ORGANIZATIONAL REPORT Thursday, May 25, 2017

TEAM

LEVEL

RECORD LAST

GAME

STREAK/

LAST 10

Sacramento

River Cats

Triple-A

17-28;

12.0 GB

4th Place

L, 5-9 Vs. Memphis

L1, 3-7

Richmond

Flying Squirrels

Double-A

17-27;

7.5 GB

6th Place

L, 0-5 Vs. Memphis

L5, 3-7

San Jose Giants

High-A

19-28;

7.5 GB

4th Place

W, 11-7 @ Lancaster

W1, 4-6

Augusta

Greenjackets

Low-A

13-28;

13.5 GB

7th Place

Postponed:

Rain

L3, 2-8

Hwang's, Slater's big days not enough for Sacramento

River Cats rack up 12 hits but fall 9-5 to Memphis

The Sacramento River Cats (17-28) fell 9-5 in game two of their four game series to the

Memphis Redbirds (29-18) Wednesday afternoon at Raley Field

Memphis jumped on Sacramento starter Joan Gregorio early, tagging the right-hander for four

runs through the first three frames. It was the first time Gregorio had allowed more than three

earned runs in an outing this season.

The River Cats fought back, however, led by Kelby Tomlinson, Austin Slater, and Jae-Gyun

Hwang, eventually cutting the deficit to one. The trio combined for seven hits and five RBI, but

ultimately it wasn't enough as the Redbirds pushed five more runs across over the last three

innings. Of Memphis' nine runs, six came by way of home runs.

Tomorrow night's matchup will feature a couple of left-handers as Sacramento

southpaw Michael Roth (3-3, 4.54) faces Memphis' Marco Gonzales (1-0, 0.68). First pitch is set

for 7:05 p.m. (PT) and the game can be heard live online at rivercats.com and on the air on

Money 105.5 FM.

Postgame Notes

Hwang: Jae-Gyun Hwang drove in three runs for the second consecutive game…he now leads

the team with 25 RBI…finished the game 2-for-5 with his second triple of the year…today

marked his team-leading 15th

multi-hit game.

Slater: Right fielder Austin Slater drove in the other two Sacramento runs today…went 2-for-4

on the afternoon, his second straight two-hit game…Slater is hitting .355 in May (27-for-76)

with 13 RBI.

Tomlinson: Kelby Tomlinson started his fourth game in centerfield and went 3-for-5 at the

plate…has six hits in his last two games as the leadoff hitter…in his last five games, Tomlinson is

10-for-21 (.476).

Season highs: Right-hander Joan Gregorio tied his season-high by going seven innings…Gregorio

gave up a season-high five runs and faced 29 Redbirds hitters, also a new mark…he allowed a

home run in the third inning and has now given up a home run in four consecutive starts.

Season debut: Left-hander D.J. Snelten made his Triple-A debut today for the River Cats…he

walked a batter and gave up a two-run home run in one inning of relief…in 15 appearances with

Double-A Richmond, Snelten went 4-1 with a 1.66 ERA.

***

20-Hit Outburst Powers Giants To 11-7 Victory

San Jose scores eight runs over final four innings to earn win

LANCASTER, CA - The San Jose Giants knocked out a season-high 20 hits in an 11-7 victory over

the Lancaster JetHawks on Wednesday evening at The Hangar. Gio Brusa smacked a game-tying

two-run home run in the top of the seventh before Ryan Howard gave the Giants the lead for

good with an RBI double in the eighth. San Jose (19-28) scored eight runs over the final four

innings to claim the wild back-and-forth affair.

Howard (4-for-5, 2 RBI) had four hits and drove home a pair of runs to lead the Giants offensive

attack. Brusa (2-for-5, HR, 2 RBI), Bryan Reynolds (2-for-5, HR, 2 RBI) and Dillon Dobson (2-for-

5, HR, 2 RBI) each homered for San Jose. Jonah Arenado (3-for-5, 2 2B) and Daniel Carbonell (3-

for-5, 2B, 3 RBI) also contributed with three hits apiece. Eight of the nine Giants players in the

lineup finished with multi-hit games.

San Jose enjoyed 3-0 lead through 4 1/2 innings before Lancaster broke through in the bottom

of the fifth against Giants starter Matt Solter. A walk to Roberto Ramos started the frame

before a Solter wild pitch advanced the runner to second. Two batters later, Chris

Rabago delivered a one-out RBI single to bring home the first JetHawks run of the night. Scott

Burcham then stepped to the plate and crushed a two-run home run to left tying the game 3-3.

The rally continued with back-to-back singles from the next two hitters, Wes Rogers and

Branden Rodgers, before a Sam Hilliard sacrifice fly gave Lancaster a 4-3 lead.

The Giants though would answer with two runs in the top of the sixth to immediately move

back in front. After the first two batters of the inning were retired, Arenado singled. Carbonell

was up next and he hit a fly ball into right that was lost in the lights by the right fielder Hilliard.

The play resulted in a double for Carbonell with Arenado scoring all the way from first base with

the tying run. Following a walk to Jalen Miller, Howard grounded a single up the middle to plate

Carbonell for a 5-4 San Jose advantage.

Solter returned to the mound in the bottom of the sixth and issued a one-out walk to Ramos

before Mylz Jones popped out for the second out of the inning. A pitching change brought Will

LaMarche into the game and he was greeted by a Rabago single to put runners on the corners.

Burcham was up next and he hit a high pop up into shallow right field that got caught in the

strong wind and dropped behind the second baseman Miller. Burcham was credited with a

single on the play as Ramos came home to tie the score 5-5. Rogers followed with a broken bat

bloop single into shallow center plating Rabago as the JetHawks reclaimed the lead at 6-5.

Rodgers then delivered another bloop single into center as Burcham came home to make it 7-5.

The see-saw battle continued in the seventh as the Giants used the long ball to draw even. With

two outs, Dobson reached on an infield single bringing up Brusa, who launched a towering two-

run home run down the right field line. The homer, Brusa's team-leading eighth of the season,

tied the contest 7-7.

LaMarche pitched a scoreless bottom of the seventh for San Jose working around a two-out

single before the Giants went back to work offensively in the eighth. With one out, Miller drew

a four-pitch walk to start a rally. Howard then laced a double into the left field corner to score

Miller from first with the go-ahead run. Reynolds was up next and he smacked an opposite field

two-run home run to deep left center pushing the lead to 10-7. The home run was Reynolds'

second this season.

Following a 1-2-3 bottom of the eighth thrown by reliever Dylan Rheault (1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0

SO), San Jose scored their final run of the evening in the top of the ninth. With two outs,

Arenado ripped a double into the right center field gap before Carbonell produced an RBI single

into center for an 11-7 cushion. Carbonell's single was the Giants' 20th hit of the game.

Ryan Halstead (1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO) sealed the victory for San Jose with a scoreless bottom

of the ninth. Halstead allowed a one-out double to Hilliard, but retired the next two JetHawks

hitters to close it out.

LaMarche (1-0) was credited with the win out of the Giants bullpen. The right-hander

surrendered two runs (both earned) in 1 1/3 innings.

Carlos Polanco (2-3) suffered the loss in relief for Lancaster. Polanco allowed all three runs in

the top of the eighth.

San Jose jumped out early on Wednesday with a three-run top of the second. With one

out, Heath Quinn doubled off the left center field fence before Dobson hammered a two-run

home run to right center. Later in the inning, Brusa singled and would eventually score on a

Carbonell two-out single.

Solter began his night with four scoreless innings for the Giants before running into trouble in

the fifth. Solter allowed only two singles and threw a total of just 47 pitches over the first four

frames. He was charged with five runs (all earned) on six hits over 5 2/3 innings during his start.

Solter walked three and struck out three.

Notes

* The Giants and JetHawks have split the first two games of the series.

* San Jose's previous season-high in hits was 16.

* Wednesday was the Giants' first game of 20 or more hits since August 2, 2013 (20 hits in a 15-

6 win at Bakersfield).

* San Jose is batting .379 as a team and averaging 9.0 runs per game through the first four

games of the current road trip (3-1 record).

* Brusa has hit four home runs in his last six games.

* Carbonell and Howard extended hitting streaks to eight and seven games respectively.

* Howard now leads the California League with 59 hits. His .326 batting average is fourth in the

league.

* Quinn (2-for-5, 2 2B) and Garcia (2-for-5) also had multi-hit games on Wednesday.

* Of the Giants' 20 hits, nine went for extra-bases (six doubles, three home runs).

On Deck

The Giants and JetHawks play the rubber game of their three-game series on Thursday evening

with first pitch at The Hangar is scheduled for 6:35 PM. Matt Krook (0-6, 8.61 ERA) is slated to

start on the mound for San Jose while Lancaster is expected to counter with Peter Lambert (3-

3, 4.21 ERA). The game can be heard live on sjgiants.com with coverage beginning at 6:15 PM.