Tuesday highlight from the Giants' farm: at least the Sally League was in action.
AAA: Fresno had the second day of its three-day all-star break
AA: Richmond had the first day of its two-day all-star break
A+: San Jose had an off-day
(the first of five scheduled off-days in its second half)
A-: Augusta defeated Greenville 4-1 (8 innings--completed early)
Augusta: DH Joseph Staley: 1 for 2, BB, HBP
Augusta: C Jeff Arnold: 2 for 4, 2B, SO
Augusta: SP Clayton Blackburn: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Augusta: RP Steven Neff: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 3 K
Arnold was the lone GreenJacket with two hits. Staley, the other regular catcher on the roster, reached base three times. Both hitters have a .267 AVG.
In a two-hour game that also had a two-hour rain delay, Blackburn had an abbreviated start with 4.0 scoreless IP. He faced just two batters over the mininum. Neff continues to rack up the strikeouts as he had his fourth straight appearance with at least 3 K.
ssA: Salem-Keizer had an off-day
(the first of their three scheduled off-days)
R: Scottsdale had an off-day
(not their regular off-day every fifth day but an extra off-day for the entire league)
DSL: Giants defeated Nationals 2-1 (11 innings)
Dominican: RF Carlos Valdez: 2 for 5, 2B, 3 SO
Dominican: SP Keury Mella: 5.1 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K--1 HR
Dominican: RP Diomedes Mateo: 5.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K
Valdez (18.0 y.o.) had two of the Gigantes' six hits. His 3rd double was their lone XBH. Mella (18.11 y.o.) did not allow a run for the third time in six starts. After having 11 K in 7.1 IP in his previous relief appearance, Mateo (22.8 y.o.) had 7 K in 5.0 scoreless IP. Both Mella and Mateo have ERAs below 2.50.