Ports Rout Giants, 11-1
Published on June 7, 2018 under California League (CalL1)
San Jose Giants News Release
SAN JOSE, CA - The Stockton Ports scored six runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back on Wednesday night en route to a convincing 11-1 victory over the Giants at Municipal Stadium. Stockton has now won the first two games of the series as San Jose (30-29) suffered their fourth consecutive loss overall.
Wander Franco (2-for-4) had a pair of singles to lead the Giants offensively in defeat. Stockton out-hit San Jose by a 15-6 margin.
Stockton sent 11 batters to the plate in the top of the first inning to take early control of the game. Brallan Perez started the contest with a double down the right field line before Giants starter Conner Menez registered a strikeout of Kevin Merrell. Following a walk to Skye Bolt and a single from Jonah Heim that loaded the bases, Menez issued a full-count walk to Dairon Blanco that forced home the first run of the inning. Menez came back to retire Will Toffey on a pop out to shortstop, but Luke Persico followed with a bloop double down the right field line that scored all three runners - Bolt, Heim and Blanco - to make it 4-0. Nate Mondou then singled before Luis Barrera also singled to again load the bases. Perez was up next and in his second at-bat of the inning, he reached on a fielding error committed by C.J Hinojosa at shortstop. The miscue allowed the sixth run of the frame to score and it ended Menez's night.
San Jose got one run back in the bottom of the first as Jalen Miller doubled with one out and scored on a two-out single from Sandro Fabian.
The Ports though kept the pressure on with single tallies in the fourth and fifth innings. In the top of the fourth, Bolt walked with one out, advanced to third on Heim single and scored when Blanco grounded into a force out. An inning later, Perez walked with one out, took third on a Merrell single and scored when Bolt hit a sacrifice fly to center.
Stockton extend their lead to 10-1 with two more runs in the top of the sixth. With one out, Persico singled and immediately scored when the next batter, Mondou, belted a double off the fence in deep right center. Barrera then singled to bring home Mondou with the Ports' 10th run of the evening.
Stockton then scored in a fourth straight inning when in the top of the seventh, Bolt tripled with one out before an RBI groundout from Heim made it 11-1.
Ports starter Brian Howard (6-3) tossed seven strong innings with just one run allowed to pick-up the win. Howard gave up five hits, walked two and struck out seven. After surrendering Fabian's RBI single in the bottom of the first, Howard did not allow another hit until Gio Brusa tripled with two outs in the sixth inning.
Menez (2-4) suffered the loss after yielding six runs (five earned) in 2/3 of an inning. The left-hander surrendered five hits, walked two and struck out one.
Notes
* San Jose's four-game skid matches their longest losing streak of the season (May 24-27).
* The Giants fell to 4-5 on their homestand.
* Menez's outing was the shortest start of the season by any San Jose pitcher. Menez's previous start came with Triple-A Sacramento on June 1 where he fired seven scoreless innings with just one hit allowed to win the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week award.
* Peter Lannoo (3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO), Jeff Burke (2 2/3 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO) and Orleny Quiroz (2 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO) all pitched out of the Giants bullpen.
* San Jose fell seven games behind first-place Stockton (37-22) in the first half North Division race with 11 to play.
On Deck
The Giants and Ports conclude their three-game series on Thursday afternoon with first pitch at Municipal Stadium scheduled for 12:30 PM. Raffi Vizcaino (3-3, 4.37 ERA) is slated to start on the mound for San Jose while Stockton is expected to counter with Matt Milburn (2-2, 4.91 ERA). For tickets, call (408) 297-1435 or visit sjgiants.com.
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