Not too many highlights from the farm system today: (a) Garrett Broshuis led a shutout effort with six scoreless innings on six hits and a walk in a CT 1-0 win; (b) David Maroul, up in Fresno to fill in the roster, hit a grand slam in a Fresno win; (c) Darren Ford...how about his second half?  3-for-6 today with a double and triple; (d) C.J. Ziegler went 4-for-5 with two doubles; (e) Johnny Monell had a two home run day for Augusta.

Fresno Grizzlies (Triple-A): Fresno 10, Las Vegas 6

LF Ben Copeland - 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B (17), 1 HR (6), 1 RBI, 1 SO, 1 HBP, .280

C Steve Holm - 2-5, 2 R, 1 HR (6), 2 RBI, .250

3B David Maroul - 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR (1), 4 RBI, 2 SO, .143

CF Clay Timpner - 2-5, 3 R, 1 3B (4), 1 RBI, .246

SP Steve Hammond - 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO, 3 HR, 5.39 ERA, W (11-11)

RP Osiris Matos - 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO, 3.48 ERA

Game Notes: Fresno won on the back of a big inning, and a grand one.  Fresno had taken a 2-1 lead after three when Timpner and Holm led off the fourth with a pair of singles, and Jake Wald walked to load the bases.  Maroul came up next, and with nobody out, hit a grand slam to put the Giants up 6-1.  Copeland added one of his own later that inning.  Things continued in the fifth as Borchard led off with a single, Timpner tripled him home and Holm hit a two-run home run.

Team Notes: Copeland's home run is his second since the start of August...Holm has hit four home runs in his last ten games, with just six in sixty games this season in Fresno.  Five of those six have come on the road...Maroul made just his second appearance in Fresno helping out a roster ravaged by 40-man promotions.  In one swing, he got nearly as many RBI as he had in 21 games in Double-A this season (6)...Timpner is batting 10-for-26 over his last eight games...Ryan Mantle got his first game above Short-A, filling in for the team.  He went 1-for-4 with a strikeout...Hammond has gone 4-2 since the start of August...Matos, left behind in the major league callups, did not do much to help himself get back.  In his last ten outings, he has a 4.91 ERA.

Connecticut Defenders (Double-A): Connecticut 1, New Hampshire 0

SS Brandon Crawford - 2-4, 1 R, 2 SO, .258

C Jackson Williams - 1-2, 1 2B (20), 1 RBI, 1 BB, .225

1B Brett Pill - 2-3, 1 2B (36), 1 BB, .293

SP Garrett Broshuis - 6.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 SO, 4.09 ERA, W (5-4)

RP Shane Kaufman - 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO, 3.38 ERA, H (4)

RP Matt Yourkin - 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO, 2.45 ERA, S (8)

Game Notes: The Defenders picked up a win in a good pitcher's duel.  Broshuis led the way with his six shutout innings, avoiding trouble with giving up a pair of singles in the second, and a single and a double in the fifth.  The lone Defenders rally came in the fourth, as Crawford led off with a single, and then came around on a two-out Williams double.  That would be enough.

Team Notes: Crawford has hit 6-for-11 over his last three games, but hasn't drawn a walk in his last ten games...Williams has been hitting .281 over his last ten games played, with a pair of doubles mixed in...Pill had his fourth multi-hit game in his last nine games played...Broshuis had his second strong game in a row, and has gone at least six innings in each of his last three games...Kaufman hasn't allowed a run in seven outings, after allowing four earned in consecutive games in mid-August.

San Jose Giants (A-Advanced): San Jose 9, Inland Empire 4

DH Darren Ford - 3-6, 2 R, 1 2B (17), 1 3B (8), 1 RBI, .304

1B C.J. Zielger - 4-5, 1 R, 2 2B (9), 3 RBI, 1 SO, .255

LF Thomas Neal - 2-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SO, .333

SP Paul Oseguera - 7.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 8 SO, 4.00 ERA, W (6-7)

Game Notes: The Giants took the early lead, with Neal drawing a two-out walk, and Kieschnick hitting an RBI double to score him.  After the 66er's took a 2-1 lead in the fourth, For'd RBI triple highlighted a 2-run inning to give the Giants a lead, and Ziegler's 2-run double was part of a three run inning as the Giants put the Dodgers' affiliate away.

Team Notes: Ford is batting 526 and slugging .868 over the last ten games.  Simply amazing...Ziegler has gone 9-for-18 with three doubles and a home run over his last five games...Neal has four mult-hit games in his last ten...Oseguera picked up his second consecutive starts (16 innings) without allowing a walk.

Augusta GreenJackets (A): Augusta 5, Savannah 4

C Johnny Monell - 2-4, 2 R, 2 HR (8), 3 RBI, 1 SO, .284

1B Josh Mazzola - 2-3, 1 BB, .277

3B Charlie Culberson - 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B (14), 1 3B (3), 1 SO, .242

SP Mike Loree - 7.0 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 SO, 1 HR, 4.67 ERA

RP Ryan Verdugo - 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 1.55 ERA

Game Notes: Augusta had a ninth inning comeback to keep their playoff hopes alive.  Down 4-1 after five, Augusta got some of their work done in the sixth, as Monell hit a two-run home run in the sixth to make it 4-3.  In the ninth, it was Monell again, this time leading off the inning with a home run to tie the game.  A one-out single by Ehire Adrianza, followed by a two-out walk, set up Francisco Peguero to end the game with an RBI double.

Team Notes: Monell has three of his eight home runs in his last four games...Mazzola has four multi-hit games over his last nine games...Culberson is slugging .295 on the season after his double and triple today...Loree has given up 14 earned runs over his last three starts (14 2/3 innings).

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Short Season-A): Salem-Keizer 7, Eugene 5

CF Evan Crawford - 2-4, 2 R, 1 2B (8), 3 RBI, .3138

DH Dan Cook - 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B (11), 3 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB (7), .297

2B Juan Martinez - 2-4, 1 R, .283

C Aaron Lowenstein - 1-2, 2 R, 1 BB, .154

SP Jorge Bucardo - 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 2.64 ERA, W (6-3)

RP Brandon Graves - 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 SO, 3.94 ERA H (4)

Game Notes: The Volcanoes got into a big lead, but almost let it get away from them.  Eugene took the lead in the first inning off of an RBI single, but the Volcanoes tied it in the third with an RBI single by Crawford.  In the fifth, Crawford doubled home two more runs, coming home on a Cook single to give Salem-Keizer the lead at 4-1.  In the seventh, it was Cook's turn to double home two runs.  The Volanoes, sitting up 7-1, did give up two runs in each the eighth and ninth before finally pulling it out.

Team Notes: Crawford has hit 12-for-29 over his last six games with three doubles, two triples and a home run...Cook had his third multi-hit game in a row, and fourth in his last five games...Martinez had his third straight multi-hit game in a row...Bucardo had his fourth straight start of allowing one earned run or less...Graves has bounced back from giving up six earned run in one inning last week with two consecutive scoreless outings.