Giants Win Second Straight At Visalia, 6-3
June 6, 2007 - California League (CalL1)
San Jose Giants News Release
Paul Oseguera tossed seven strong innings and the San Jose Giants used a balanced offensive attack to defeat the Visalia Oaks 6-3 Tuesday night at Recreation Park. Oseguera allowed just two runs on five hits and retired the last nine Visalia batters he faced in earning the victory. Six different San Jose players recorded RBI's as the Giants posted their second straight win over the Oaks.
The Giants (34-24) opened a four-game lead over Stockton (30-28) for first place in the North Division after the Ports suffered a 9-0 loss at Bakersfield Tuesday night. San Jose also owns a four-game lead on Modesto (30-28) as the Nuts defeated Lancaster 11-6 to move into a second place tie. 12 games remain in the First Half.
Antoan Richardson (2-for-3, RBI, SB), Ben Copeland (2-for-4, RBI), and David Maroul (2-for-4, 2B, RBI) each finished with more than one hit for the Giants. San Jose out-hit Visalia by a 10-7 margin.
The Giants jumped in front early with three runs in the top of the first inning against losing pitcher Brooks Brown. Three consecutive singles from Richardson, Brian Bocock, and Copeland to open the game produced a run. Bocock later scored the second run of the frame when Anthony Contreras lifted a sacrifice fly to center. Copeland scored on Maroul's two-out single into left center field.
The Oaks cut into the Giants lead with single runs in the fourth and fifth innings against Oseguera. In the fourth, Bryan Byrne doubled and scored two batters later on Brandon Burgess' double. Then in the fifth, Rusty Ryal led off with a solo home run down the left field line making the score 3-2.
Oseguera recovered after the home run to not allow another base runner for the remainder of his outing. The left-hander struck out one and didn't issue a walk.
San Jose added to their lead in the eighth inning when Richardson led off with a walk and scored on Tyler Von Schell's two-out double down the right field line.
In the ninth, Maroul led off with a double before a one-out walk to Brad Boyer. Adam Witter followed with a ground ball single through the right side plating Maroul for a 5-2 Giants advantage. Richardson then hit a sacrifice fly to score Boyer giving San Jose a 6-2 lead.
Sergio Romo relieved Oseguera to start the bottom of the eighth and fired a perfect inning before allowing a one-out, solo home run in the ninth to Byrne. Cyle Hankerd then singled prompting a pitching change as Taylor Wilding was summoned from the bullpen.
Wilding hit the first batter he faced, Burgess, with a pitch to bring the potential tying run to the plate. But the Giants closer responded with consecutive strike outs of John Hester and Ryal to finish the contest.
Notes: San Jose is 2-0 on their current seven-game road trip ... Oseguera threw just 74 pitches in improving his record to 5-2 and lowering his ERA to 2.93 ... Wilding has earned saves in the first two games of the series giving him ten for the year ... Witter (1-for-3, RBI) extended his hitting streak to nine games with his ninth-inning single ... Copeland is 9-for-20 (.450) in six games since returning from the disabled list on May 31 ... Richardson stole his team-leading 25th base of the year with a stolen bag in the fifth inning ... He's four behind Modesto's Eric Young, Jr. for the league lead ... Brown (7 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO) took the loss despite not allowing a run after the first inning ... The right-hander, who fell to 5-2, was a Supplemental First Round draft pick of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2006.
On Deck: The Giants look for a three-game sweep of the Oaks when the series concludes Wednesday night. First pitch at Recreation Park is scheduled for 6:30 P.M. Ronnie Ray (4-2, 5.11 ERA) is slated to start on the mound for San Jose while Visalia is expected to counter with Hector Ambriz (2-3, 4.21 ERA). The game can be heard live on www.sjgiants.com.
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