ORGANIZATIONAL REPORT Sunday, July 2, 2017

LAST STREAK/ TEAM LEVEL RECORD GAME LAST 10

Sacramento 32-48; L, 1-8 L2, 4-6 16.5 GB River Cats Vs. Fresno 4th Place Triple-A

Richmond 33-47; L, 0-3 L3, 4-6 Flying Squirrels 8.5 GB Vs. Reading Double-A 6th Place

San Jose Giants 35-445; L, 2-8 L1, 5-5 High-A 11.0 GB @ Modesto 4th Place

Augusta 27-48; L, 4-11 L4, 4-6 15.0 GB Greenjackets @ Charleston 7th Place Low-A

7-10; W, 2-1 Salem-Keizer W3, 5-5 Volcanoes 4.0 GB @ Tri-City Class-A 4th Place Short Season

Giants 4-3; W, 9-8 W4, 4-3 Arizona Rookie 1.0 GB @ AZL Athletics League 4th Place

Giants 12-13; L, 8-9 DSL 5.0 GB Vs. DSL L1, 6-4 4th Place Mariners

Shaw's homer lone bright spot in River Cats loss Rough night for top prospects Beede and Arroyo in 8-1 defeat by Fresno

The (32-48) got a lift from Chris Shaw against the (44- 38) but couldn't get much else going as they fell 8-1 Saturday night at Raley Field. Shaw shouldered the offensive load for the River Cats, homering in the fourth inning for the team's only run. The 405-foot blast not only broke up Fresno starter Dean Deetz 's shutout, but it also ended his no-hit bid. In his last 10 games, Shaw is hitting .421 (16-for-38) with four home runs, three doubles, and 10 RBI. Activated off the disabled list today, shortstop Christian Arroyo made his first start with Sacramento since June 14 but was forced to exit in the fifth after being hit by a pitch in the left hand. Starter Tyler Beede toiled to get through 3.2 innings tonight as the right-hander threw 90 pitches (48 strikes) with a career-high six walks. He gave up five runs (four earned) before being relieved by the newest River Cats' bullpen arm, Collin Balester . Tyler Rogers highlighted the relievers tonight with two scoreless innings, surrendering just one hit. Rogers' 33 appearances are second most in the PCL and he will represent Sacramento at this year's Triple-A All-Star game in Tacoma. The River Cats are expected to activate left-hander Matt Gage (0-0. 0.00) tomorrow for his first career Triple-A start. The Grizzlies will counter with right-hander David Martinez (4-7, 4.62). First pitch is set for 1:05 p.m. (PT) and the game can be heard live on the air on ESPN 1320 and online at rivercats.com .

Squirrels Downed In Doubleheader Sweep Late Night Losses In Reading

Reading, PA - The Flying Squirrels (33-47) waited through a 90 minute rain delay on Saturday, only to drop both ends of a doubleheader to the Fightin Phils (48-30) at FirstEnergy Stadium. Richmond lost 9-6 in the suspended game from Friday and were shutout in the night cap, 3-0. The shutout was the 10th of the season for the Richmond offense, moving the team to a season-low 14 games below .500. Game two wrapped up at 11:49 p.m. with Reading closer Victor Aranp earning the save. Game three of the series is scheduled for Sunday evening at 6:35 p.m. The restart to Friday's suspended contest was delayed another 90 minutes due to rain, eventually being resumed at 6:45 on Saturday. The game started back up in the second inning with Alexis Rivero on the mound for Reading and Nate Reed pitching for Richmond. Richmond grasped a short-lived 4-1 lead off of Rivero in the third. rehabbing third baseman Eduardo Nunez ignited the rally by reaching on an error. Slade Heathcott singled and Myles Schroder walked to load the bases. K.C. Hobson then delivered a two-run single and Brandon Bednar dropped down an RBI bunt base hit. Reed scuffled in his first start for Richmond, lasting just 4.2 innings in the defeat. Reading pushed across a run in the second and three more in the third to tie the game. The Phils took the lead in the fifth inning off of Reed. Angelo Mora doubled to begin the inning and scored on an RBI groundout off the bat of Kyle Martin . Reading added four more runs in the sixth to pull a ahead 9-4 and force Reed from the contest. Reed allowed nine runs (eight earned) on 11 hits. He struck out two and walked two in his first game with Richmond. Reading's Rivero (3-1) earned the win with 3.1 innings of relief work. The Reading bullpen managed to keep Richmond of the board until the ninth inning. The Squirrels plated a pair of runs in the ninth and brought the tying run the to plate against Yacksel Rios . K.C. Hobson flew out to deep left field to end the game. Slade Heathcott had three hits to lead the Squirrels nine hit attack. Prior to the rain, Slade Heathcott opened up the series on Friday with a home run in the first at bat of the game. Heathcott drilled a two-strike pitch off of Reading RHP Tommy Bergjans . The homer flew off the yellow home run line in left centerfield and bounced back into play, resulting in an argument and ensuing ejection to Reading manager Gregg Legg. Squirrels righty Jose Flores worked a quick first inning for Richmond to start the game on Frida before a downpour of rain arrived in the second inning with two outs. The game was delayed at 7:32 p.m., and eventually called at 9:11 p.m. Game 2 Reading and Richmond started the night cap on Saturday at 10 p.m. due to the delayed first contest. Jarret Martin made the spot start for the Squirrels and was touched up for a run in the second inning. Jiandido Tromp worked a walk to start the inning and motored to third an a base hit to right. Nick Rickles then grounded into a double play, scoring Tromp from third for a 1-0 advantage. Martin worked two innings in his first start since 2015. The lefty allowed one run on two hits. He walked one and struck out two in the defeat Yordy Cabrera relieved Martin to begin the third inning and allowed a pair of runs. Zach Coppola connected on a one-out double and Drew Stankiewicz walked with one out. Reading managed to pull ahead 3-0 on consecutive RBI singles from Angelo Mora and Harold Martinez . Cabrera lasted just one inning. Cody Hall loaded the bases in the fourth, but escaped without incident and Vic Black entered to pitch the fifth. Black, making his Richmond debut, tossed a scoreless frame. Tyler Cyr added a scoreless inning in the sixth. Phils RHP Ranfi Casimiro (1-0) held Richmond to just two hits over six innings to earn the win. Richmond will continue the eight-game road trip on Sunday night at 6:35 p.m. in Reading, PA. RHP Sam Coonrod is scheduled to make the start against RHP Drew Anderson . The Flying Squirrels have announced that the July 4 contest has been sold out. Tickets are still available for Wednesday, July 5 and Thursday, July 6. Individual tickets, mini plans and group packages for the season are available by contacting the Flying Squirrels box office at 804-359-3866 or online at www.squirrelsbaseball.com

Big Inning Sinks Giants In 8-2 Loss Modesto evens series with San Jose

MODESTO, CA - The Modesto Nuts used a five-run bottom of the fifth to take control of the game on Saturday night en route to an 8-2 victory over the Giants at . The loss evened the series at a game apiece and was only San Jose's (35-45 overall, 5-5 second half) second defeat in their last seven contests overall. Jonah Arenado (2-for-4, 2B) and John Polonius (2-for-4, RBI) had two hits apiece to lead the Giants offensively in the loss. Modesto starter (7-3) earned the win after limiting San Jose to a pair of runs over the first six innings. Neidert, who entered the game ranked in the top five in the League in wins, ERA and strikeouts, surrendered five hits, walked two and struck out three during his outing. The game was scoreless through 3 1/2 innings as Neidert and Giants starter Mike Connolly dueled on the mound. San Jose did threaten in the top of the third as Matt Pare drew a leadoff walk before Ronnie Jebavy doubled with two outs to put runners on second and third. Ryan Howard though lined out to first to end the inning. Meanwhile, Connolly began his start with three scoreless frames pitching around four singles to keep the contest at 0-0. The Nuts though would breakthrough with a run against Connolly in the bottom of the fourth. After Connolly set down the first two batters of the inning, Rayder Ascanio drew a walk. Jordan Cowan then stepped to the plate and laced a double into the left center field gap that scored Ascanio all the way from first with the first run of the night. The Giants would answer in the top of the fifth with two runs against Neidert to take their first lead. Arenado led off with a double down the right field line before moving to third on a Pare groundout. Polonius was up next and he lined a single into right center plating Arenado with the tying run. The rally continued when Junior Amion doubled down the left field line advancing Polonius to third before a Jebavy sacrifice fly gave San Jose a 2-1 advantage. The Giants lead though would be short-lived as Modesto sent eight batters to the plate in a five-run, five-hit bottom of the fifth. Three straight singles from Kevin Santa, and Eric Filia to start the inning loaded the bases with none out. Chris Mariscal then hit a sacrifice fly to deep right plating Santa with the tying run. Bishop also advanced to third on the play. Joey Curletta was up next and he hit a slow grounder to third that saw San Jose force out Filia at second. Curletta though was able to beat out the throw to first which allowed Bishop to score giving the Nuts a 3-2 lead. The rally then continued with a single from Luis Liberato before Ascanio crushed a three-run home run to right. The homer, Ascanio's third of the season, extended the Modesto lead to 6-2. The Nuts then scored two more runs in the bottom of the sixth against reliever Connor Kaden (3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 SO) to push their advantage to 8-2. Arturo Nieto led off with a towering solo home run to left center. Santa then singled, took second on a passed ball and scored Modesto's eighth and final run of the night when Bishop hammered a double to left center. The Giants threatened late, but were unable to score against the Nuts bullpen. In the seventh, Pare and Polonius delivered consecutive singles to start the inning, but the next three batters were retired. Bryan Reynolds then led off the top of the eighth with a double before a one-out walk to Dillon Dobson , however both runners were stranded. San Jose was then set down 1-2-3 in the ninth to end the game. Connolly (4-6) suffered the loss after yielding a season-high tying six runs (all earned) on 10 hits over five innings. The right-hander walked one and struck out one. Notes * The Giants lost for just the second time in nine games at John Thurman Field this season. * Modesto out-hit San Jose 13-8. * The Giants were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position. * Dobson (0-for-2, 2 BB) saw his hitting streak snapped at eight games. * Arenado and Reynolds each hit their 16th doubles of the season - tied with Aramis Garcia for the team lead. * Connolly's 10 hits allowed was a season-high. * The Nuts have won six out of their last seven games overall. On Deck The Giants and Nuts continue their four-game series on Sunday evening with first pitch at John Thurman Field scheduled for 6:05 PM. Mark Reyes (4-9, 5.65 ERA) is slated to start on the mound for San Jose while Modesto is expected to counter with Pablo Lopez (3-7, 5.77 ERA). The game can be heard live on sjgiants.com with coverage beginning at 5:45 PM.