Thursday June 21, 2012 Minor League Updates
 

Louisville and Pensacola started at 7.

Billings begins at 9pm.
AZL Reds and Bakersfield begin at 10.

Dayton is off.

Tim Gustafson allowed 2 unearned runs for Louisville in the first (Cody Puckett error).

Pensacola scoreless after half an inning. Tim Crabbe to the mound.

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Bill Rhinehart ties the Bats game with a 2 run homer.

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Bats tack on four more runs in a six-run second. Lead 6-2. Tim Gustafson has walked four in two innings of work.
Janish walked. Rhinehart hit a bomb. Puckett, Jones and Gathright follow with singles. Negron doubles. A Costanzo ground out and a Navarro single cap the rally.

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Ryan Lamarre with a walk and a double and not much else from the Blue Hoo offense. Tim Crabbe has thrown 3 scoreless frames, giving up 3 hits and a walk while striking out 1. No score at the end of the third.

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Can Rhinehart play in the OF at all or is he strictly a 1B/DH guy?

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Scranton scores in the top of the fifth but the Bats answer with a Paul Janish jack. They lead 7-3. Janish continues to hit putting up numbers that Willie Harris can only dream about, OPSing in the neighborhood. Since Janish is the better fielder I have no idea. Wait. I have one idea why Harris is with the big club.

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A Puckett walk along with a Jones singles plates a second run in the bottom of the fifth. Now 8-2 Bats.

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Pensacola draws a run closer and now trails by a score of 3-2. Means was hit by a pitch and a single by Yordanys Perez moved him along to third. He promptly scored on a wild pitch. Chris Manno took over and pitched a scoreless inning, striking out two.

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Puckett is 3-3 with a walk, and rejuvenated Louisville leads 11-3 after six.

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Sal Romano off to a nice start to his game and career--three scoreless innings, two hits, two K, no walks. Billings leads 1-0 on a double by Maddox, driving in Jesse Winker, who was HBP.

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And speaking of professional debuts--Vaughn Covington gets the start tonight for the AZL Reds.

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Ty Washington leads off with a triple and scores on a ground ball. AZL Reds lead 1-0 after one behind Covington.

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Paul Janish having himself a night.

2 for 2. Homerun and a double. 3 walks. Scored 3 runs. 2 Rbi's.

ba up to .296. OPS over .840. 15 of his 29 hits have been for extra bases.

Yeah, I'd like to see Paul up with the big club. I think he's a more valuable backup to Cozart than anybody else we have.

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Pensacola falls 3-2, managing only four hits. Wasted good relief from Manno and Partch. LaMarre was 1-3 with a 2B and two BB.

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Avain Rachal, the kid just out of high school in Texas, tripled in Jonathan Reynoso (single) in the second and Julio Morillo drove Rachal in with a double. Then Washington's second hit brought home Morillo. AZL Reds lead 4-0 after two.