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Nate Schierholtz planned on touring Europe over the winter. But when he gets on a plane next month, it'll be strictly business.

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.

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

NEXT: Grizzlies at 51s , 7:05 p.m. today, KBAD-AM It's rare for a player to make his mark in the major leagues before he does so at the Triple-A level.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Paul Oseguera had 15 K in a complete-game shutout; Garrett Broshuis allowed just 1 ER in 6.2 IP; Eddy Martinez-Esteve had three hits, including his 8th HR; Joe Borchard and Brad Boyer each had a couple XBH; Waldis Joaquin had K in his relief appearance; and in short-season ball Evan Crawford had a huge game with a ...

It's unusual that a performance from a short-season team is the leading highlight from the Giants ' farm system, but a combined no-hitter by starter Craig Westcott and relievers Brandon Graves and Wilbur Bucardo certainly seems worthy.

Grizzlies 7, Sky Sox 2 Crucial moment: Clinging to a 4-2 lead, the Grizzlies broke the game open in the top of the seventh inning.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: John Bowker homered while reaching base three times; Matt Kinney faced just two batters over the minimum in 6.0 IP; John Monell homered while reaching base twice; Juan Perez had two doubles; Eric Surkamp allowed just 1 ER in 6.0 IP; and Jorge Bucardo had 7.0 shutout IP.

The come-from-behind victory, ending with Iarrobino shedding tears of joy and the opposing pitcher weeping as he left the mound, put the Bangor West All-Stars into the Eastern Regional, one step away from the Little League World Series.

Bangor manager Ron St. Pierre pitches while his team does drills during practice Thursday morning at Bangor's Mansfield Stadium, site of the Senior League World Series.

He probably winces every time he hears it, but Bangor native Matt Kinney is officially in the twilight of his pro baseball career.

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.

Grizzlies 11, Rainiers 0 Ortiz the man: Ramon Ortiz sent the Grizzlies flying home to close the five-game series at Tacoma with a three-hitter for his first complete game of the season and the team's third.

Grizzlies 11, Rainiers 0 Ortiz the man: Ramon Ortiz sent the Grizzlies flying home to close the five-game series at Tacoma with a three-hitter for his first complete game of the season and the team's third.

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.

Highlights from the Giants ' farm: Buster Posey homered for the second straight day; Ryan Rohlinger had four hits, including his 32nd double; Matt Kinney and Ari Ronick both had 7.0 shutout IP; Paul Oseguera allowed just 1 ER in 8.0 IP; Brett Pill had three hits, including his 30th double; and Hector Sanchez reached base in all four plate ...

Highlights from the Giants ' farm include three notable pitching performances: Aaron King had perhaps his best start of the year with 1 ER in 7.0 IP; Matt Kinney had one of his better starts with 1 ER in 6.0 IP; and Orlando Yntema threw a complete game shutout in short-season ball.

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: 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.

Matt Carson's booming, towering 410-foot home run to center field off of Fresno pitcher Steve Palazzolo could have sealed Tuesday's matchup between two of the top teams in the Pacific Coast League.