  Witter also reached base twice.  With more walks than hits (14 BB and 11 H among 46 AB), he has a .410 OBP despite an AVG below .240.  Pinch-hitting with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 9th inning, Rosario drove in the game's only run with a single.  Reimold, one of the top prospects in the Orioles organization and perhaps one of the top 100 prospects in baseball depending on who you ask, accounted for two of the Baysox's four baserunners.

McKae has a dominant start, allowing just three baserunners and improving his ERA to 2.45.  His 8/9 GO/FO line is consistent with his 0.85 GO/AO ratio this year, although he had a 1.32 GO/AO ratio with Connecticut last year.  For the Defenders, it was their 9th straight one-run game and 12th overall this year (in 18 games this year).

A+: San Jose had a scheduled off-day
(the first scheduled off-day for any of the Giants' full-season affiliates)
(their next scheduled off-day is May 5th)

San Jose Giants on Cal League leaderboards:
--Hitters:
AVG: Sandoval 1st
OBP: Sandoval 2nd
SLG: Sandoval 3rd, D'Alessio 7th
OPS: Sandoval 1st, D'Alessio 10th
HR: Sandoval 3rd
2B: Sandoval 2nd
H: Sandoval 3rd
TB: Sandoval 3rd
RBI: Sandoval 2nd
R: Sandoval 4th
SO: McBryde 2nd
SB: Graham 1st, McBryde 6th
CS: Felmy 3rd
--Pitchers:
ERA: Snyder 2nd, Pucetas 4th, Tanner 6th, Alderson 7th
WHIP: Alderson 2nd, Snyder 4th, Pucetas 6th, Tanner 9th
IP: Pucetas 2nd, Snyder 2nd, Tanner 6th

A-: Augusta defeated Greenville 5-2

Augusta: RF Francisco Peguero: 0 for 1, 3 BB, SB
Augusta: 2B Brock Bond: 2 for 3, BB, SB, E
Augusta: DH Thomas Neal: 3 for 4, HR, 2B, SO
Greenville: CF Che-Hsuan Lin: 3 for 3, 2B, BB, CS

Augusta: RHP Orlando Yntema: 4.0+ IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K--1 WP, 1 PO
Augusta: LHP Steven Calicutt: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 4 K--1 PO

Peguero, batting leadoff and starting for just the fourth time this year, reached base three times.  Two more hits boosted Bond's AVG above .400.  Both Peguero and Bond had their 2nd steal.  The major offense, though, was provided by Neal, who had three hits, including his 4th homer and 3rd double.  The 20-year-old is now hitting .372/.404/.767 in 43 AB.  The Red Sox' Lin, a 20-year-old from Taiwan, is playing well in his first experience in full-season baseball, now batting .308/.430/.446.

Yntema had a short but decently effective start, despite walking three batters after issuing just one walk in his previous two starts.  Calicutt, the opening day starter, made his first relief appearance after three starts.  Four shutout innings in relief improved his ERA to 3.71.  Yntema and Calicutt combined for a 12/4 GO/FO line.