Sorry for the lateness on this, guys.  A meeting ran late last night, and I overslept this morning when I planned to post this, but here we go!

Fresno Grizzlies (AAA): Fresno 6, Sacramento 5

Top Lines:

RF Justin Leone - 2-5, 2 R, 1 HR (12), 3 RBI, 2 SO, .232

DH Brett Harper - 2-5, 1 2B (19), 1 RBI, .305

1B Travis Ishikawa - 1-5, 2 R, 1 2B (5), 1 SO, .280

2B Eugenio Velez - 2-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 CS (9), .310

SP Nick Pereira - 5.0 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR, 5.99 ERA

RP Erick Threets - 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 4.13 ERA

RP Scott Munter - 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 4.35 ERA, W (2-0)

Game Notes: It was another 9th inning comeback for the Grizzlies, and this one was off the bad of a returning veteran.  Justin Leone was playing his second game in Fresno after missing a month due to injury.  His home run, a 3-run shot, came in the bottom of the 9th with two out to walk off the victory.

Leone is now 2 for 8 in his return, with five strikeouts.  Harper is batting .333 over his last ten games, though five of those games featured at most 1 at-bat by Harper.  Ishikawa had his third double in the last eight games, raising his slugging on the season to an even .600.  Velez now has just 13 stolen bases in 22 attempts, although he has a 6-game hitting streak.  Pereira has walked four in four of the last six games, and has struck out more than that in just two of those games.   Threets had his fifth scoreless outing in a row, with 7 striketous and three walks in 5 2/3 innings.  Munter gave up two hits for just the third time since returning to Fresno.

Connecticut Defenders (AA): Connecticut 6, New Britain 5

Top Lines:

DH Adam Witter -2 -4, 1 R, 1 2B (10), 1 HR (13), 3 RBI, .227

3B Ryan Rohlinger - 2-4, .244

LF Eddy Martinez-Esteve - 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B (11), 1 BB, 1 SO, .312

SP Garrett Broshuis - 7.0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO, 3.34 ERA, W (8-6)

RP Ronnie Ray - 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO, 3.64 ERA, H (2)

RP Kelvin Pichardo - 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2.29 ERA, S (6)

Game Notes: Garrett Broshuis had one of those good games.  Very good, even.  He carried a perfect game into the seventh, when first baseman David Maroul misplayed a ground ball on the first batter of the inning.  Broshuis allowed a single and double that allowed two runs, and then another error allowed a third run to score.  Still Broshuis had some excellent numbers.  Ray allowed just his second run in the last seven games, a span of 15 2/3 innings.  Over that time, he has 12 strikeouts against two walks.  Pichardo allowed his first run since June 19th, The three hits were an anomaly for him.

Witter's hot streak continues.  He has three home runs in the last two games, and is batting 8 for 18 with two doubles, a triple and three home runs over that time.  Martinez-Esteve had his third extra-base hit day in a row, after managing just 12 extra-base hits in 242 at-bats previously.  Rohlinger is batting just .212 over his last ten games.

San Jose Giants (High-A): Rancho Cucamonga 3, San Jose 1

Top Lines:

2B Brock Bond - 3-5, 1 R, 1 2B (4), 1 SO, 1 CS (1), .429

RF Bobby Felmy - 1-4, 1 BB, 1 SO, .302

C Jackson Williams - 2-4, 1 SO, .310

3B Brad Boyer - 1-2, 2 BB, .363

LF Dan Ortmeier - 1-4, 1 SO, 1 HBP, .250

SP Henry Sosa - 5.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO, 2 HR, 1 HBP, 2.68 ERA, L (3-2)

RP Craig Whitaker - 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 SO, 1 WP, 5.18 ERA

RP Juan Trinidad - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1.71 ERA

Game Notes: San Jose's offense faltered while the pitching gave up some big hits.  Bond and Boyer were the only Giants to reach base three times, and for Bond, it paid off as he scored the team's only run.  Bond now is batting 18 for 42 with four doubles in San Jose.  He had just six doubles and one home run in 150 AB for Augusta.  Boyer has seven walks and no strikeouts in his last nine games.  Ortmeier made his first rehab appearance in this game.  Williams is now 9 for 29 with a double in eight San Jose games.

Sosa was less effective than he has been in recent games.  He was victimized by two solo home runs, one each in the second and fourth innings.  He has now given up four home runs on the season, in 43 2/3 innings.  Whiataker last struck out four in a game in a three-inning stint on June 17th.  Trinidad has allowed ten hits and six walks over his last 12 innings, with nine strikeouts.  Overall, in 31 2/3 innings, he's allowed 31 hits, 11 walks and 25 strikeouts.

Augusta GreenJackets (Low-A): Scheduled Day Off

Augusta sits at 13-4 and has taken an early lead in the SAL Southern Division.  They are 1.5 games ahead of second place Columbus, and two games ahead of third place Kannapolis.  Some Augusta League Leaders:

Batting:

BA: Nick Noonan (T-11th, with .303

3B: Nick Noonan (2nd, with 7)

BB: Shane Jordan (T-3rd with 43)

Pitching:

ERA: Daryl Maday (1st, 1.47); Madison Bumgarner (3rd, 1.77)

SO: Madison Bumgarner (4th, 91)

WHIP: Daryl Maday (1st, 0.90); Madison Bumgarner (T-2nd, 1.01)

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Short-A): Salem-Keizer 8, Tri-City 2

Top Lines:

1B Mike Loberg - 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB (3), .325

3B Jose Flores - 2-3, 1 2B, 1 BB, .250

LF Damon Wright - 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB (2), 1 E (2), .238

SS Vladimir Frias - 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, 1 SB (2), .261

CF Caleb Curry - 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SO, 1 SB (6), .273

SP Drew Bowlin - 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR, 6.17 ERA

RP Michael Eifel - 3.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 3.38 ERA

RP Jason Neitz - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 1.50 ERA, W (3-0)

RP Edwin Quirarte - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 2.45 ERA

Game Notes: This one looked like a blowout, but it wasn't that until the very end.  With the game tied at two in the bottom of the eighth, Flores took a leadoff walk and Wright singled.  After a sacrifice bunt advanced the runner, but an intentional walk loaded the bases, Curry hit an infield back to the pitcher to score the tie-breaking runs.  An error, two singles and a sacrifice fly led to four more runs, six total in the inning.

Loberg drew his first walk in the last ten games, giving him 16 strikeouts and three walks on the season.  Curry was batting 2 for his last 16 before this game.  Wright hit his second double in the last three days, raising his slugging percentage to .365.  Drew Bowlin's fourth start tied for his longest of the season.  Quirarte now has six scoreless outings after allowing two runs in his first outing of the season.

AZL Giants (Rookie): Scheduled Off Day

The Giants are tied for first with the Angels at 8-4.  They are one game ahead of the Royals and Rangers, both in second.

Batting:

BA: C.J. Ziegler (9th, .366)

OBP: C.J. Ziegler (9th, .440)

SLG: C.J. Ziegler (2nd, .707)

OPS: C.J. Ziegler (2nd, 1.147)

Hits: C.J. Ziegler (T-3rd, 15)

2B: C.J. Ziegler (T-2nd, 5)

HR: C.J. Ziegler (T-1st, 3)

RBI: C.J. Ziegler (1st, 14), Johnny Monell (T-9th, 8)

SB: Ben Woodbury (T-4th, 3)

Pitching:

ERA: Jose Casilla (2nd, 0.56)

SO: Jose Casilla (6th, 16)

WHIP: Jose Casilla (2nd, 0.63)