Miller, Rawhide Cruise Past Giants
SAN JOSE, CA - Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Shelby Miller struck out 10 over 6 2/3 scoreless innings during his his rehab start in an 8-0 Visalia Rawhide victory over the San Jose Giants on Saturday evening at Municipal Stadium. The Giants (33-36) were shutout for the second straight game to
SAN JOSE, CA - Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher
Miller, who made his second rehab start against San Jose this season as he recovers from Tommy John surgery, allowed just three singles and did not issue a walk during his dominant outing to pick-up the win. The right-hander retired 19 out of the 22 batters he faced.
Offensively, Visalia did all of their damage over two innings scoring four runs in the top of the fifth before a four-run seventh. The game was scoreless through four innings before the Rawhide broke through against Giants reliever
The Rawhide then broke the game open with four more runs in the top of the seventh. Smith singled to begin the frame before Duzenack singled with one out. Mirogilo then singled home Smith for a 5-0 advantage. Following a
Meanwhile, the Giants managed only three baserunners for the entire game.
Miller struck out two batters in the bottom of the first, two batters in the third, struck out the side in the fifth, fanned two more in the sixth before finishing his start with a strikeout in the bottom of the seventh.
Myers (3-2) was charged with four runs (all earned) over 1 2/3 innings of relief to take the loss for San Jose. He allowed three hits, walked one and struck out one.
Notes
* Visalia has outscored San Jose 14-0 over the first two games of the series.
* The Giants have been shutout in back-to-back games for the first time since April 24-25, 2015 (at Bakersfield).
* San Jose has been shutout three times in the last four games.
* Miller has pitched 11 2/3 innings with just one run allowed, no walks and 18 strikeouts in his two rehab starts against the Giants (May 29 and Saturday).
* Franco extended his hitting streak to 11 games with his first-inning single.
* Marshall was making his first appearance since May 14. He was activated from the disabled list before the game on Saturday. Myers was also reinstated from the DL on Saturday and was making his first appearance since May 18.
* In other roster moves Saturday, pitchers Orleny Quiroz and
* Visalia out-hit San Jose 12-3. The Rawhide were 5-for-15 with runners in scoring position compared to 0-for-1 for the Giants.
* The trio of Visalia pitchers combined for 13 strikeouts and no walks.
On Deck
The Giants host the Rawhide on Sunday afternoon in the final game of the first half. First pitch at Municipal Stadium is scheduled for 1:00 PM.