Giants Conclude First Half with 3-2 Victory
Published on June 16, 2012 under California League (CalL1)
San Jose Giants News Release
SAN JOSE - Shawn Sanford allowed just two runs over a season-high 6 2/3 innings before the San Jose bullpen slammed the door on the Modesto Nuts in a 3-2 Giants victory Saturday evening at Municipal Stadium. Three San Jose relievers combined to hold Modesto hitless over the last 2 1/3 innings as the Giants claimed two out of three games in the series. San Jose finishes the first half with a 38-32 record.
Sanford (5-4), who made his first start with San Jose since May 19 after four appearances with Triple-A Fresno, allowed six hits with two walks and two strikeouts to pick-up the win. At one point during his outing, Sanford retired 18 out of 20 Nuts hitters.
Luke Anders (2-for-4, RBI) and Ryan Lollis (2-for-4, 2B) had two hits apiece to lead the Giants offensively. Joe Panik (1-for-4, RBI) also extended his hitting streak to nine games.
San Jose trailed by a 1-0 score until plating a run in the bottom of the fourth inning against Modesto starter Christian Bergman. With one out, Ricky Oropesa doubled off the fence in deep right center field before Andrew Susac drew a walk. Anders was up next and he grounded a single through the hole on the right side to bring home Oropesa with the tying run. Bergman though was able to limit the damage in the inning when he induced the following hitter, Alex Burg, to ground into a double play.
The Giants then took the lead with two runs against Bergman in the bottom of the fifth. Bobby Haney led off with a single before moving to second on Chris Lofton's sacrifice bunt. Lollis then doubled to deep right with Haney only advancing to third, but a Panik RBI groundout brought home the go-ahead tally. Adam Duvall was up next and he grounded a double down the left field line to score Lollis for a 3-1 San Jose advantage.
Sanford surrendered a single run in the top of the first when consecutive two-out walks was followed by an RBI single from Dallas Tarleton, but the Giants starter settled down to hold the Nuts off the scoreboard until the seventh.
Sanford set down Modesto 1-2-3 in the second and third innings before pitching around a one-out single in the fourth. The Nuts managed just a one-out single in the top of the fifth while Sanford breezed through a perfect sixth inning.
In the seventh, Sanford retired the first two batters before Juan Crousset singled. Jayson Langfels followed by smacking a triple into the right field corner plating Crousset to cut the Giants lead in half. Phil McCormick (1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO) was then summoned from the bullpen and he promptly struck out Rafael Ortega to end the inning and keep San Jose ahead.
San Francisco Giants reliever Dan Runzler (1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO) pitched the top of the eighth and set down all three batters he faced in a perfect inning of work. Jose Valdez (1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO) then struck out two in a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his third save of the year. Valdez finished the game with a swinging strikeout of Mark Tracy.
Bergman (8-5) suffered the loss for Modesto after yielding three runs (all earned) on six hits over six innings. He walked three and struck out four.
The Giants out-hit the Nuts by a 10-6 margin.
California League Stories from June 16, 2012
- 66ers Fall 5-3 in First Half Finale - Inland Empire 66ers
- Giants Conclude First Half with 3-2 Victory - San Jose Giants
- JetHawks Erupt for 14 in 66ers Loss - Inland Empire 66ers
- Mavs Stay Alive, Defeat Quakes in 11 Innings - Rancho Cucamonga Quakes
- JetHawks Strike Empire with 14 Runs - Lancaster JetHawks
- Jackson Jolts Storm to Victory - Lake Elsinore Storm
- Late Storm Rally Sinks Blaze, 8-4 - Bakersfield Blaze
- Giants Suffer 6-4 Loss to Modesto - San Jose Giants
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
