Friday 7/20/2012 Minor-League Updates
 

Pedro Villarreal took his lumps tonight: 4 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K. Travis Webb provided no relief. Louisville trails 9-0 in the fifth.

Bats have two hits, both belonging to Denis Phipps, both doubles.

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Hamilton has a swipe and an error. Beau Mills is 2-2. Pensacola trails 4-2 after three.

Corcino's pitching. Two of the Mobile runs are unearned. (If it's not a Mobile run, is it Stationary?)

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James Allen is faring better than the other starters: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 7 K. Dayton's tied 1-1. Yorman is 2-3.

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Hamilton and LaMarre made errors on the same play, allowing both BayBears runs in. Bad luck for Corcino, not that he's pitched that great outside of said misfortune.

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Jonathan (the team) Moscot has thrown two scoreless for Billings and Jeff Gelalich has doubled and scored for a 1-0 lead.

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Now that's the way to break a deadlock. Dragons score 6 in the bottom of the eighth to win 7-1. The inning featured back-to-back bunt singles by Yorman (3 hits) and Wright. Buckley also had three hits. Carlos Gonzalez pitched the last two innings in relief of James Allen.

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Moscot is done after two, replaced by Joel (Fender) Bender, who hopefully does not drive the team bus. Bender has somehow given up five hits without a run in two innings. (Just like a Fender Bender--no real damage). It's 2-0 Billings.

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Dude, c'mon now, "mo-BEEL."

:beerme:

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Bakersfield was on the cusp of defeat, but tied it in the 9th on a 2-out, bases loaded balk of all things. Heading to extra innings tied at 8.

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And it turns out the Blaze wasted their time tying it up. Brackman gives up a 2 run shot in the bottom of the 11th, Bakersfield loses 10-8.

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Encouraging AA start in OBP department for Billy (Ohio) Hamilton.

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I agree. Billy's ability to take a walk and work a count — and the progression he's made year to year in this area — is as impressive as his base running ability.

However, I have a sinking feeling he's just days away from leaving the organization.

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Extremely limited sample, but, yeah, the 1:1 K:BB ratio is certainly nice to see, as is the power. So far, the leap to AA has been little problems for the Reds' best prospect.

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Extremely encouraging what we are seeing out of him in AA..

Doug will bring the goods in August on him when he takes his trip down there.:D

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Hamilton's walk rate has continued to go up each year. I love it. Just get him on base and he will be a nightmare for opponents. He also shows improvement each year as a hitter, which is also an encouraging sign. Keep in mind he was a four-sport athlete in high school. Now that he's had a chance to focus on just baseball for 3 straight years, we're seeing the results.

Brackman is beyond awful. Time for him to go find a job selling insurance or something.