AAA: Fresno lost to Nashville 8-3

Fresno: 1B Travis Ishikawa: 2 for 4, HR, 2B
Nashville: 1B Chris Woodward: 4 for 5, 2 2B

Fresno: LHP Pat Misch: 6.2 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
Fresno: RHP Roberto Novoa: 1.1 IP, 1 H
Fresno: RHP Victor Santos: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB

After two homerless games, Ishikawa went deep again.  His 6th HR in his last eight games was also his 22nd HR of the season. The Brewers' Woodward had his second four-hit game of the series.

Misch, who allowed just one run through five innings, threw 110 pitches (72 strikes) in one of his longest starts of the year.  Novoa, who had a 4.73 ERA in 35 relief appearances for the Nationals' triple-A affiliate this year, made his debut in the Giants' organization.  On two day's rest, the struggling Santos made his first relief appearance of the season after 23 starts.

AA: Connecticut lost to Trenton 3-1

Connecticut: LF Eddy Martinez-Esteve: 1 for 3, BB, 2 SO
Connecticut: 2B David Maroul: 2 for 3, 2B, 2 E
Trenton: CF Austin Jackson: 2 for 4

Connecticut: LHP Ben Snyder: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K--2 PO
Connecticut: RHP Kevlim Pichardo: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2, R, 1 ER, 1 K--1 HB
Trenton: RHP George Kontos: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

EME and Maroul were the only two Defenders to reach base twice, improving their OBPs to .392 and .269.  Maroul and the Yankees' top prospect Jackson were the game's only two players with multiple hits.

Snyder's eighth start for the Defenders' was his best yet, but his ERA remains over 7.00 .  He faced just four batters over the minimum as he erased three baserunners (2 PO, 1 GiDP).  Pichardo allowed a couple 8th inning runs.  Kontos has made two very good starts since the Yankees nearly traded him to the Pirates.  Over his last two starts, he has 5 H, 3 BB, 0 ER and 18 K in 15.0 IP.

A+: San Jose defeated Visalia 4-2

San Jose: SS Matt Downs: 2 for 4, 2B, SB, E
San Jose: RF Mike McBryde: 2 for 4, HR, 3B

San Jose: LHP Clayton Tanner: 5.1 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K--1 WP
San Jose: LHP Joe Paterson: 1.2 IP, 2 K

McBryde homered for the second consecutive night to help improve his season line to .291/.370/.388 through 340 AB.  McBryde's XBH/H ratio remains just below 20%, though.  He and Downs, who played shortstop, were the two Giants with multiple-hit lines.

Tanner allowed less than 2 ER in a start for the first time in two months, improving his ERA to 4.20 and evening his W-L record at 7-7.  After 1.2 perfect IP last night, Paterson has peripheral stats of 22 H, 13 BB, 1 HR and 32 K in 28.2 IP since his promotion to the Cal League in May.

A: Augusta had a scheduled off-day
(Their only remaining scheduled off-day is August 26th.)
(They currently have a two-game lead, but only one game in the loss column, for the second half division title.)

GreenJackets on SAL leaderboards:
--Hitters:
3B: Noonan 2nd
BB: Jordan 3rd
RBI: Neal 11th
SB: Jordan 9th
--Pitchers:
ERA: Maday 1st, Bumgarner 3rd
WHIP: Maday 1st, Bumgarner 2nd
K: Bumgarner 2nd
IP: Bumgarner 12th
H: Odle 7th
HR: Odle 9th
G: DeLaGarza 3rd, Turpen 10th
W: Bumgarner 2nd, Maday 8th
Sv: Otero 5th, DeLaGarza 13th

ssA: Salem-Keizer defeated Boise 16-6

Salem-Keizer: 1B Mike Loberg: 4 for 6, HR, SB
Salem-Keizer: 3B Michael Ambort: 3 for 4, HR, 2B, BB, SO
Boise: SS Ryan Flaherty: 2 for 5, HR, 2 E

Salem-Keizer: RHP Orlando Yntema: 5.0 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K--1 HR
Salem-Keizer: RHP Brian Irving: 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 K--1 HB

Loberg and Ambort had big games, each reaching base four times, combining for nearly half of the Volcanoes' fifteen hits, and each going deep, for their 8th and 5th HRs, respectively.  Ambort, who has spent most of his pro career as a catcher, played third base defensively.  Flaherty, the Cubs' supplemental first round selection thsi year, had his fourth straight multi-hit game, raising his line to .316/.409/.544 through his first 114 pro AB.

Making his seventh start of the year, Yntema had perhaps his least effective start.  His ERA is 6.62 since his demotion to the NWL.  Irving, the Giants' 17th round selection, faced just two batters over the minimum in three scoreless innings of relief.

R: Giants defeated Rangers 10-2

Scottsdale: CF Wendell Fairley: 1 for 3, 2B, 3 BB, SO, SB
Scottsdale: 1B C.J. Ziegler: 1 for 2, 2B, 3 BB, GiDP, E

Scottsdale: RHP Javier Hernandez: 5.0+ IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Scottsdale: RHP Steve Palazzolo: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 K
Scottsdale: LHP Ryan Verdugo: 1.0 IP, 1 H

With three walks each, Fairley and Ziegler each reached base four times, improving their respective OBPs to .364 and .394.

Hernandez has pitched better over his last four starts, during which he has allowed 8 ER, after he allowed 12 ER over his first four starts.  Palazzolo made his first rehab appearance, including stranding both of the runners he inherited from Hernandez.  Verdugo made his pro debut with a scoreless 8th inning.

DSL: Giants defeated Cubs #2 9-3

Dominican: 1B Victor Santana: 2 for 3, 2B, 2 BB, SO
Dominican: RHP Miguel Ferrer: 7.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K--1 WP, 1 PO

Santana (19.9 y.o.) reached base four times, improving his season line to .249/.357/.390 through 177 AB, which is similar to the .247/.373/.359 line had had a year ago in 223 AB.  Ferrer (18.0 y.o.) seems to be getting better and better.  Perhaps his best start yet came the day before his 18th birthday.  It was his fith straight start allowing exactly 1 ER, and it was his first of nine starts without issuing a walk.  On this downside, his strikeout rate remains on the low side, with a K/IP ratio below 0.67.