Stockton OF Lawrence Butler hit a two-run home in the third inning then launched a grand slam in the eighth to drive in all of Stockton’s runs in a 6-2 win over San Jose Wednesday night. The Ports ended a nine-game losing streak as three pitchers held the Giants to just seven hits.
Butler went 2-for-4 with 6 RBIs, belting his 11th and 12 homers of the season. He’s gone 6-for-12 in his last three games.
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All four winning teams scored in double digits on Wednesday. The top of the North division stayed the same while Inland Empire took over first place in the South division.
INLAND EMPIRE – 10
RANCHO CUCAMONGA – 6
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San Jose SS Marco Luciano and teammate RHP Ryan Murphy have been honored as Low-A West Player and Pitcher of the Week for June 28 – July 4.
MARCO LUCIANO – The top prospect in the Giants organization went 6-for-19 against Stockton last week with a double, four homers and nine RBIs. The 19-year old had a huge night in the opener against the Ports, going 3-for-5 with a double and two home runs. For the year Luciano is slashing .274/.371/.574.
RYAN MURPHY – The San Jose righty shutout the Stockton Ports for seven innings on Saturday, allowing just one hit and one walk with 12 strikeouts. In his longest outing of the season, Murphy threw 92 pitches, 68 for strikes.
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In a battle of first-place clubs, the San Jose Giants belted out 14 hits and drew eight walks to drop the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 9-5 on Tuesday night. LF Alex Canario blasted two home runs (5, 6) and SS Marco Luciano hit his 9th bomb of the year.
Giants starter Ryan Murphy went 3 1/3 IP allowing 4 runs (3ER) on 5 hits and 2 walks with 6 strikeouts. The Giants bullpen stopped the back-and-forth scoring by holding the Quakes to just one run the rest of the way. Righty Austin Reich (W, 3-0) went 2 2/3 scoreless innings allowing just one hit and no walks with four strikeouts. RHP Clay Helvey finished off the game, going 2 IP with no runs, hits or walks and five strikeouts for his sixth save of the season.
The win put the Giants (29-14) up by three games in the North division while the Quakes’ lead in the South shrunk to 2 1/2 games.
VISALIA WALKS OFF WITH FOUR IN THE 9TH INNING
The Visalia Rawhide beat the Fresno Grizzlies for the first time in 13 tries this season with a four-run bottom of the 9th inning to walk-off with a win. Fresno took a 9-6 advantage into the home half of the 9th but Visalia got what it needed as CF Glenallen Hill Jr. capped off the rally with an RBI single to win it, 10-9.
Each team scored in five different half innings. 1B Neyfy Castillo led Visalia’s 14-hit attack, going 3-for-5 with a triple. Reliever Bobby Ay pitched the final two innings, allowing one run on one hit and three walks with a strikeout and picked up the win when the offense came through.
LAKE ELSINORE – 11
MODESTO – 5
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STOCKTON – 6
INLAND EMPIRE – 5
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TRANSACTIONS
VISALIA RAWHIDE – OF Jorge Barrosa, SS Roman Ruiz, LHP Denson Hull and RHP Brandon Pfaadt assigned to High-A Hillsboro
3B Alexander Hernandez assigned to Visalia from High-A Hillsboro. RHP Alex Valdez assigned to Visalia from ACL D-Backs
LAKE ELSINORE STORM– LHP Ramon Perez assigned to High-A Fort Wayne
INLAND EMPIRE 66ERS – 1B Julio De La Cruz assigned to Inland Empire from ACL Angels
3B Jose Bonilla assigned to ACL Angels
MODESTO NUTS – RHP Leon Hunter and LHP Max Roberts assigned to Modesto Nuts from Tacoma Rainiers.
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