Minor League round up, August 21

Brett Auerbach hit 2-5 with a double for AA RichmondNo ACL or DSL games on Sunday, but the San Francisco Giants A-ball affiliates were all in action. So let’s jump into the organization’s Minor League Baseball round up.

All listed positions are the positions played in that game.

AAA Sacramento (50-67)

Sacramento River Cats lost to the Las Vegas Aviators (A’s) 6-3

Box score

The River Cats employed the big-hit approach on Sunday. They only had 7 hits and 1 walk, with no batters reaching base multiple times. But 5 of those 7 hits went for extra bases, and all 3 of their runs were scored on solo homers.

Most notable was a dinger from first baseman Yermín Mercedes, who’s trying to earn his way back to…