minor lines, 8/4/14

Monday highlight from the Giants' farm: Chris Heston allowed just 1 R in 7.0 IP.

AAA: Fresno defeated Salt Lake 4-1

Fresno: RF Gary Brown: 2 for 4, SO, 2 SB
Fresno: SS Chris Dominguez: 1 for 3, HR, BB

Fresno: SP Chris Heston: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K--1 WP

Dominguez homered for the sixth time in nine games.  He now has 19 HRs--two away from his career high.  Brown was one of two Grizzlies with two hits each.  He managed his 26th and 27th SB.

Heston delivered his third straight quality start.  He has an ERA close to 3.00 in eleven starts since the start of June.

AA: Richmond had an off-day
(their first of three straight scheduled Monday off-days)

A+: San Jose at Bakersfield postponed to due to power outage
(A makeup doubleheader is scheduled for Wednesday.)

A-: Augusta lost to Greenville 4-3 (15 innings)

Augusta: 2B Jeremy Sy: 2 for 6, HR, BB, SO, SB
Augusta: LF Rafael Rodriguez: 3 for 6, 2B, GiDP

Augusta: SP Steven Messner: 5.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 5 K--1 WP, 1 BK
Augusta: RP Ray Black: 1.0 IP, 3 K
Augusta: RP Jake Smith: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 4 K
Augusta: RP Luis Castillo: 2.0 IP, 1 BB, 4 K

Sy hit his 11th HR while reaching base three times.  In the SAL's second half, he has a line full of secondary average: .222/.359/.470 in 117 AB (including 26 H, 13 XBH, and 24 BB).  Rodriguez continues to enjoy a strong second half, hitting .284/.341/.440 in 116 AB.

Messner had a solid start, allowing just 5 H.  He had allowed 23 H in 11.2 IP over his last two starts.  Black, Smith, and Castillo combined to strike out 11 of their 17 batters in 5.0 scoreless IP.

ssA: Salem-Keizer had an off-day
(the first day of their three-day all-star break)

R: Giants defeated Cubs 10-5

Scottsdale: CF Daniel Carbonell: 2 for 4, HBP, SB
Scottsdale: 3B Jonah Arenado: 2 for 3, BB
Scottsdale: SS Christian Lichtenthaler: 2 for 3, BB, CS

Scottsdale: SP Michael Santos: 5.0 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K--1 HR

Carbonell, Arenado, and Lichenthaler all reached base three times.

Santos allowed a career-high 10 H but still managed his ninth straight start with exactly 5.0 IP.  The 3 ER were also a new career high, raising his ERA to 2.20.

DSL: Gigantes lost to Yankees1 3-1

Dominican: 1B Miguel Gomez: 2 for 3, BB
Dominican: SP Alejandro Flores: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K--1 HB, 1 WP

Gomez had two of the Gigantes' three hits.  He has a .343 AVG.  Flores has a 2.93 ERA through 46.0 IP in his fourth pro season.