Rockies prospects Sam Howard, Parker French, and Trey Killian lead the way on the mound

Double-A Hartford lefty Sam Howard earned his very first career win at the level on Saturday night, going six innings and allowing just one run in the Yard Goats' 4-2 win over Binghamton. After cruising through High-A Modesto earlier this year, Howard has struggled a little bit in the Eastern League, but he's not far away from fully correcting the hiccups, and today went a long way to get that monkey off his back.

Elsewhere, Parker French continued his good streak for the Modesto Nuts, allowing just a run in 6.2 innings pitched in a blowout victory for Modesto. Also, Trey Killian was brilliant for Low-A Asheville, whiffing ten hitters in six innings in the Tourists' 2-1 victory. Killian started the season very, very slowly, but he's starting to come around, now, and the University of Arkansas product might be aiming to be a key part of High-A Modesto's rotation come 2017.

Here are the scores, stats, highlights from last night down on the farm:

Triple-A: Albuquerque 9, Memphis 8

Kyle Freeland: 5.1 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 4 K

David Dahl: 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB

Dustin Garneau: 3-for-5, 1 R

Jordan Patterson: 2-for-5, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 R

Rafael Ynoa: 2-for-4, 2 RBI, 2 R

Double-A: Hartford 4, Binghamton 2

Sam Howard: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

Jerry Vasto: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Matt Carasiti: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Sv (26)

Rosell Herrera: 2-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB

Pat Valaika: 1-for-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 R

High-A: Modesto 13, Stockton 2

Parker French: 6.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K

Tyler Matzek: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K

Omar Carrizales: 4-for-6, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 R, 1 SB

Forrest Wall: 2-for-5, 2 R

Wes Rogers: 2-for-6, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 R

Josh Fuentes: 3-for-6, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R

Drew Weeks: 1-for-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI

Low-A: Asheville 2, Lexington 1

Trey Killian: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K

Brendan Rodgers: 1-for-2, 2 BB, 1 R

Brian Mundell: 0-for-3, 1 RBI

Terry McClure: 1-for-4, 1 2B, 1 R

Short-season: Vancouver 9, Boise 4

Antonio Santos: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 6 K

Willie Abreu: 2-for-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI

Bobby Stahel: 2-for-5, 1 3B, 1 RBI

Garrett Hampson: 1-for-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB

Rookie: Grand Junction 5, Great Falls 4

Bryan Baker: 5 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Kenny Oakley: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K

Vince Fernandez: 1-for-4, 1 R

Colton Welker: 1-for-4

Cole Anderson: 2-for-4, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI

Luis Brito: 1-for-4, 1 3B, 2 RBI

DSL: Off Day

The DSL Rockies resume play on July 18.

Sunday probables

Triple-A: Harrison Musgrave vs Memphis, 6:05 pm MT

Double-A: German Marquez @ Binghamton, 11:05 am MT

High-A: Helmis Rodriguez @ Stockton, 7:10 pm MT

Low-A: Devin Burke @ Lexington, 12:05 pm MT

Short-Season: Javier Medina vs. Vancouver, 7:15 pm MT

Rookie: Ty Culbreth @ Great Falls, 1:05 pm MT

DSL: None (off day)