June 6 Minor League Game Updates

[dougdirt]

Josh Ravin starts off the game with a strikeout for the Dragons.

[dougdirt]

Ravin is working 91-95 MPH with his fastball. Has shown a good curveball as well. Just struck out the #2 hitter with his curve.

[dougdirt]

Ravin - 1ip, 2K, 1bb, 0h

[dougdirt]

Louisville down 1-0 before they bat.

[dougdirt]

Chris Heisey hit a 2 run HR to give Sarasota an early 2-0 lead.

[Blue]

Ravin is working 91-95 MPH with his fastball. Has shown a good curveball as well. Just struck out the #2 hitter with his curve.

Is it coming free and easy? Has he filled out completely?

[dougdirt]

The fastball is a real easy fastball for Ravin.

[Blue]

The fastball is a real easy fastball for Ravin.

great!

[dougdirt]

Ravin has allowed 2 runs here in the 2nd, but he has allowed nothing hit hard. Grounders just barely making their way through (if Cozart is playing tonight the inning is over with just 1 run). Dayton has 3 errors already.

[OnBaseMachine]

Todd Frazier 2-run HR! His 5th in Sarasota and 12th overall.

[dougdirt]

Chris Dickerson is heating up a little bit, led off the first with a double.

[dougdirt]

Eric Eymann and Danny Dorn have singles in the first for Chattanooga.

[dougdirt]

Todd Frazier with a HR for Sarasota who leads 5-0 in the third. Heisey and Stubbs both walked in the inning.

[reds44]

Dickerson is 1-1 for a 2B.

[dougdirt]

Ravin's curve is inconsistent still, but dare I say its above average when its on?

[dougdirt]

Ravin has 2 strikeouts here in the third on I believe 7 pitches.

[dougdirt]

Ravins line - 3ip, 2 unearned runs, 1h, 2bb, 5K

[dougdirt]

Chattanooga takes a 1-0 lead in the 2nd. Chris Valaika scored on a Tatum double.

[dougdirt]

Is anyone else watching the Dayton game?

[redhawk61]

Is anyone else watching the Dayton game?

I am

[dougdirt]

Toledo jumps out to a 2-0 lead on Louisville in the third.

[dougdirt]

I am

How is Ravin looking to you?

[redhawk61]

How is Ravin looking to you?

better than I thought from the reports. I thought he was all fb with no control and not much off speed. but his curve looks to have the ability to be a plus pitch at some point and his change can be a solid 3 pitch. I also like his change in velocity. He'll throw 90-91 then hit 94-95. If he can work on some command with the fb and control with the curve we migth have something

[dougdirt]

Brandon Waring breaks up the no hitter in the 4th inning.

[redhawk61]

I like how Mez looks at the plate, looks confident

[dougdirt]

Jerry Gil with a solo HR for Louisville who has tied it up at 2.

[dougdirt]

Chattanooga up 3-0. Dorn, Valaika and Tatum are all 2-2. Tatum has 2 RBI.

[Kc61]

Chris Dickerson is on a legitimate hot streak at the plate. Has two hits tonight. Maybe his bat is starting to come around. He would be an excellent defensive-oriented reserve outfielder for the Reds. And he hits lefty so he'll fit right in.

[dougdirt]

Seems like Ravin has nothing here in the 5th inning. 2 walks on 9 pitches.

[OnBaseMachine]

Juan Francisco homerun #9.

[RedlegJake]

Seems like Ravin has nothing here in the 5th inning. 2 walks on 9 pitches.

That's the thing that worries about him...he just loses it completely when he does...hopefully that's a concentration thing or a small mechanical change he makes that he can be coached out of

[Kc61]

Tom Collaro has three RBI for Chat tonight. Seems to be a new player. Anyone know how/when the Reds got him? Sorry if this has been covered already.

[dougdirt]

Tom Collaro has three RBI for Chat tonight. Seems to be a new player. Anyone know how/when the Reds got him? Sorry if this has been covered already.

If was signed the other day as a milb free agent.

[dougdirt]

Louisville up 5-2.
Dickerson, Anderson and Gil with 2 hits each.

Chattanooga up 7-0.
Dorn is 3-3 with a HR, Valaika is 3-3, Tatum is 2-3.

[dougdirt]

Sarasota is up 12-3.
Entire lineup is doing well tonight


Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Castro, Jo SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .239
Heisey RF 4 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .273
Frazier 1B 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 .267
Francisco 3B 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 .285
Stubbs CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .262
Perales LF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
Kainer DH 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .231
Rodriguez, Y a- PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Tordi 2B 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .233
Rodriguez C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218
Long C 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .222

[Ben]

God Stubbs, learn to hit the ball and stop clogging the bases with all those walks...jeez, it's not that hard, look at K Patt

[zipcurve]

For Chattanooga
Sam Lecure 5 2/3 innings 3 hits 1 run 2 bb 5 strike outs

[dougdirt]

Danny Dorn is 4-4 with 2 HR tonight.
Chris Valaika is also 4-4.
Craig Tatum is 3-4.

[dougdirt]

Brandon Waring with an opposite field HR.

[dougdirt]

Sarasota won 12-3
Box Score


Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Castro, Jo SS 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .237
Heisey RF 5 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .271
Frazier 1B 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 .267
Francisco 3B 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 .285
Stubbs CF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .262
Perales LF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
Kainer DH 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .231
Rodriguez, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Tordi 2B 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 .233
Rodriguez C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218
Long C 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .211
Carroll P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
DeJesus, Mis P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Geronimo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Tordi (3, Morse), Francisco (15, Walker, M).
HR: Heisey (3, 1st inning off Morse, 1 on, 0 out), Frazier (5, 3rd inning off Morse, 1 on, 0 out), Francisco (9, 5th inning off Noel, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Castro, Jo; Heisey 4; Frazier 5; Francisco 6; Stubbs; Perales; Kainer 2; Tordi 3; Long 2.
RBI: Heisey 2 (27), Frazier 3 (17), Francisco 2 (38), Kainer (15), Long 2 (3), Castro, Jo (11).
2-out RBI: Frazier; Francisco.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Castro, Jo; Heisey; Frazier; Kainer; Stubbs 2.
GIDP: Castro, Jo.
Team LOB: 8.

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Carroll (W) 6.0 6 2 2 2 1 0 5.19
DeJesus, Mis 2.0 2 1 1 1 5 1 6.18
Geronimo 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.68

[dougdirt]

Dayton lost 5-1.
Box Score


Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Reed RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .242
Jones, K LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Waring 3B 4 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 .267
Mesoraco DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .272
Phipps CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .253
McKennon 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .205
Bour C 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Feiner 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247
Cabrera, A SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .233


BATTING
2B: Bour (8, Beltre).
HR: Waring (12, 9th inning off Dietz, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Reed; Jones, K; Waring 6; Bour 2.
RBI: Waring 2 (34).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Feiner.
GIDP: Mesoraco.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
E: Ravin (1, pickoff), Feiner (15, fielding), Waring (8, fielding).
PB: Bour (2).
DP: (Cabrera, A-Feiner-McKennon).

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ravin (L,) 4.0 2 4 2 5 5 0 5.00
Horst 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4.28
Rhoden 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3.57
Krebs 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.35



Ravin pitched to 2 batters in the 5th.

WP: Ravin.
HBP: Reed (by Layne).
Ground outs-fly outs: Beltre 5-7, Layne 5-1, Dietz 0-2, Ravin 3-4, Horst 3-2, Rhoden 1-3, Krebs 2-1.
Batters faced: Beltre 22, Layne 7, Dietz 4, Ravin 20, Horst 9, Rhoden 9, Krebs 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Horst 2-1.

[OnBaseMachine]

Big night for Dorn.

[OnBaseMachine]

Valaika is also 4-for-4.

[OnBaseMachine]

Roenicke: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

[redhawk61]

its time for Stubbs to move up to test the waters, to see if you truely have anything there

[OnBaseMachine]

Herrera threw a 1-2-3 9th inning. Louisville won 8-2.

[dougdirt]

Louisville Box Score


Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Dickerson CF 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 .265
Green 2B 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .244
Cabrera 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .288
Bolivar PR-SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .215
Barker 1B 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .247
Hanigan C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 .291
Anderson, D. LF 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 .262
Rosales SS-3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .214
Gil RF 4 1 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 .183
Colina, A DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .260

BATTING
2B: Anderson, D.T. (10, Bonine), Gil (3, Bonine).
3B: Dickerson (6, Bonine).
HR: Gil (1, 3rd inning off Bonine, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Dickerson 4; Green; Anderson, D.T. 4; Gil 7; Colina, A.
RBI: Gil 3 (8), Dickerson (23), Hanigan (14), Anderson, D.T. 2 (27), Rosales (19).
2-out RBI: Gil; Anderson, D.T..
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Barker 2; Colina, A; Rosales; Dickerson 2; Anderson, D.T..
SF: Hanigan.
Team LOB: 10.


1-Ran for Cabrera in the 7th.

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Mallett (W) 6.0 4 2 2 2 5 0 3.00
Roenicke (H) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1.80
Herrera 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.21



WP: Rodney.
HBP: Cabrera (by Rodney), Rosales (by Martinez, A).
Pitches-strikes: Bonine 100-59, Rodney 29-15, Martinez, A 36-22, Mallett 81-54, Roenicke 25-17, Herrera 10-7.
Ground outs-fly outs: Bonine 7-6, Rodney 0-0, Martinez, A 1-1, Mallett 4-9, Roenicke 1-3, Herrera 3-0.
Batters faced: Bonine 28, Rodney 5, Martinez, A 9, Mallett 24, Roenicke 6, Herrera 3.
Inherited runners-scored: Martinez, A 3-2.

[OnBaseMachine]

I can't wait to see Roenicke in Cincy.

[AmarilloRed]

Both Herrera and Roenicke with sub-2.00 ERAs at Louisville-we will see both of them in Cincinnati to stay before the year is over.

[redhawk61]

yeah why don't they just go ahead and get rid of Lincoln and Weathers and bring in the young guns or more like the young gun (Roenicke) and the sling shot (Herrera)

[OnBaseMachine]

Chris Valaika singles again...he's 5-for-5.

[AmarilloRed]

yeah why don't they just go ahead and get rid of Lincoln and Weathers and bring in the young guns or more like the young gun (Roenicke) and the sling shot (Herrera)

Both Roenicke and Herrera are new arrivals at Louisville- I expect the Reds want both of them to spend some time there before calling them up for good.

[dougdirt]

Chris Valaika singles again...he's 5-for-5.

Good night across the board for the teams not in Dayton.

[BuckeyeRedleg]

Time for Dickerson to replace Patterson.

Maybe he can hold down the fort in CF (for the major league minimum) until Stubbs is ready.

[AmarilloRed]

You got Dickerson with a triple, Doug; I thought he had a double?

[dougdirt]

You got Dickerson with a triple, Doug; I thought he had a double?

Guess they changed it. I just copied the box score.

[Kingspoint]

Danny Dorn is 4-4 with 2 HR tonight.
Chris Valaika is also 4-4.
Craig Tatum is 3-4.

Fantastic...especially for Dorn. If Dorn stays all year where he is, that's fine.

[Kingspoint]

Dickerson's been on a terror ever since CP was sent down last time....

OPS' over 1.200 since then.

He should be up with the REDS, not CP.

[11larkin11]

How can Waring have 2 RBI if the Dragons scored 1 run? Another mess up, I presume.

[Blitz Dorsey]

Valaika is saying "Gordon Beckham who?"

Valaika's' offense is off the charts this year. (Kind of like two years ago in Billings.) He tore it up at Sarasota (in a league everyone says favors pitchers) then got called up to Chattanooga and struggled for a while... and is now tearing it up at Chattanooga. I am starting to think he might be our SS of the future.

Can anyone tell me how he is playing defensively this year? I know most have projected him as a 2B once he gets to the bigs, but is he proving anyone wrong with the glove this year? Hopefully he is, because looking at his overall numbers since he turned pro two years ago, there is no question he can hit.