AAA: Fresno finished its season on Labor Day

AA: Connecticut finished its season on Labor Day

A+: San Jose defeated Stockton 2-1
(tying the best-of-five series at two games apiece)

San Jose: 2B Brad Boyer: 2 for 4, SO
San Jose: DH Andy D'Alessio: 1 for 2, 2 BB, SO
San Jose: SS Sharlon Schoop: 1 for 4, 2B
Stockton: SS Josh Horton: 2 for 5, 2B
Stockton: C Josh Donaldson: 2 for 3, 2B, BB

San Jose: RHP Daryl Maday: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 8 K
San Jose: RHP Mike Musgrave: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB
San Jose: RHP Dan Turpen: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 1 K
San Jose: RHP Danny Otero: 1.1 IP
Stockton: LHP Carlos Hernandez: 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K

Boyer had two of the Giants' seven hits, raising his post-season AVG to .267.  D'Alessio, the only other Giant to reach base multiple times, drew both of the Giants' walks.  Schoop's two-RBI, two-out double in the 7th inning was the Giants' only XBH, and Schoop was also the only Giant without a strikeout.  The A's' Donaldson had another big game, reaching base three times.  He and Horton kept their post-season AVGs above .400.

Maday had another fine start.  He did not allow a fly ball out (6/0 GO/FO line after a 1.36 GO/AO ratio this year).  He was arguably outpitched, though, by Hernandez, who made his debut for Stockton after a 2.04 ERA in fourteen appearances (thirteen starts) in the Northwest and Midwest Leagues this summer.  Musgrave, who allowed four baserunners but just one run in the 6th inning, has been credited as the winning pitcher in both of the Giants' post-season victories.  Turpen made his first post-season appearance, while Otero has finished all four games in four consecutive days.  After Musgrave and Turpen allowed half the sixteen batters they faced to reach base, Otero retired all four batters he faced, lowering his post-season ERA to 9.00.

A-: Augusta defeated West Virginia 5-1
(taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series)

Augusta: CF Shane Jordan: 1 for 3, BB, SB
Augusta: C Dayton Buller: 2 for 4, SO, PB
Augusta: 1B Angel Villalona: 1 for 3, HR, BB, GiDP, E
Augusta: RF James Simmons: 1 for 2, BB, SO, 2 SB

Augusta: LHP Madison Bumgarner: 6.0+ IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K--1 HB, 1 PO
Augusta: RHP Mitch Lively: 3.0 IP, 3 K

Villalona capped a four-run 6th inning with his two-run HR.  Buller, the only GreenJacket with multiple hits, had two of the team's seven hits.  Jordan and Simmons were the other two GreenJackets to reach base twice.

Bumgarner had another outstanding start, allowing only an unearned run in the 4th inning.  After a single and a one-out double, a passed ball allowed the Power's only run to score before Bumgarner struck out the final two batters of the inning.  The Augusta Chronicle quoted Bumgarner about the close score early in the game, "It was nerve-wracking.... I went out there and didn't have my best stuff."  After Bumgarner allowed a leadoff single in the 7th inning, Lively finished the game with three perfect innings for the save.

ssA: Salem-Keizer lost the NWL championship series on Sunday

R: Giants won the AZL championship game on August 31st

DSL: Giants lost the championship series last Friday