Saturday, August 31: Mike Hessman, Louisville . . . 3-4, 2 HR (25), BB, 2 R. 5 RBI. That's 403 home runs, including his 14 in the majors, for the 35-year-old first baseman. He has hit 279 in Triple-A. (That's just not right.)
Also notable . . .
Emmanuel Burriss: 4-5, 2 R.
Ryan LaMarre: 1-4, 2 R, SB (23) in his AAA debut.
Denis Phipps: HR #8.
Kanekoa Texeira: 4 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K.
Jon Moscot (Pensacola): 5 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K. Finishes his season with 140 K in 146.2 IP. Fashioned a 3.19 ERA in his 31 innings for Pensacola.
Yorman Rodriguez: 1-3, 2B, BB, R, 2 RBI.
Lee Hyde: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. Unscored upon now for 39 games, 38.2 IP.
Ben Lively (Dayton): 4 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 K. His Dayton debut. Lively's rookie body of work reads 41 IP, 23 H, 4 ER, 13 BB, 56 K, 0.88 ERA.
Jon Matthews: 3-4, BB, R, SB (27).
Seth Mejias-Brean (Bakersfield): 2-4, HR #11, 2 R. Batted third in his California League debut.
Junior Arias: 2-4, HR #15, 2 R.
Joey Housey: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
Jose Ortiz (Billings): 2-4, 2 2B, BB, 3 R, RBI. The 19-year-old catcher can fill up a box score.
Ty Washington: 2-3, 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, RBI, SB (9, home).
Gabriel Rosa: 2-3, 2 BB, R, SB (11).
Aristides Aquino: 2-5, RBI.
Layne Somsen: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
Joe Mantoni: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, Sv (7) for the 18th-rounder.