Minor League Player of the Day – O'Koyea Dickson - 3 for 3, 1 HR, 3 RBI's, 1 Run. Dickson has been relatively quiet as of late, but on Saturday he broke out with a big night and increased his season OPS to .993. Dickson also has 17 walks against just 18 strikeouts for the season.
AAA – The Isotopes were outhit 9 to 7, but they were still able to beat the Redbirds (Cardinals) 2 to 1 on Saturday. Starter Will Savage collected his first victory in almost a month by allowing just 1 run over 6 innings, even though he gave up 8 hits and 4 walks. Derrick Loop threw a scoreless 7th, then Scott Rice and Josh Wall finished the game with a hitless inning each. The eventual winning run was a bit anti-climatic as it scored on an RBI ground-out by Jeff Baisley in the 6th, although he did go 2 for 4 with a double. Brian Cavazos-Galvez had the only other mulit-hit game with a pair of singles and drove in the contest's other run.
AA – Postponed
HiA – The Quakes continued their winning streak on Saturday with a 4 -2 win over the Mavericks (Mariners). Starter Angel Sanchez gave up just 2 runs over 5 frames and recorded the win, even though he allowed 6 hits and walked 4. Freddie Cabrera allowed just 1 hit in his 2 innings of relief, then Robert Purpura and Eric Eadington finished the game with a scoreless frame each. At the plate Rancho only had 6 hits in the win, with Leon Landry's double being the only one that went for extra bases. Juan Uribe went 1 for 3 with an RBI in his second rehab game, while Michael Pericht drove in a run with a sac fly.
LoA – This game was dominated by a pair of players as the Loons whipped the Whitecaps (Tigers) 4 to 1. Starter Ryan O'Sullivan found his groove on Saturday as he allowed just 3 hits over 7 shutout innings, and the strange part about his night was the he walked 4 while striking out just 1. Matt Shelton fired the final 2 innings of the game and gave up just 2 hit while lowering his ERA to 2.57. O'Koyea Dickson was the stud at the plate as he went a perfect 3 for 3 with a 3-run homer. Scott Schebler had 2 hits and stole a base, while Angelo Songco played his first game in the field and went 0 for 2 with a pair of walks and 2 runs scored.
DSL – The Dominican Dodgers stymied the Astros by allowing just 4 hits, but they still managed to lose the game 4 to 2. Stater Luis Silverio gave up just 1 hit over 4 frames, but in the 7th Wander Beras permitted 3 runs to score which doomed the Dodgers. Arce Rodriguez went 2 for 3 with a double, and Gerson Nunez had one hit and drove in the team's only 2 runs.
Coming up – Lots of day games on Sunday, including a double header by the Lookouts that will feature a pair of TBD pitchers. Jon Michael Redding will start for the Quakes, while Stephen Fife and Arismendy Ozoria will take the mound for the Isotopes and Loons, respectively.
Albuquerque Isotopes Box Score (AAA)
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Box Score (HiA)
Great Lakes Loons Box Score (LoA)