AAA: Fresno lost Nashville 5-4 (10 inning)
(with the game tied 3-3 from the 3rd through the 9th inning)

Fresno: 1B Travis Ishikawa: 2 for 4, BB, SO, CS
Fresno: 3B Scott McClain: 1 for 4, HR, BB, SO, E
Fresno: SS-LF Justin Leone: 2 for 5, 2 2B, 2 SO
Fresno: RF Ben Copeland: 0 for 5, 2 SO
Nashville: CF Tony Gwynn: 2 for 4, 3B, BB

Fresno: LHP Steve Hammond: 6.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Fresno: LHP Erick Threets: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 K
Fresno: RHP Dan Griffin: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

In the 10th inning, McClain connected for his 23rd HR.  Ishikawa and Leone each had two hits, raising their respective AVGs to .300 and .240.  Copeland had an oh-fer in his triple-A debut.  The Brewers' Gwynn had a solid game, but is still have a disappointing season hitting just .278/.338/.321 in 277 AB in the PCL.

Hammond had a quality start against his former teammates.  Threets allowed a couple baserunners but still faced just the minimum five batters in 1.2 IP (CS and GiDP to erase the two baserunners).  He had a 4/0 GO/FO line.  Griffin pitched a scoreless 9th inning in his upper minors debut but then failed to retire either batter he faced in the 10th inning, both of whom scored after he left the game.

AA: Connecticut defeated Trenton 6-2

Connecticut: C Pablo Sandoval: 2 for 3, BB, IBB
Connecticut: CF-LF Carlos Sosa: 2 for 3, BB, PO

Connecticut: RHP Dave McKae: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K--1 HB
Connecticut: RHP Justin Hedrick: 1.0 IP, 2 K

Sandoval and Sosa each reached base three times, improving their OBPs to .353 and .316.

McKae, who bounced between the rotation and bullpen in June and July with six starts among eleven appearances, had a very effective start, improving his ERA to 4.21.  Hedrick struck out two of three batters he faced.  He has 9 K in his last 4.1 IP.

A+: San Jose lost to Visalia 6-3

San Jose: RF Mike McBryde: 1 for 3, HR, BB

San Jose: LHP Jesse English: 3.2 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K--2 HR--1 HB

McBryde, one of five Giants to reach base twice twice, led off the 6th inning with his 4th HR of the season.

English had a rough start, pounded for three runs in both the 1st and 3rd innings.  His walk rate has increased.  In his seven starts since the start of July, he has 19 BB in 35.2 IP, plus an ERA above 5.00 in that time.  In his previous fifteen starts, he had 24 BB in 78.2 IP.

A-: Augusta lost to Savannah 4-0

Augusta: 1B Angel Villalona: 0 for 4, 2 SO

Augusta: LHP Scott Barnes: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K--1 WP

The GreenJackets' offense was limited to four singles and a walk, with no one reaching base twice.  Villalona has had multiple strikeouts in three of his last five games, edging his SO/AB ratio up to just over 27%.

Barnes made his second start for Augusta, both of which have lasted four innings.  At three different levels in his young pro career, he now has stats of 15 H, 7 BB and 31 K in 19.0 IP with a 2.84 ERA.

ssA: Salem-Keizer defeated Eugene 14-10

Salem-Keizer: SS-2B Ryan Lormand: 4 for 5, SO
Salem-Keizer: 1B Mike Loberg: 2 for 5, HR
Salem-Keizer: CF-2B Caleb Curry: 5 for 5, 2 2B

Salem-Keizer: LHP Ari Ronick: 3.0 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K--1 HR
Salem-Keizer: RHP Edwin Quirarte: 1.1 IP, 2 K

Curry and Lormand had nine of the Volcanes' twenty-one hits, improving their respective AVGs to .233 and .255. The hits were all singles, except for Curry's two doubles (which doubled his number of doubles to four) and Loberg's 7th HR of the season.

Ronick had allowed just 7 ER in his previous ten appearances as a pro, so this start came close to doubling his ERA, although it remains a very respectable to 3.13.  The 8 H allowed doubled his previous career high.  Quirarte retired all four batters he faced, stranding three inherited runners, to earn his 8th save.  Over his last three appearances, he has 7 K in 4.1 IP, although his K/IP remains just below 1.00 for the season.

R: Giants had their regularly scheduled off-day (every fifth day)

DSL: Giants defeated Marlins 4-1

Dominican: 3B Cesar Osuna: 2 for 4, 2B, SB, E
Dominican: RHP Marcos Prada: 4.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K--2 HB, 1 WP
Dominican: RHP Bertoni Garcia: 4.0 IP, 1 H, 5 K

Osunua (18.6 y.o.) had two hits, including the Gigantes' only XBH, raising his AVG to .236.  He also committed his 9th error.  Prada (17.11 y.o.) had an effective start, but his ERA remains above 5.00 after eleven starts.  More impressive, at least statistically, was the dominant relief appearance by Garcia (17.1 y.o.), who has a stat line of 3 H, 0 BB, 0 R and 8 K in 9.0 IP over his last two appearances.