Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010 Minor League Updates

[GOYA]

Bats @ Hens - 7:00

Griffin CF
Cozart SS
Alonso 1B
Frazier LF
Balentien RF
Miller C
Dorn DH
Valaika 2B
Eymann 3B

Owings P

[GOYA]

Ist inning

Cozart reaches on an E6
Steals 2B
Frazier singles him in

1-0 Bats

[GOYA]

Still in the 1st:

Balentien doubles
Frazier to 3B
Corky flies out to the warning track

3 out

[texasdave]

Ist inning

Cozart reaches on an E6
Steals 2B
Frazier singles him in

1-0 Bats

Rinse, repeat. :)

[texasdave]

Lynchburg jumps out in front 1-0 after a half inning of play. Richburg doubles in Gualdron. Jordan Hotchkiss (2.39 ERA) on the mound for the Hillcats.

[GOYA]

Toledo ties it up in the bottom of the 1st

1-1

[Vottomatic]

The great thing about the minor league game thread is.........

......no Cardinal fans trolling! :D

[HokieRed]

Still in the 1st:

Balentien doubles
Frazier to 3B
Corky flies out to the warning track

3 out

How long till Wlad's move to Cinti?

[bshall2105]

Could Balentein be an upgrade over Gomes? I have not seen him play since last season so I have no clue.

[texasdave]

Chattanooga and Carolina scoreless after two.

[HokieRed]

Could Balentein be an upgrade over Gomes? I have not seen him play since last season so I have no clue.

Defensively there's no question about it.

[texasdave]

Lynchburg up 2-0 now. Soto doubles and scores the second run.

[texasdave]

Dayton scoreless (and hitless) after three.

[texasdave]

Louisville still knotted up at 1 after 2.5. Columbus trailing 5-zip early.

[GIDP]

Mes throws out another runner. Thats only about 600000000000 of them

[texasdave]

Mes throws out another runner. Thats only about 600000000000 of them

Do we need to limit his innings now too? :)

Something I always wondered is why don't catcher get sore arms? A lot of catchers fire the ball back and they do it for nine innings 3 out of every 4 games. Seems like their arms would be ready to fall off after awhile.

[GIDP]

Do we need to limit his innings now too? :)

:laugh:

[RED VAN HOT]

Hopefully, I won't jinx young Jake Johnson for pointing this out, but over his last four starts including 4 innings today, in 23 innings he has allowed 1 earned run, allowed 4BB and K'd 19. The Reds have kept him in a starting role all season and it looks to be paying off. I know a number of people commented on his prospect status last year, but I have not seen much this year.

[texasdave]

Random double post.

[texasdave]

Louisville down 2-1 after 4. Micah Owings has 4ks in 4IP.

[texasdave]

Lansing pitcher is no-hitting the Dragons into the 5th.

[camisadelgolf]

I just came up with a great comp for Devin Mesoraco: Lance Parrish.

[mace]

Yet another good start for Jordan Hotchkiss: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 6 K. His ERA is now 2.26. Justin Freeman finished the sixth, and Lynchburg leads 3-0. Soto has a HR and 2B.

I'm becoming convinced that Hotchkiss should be the organization's minor-league pitcher of the year, nosing out Donnie Joseph.

[mace]

Jacob Johnson's final and splendid line tonight: 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K. The kid is really turning it on. And apparently, he has the makeup to go along with his ability.

Dayton has actually tied the game, 2-2, after eight.

[mace]

The DSL Reds just win and win and win. Not quite like the Bats, but a fairly close facsimile. They've now won 12 of their last 13. Today's victory came in spite of an uncharacteristically mediocre start by Abel De Los Santos. Somebody named Ariel Baez, a 3B, was 4 for 5 with two doubles. The DSL Reds are now 38-22.

[mdccclxix]

Compare this year's Mez swing:
YouTube - Devin Mesoraco with a long HR for the Carolina Mudcats (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBN4V3cGxLQ)

with last year's Mez swing in ST:
YouTube - Devin Mesoraco grounds out against Danny Ray Herrera (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgHHN-ggBb8)

He's got his hands "in the box" this year and it obviously has helped his power 100%.

[mdccclxix]

I just came up with a great comp for Devin Mesoraco: Lance Parrish.

I'd take that from Mez.

[mdccclxix]

Yet another good start for Jordan Hotchkiss: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 6 K. His ERA is now 2.26. Justin Freeman finished the sixth, and Lynchburg leads 3-0. Soto has a HR and 2B.

I'm becoming convinced that Hotchkiss should be the organization's minor-league pitcher of the year, nosing out Donnie Joseph.

Ran across this video today of Hotchkiss from last year:

http://www.youtube.com/user/RedsMinorLeagues#p/u/61/dnVJxRQp34k

Hat tip to Doug for the tremendous resources. :beerme:

[davereds24]

Clippers got spanked again. I predicted this collapse the day of the trade deadline but didn't think it would be quite this quick.

[reds44]

Chapman in for a 5 out save.

[reds44]

First batter:
swinging strike
ball
ball
foul
lineout

[GIDP]

First batter:
swinging strike
ball
ball
foul
lineout

Laynce Nix got demoted?

[OnBaseMachine]

Strikeout ends the inning!

[reds44]

Second batter:
ball
swinging strike
ball (runner stole 3rd)
foul
swinging strike

Inning over.

2/3rd of an inning, 1 K, 0 H, 0 BB

[OnBaseMachine]

Todd Frazier: 3-for-4 with a double, now OPSing .781 on the season. Not bad considering his OPS was under .650 at the end of May.

[OnBaseMachine]

The AZL Reds won game one of a doubleheader, 3-0.

Ronald Torreyes: 1-for-3 walk

Junior Arias: 1-for-4 double

Kyle Lotzkar: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_08_11_mrnrok_cinrok_1

[reds44]

Chapman strikes out the first batter of the 9th looking.

[davereds24]

8 pitch K to start the 9th for Chapman

[reds44]

Walk to the 2nd batter.

[reds44]

Chapman is battling his control a bit tonight, but he just gor a force out at 2nd.

2 outs.

[reds44]

3-1 and the tying run just stole 2nd.

[reds44]

Another walk.

[texasdave]

Yet another good start for Jordan Hotchkiss: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 6 K. His ERA is now 2.26. Justin Freeman finished the sixth, and Lynchburg leads 3-0. Soto has a HR and 2B.

I'm becoming convinced that Hotchkiss should be the organization's minor-league pitcher of the year, nosing out Donnie Joseph.

Lynchburg holds on for the win. Joseph gets his 14th save. He went 1 1/3 innings giving up one hit and striking out two. His ERA now is 2.27.

[reds44]

Runners just took 2nd and 3rd on defensive indifference.

[reds44]

And Chapman strikes him out to end the game.

1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K
43 pitches, 25 strikes

[OnBaseMachine]

Strikeout ends the game.

Chapman: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K

First time Chapman has struggled with his control in a long time. I'm hoping he's in Cincy by Friday.

[Maker_84]

Chapman gets it done again. The thing is, we dont really need relief pitching at this point unless he replaces Cordero.

[davereds24]

Too many first pitch balls. No reason to bring him up yet, he's learning more in Louisville than he ever will with the Reds the next 2 weeks.

The 27th vs the Cubs seems like a good time to bring him up.

[HokieRed]

Chapman gets it done again. The thing is, we dont really need relief pitching at this point unless he replaces Cordero.

Agree. I'd stretch him back out to three, with the idea that he gives us some at least five inning starts after the middle of Sept.

[OnBaseMachine]

Juan Duran: 2-for-3 double

That's three straight multi-hit games for Duran.

[mace]

If the Reds and Bats played in the same division, Louisville would now be a game and a half ahead. Amazing, considering.

[mace]

The AZL Reds won game one of a doubleheader, 3-0.

Ronald Torreyes: 1-for-3 walk

Junior Arias: 1-for-4 double

Kyle Lotzkar: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2010_08_11_mrnrok_cinrok_1

That's very, very encouraging for Lotzkar. His best start of the season. He has now given up just two runs in his last 14.2 innings, with 15 strikeouts. It would be awfully nice to get him back on the prospect list.

[mace]

Dayton and Carolina both lost 5-2 in extra innings. Dueling bullpens, those two.

[mace]

After leading off in the first game, Torreyes is hitting cleanup in the second.

John (Wes) Mugarian is pitching.

[GIDP]

Some guy on twitter said that Devin Mesoraco
"Has a lot of work to do behind the plate - throwing very inconsistent"
"I've watched him about 35 games since he he's been here and he misfires on about one throw a game"

I have to laugh that a guy is throwing bad throws at least 35 times yet hes only given up 28 stolen bases while catching 21.

[texasdave]

Mugarian's night is complete: 4IP 2H 2R 1ER 1BB 5K

[texasdave]

After leading off in the first game, Torreyes is hitting cleanup in the second.

John (Wes) Mugarian is pitching.

Torreyes is batting 3rd. He was not scheduled to play but David Vidal got hurt and Torreyes came in at 2nd. The second baseman switched to third.

[texasdave]

The Australian, Nathan Driessen, had a fine outing for the AZL Reds: 3IP 3H 0R 0BB 6K. It is tied at 2 after 7 full.

[camisadelgolf]

Here's the box score from the fairly-uneventful DSL Reds win against the DSL Orioles.

+
Ariel Baez, who has shown good plate discipline for someone in the DSL, had a big game; he was 4-for-5 with two doubles, two runs, and three RBIs.

-
Although he's been terrific all year, Abel De Los Santos had a bad start.
Ariel Baez had two errors.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
DSL Reds 0 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 9 11 3
DSL Orioles1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 6 8 4

Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Bueno SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .279
Galindez RF 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .256
Estevez, Wi LF 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .261
Sanchez, Ca 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .366
Baez, Ar 3B 5 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 .257
Quintero, R CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
Gomez, W C 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .221
Bens C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217
Perez, M DH 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .224
Rivas 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .123
De Los Santos P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lora, L P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Rosario P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pineda, L P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Baez, Ar 2 (7, Rojas, Y, Rojas, Y).
TB: Bueno 2; Galindez; Estevez, Wi; Sanchez, Ca; Baez, Ar 6; Quintero, R; Perez, M.
RBI: Rivas (10), Bueno 2 (18), Baez, Ar 3 (17), Perez, M (7), Estevez, Wi (26).
2-out RBI: Rivas; Bueno 2; Perez, M; Baez, Ar.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Galindez 2; Bens.
S: Quintero, R.
Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Galindez (5, 2nd base off Mejias, J/Perez, P), Bueno (9, 2nd base off Rodriguez, E/Ledesma).

FIELDING
E: Gomez, W (15, throw), Baez, Ar 2 (10, fielding, fielding).
Pickoffs: De Los Santos (Lorenzo at 1st base).

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
De Los Santos 4.1 6 4 3 1 3 0 2.06
Lora, L(W, 3-4) 2.1 1 1 0 2 3 0 6.07
Rosario (H, 1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.40
Pineda, L 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 4.35

The AZL Reds won the first game of a double-header against the AZL Mariners.

+
Kyle Lotzkar pitched very well and picked up his first win of the season.
Robert Maddox homered for the second time in as many days.
Everyone got on base at least once.

-
Not much.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
AZL Mariners 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
AZL Reds 0 0 0 1 1 1 x 3 10 0

Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Torreyes 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .444
Arias, Ju SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 .311
Vidal 3B 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .293
Maddox DH 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .262
Matthews 1B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .302
Poulk LF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .274
Vicioso C 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
Silva, J RF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .241
Muller CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .309
Lotzkar P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ernst P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Arias, Ju (9, Reed, N).
HR: Maddox (3, 4th inning off Reed, N, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Torreyes; Arias, Ju 2; Vidal 2; Maddox 4; Matthews; Poulk; Vicioso 2; Muller.
RBI: Maddox (31), Vidal (23), Muller (14).
2-out RBI: Vidal.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Maddox; Arias, Ju 2.
Team RISP: 2-for-7.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
PO: Vidal (1st base by Reed, N).

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Lotzkar(W, 1-1) 5.2 5 0 0 1 6 0 3.66
Ernst (S, 2) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.38

Billings lost 6-5 to Great Falls.

+
Juan Duran seems to be heating up; he's six for his last ten.
The team had 11 hits, including four extra-base hits.

-
Mike Henry proved that the 'hold' stat is completely useless. The whole bullpen was disappointing for that matter.
Donald Lutz had two errors.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Billings 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 11 2
Great Falls 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 6 9 0

Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Hamilton 2B 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .332
Read CF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263
Hunt RF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Lutz LF 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .265
Kaskow 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .280
Hernandez, D 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .207
Duran DH 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 .252
Berset C 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250
Lohman SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .255
Gerson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Henry, M P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Panerati P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Martinez, Po P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Hunt (2, Burnside), Duran (8, Burnside).
3B: Lutz (3, Burnside), Hamilton (7, Reed).
TB: Hamilton 3; Read; Hunt 2; Lutz 4; Hernandez, D; Duran 3; Berset 2; Lohman.
RBI: Kaskow (14), Duran (17), Berset (7), Lutz (16), Lohman (17).
2-out RBI: Duran; Berset; Lutz.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hamilton; Lohman; Kaskow; Read.
SF: Kaskow.
GIDP: Hamilton.
Team RISP: 5-for-10.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
E: Lutz 2 (6, fielding, throw).

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Gerson 5.0 6 3 3 0 4 1 4.68
Henry, M (H, 1) 1.1 1 2 0 3 2 0 0.00
Panerati (BS, 1) 1.2 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.00
Martinez, Po (L, 2-2) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2.04

Dayton couldn't keep their momentum after coming back to tie the game. They lost 5-2 in extra innings.

+
Ryan LaMarre stretched his hit streak to 11 games.
Jake Johnson was excellent--six innings of one-hit ball and eight strikeouts.

-
Andrew Means and Frank Pfister were both hitless with three strikeouts each.
Junior Martinez pitched.
Pfister had his 26th error of the season.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Lansing 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 5 8 0
Dayton 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 10 1

Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Means CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .253
Gregorius SS 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269
LaMarre RF 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .296
Fleury, M C 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .248
Satterwhite DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .270
Pfister 3B-1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .261
Garton LF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Nurre 1B 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214
Rodriguez, H 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
Feiner 2B-3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .158
Johnson, J P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Martinez, Ju P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Walczak, J P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Nurre (7, Slover, B), Fleury, M (21, Slover, B), Garton (13, Turnbull).
TB: Gregorius; LaMarre 2; Fleury, M 2; Satterwhite; Garton 3; Nurre 2; Rodriguez, He; Feiner.
RBI: Satterwhite (38), Feiner (9).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Means 3.
Team RISP: 3-for-10.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Feiner (1, 2nd base off Turnbull/Turkamani).
CS: Satterwhite (3, 2nd base by Slover, B/Turkamani).

FIELDING
E: Pfister (26, fielding).
DP: (Gregorius-Feiner-Nurre).

Henry Rodriguez singled for Nurre in the 10th.

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Johnson, J 6.0 1 0 0 1 8 0 3.86
Martinez, Ju 3.0 4 2 2 1 3 1 5.04
Walczak, J (L, 0-3) 2.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 6.39

Lynchburg held on to beat Potomac 4-1.

+
Jordan Hotchkiss pitched 5.2 innings of shutout ball.
Nefi Soto walked, doubled, homered, and scored twice.
The bullpen was good; Donnie Joseph didn't allow a run over 1.1 innings to get the save.

-
Shane Carlson keeps finding new positions to make errors from.
Brodie Greene already has 11 errors.
Hotchkiss gave up four walks.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lynchburg 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 12 2
Potomac 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 2

Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Greene SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .259
Gualdron 3B 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .282
Soto 1B 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 .255
Richburg DH 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .348
Day RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .285
Puckett RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
Carlson, S 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
Fellhauer LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .247
Coddington C 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
Contreras, E CF 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .203
Hotchkiss P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Freeman, J P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Joseph, D P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Richburg (5, Rosenbaum), Soto (26, Rosenbaum), Contreras, E (7, Dill).
HR: Soto (17, 5th inning off Rosenbaum, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Greene; Gualdron; Soto 6; Richburg 3; Day 2; Carlson, S; Coddington 2; Contreras, E 2.
RBI: Richburg (16), Day (40), Soto (58), Greene (14).
2-out RBI: Richburg; Day.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Day; Carlson, S; Greene.
SF: Greene.
GIDP: Gualdron.
Team RISP: 2-for-5.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
CS: Coddington (4, 3rd base by Rosenbaum/Rooney).

FIELDING
E: Carlson, S (9, fielding), Greene (12, fielding).

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hotchkiss (W, 9-4) 5.2 4 0 0 4 6 0 2.26
Freeman, J (H, 11) 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 0 2.91
Joseph, D (S, 14) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2.27

Carolina dealt Chattanooga a come-from-behind victory, and the Mudcats lost 5-2.

+
Tom Cochran and Lee Tabor were both great from the mound.
The defense was getting things done with two double play balls and an outfield assist from Felix Perez.
Kris Negron got on base three times.

-
Devin Mesoraco gave up a passed ball.
The Mudcats had just one extra-base hit.
Brad Boxberger returned to the Southern League version of himself.
Mesoraco and Brandon Yarbrough combined to go 0-for-9 with five strikeouts.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Chattanooga 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 5 8 2
Carolina 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0

Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Negron SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265
Perez, F CF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 .333
Tabor P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Boxberger P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Costanzo b- PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
Henry RF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .294
Mesoraco C 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .285
Yarbrough LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .254
Kahaulelio 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .251
Mendez, C 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Castro, Jo 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238
Cochran P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .077
Sappelt a-PH-CF 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .361

BATTING
2B: Perez, F (5, De La Rosa, Ru).
TB: Negron 2; Perez, F 2; Henry 2; Mendez, C 2; Castro, Jo; Sappelt.
RBI: Perez, F 2 (7).
2-out RBI: Perez, F 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Yarbrough; Henry; Perez, F; Kahaulelio.
GIDP: Mendez, C.
Team RISP: 1-for-8.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
PB: Mesoraco (6).
Outfield assists: Perez, F (Denker, T at 1st base).
DP: 2 (Castro, Jo-Kahaulelio-Mendez, C, Perez, F-Mendez, C).

a-Singled for Cochran in the 7th. b-Popped out for Boxberger in the 10th.

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Cochran 7.0 4 2 1 4 6 0 2.93
Tabor 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.99
Boxberger (L, 1-3) 1.0 4 3 3 1 3 0 9.58


A go-ahead run in the 8th allowed for the Bats to beat the Mudhens 4-3.

+
Todd Frazier had three hits and two RBIs.
Aroldis Chapman buckled down when he needed to.

-
Yonder Alonso was caught stealing for the first time this year.
Micah Owings and Jason Isringhausen were unimpressive and lacked control.
Jesus Delgado left due to injury.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Louisville 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 11 0
Toledo 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 1

Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Griffin, M CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
Cozart SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .266
Alonso 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .298
Frazier LF 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .259
Balentien RF 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266
Miller, C C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .279
Dorn DH 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .290
Valaika 2B 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .298
Eymann 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Owings P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Isringhausen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Delgado, J P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Herrera P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Chapman P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400

BATTING
2B: Balentien (21, Ketchner), Frazier (26, Fien), Dorn (16, Fien).
TB: Cozart 2; Frazier 4; Balentien 3; Dorn 2; Valaika 2; Eymann.
RBI: Frazier 2 (57), Cozart (60), Dorn (35).
2-out RBI: Frazier 2; Dorn.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Miller, C 2; Eymann; Valaika.
SF: Cozart.
GIDP: Alonso.
Team RISP: 4-for-10.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
SB: Cozart (29, 2nd base off Ketchner/St. Pierre, M).
CS: Alonso (1, 2nd base by Simons/St. Pierre, M).
PO: Frazier (1st base by St. Pierre, M).

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Owings 4.1 5 2 2 1 4 1 2.35
Isringhausen 0.2 0 1 1 2 0 0 5.79
Delgado, J (H, 3) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.54
Herrera (BS, 2)(W, 2-1) 2.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 4.56
Chapman (S, 6) 1.2 0 0 0 2 3 0 3.79

[texasdave]

Driessen pitches the 8th for the AZL Reds. He gives up a leadoff single and then wild pitches the runner into scoring position, before coming back to strike out the next three batters. He now has 9K in 4 scoreless innings of relief.

[GOYA]

I missed most of tonight's game.
How did Danny Ray pick up a blown save with no runs allowed?

[OnBaseMachine]

Louisville starter Micah Owings gave up five hits and two runs in 41/3 innings. Four relievers followed, with Daniel Ray Herrera (2-1) earning the victory and Aroldis Chapman getting the last five outs for his sixth save in seven tries. He fanned pinch-hitter Max Leon with a 102 mph fastball on his 43rd pitch to end it with runners at second and third.


http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100811/SPORTS07/308110130/1036/SPORTS07/Bats+within+a+half-game+of+first+after+4-3+victory+over+Mud+Hens

[sabometrics]

I missed most of tonight's game.
How did Danny Ray pick up a blown save with no runs allowed?

Entered in the 6th inning and allowed an inherited runner to score?

[fearofpopvol1]

I really think switching Boxberger to a reliever (especially as early in the season as the Reds did) was a big mistake.

[camisadelgolf]

I missed most of tonight's game.
How did Danny Ray pick up a blown save with no runs allowed?
I was thinking the same thing. Here's the recap of the bottom of the sixth:

Toledo Bottom 6th
Brent Dlugach walks.
Pitcher Change: Jesus Delgado replaces Jason Isringhausen.
Justin Henry singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael Griffin. Brent Dlugach to 2nd.
Max St. Pierre out on a sacrifice bunt, third baseman Eric Eymann to second baseman Chris Valaika. Brent Dlugach to 3rd. Justin Henry to 2nd.
Injury Delay.
Pitcher Change: Daniel Ray Herrera replaces Jesus Delgado.
Louisville Bats pitcher Jesus Delgado left the game due to an injured ankle.
Scott Sizemore grounds out, shortstop Zack Cozart to first baseman Yonder Alonso. Brent Dlugach scores.
Will Rhymes strikes out swinging.

Also, here's the box score from the second game of the AZL Reds' double-header. It was 2-2 after nine, but the Reds scored four in the tenth.

+
Adam Muenster singled thrice with two RBIs.
The pitching was good all around.
It took 31 at-bats, but Jeff Taylor hit for the cycle. He also had an assist from the outfield.
Jose Silva walked three times.

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Sam Diaz was 0-for-5.
David Vidal hurt his foot.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
AZL Reds 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 6 10 2
AZL Mariners 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 9 3

Player AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Silva, J RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 .236
Diaz, S SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315
Vidal 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .290
Torreyes 2B 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .429
Maddox 1B 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .264
Harford DH 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .188
Muller CF 5 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 .312
Muenster 2B-3B 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 .239
Gonzalez, Y C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .198
Taylor LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 .161
Mugarian P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Driessen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
O'Rear P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

BATTING
2B: Taylor (1, Sena), Muller (5, de Haas), Torreyes (2, Petiton).
3B: Maddox (5, de Haas).
TB: Torreyes 2; Maddox 3; Harford; Muller 3; Muenster 3; Gonzalez, Y; Taylor 2.
RBI: Muller 2 (16), Muenster 2 (10), Harford (5).
2-out RBI: Muller; Muenster.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Maddox; Diaz, S 2; Muller; Silva, J.
S: Maddox; Gonzalez, Y.
GIDP: Diaz, S; Taylor.
Team RISP: 5-for-19.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Taylor (1, 2nd base off Sena/Hernandez, Jo), Silva, J (3, 2nd base off Sena/Hernandez, Jo).

FIELDING
E: Muenster (7, throw), Maddox (8, pickoff).
Outfield assists: Taylor (Acevedo, J at 3rd base).

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Mugarian 4.0 2 2 2 1 5 0 7.27
Driessen 3.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 2.87
O'Rear (W, 1-0) 3.0 4 1 1 0 6 0 1.64

[texasdave]

AZL Reds' pitchers struck out 17 and walked just one in ten innings in that second game.

[mace]

AZL Reds' pitchers struck out 17 and walked just one in ten innings in that second game.

Nice to see Nathan Driessen have an outing like that. He's a guy I thought could make a mark, but it hadn't really happened this year. And hey, Lucas O'Rear!