Giants can't touch Scherzer
Making his second start since signing with Arizona on May 31, the former first-round draft pick retired all 21 batters he faced.
"My confidence was really high tonight and I just wanted to build off the momentum from my last time out," he said. "It feels great to get into a zone, and that's what happened tonight."
Scherzer (1-0) was pulled after seven innings and 88 pitched but was confident he could have gone the distance.
"I knew I was on the pitch count, but I think I would have gotten the perfect game if I had stayed in," he said. "As a pitcher, you have to have confidence no matter what the situation is. I was really competing out there, but certain things are out of my control. I just wanted to do the best job I could."
In two starts in the hitter-friendly California League, the 22-year-old right-hander has allowed one run on two hits with 21 strikeouts and no walks over 12 innings.
In 2005, as a sophomore at the University of Missouri, Scherzer struck out 14 over seven innings in a combined no-hitter against Texas Tech.
Rusty Ryal went 4-for-5 with a homer, three RBIs and three runs scored. He ripped an RBI single in the first, smacked a two-run homer, his seventh, in the fifth, and doubled and scored in the eighth before singling and scoring again in the ninth.
Jereme Milons blasted a three-run homer and Cyle Hankerd added three hits for the Oaks (31-24.
Giants starter Gregorio Martinez (4-5) allowed four runs -- one earned -- on eight hits and two walks, fanning five over five innings.
Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run homer, his sixth, for San Jose (35-30). --Steve Conley/MLB.com