ORGANIZATIONAL REPORT Saturday, May 6, 2017

TEAM

LEVEL

RECORD LAST

GAME

STREAK/

LAST 10

Sacramento

River Cats

Triple-A

10-18;

7.5 GB

4th Place

L, 1-5 @ Fresno

L1, 4-6

Richmond

Flying Squirrels

Double-A

11-15;

4.5 GB

6th Place

L, 2-12 Vs. Bowie

L1, 5-5

San Jose Giants

High-A

13-16;

5.0 GB

4th Place

W, 8-5 @ Stockton

W1, 4-6

Augusta

Greenjackets

Low-A

10-18;

8.5 GB

7th Place

L, 3-15 @ Kannapolis

L6, 3-7

River Cats bats kept in check, fall 5-1 to Fresno

Sacramento splits series with Grizzlies, manage just one run

Fresno, CA - The Sacramento River Cats (10-18) dropped the fourth and final game of their

series against the Fresno Grizzlies (13-16) 5-1

Right-hander Dan Slania was on the hill for the River Cats and had some trouble early, allowing

two runs in the second but settled down after that. The River Cats offense also struggled early

on as they were unable to get their first hit until the fourth frame.

Slania would go on to allow three more runs over his six innings tonight for a total of five on 10

hits. The No. 21 prospect in the Giants' organization, Slania struck out three Fresno hitters and

walked two en route to his fourth loss of the year. Right-hander Kyle Crick pitched two

scoreless innings of relief with four strikeouts and one walk.

The lone RBI tonight came off the bat of centerfielder Wynton Bernard who knocked in Austin

Slater in seventh. As a team, the River Cats offense had seven hits but went 0-for-7 with

runners in scoring position and left seven men on base.

The River Cats will head home for a four-game set against the Reno Aces. For game one

tomorrow night, Sacramento sends right-hander Tyler Beede (1-1, 3.67) to the mound and

Reno's right-hander Frank Duncan (1-3, 8.13) will get the start. First pitch is at 7:05 and the

game can be heard live online at rivercats.com and on the air on ESPN 1320.

Postgame Notes

Slania: Dan Slania dropped his fourth game of the season tonight, three of which have come on

the road…he now owns a 9.88 ERA (13.2 innings, 15 earned runs) away from home…opponents

have a .367 batting average against Slania on the road and five of his six home runs have come

in away games.

Back to Sac: The River Cats return home to Sacramento after finishing 3-6 on their nine game

road trip...over those nine games, the River Cats were outscored 40-26.

First hacks: The Sacramento offense had leadoff hitters reach base in five of the nine innings

tonight…the River Cats are hitting .274 as a team when leading off an inning this season.

Bernard: Wynton Bernard went 0-for-3 tonight but drove in his second run of the season…also

had an outfield assist in the second inning, throwing out Grizzlies' Tyler White at third base.

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Squirrels And Baysox Postponed Monday

Doubleheader Scheduled For May 5th

RVA - Monday's contest between the Richmond Flying Squirrels and the Bowie Baysox has been

postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on

Friday, May 5 at The Diamond. The doubleheader will consist of two, seven inning games, with

the first contest beginning at 5:35 p.m., (gates open at 5 p.m.). Additionally, the Flying Squirrels

happy hour on Friday, May 5 will be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and the first 1,000 fans (15 & up)

will receive a free Cinco de Mayo Squirrels shirt.

Tickets for Monday's game can be redeemed at the Flying Squirrels box office for any 2017

regular season home game (based on availability). Tickets must be exchanged in-person. The

Squirrels will continue the current homestand on Tuesday at 6:35 p.m., with Tip of the Cap

Tuesday. A full rundown of the Flying Squirrels promotions can be found here. 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

Garcia, Slatton Star In 8-5 Giants Victory

San Jose evens series in Stockton

STOCKTON, CA - Aramis Garcia homered as part of a four-RBI night and Heath Slatton struck

out 10 batters over five dominant innings to lead the San Jose Giants to an 8-5 victory over the

Stockton Ports on Friday evening at Banner Island Ballpark. The win for the Giants (13-16)

evened the series with Stockton at a game apiece.

Garcia (3-for-5, 2 2B, HR, 4 RBI), who also doubled twice, helped San Jose jump out to a 6-0 lead

after 1 1/2 innings. Bryan Reynolds (2-for-3, 2B, RBI) and Dillon Dobson (2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI) also

finished with two hits apiece.

Slatton (1-2) earned his first win of the season after achieving a new career-high in strikeouts.

The right-hander surrendered just one run during his five-inning start with five hits

allowed. Ryan Halstead recorded the final two outs of the game with the potential tying run at

the plate to collect his fourth save of the season.

The Giants used a pair of two-out rallies over the first two innings to build a lead on Friday.

With two outs and none on base, Reynolds drew a walk to start the first-inning rally. Garcia

then stepped to the plate and blasted a double into the left field corner to score Reynolds all

the way from first base with the first run of the night. Dobson then blooped a double down the

left field line plating Garcia for a 2-0 advantage.

San Jose then extended their lead with a four-run top of the second. After the first two batters

of the inning were retired, Jalen Miller doubled down the left field line. Ryan Howard then

walked before Reynolds grounded a single through the hole on the right side to score Miller.

Garcia was up next and he crushed an 0-2 pitch over the fence in deep left center for a three-

run homer. The home run, Garcia's team-leading fifth of the season, pushed the lead to 6-0.

Meanwhile, Slatton began his start with seven strikeouts over three scoreless innings. Slatton

fanned two batters in a perfect first inning before striking out the side in the second. The Ports

put runners at second and third with one out in the bottom of the third, but Slatton registered

back-to-back swinging strikeouts of Eli White and Tyler Ramirez to end the threat.

Stockton broke through against Slatton with a run in the bottom of the fourth, but the Giants

right-hander prevented further damage when he stranded the bases loaded. A triple from Seth

Brown started the inning before Skye Bolt walked and Trent Gilbert was hit by a pitch to load

the bases. Chris Iriart then singled to left bringing home Brown to cut the San Jose lead to 6-1

as the bases remained loaded. Slatton though recovered with consecutive strikeouts of Mikey

White and Santiago Chavez before Branden Cogswell flied out to center to retire the side.

San Jose immediately got the run back in the top of the fifth as Reynolds led off with a double

and scored two batters later on Dobson's one-out single up the middle.

Slatton finished his night with a scoreless bottom of the fifth pitching around a one-out walk.

Slatton fanned Bolt - his 10th strikeout of the game - to end the inning.

Carlos Diaz (2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO) relieved Slatton to begin the bottom of the sixth and

worked through a pair of one-out hits to maintain the 7-1 Giants lead. The Ports, however,

would rally for two runs in the seventh against Diaz to pull within 7-3. A walk to Eli White

before a Ramirez single put runners on first and second with none out. After Diaz set down the

next two hitters, Gilbert and Iriart delivered back-to-back RBI singles to cut the San Jose lead to

7-3. With the tying run in the on deck circle though Diaz came back to retire Mikey White on a

fly out to end the inning.

The Giants scored their eighth and final run of the contest in the top of the eighth

as Johneshwy Fargas drew a leadoff walk, stole second and took third when the throw from the

catcher Chavez bounced into center. Two batters later, a wild pitch plated Fargas to extend the

lead to 8-3.

Dylan Rheault (1 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO) breezed through a nine-pitch bottom of the

eighth for San Jose before running into trouble in the ninth. Ramirez led off with a single before

Brown stepped to the plate and launched a two-run home run to right. The round-tripper,

Brown's team-leading fifth of the season, made the score 8-5. The rally then continued with a

walk to Bolt before Gilbert flied out to left. Halstead was then summoned from the bullpen, but

he promptly allowed a double to deep right center off the bat of Iriart moving Bolt to third.

However with the potential tying run at the plate, Halstead notched consecutive swinging

strikeouts of Mikey White and Chavez to end the game.

Stockton starter Boomer Biegalski (1-1) suffered the loss after yielding six runs (all earned) on

five hits over 1 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out two.

Notes

* San Jose won for just the second time in their last seven games.

* The Giants improved to 6-5 against Stockton this season.

* Slatton's previous career-high in strikeouts was four. His 10 strikeouts on Friday matched the

high total by a San Jose pitcher this year (Conner Menez, April 27 at Rancho Cucamonga).

* The Ports out-hit the Giants 14-9.

* Stockton was 4-for-18 (.222 AVG) with runners in scoring position and left 13 on base.

* Howard (1-for-4) extended his hitting streak to 13 games with a sixth-inning single.

* Halstead (0.64 ERA) is a perfect 4-for-4 in save chances this season.

* Garcia has 20 RBI's in 14 games this year (.357 AVG).

* The two pitching staffs combined for 28 strikeouts on Friday (Giants 15, Ports 13).

On Deck

The Giants and Ports continue their series on Saturday evening with first pitch at Banner Island

Ballpark scheduled for 7:10 PM. Matt Krook (0-3, 12.34 ERA) is slated to start on the mound for

San Jose while Stockton is expected to counter with A.J. Puk (0-3, 5.31 ERA). The game can be

heard live on sjgiants.com with coverage beginning at 6:50 PM.