Saturday April 21st Minor League updates

[KittyDuran]

Originally Posted by dougdirt

Good luck! It is not warm out there.

Thanks! Good crowd as always here, plus it's "Friends & Family" night so you get a hat and a Micky D's coupon w/your ticket.

[KittyDuran]

Originally Posted by dougdirt

While I have only seen a handful of his at bats, the power is legit, but his discipline is very poor by looking at the numbers. He is probably limited to first. He was an outfielder in the past and has been moved to first. Doubtful that they make that move if he was able to stick in the outfield.

Just my 2 cents...and with limited observations as well. He's looks like a TE or Sean Casey type definitely confined to 1st base. Big guy but he did "climb the ladder" on a line out a few innings ago.

[dougdirt]

Curtis Partch with a rough first inning that isn't over. Walk, walk, walk, double, double, out. 4 runs in so far against Pensacola.

[muddie]

FWIW, Denis Phipps picked up two of Louisville's four hits.

[dougdirt]

Partch got through the first, but gave up 7 runs.

[dougdirt]

Justice French gave up a solo HR earlier and Dayton is now up 3-1 in the top of the 6th.

[mace]

Originally Posted by dougdirt

Partch got through the first, but gave up 7 runs.

Man, there must be something they like about that guy. His career ERA is over 5.00, but they keep trotting him out there as a starter.

[mace]

Originally Posted by dougdirt

Justice French gave up a solo HR earlier and Dayton is now up 3-1 in the top of the 6th.

The Dragons got good pitching from French, Ryan Kemp and Carlos Contreras in a 5-1 win. Ryan Wright had a pair of singles.

[Blitz Dorsey]

Lotzkar on the mound tonight for the Blaze.

Lineup:

Bakersfield Blaze
Player Pos AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Billy Hamilton SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .386
Devin Lohman 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .320
Juan Duran DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158
Donald Lutz LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309
David Vidal 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .277
Stephen Hunt RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172
Travis Mattair 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .156
Bryson Smith CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Tucker Barnhart C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .147

[mace]

Lotzkar through four: 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K. It's 1-0 Bakersfield.

[mace]

Tucker Barnhart's first HR of the season, with Bryson Smith aboard, puts the Blaze up 3-0 after five.

[dabvu2498]

Originally Posted by dougdirt

Justice French gave up a solo HR earlier and Dayton is now up 3-1 in the top of the 6th.

I was there tonight (though a good distance away from Kitty ). What's French's breaking ball? Slider? I was sitting at a bad angle to see exactly what it was doing, but he had it going tonight.

Although, the solo HR he gave up was a massive bomb. Massive.

[mace]

Lotzkar went six: 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K. It's still 3-0 after seven.

[Blitz Dorsey]

Yessir, that's great news. Extremely strong outing from Lotzkar and hopefully this will get Barnhart going at the plate.

[lollipopcurve]

I like what I've seen of Yovan Gonzalez, the catcher at Dayton, on the two telecasts this week. Obviously he's off to a hot start at the plate, and he's got a quality short swing, but the main thing is that he looks like a very solid receiver and a good leader. A little competition for Barnhart as they climb the ladder.