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Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Buster Posey and Roger Kieschnick each had three hits, with each homering and doubling; Conor Gillaspie also had three hits, including a double; Scott Barnes had 0 ER and 9 K in 6.0 IP; Garrett Broshuis had 6.2 scoreless IP in his first this year for Connecticut; and Kyle Nicholson pitched his third complete game ...

Not a good day for highlights on the Giants ' farm. Maybe they were taking a holiday.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: John Bowker had two XBH while reaching base in all four plate appearances; Henry Sosa allowed one run in five innings; and Eddy Martinez-Esteve reached base four times.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Brock Bond had hits in all five plate appearances; Buster Posey had his 11th HR and 20th double; and both Steve Holm and Wendell Fairley reached base four times.

Fresno Grizzlies : No game scheduled Fresno was off Wednesday. They begin a four game series on the road in Portland Thursday night.

Highlights: John Bowker homered and doubled among three hits; Brett Pill homered and doubled among fours in the second game of a double-header; and Clayton Tanner had six dominant innings to begin his start.

Highlights: Fresno adds a few bats to go with John Bowker, who hit his fourth home run of the year; Connecticut wins again thanks to Jesse English's best start of '09; Edwin Quirarte is featured in a new role, long reliever; and Kyle Nicholson tosses a complete game three-hitter. Fresno Grizzlies : Fresno 6, Portland 1 2B Matt Downs - 1-4, 1 R, 2 ...

The highlights today come mostly from the lower minors, with one highlight from the upper minors coming from a prospect often maligned by commenters on this site.

Tonight's highlights might be honorable mentions on other nights: Brandon Crawford has his first HR in the upper minors; Ben Copeland has two doubles; and Oliver Odle does not allow an earned run.

Today's definite highlight is Madison Bumgarner with six scoreless innings. Also notable, T.J. Brewers throws five scoreless innings in his start, and Jesus Guzman has three hits.

Not much to choose from with both East Coast games suspended early, including Tim Alderson's start after just one inning, so I'll go with a couple HRs as the highlights of the day: top prospect Angel Villalona hit his 5th HR, and Brad Boyer hit a walk-off HR to break a scoreless tie.

Not a lot of candidates for highlights from yesterday, but I'll note these two: three Grizzlies--Frandsen, Bowker, and Rohlinger--each homer; Garrett Broshuis faces just one batter over the minimum in 4.1 scoreless innings in relief.

If the Giants had the slightest concerns about having promoted Tim Alderson to Double-A on Thursday, the young righty erased the doubt in Sunday's debut.

Monday 11 May Monday, May 11, 2009 at 01:12AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-Manchester , NH- Celson Polanco worked a season-high 3.2 scoreless innings of relief of spot starter Nate Starner , who yielded just one run in a season-best four innings, but 20-year-old right-hander Tim Alderson stole the show in the Connecticut Defenders' 3-0 ...

Last night's highlights: Eddy Martinez-Esteve has 2 XBHs for Connecticut; Roger Kieschnick has 2 XBHs for San Jose; and Thomas Neal extends his hitting streak to 10 games while reaching base three times.

Saturday 02 May Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 12:06AM NORWICH, CT- The Defenders returned home after eight days on the road but couldn t carry the momentum with them into game one versus Portland as Connecticut fell 7-3 at Dodd Stadium Friday night in front of 2,740 fans.

Saturday 25 Apr Portland Sea Dogs Top Connecticut Defenders 3-1 - EL Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 08:16AM Portland, ME Portland starter LHP Felix Doubront picked up his second straight win and RF Bubba Bell blasted a 2-run homer, aiding the Portland Sea Dogs in their 3-1 victory over the Connecticut Defenders on Friday night at Hadlock Field in ...

Arriving in the postgame locker room Thursday night, the Connecticut Defenders were nowhere to be found, instead filing in a few minutes later following an impromptu meeting with first-year manager Steve Decker.

Randy Johnson is on his way toward 300 victories and the Hall of Fame. But first, he had to get past a few baby-faced prospects.

I was never big on Fred Lewis as a prospect. Here , for example, I ranked him behind Eddy Martinez-Esteve and Craig Whitaker.