minor lines, 5/12/14

Greetings, all!  The amazing Steve S is on assignment, so in the meantime, I'll be filling in this week.  All the compliments should be posted in the comments.  All complaints should be emailed directly to Grant Brisbee.

AAA: Fresno lost to Reno, 7-2

Fresno: 3B Tony Abreu: 2 for 4, R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, SO

Fresno: SP Edwin Escobar: 5.0 IP, 11 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 1 HR

Tony Abreu collected Fresno's only extra-base hits, with his fourth home run and eighth double.

Edwin Escobar gave up a season-high 11 hits (beating the previous high of 10, which he gave up in his first start of the season).  However, the five runs and four earned runs were highs since giving up six and five respectively on April 15th.

AA: Richmond had a scheduled off-day.

Notable top Richmond performers so far this season, with Eastern League rankings:

BA: Tyler Graham - .326 (12th)
HR: Mario Lisson - 4 (t-21st with 6 other players)
Hits: Matt Duffy - 40 (t-9th with 1 other player)
SB: Tyler Graham - 15 (t-1st with 2 other players)

ERA Jack Snodgrass - 1.80 (t-1st with 1 other player)
ERA: Ty Blach - 2.23 (3rd)
ERA: Clayton Blackburn - 2.78 (9th)
WHIP: Ty Blach - 0.99 (3rd)

A+: San Jose had a scheduled off-day.

Notable top San Jose performers so far this season in the California League;

BA: Mitch Delfino - .322 (9th)
HR: Mitch Delfino - 7 (t-5th with 6 other players)
Hits: Mitch Delfino - 47 (t-4th with 1 other player)
Hits: Jesus Galindo - 45 (7th)
SB: Jesus Galindo - 10 (t-7th with 1 other player)

ERA: Joe Biagini - 3.66 (13th)
SO Kendry Flores - 37 (t-10th with 3 other players)

A-: Augusta lost to Hickory, 12-7

(after trailing 9-4 after three innings)

Augusta: 2B Jeremy Sy: 3 for 4, HR, R, 2 RBI, SO
Augusta: RF Tyler Horan: 2 for 4, R, 2B, 3B, E

Augusta: SP Chase Johnson: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 9 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO, 1 HR
Augusta: RP Steven Messner: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO

Jeremy Sy collected his first home run of the year, breaking emphatically out of a 1 for 24 slump over his previous six games.  Tyler Horan continues his hot hitting, picking up two more XBH, giving him eight (4 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR) in 37 at-bats in his last ten games.

For the fourth straight time, Chase Johnson was unable to go further than the fifth inning.  He was hurt by six errors, including one of his own and three by left fielder Eugene Escalante.  For the second time in five games, Steven Messner struck out six batters in just three innings of work.  However, overall, he has only 21 strikeouts in 22 IP.