Snake Stars
3 stars: Caleb Clay, Reno - 5 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, W (5-6)
2 stars: Alex Glenn, Visalia - 2-for-5, HR (3), DBL, R, three RBI
1 star: Kevin Medrano, Mobile - 3-for-5, DBL, R, three RBI
0 stars: Scooter Price, AZL - 0.1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO, L (0-2)
Triple-A Reno 2/2, Sacramento 1/6. A 7-inning double-header, but a rain delay meaning the first game didn't start until 7:45pm. In the opener, Caleb Clay tossed five shutout innings for the win; Addison Reed got the save despite allowing two hits, a walk and a run in the ninth. 2B Garrett Weber, doubled, singled, drove in and scored a run. also stealing a base. In the nightcap Jhoulys Chacin was a victim of poor control (four BB in 4.2 IP) and poor defense, all three runs allowed, on five hits and four K's, being unearned. The Aces did get the tying run on base in the sixth, and SS Brandon Drury had two of their six hits, but they had to settle for a late-night split.
Double-A Mobile 9, Pensacola 4. After the game was scoreless to the bottom of the fifth, the BayBears blew it open with six runs there, highlighted by a two-run double from 2B Kevin Medrano. He had three hits and drove in three; LF Zach Borenstein also had three RBI, including a two-run homer, his seventh. 1B Rudy Flores reached base four times, on two hits and two walks, but also made a pair of errors. A.J. Schugel threw seven strong innings, allowing two runs on five hits and one walk, with seven strikeouts, and Keith Hessler came in with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth, and left them that way.
High-A Visalia 3 @ Stockton 1 (11). RF Alex Glenn hit his third home-run of the season, a two-run shot with one out in the top of the 11th, as the Rawhide won a pitching duel. Anthony Banda gave up one run in six innings, on five hits and two walks, with five strikeouts, and the bullpen then threw five shutout, Nickolas Sarianides getting the W for two innings with three K's. Glenn also doubled, driving in Visalia's other run in the first inning, while SS Domingo Leyba had two doubles and a single.
A-ball Kane County 6 @ Wisconsin 1. The Cougars jumped out to a three-run lead in the first, and the margin was never less thereafter. RF Chuck Taylor picked up three hits and a stolen base, but was also caught, with CF Colin Bray doubling, singling and also taking a bag, driving in two. SS Ildemaro Vargas and 3B Cody Regis each drew two walks and had a pair of hits. That was more than enough offense for Wei-Chieh Huang, who improved to 4-1 with an ERA of 1.54. However, this wasn't one of his most dominating starts: he allowed one run in five innings, but walked four, with four hits and two strikeouts.
A-short Hillsboro 4 @ Everett 7. The Hops came back twice to tie the game, but after scoring two in the eighth to lock things up at four, immediately gave up three to hand victory to the AquaSox. Carlos Hernandez gave up four runs in six, on four hits, with three walks and three K's, but Lawrence Pardu and Will Landsheft combined to allow five hits in that eighth. DH Josh Anderson and 2B Fernery Ozuna each had two singles for Hillsboro, the latter also stealing his eighth base.
Rookie Missoula 7, Ogden 6. After conceding three in the top of the first, the Osprey roared back with a five-run bottom, led by C Luke Lowery's three-run homer, his fourth in 16 games. 2B Raymel Flores tripled and doubled, and CF Matt McPhearson had three hits and stole a pair of bases. Scott Schultz lasted only four innings, being charged with five runs on six hits, fanning four. Dan Savas struck out two of the three batters he faced in the ninth, getting his sixth save.
AZL D-backs 3, Rangers 7. After two hits in the opening game of his rehab, CF Ender Inciarte's second didn't go as well, since he went 0-for-3. The D-backs had a two-run lead after four, but the Rangers hit back with a five run fifth off Oliver Polanco and Scooter Price. 3B Eudy Ramos had three hits, including a pair of doubles, scoring twice.