STOCKTON, Calif. - The San Jose Giants scored six runs over the first two innings on Friday night. The Stockton Ports turned the tables on them Saturday at Banner Island Ballpark. Stockton took advantage of three errors over the first two innings and scored six runs in that span on
STOCKTON, Calif. - The San Jose Giants scored six runs over the first two innings on Friday night. The Stockton Ports turned the tables on them Saturday at Banner Island Ballpark. Stockton took advantage of three errors over the first two innings and scored six runs in that span on their way to a lopsided 13-2 win in the third game of a four-game set.
Giants third baseman Jonah Arenado suffered through a tough defensive first inning. Arenado committed a throwing error on a fielder's choice play to second base that allowed runners to be at first and third with one out. After Seth Brown walked to load the bases, Tyler Ramirez singled to left to drive in the first Ports run of the night. Mikey White followed and hit a potential inning-ending double-play ball to Arenado. Arenado elected to throw home and made an errant throw that allowed two runs to score. Trent Gilbert added an RBI single later in the inning to make it a 4-0 contest.
Giants starter Matt Krook (0-4) issued a pair of walks and gave up a single to load the bases with nobody out in the second. After a strikeout, Ramirez reached on an infield single that hit off of Krook's foot and scored a run. Krook was lifted at that point for David Owen. Owen got Mikey White to hit a grounder towards third. Arenado fielded the ball, stepped on third base for one out but then made an errant throw to first, his third error in two innings.
Krook would suffer the loss, going an inning-and-a-third and allowing six runs (two earned) on four hits while walking four and striking out three.
Stockton added to its lead in the third when Chris Iriart led off with a home run to right, his fifth of the season. Iolana Akau followed with a single and scored later in the inning on a Skye Bolt groundout to make it 8-0.
White the Ports were scoring, Stockton starter A.J. Puk (1-3) was dealing. Puk retired the first 10 batters he faced before allowing an infield single to Ryan Howard, the only hit he allowed in his outing. Puk would go on to retire five of the next six batters he faced to finish his outing. He went on to earn his first professional victory, going five innings and allowing one hit while striking out a career-best nine.
The Ports added to their lead with four more runs in the ninth off Owen. Bolt provided a sac-fly with runners at the corners with one out. Brown followed with a single and Ramirez drove in his third run of the night with an RBI single to left that knocked Owen from the game. Yordy Cabrera was summoned from the bullpen and he allowed a two-run double to Mikey White that stretched the Stockton lead to 12-0.
Owen allowed six runs on six hits over 3.1 innings. Cabrera would allow one run in his 3.1 innings of work as Eli White grounded out to drive in a run in the sixth.
San Jose's runs came on one swing of the bat, a two-run homer by Aramis Garcia off Ports reliever Will Gilbert in the seventh. Gilbert worked three innings and allowed four hits while striking out one.
Andrew Tomasovich punctuated the victory with a perfect ninth inning that opened with back-to-back strikeouts.
The Ports and Giants wrap up their four-game set on Sunday afternoon at Banner Island Ballpark. Casey Meisner (2-4, 7.15 ERA) makes the start for Stockton, opposed by San Jose southpaw Mark Reyes (0-4, 6.84 ERA). First pitch is set for 2:09 p.m. PDT.
