SF Giants' Snell masterful in rehab outing in San Jose

Left-hander Blake Snell pitched an immaculate inning on Sunday against the Stockton Ports at Excite Ballpark as part of a masterful rehab start for Single-A San Jose. Snell struck out the first three batters he faced in the first inning, Ryan Lasko, Cole Conn, Myles Naylor, on a minimum of nine pitches. All nine of Snell's pitches were strikes and all three Ports hitters struck out swinging. Snell, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner with the San Diego Padres last season, retired all 12 batters he faced on just 46 pitches, with 34 as strikes.