Monday, April 19th Minor League Updates

[GOYA]

Clipper at Bats - 7:05

Burke RF
Heisey CF
Sutton LF
Dorn 1B
Cozart SS
Balentien DH
Castillo 3B
Valaika 2B
Miller C

LeCure P

[GOYA]

Tennessee @ Carolina 7:15 - Klinker

Lynchburg @ Salem 7:05 - Fairel

South Bend @ Dayton 7:00 - Villarreal

[Benihana]

Klinker and Fairel- my top two candidates for an early-season promotion going tonight. Looking forward to it.

Meanwhile, Frazier and Francisco both sitting for the Bats?

[GOYA]

LeCure get 'em 1-2-3 in the first. 2 K

On Carlos Santana he put a fastball under his chin and on the next pitch, struck him out with a ball low and away.

:D

[GOYA]

Two more Ks for LeCure in the 2nd.

0-0 going to the bottom of the 2nd

[GOYA]

No hits for either team after 2 complete.

[GOYA]

Carolina up 1-0 in the 3rd

Lynchburg up 3-0 in the 1st

Dayton up 2-0 in the 3rd

[GOYA]

LeCure still perfect after 3

[aubashbrother]

Soto is catching again tonight

[batsfan]

Heisey hits a three run HR, his third of the season. 3-0 bats.

[Benihana]

Heisey hits a three run HR, his third of the season. 3-0 bats.

Hopefully Heisey continues to heat up and forces the Reds once and for all to either trade him or Stubbs as part of a package for some value.

[Benihana]

Soto is catching again tonight

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[GOYA]

LeCure 6 IP, 1 H, 6 K, 0 BB

18 batters faced

Pitches-strikes: LeCure 70-51 - 73%

[GOYA]

Valaika RBI single scores Cozart

4-0 Bats

[GOYA]

Corky RBI single scores Castillo

5-0

4 hits in the inning

[GOYA]

Perfect 7th for LeCure.

At 86 pitches

[GOYA]

Carolina tied 1-1 in the 7th

Lynchburg up 5-4 in the 6th

Dayton down 4-2 in the 7th

[GOYA]

LeCure has topped out at 93-94 with great control tonight.

He'll be back out for the 8th.

[GOYA]

Cozart with a 2 run double.

7-0 Bats

[GOYA]

8th K to lead off the 8th for Lecure.

Groundouts-flyouts: LeCure 10-4

[GOYA]

A two out, I've got it, you take it pop up hit falls between Valaika and Heisey.

[GOYA]

LeCure gets hit 9th K to end the 8th inning. Adkins is warming and needs to get some work in.

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
LeCure 8.0 2 0 0 0 9 0 2.08

Pitches-strikes: LeCure 103-72.
Groundouts-flyouts: LeCure 11-4.

[GOYA]

Valaika leads off the Bats' 8th with a single.
10th hit for the good guys.

[GOYA]

Heisey singles Valaika in.

8-0 Bats

[GOYA]

Adkins blows the shutout.

8-1 Bats

[GOYA]

8-2

no outs

[Sea Ray]

Hopefully Heisey continues to heat up and forces the Reds once and for all to either trade him or Stubbs as part of a package for some value.

Heisey may replace Stubbs on the big league club if Stubbs doesn't pick it up soon

[mace]

Everyone in the Lynchburg lineup has a hit tonight. Fellhauer and Sappelt have three. Hillcats lead 9-4 going into the 9th. Jordan Hotchkiss is still perfect (earned-run-wise) on the season.

[aubashbrother]

cozarts been hitting well latelyn

[Screwball]

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What is this, facebook?

[aubashbrother]

What is this, facebook?



:notworthy

[GOYA]

Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Burke, C RF 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .156
Heisey CF 5 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 2 .227
Sutton LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .216
Dorn 1B 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .324
Cozart SS 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 .311
Balentien DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Castillo, W 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231
Valaika 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .303
Miller, C C 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .300

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
LeCure (W, 2-0) 8.0 2 0 0 0 9 0 2.08
Adkins 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 5.40

There's a few guy breathing in Louisville. And a few they should poke with a stick.

[mace]

It seems, in particular, that a lot of the guys who were late cuts--Francisco, Sutton, Balentien, Burke, Lehr--are struggling mightily. Maybe that speaks well for the efforts of Maloney, Fisher, Chapman and Wood.

[Red Daddy]

How about moving Cozart and Valaika up to the top of the lineup, moving Sutton down and moving CBurke :thumbdown out the door!!!

[corkedbat]

If leCure isn't careful, he's gonna make himself valuable.

[Guacarock]

If leCure isn't careful, he's gonna make himself valuable.

We need Lecure for what ails us. Great game he pitched tonight, and he looked poised and in control the few innings I got to see him on the mound in Arizona this spring.

He's often overlooked amidst all the hype surrounding Chapman, Leake and company, but this kid is a gamer, he's got stuff, and he's aiming to prove something. Hope he gets his shot with the Reds, and if not, then somewhere else -- and shame on them.

[Kingspoint]

Sutton finally got a hit.

[Ron Madden]

IMHO Sam Lecure has always been underrated by members of this forum.

[HokieRed]

IMHO Sam Lecure has always been underrated by members of this forum.


Agree 100%. He'll be a major league pitcher somewhere, as either a starter or bullpen guy. I couldn't believe it last year when he'd sometimes get left off people's lists of guys who needed protection on the 40 man roster. In fact, it's interesting to think just how different the Reds' rotation might be in a year than anything RZers have been talking about. It's possible it could be TOR guy from outside, Chapman, Leake, Maloney, Wood, Lecure. It's no longer clear to me that Bailey, Cueto, Volquez, Harang, Arroyo are necessarily better than that group.