ORGANIZATIONAL REPORT Sunday, July 2, 2017

TEAM

LEVEL

RECORD LAST

GAME

STREAK/

LAST 10

Sacramento

River Cats

Triple-A

32-48;

16.5 GB

4th Place

L, 1-8 Vs. Fresno

L2, 4-6

Richmond

Flying Squirrels

Double-A

33-47;

8.5 GB

6th Place

L, 0-3 Vs. Reading

L3, 4-6

San Jose Giants

High-A

35-445;

11.0 GB

4th Place

L, 2-8 @ Modesto

L1, 5-5

Augusta

Greenjackets

Low-A

27-48;

15.0 GB

7th Place

L, 4-11 @ Charleston

L4, 4-6

Salem-Keizer

Volcanoes

Class-A

Short Season

7-10;

4.0 GB

4th Place

W, 2-1 @ Tri-City

W3, 5-5

Giants

Arizona Rookie

League

4-3;

1.0 GB

4th Place

W, 9-8 @ AZL Athletics

W4, 4-3

Giants

DSL

12-13;

5.0 GB

4th Place

L, 8-9 Vs. DSL

Mariners

L1, 6-4

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 Sacramento River Cats (32-48) got a lift from Chris Shaw against the Fresno Grizzlies (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 Riveroon the mound for Reading and Nate Reed pitching for Richmond. Richmond

grasped a short-lived 4-1 lead off of Rivero in the third. San Francisco Giants 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 John Thurman Field. 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 Nick Neidert (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 California

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, Braden

Bishop 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.