Clay Timpner News

Well, everyone knows the Giants are a pitching system. And they can find fine pitching performances from almost anywhere.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Conor Gillaspie homered and had a couple doubles among his four hits; Nick Noonan also had four hits; Matt Downs and Ben Copeland both homered while having two hits each; Thomas Neal reached base five times; and Craig Clark had 5.0 scoreless IP.

Aces 2, Grizzlies 1 Key error: A fielding error by Grizzlies shortstop Jake Wald on Abraham Nunez's grounder allowed the second run to score in Reno's two-run second.

The Aces bullpen threw four scoreless innings to convert starter Cesar Valdez's five-inning, one-run performance into a 2-1 victory over the Fresno Grizzlies in front of 8,853 fans at Aces Ballpark on Friday night.

Fourth-inning fireworks: David Maroul belted a grand slam and Ben Copeland followed a batter later with a solo home run -- his sixth of the season -- to spark the Grizzlies' five-run fourth-inning. It was Maroul's first hit since being promoted from Class-A San Jose before Tuesday's game.

Not too many highlights from the farm system today: Garrett Broushuis led a shutout effort with six scoreless innings on six hits and a walk in a CT 1-0 win; David Maroul, up in Fresno to fill in the roster, hit a grand slam in a Fresno win; Darren Ford ...how about his second half? 3-for-6 today with a double and triple; C.J. Ziegler went 4-for-5 ...

Some highlights from the Giants ' Farm System: RafRod has a perfect day, going 4-for-4 with a pair of runs scored and four RBI; Cameron Lamb, in what could be his last start of the season, throws five shutout innings with three hits and two walks against six strikeouts, getting his fourth win of the season; Steve Hammond does something odd - six ...

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Clay Timpner homered and doubled among his three hits; Buster Posey also homered while reaching base twice; Kevin Frandsen had three hits; Jackson Williams had a couple XBH; Tyler Graham had a HR among his two hits; and Kyle Nicholson allowed 2 ER in 6.0 IP.

Grizzlies 6, Redhawks 3 Quality, not quantity : The Grizzlies were outhit 10-5, and so what? Just as important as hits on this night were Kevin Frandsen's two walks -- the first preceding Buster Posey's two-run homer in the first, and the second setting the stage for John Bowker's two-run homer in the fifth, giving Fresno a 4-3 lead.

On a night when the Giants ' for of the Giants top five affiliates combined for just three XBHs, the highlights on the Giants farm come mostly from the pitchers: Steve Hammond and Daryl Maday, the two starters in the upper minors, each allowed just 1 ER ; and Craig Clark allowed 3 ER in 8.0 IP.

A pile of orange emerged around the pitcher's mound. A huddled mass of 24 players exuberantly celebrated a come-from-behind win, as Kevin Frandsen singled home two runs in the bottom of the ninth for 6-5 Fresno win over New Orleans.

Grizzlies 9, Zephyrs 0 Key moments: Fresno starter Matt Kinney worked out of jams in the first and sixth with runners on second and third both innings.

Red hot Grizzlies 'just having fun' Red hot Grizzlies 'just having fun' Yes, today is June 1. But the Fresno Grizzlies might want to petition the calendar gods for an extended May.

Grizzlies 5, Sky Sox 3 Key moment: Giants utility man Rich Aurilia, in his first of two rehab games with Fresno, made his second at-bat a productive one.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Joe Martinez had 0 ER in 7.0 IP; Ryan Rohlinger homered and doubled while reaching base three times; Brock Bond had his sixth consecutive multi-hit game; and Roger Kieschnick had his 21st HR.

Emmanuel Burris is on crunches and out for a lengthy stretch. Kevin Frandsen is back in the majors for an unknown amount of time.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Thomas Neal and Darren Ford remain hot, with both having three hits while reaching base four times; Oliver Odle had perhaps his best start of the season with 1 ER in 7.0 IP; Brett Pill had his 12th HR; and both Francisco Peguero and Wendell Fairley both had three hits.

Complete disaster: Grizzlies pitcher Matt Kinney was coming off his best outing of the season when he threw a one-run complete game victory.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Brett Pill had four hits, including 2 HRs; Thomas Neal had also four hits with 2 XBHs; Kevin Pucetas allows just 2 H and no ER in 6.0 IP; Ari Ronick allowed 2 ER in 7.2 IP; Clay Timpner homered and doubled; and Darren Ford reached base four times.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Thomas Neal had his 17th HR while reaching base three times: Brian Bocock reached base four times; Ben Snyder had 6 K in 4.1 scoreless IP in relief; and Clay Timpner had three hits, including his 8th double.