The Fresno Grizzlies were happy to get into September after a rough second half of the month of August. The Grizzlies are 5-2 since last Monday though and are going for a sweep of the Salt Lake Bees on Monday before heading into the Pacific Coast League Playoffs.
The Grizzlies lost Max Stassi to the Houston Astros a week early due to Jason Castro‘s groin injury and lost a few more guys to September call-ups. The Astros expectedly called up Preston Tucker after spending a week with the Grizzlies; Joe Thatcher and Jonathan Villar also got the call-up to the big-league club.