Monday, August 9, 2010 Minor League Updates

[camisadelgolf]

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Nefi Soto and Denis Phipps each had two hits.
Phipps continued his domination of the league with another homerun.
Jordan Wideman was 3-for-3, which nearly brought his batting average up to respectability.
The bullpen was excellent.
Blair Carson won his Lynchburg debut.

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Josh Fellhauer went hitless, and his BA dipped to .249.
Kyle Day was hit by a pitch and had to leave the game.

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

Player		AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Greene SS	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.259
Puckett 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.269
Soto 1B		4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.253
Phipps CF	4	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	.337
Richburg DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.345
Day RF		2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280
Contreras, E RF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203
Gualdron 3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.280
Fellhauer LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249
Wideman C	3	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.229
Carson 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: Phipps (10, Mock), Greene (8, Mock), Wideman (5, Testa).
HR: Phipps (8, 1st inning off Mock, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Greene 2; Puckett; Soto 2; Phipps 6; Richburg; Day; Gualdron; Wideman 4.
RBI: Phipps 2 (21), Wideman (6), Puckett (39), Richburg (15).
2-out RBI: Phipps 2; Wideman; Richburg.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Richburg 2; Fellhauer; Contreras, E.
GIDP: Fellhauer.
Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: Carson (1, throw).
Outfield assists: Day (Burgess at 2nd base), Phipps (Curran at 1st base).
DP: (Phipps-Soto).

Player			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Carson (W, 1-0)		5.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	3.60
Freeman, J (H, 10)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.85
Joseph, D (S, 13)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.37

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Dan Corcino pitched good enough to win.
Chase Weems nearly got his batting average up to .200.
Kevyn Feiner had two extra-base hits.
Henry Rodriguez had two hits while playing shortstop.

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Dayton has lost 20 concesutive home games. Literally.
Tommy Nurre had two errors.
Kevyn Feiner was the team's best hitter.
Junior Martinez still has a job despite his penchant for being a horrible pitcher.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
West Michigan	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3		8	11	1
Dayton		0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		3	9	2

Player		AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Means CF	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262
Feiner 2B	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	.160
Rodriguez, H SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.291
Fleury, M DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.252
LaMarre RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292
Satterwhite LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.275
Nurre 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.212
Pfister 3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.264
Weems C		3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.191
Corcino P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Martinez, Ju P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Arico P		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

BATTING
2B: Feiner (4, Feeney).
3B: Feiner (1, Feeney).
TB: Feiner 5; Rodriguez, He 2; Fleury, M; LaMarre; Satterwhite; Weems 2.
RBI: Fleury, M (34), Satterwhite (37), Feiner (7).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fleury, M.
S: Means.
SF: Fleury, M.
GIDP: Nurre; LaMarre.
Team RISP: 4-for-8.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Rodriguez, He (24, 2nd base off Feeney/Brantly), Means (21, 2nd base off Feeney/Brantly).
PO: Weems (2nd base by Feeney).

FIELDING
E: Nurre 2 (8, fielding, throw).
DP: (Feiner-Rodriguez, He-Nurre).

Player			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Corcino			6.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	3.00
Martinez, Ju (L, 1-3)	2.0	2	3	2	2	1	0	4.98
Arico			1.0	4	3	3	1	0	0	5.85

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Top third of the lineup was 5-for-11.
Carlos Sanchez, the team's best hitter, has gotten on base in 10 of his last 16 plate appearances.

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No extra-base hits.
The bullpen blew the lead.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
DSL Reds	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	8	1
DSL Dbacks	0	0	0	0	3	1	x		4	9	1

Player		AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Bueno SS	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.275
Ramirez, R 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.214
Baez, Ar 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.234
Sanchez, Ca 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.367
Estevez, Wi LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267
Victor CF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.234
Gomez, W DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.228
Soto C		3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140
Reynoso RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217
Munoz P		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Rosario P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ramirez, H P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

BATTING
TB: Bueno 2; Ramirez, R; Baez, Ar 2; Estevez, Wi; Gomez, W; Soto.
RBI: Baez, Ar (14).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Victor 3.
GIDP: Estevez, Wi.
Team RISP: 2-for-8.
Team LOB: 9.

BASERUNNING
CS: Ramirez, R (4, 2nd base by Jose, J/Gutierrez, Y).

FIELDING
E: Munoz (2, pickoff).
DP: (Bueno-Ramirez, R-Sanchez, Ca).

Player			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Munoz			3.2	4	0	0	1	3	0	5.23
Rosario (L, 1-1)	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.82
Ramirez, H		1.2	3	2	2	2	3	0	7.71

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Wagner Gomez homered and has played very well lately.
Eury Cantalizo pitched three perfect innings and has been on fire for the past month.

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The 2-through-6 hitters were a combined 1-for-14.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
DSL Reds	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		4	5	1
DSL Dbacks	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		2	4	0

Player		AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Bueno SS	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.268
Ramirez, R 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213
Galindez RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.256
Sanchez, Ca 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.371
Baez, Ar 3B	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.226
Estevez, Wi DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.266
Victor CF	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.240
Gomez, W C	3	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	.225
Quintero, R LF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.266
Tineo P		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Cantalizo P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

BATTING
2B: Victor (5, Camacho).
HR: Gomez, W (2, 4th inning off Camacho, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Bueno; Sanchez, Ca; Victor 2; Gomez, W 4; Quintero, R.
RBI: Victor (4), Gomez, W 3 (13).
2-out RBI: Victor; Gomez, W 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Sanchez, Ca; Bueno.
Team RISP: 2-for-6.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: Quintero, R (7, 2nd base off Camacho/Alegria), Bueno (8, 2nd base off Camacho/Alegria).
CS: Quintero, R (3, 2nd base by De Jesus, C/Alegria), Sanchez, Ca (9, 2nd base by Camacho/Alegria).

FIELDING
E: Bueno (8, fielding).
PB: Gomez, W (15).

Player			IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Tineo			4.0	4	2	1	1	6	0	4.64
Cantalizo (W, 3-4)	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4.66

[GOYA]

For those of you who have seen Cozart, is he really fast or just a good base runner? I know you need some speed to steal that many, but for some reason speed is not something I've heard associated with Cozart.

Decent speed. Nothing special. Good baserunner.

[mace]

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Plenty of offense. Kyle Day returned and had two doubles. Cody Puckett and Josh Fellhauer homered.
The bullpen (Jeffords, Infante, Bowman) was awesome.

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Kevin Coddington was hitless.
Justin Walker was horrible.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Potomac		4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	14	3
Lynchburg	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	1		7	11	2

Player		AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Greene SS	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.264
Puckett RF	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	.270
Soto 1B		5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Contreras, E PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206
Phipps CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.375
Day DH		4	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	.285
Coddington C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247
Fellhauer LF	4	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	.253
Gualdron 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.277
Carlson, S 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.276
Walker P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Jeffords P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Infante, E P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Bowman P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

BATTING
2B: Day 2 (17, Frias, M, Dill), Carlson, S (5, Phillabaum).
HR: Puckett (12, 1st inning off Frias, M, 0 on, 1 out), Fellhauer (6, 6th inning off Frias, M, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Greene 2; Puckett 4; Soto; Phipps; Day 4; Fellhauer 5; Gualdron; Carlson, S 2.
RBI: Puckett 2 (37), Gualdron (14), Phipps (16), Day (33), Fellhauer (34).
2-out RBI: Gualdron; Phipps; Day; Fellhauer.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Coddington; Phipps 2.
GIDP: Fellhauer.
Team RISP: 3-for-11.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Phipps (8, 2nd base off Frias, M/Rooney).

FIELDING
E: Fellhauer (8, fielding), Gualdron (8, throw).

Player		IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Walker (L, 0-1)	1.1	9	8	8	1	1	1	54.00
Jeffords	3.2	1	0	0	0	4	0	4.03
Infante, E	3.0	3	0	0	1	4	0	0.00
Bowman		1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4.88

This is actually the game from Aug. 4. For some reason, milb posted it again on tonight's scoreboard. It was Justin Walker's first game in Lynchburg. He pitched again last night, and was excellent.

[camisadelgolf]

This is actually the game from Aug. 4. For some reason, milb posted it again on tonight's scoreboard. It was Justin Walker's first game in Lynchburg. He pitched again last night, and was excellent.

Good catch. Something seemed a little off.

[SirFelixCat]

camisadelgolf, not sure if anyone has said anything, but I greatly appreciate those recaps you're doing. Thanks a bunch for them!

[camisadelgolf]

camisadelgolf, not sure if anyone has said anything, but I greatly appreciate those recaps you're doing. Thanks a bunch for them!

I've actually gotten a few thank yous since yesterday. Thank you for noticing. I'm just glad y'all enjoy them. If you've noticed what I've done these past few days, I'm sure you've also noticed what OBM, dougdirt, redsof72, cinreds21, GOYA, muddie, mce, mth123, and the many, many others have done to make this such a great forum. There are a ton of thank yous that deserve to go around, but since the list of names is too long, I'll just send a giant thank you to the many people who add quality conversation to the forum.

[cinreds21]

I got y'all.

Thanks for the good work guys.

[GOYA]

No thanks necessary for me. I do it because I like to do it.
(and I've been slacking a bit this season)

For those who've lost count, the Bats have won 16 of their last 17.
And, from July 3 until now, their record is 29-6.

[dougdirt]

Decent speed. Nothing special. Good baserunner.

I have him as a slightly above average runner from home to first. Certainly a good base runner. He has the speed to steal some bags in the majors, though I doubt he is a 30 steals guy in the majors.

[sabometrics]

No thanks necessary for me. I do it because I like to do it.
(and I've been slacking a bit this season)

For those who've lost count, the Bats have won 16 of their last 17.
And, from July 3 until now, their record is 29-6.

I know this may be looking into things a little bit too much, but the Reds' recent track record of bringing up guys who step right in and get the job done has to be aided by how much better the situation in AAA has gotten over the last two months. It seems like most every guy that has been called up has proven his worth in some way.

Maloney and Wood both exceeded expectations (one obviously more than the other). Ondrusek made the jump back up before the Bats went on their tear, but his time down there obviously served him well. LeCure held his own. Fisher has been lights out since he came up for the second time in July. Francisco has been a great bench bat in his limited time up.

Even the guys who are rehabbing seem to go on cruise control when they arrive off the bus in Louisville. Bray, Volquez, Dickerson, and Bailey (knock on wood) all made good progress. In the case of Bray and Volquez, they've made it back to the majors and contributed in some way (though not in exemplary fashion).

It's getting to the point that whoever gets called up from the minors I just expect them to fill in and do a satisfactory-to-admirable job for the MLB club. I know that's unreasonable in the long term, but most things this year have just fallen very nicely in place. Whatever it is, be it improved talent, being confident they can take their success to the next level, or Sweet, Power, and Garrett putting these guys in a good mindset to succeed, or a mix of it all, I love it.

I have a raincheck from an earlier Chapman start that was rained out and I'm going to make a point to go down and see that club play next week while the Reds are on the road. Go Bats!

[sabometrics]

Also, does anyone else think that the Bats, the way they are playing right now could give the Pirates' MLB squad a serious run for their money in a 5 game series? I'm convinced the Bats have comparable pitching, though their current lineup is under-equipped in comparison.