Thursday June 21, 2012 Minor League Updates

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Billings goes up 2-0 in the fifth on a single by Robert Ramirez and a bunch of wild pitches.

More important was Sal Romano's auspicious debut: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, O BB, 3 K. Two of the three hits were to Socrates Brito. I boldly predict that if he continues to give up the majority of his hits to guys named Socrates, he'll have a pretty nice career.

Now, Dan Langfield makes his debut.

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Meanwhile, Vaughn Covington gave up his first run in the third. The AZL Reds lead 4-1.

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Carlos Fisher stumbled in the ninth, but Louisville had plenty of cushion, winning 11-6. Big nights for Puckett and Janish. Gathright, Navarro and Daryl Jones all had two hits, to boot.

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Bakersfield is 1-1 after one. Hamilton was not involved in the run. Josh Smith is pitching.

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Langfield through two innings. 0 hits, 0 runs, 2 BB, 1 K

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Steve Selsky, playing his first game in Bakersfield, has cracked a pair of home runs. Hamilton has a couple hits and SB #81. The Blaze lead 5-1 in the fifth.

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Covington ran into control problems in the fourth and was relieved by Lorgi Pineda. The AZL Reds lead 5-4 after four. Jonathan Reynoso, like Rachal, is 2-2 with a 3B.

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Billings is up 3-0 after eight. Sammy Diaz is 2-4. Jimmy Moran followed Romano and Langfield with a scoreless inning. Jordan Remer is in to pitch the ninth.

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Originally Posted by mace

Steve Selsky, playing his first game in Bakersfield, has cracked a pair of home runs. Hamilton has a couple hits and SB #81. The Blaze lead 5-1 in the fifth.

Two homers in two pitches. Pretty decent start. The nice thing is that Bakersfield is only two hours away from where he was born. I wouldn't be surprised if he has some family at the game tonight.

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Remer and Bennett Klimesh completed the shutout for Billings, presenting Romano with his first professional win.

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AZL Reds are tied 5-5 after six. Reynoso is 3-3. He's a tall, right-handed-hitting outfielder who hit .236 last year for the DSL Reds.

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Tucker Barnhart is 3-3 with a 2B, raising his average to .281. Bakersfield still leads 5-1 after six.

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Hamilton has three hits, two SB, a caught stealing, a run, an RBI and an error. Kid fills the stat sheet. It's now 7-1. Travis Mattair has homered.

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Of the guys in Rookie ball this year, Romano is the pitcher I think most likely to "go Cingrani" and start rising up through the ranks.

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Brackman relieved Josh Smith in the 7th for Bakersfield. He'd been starting. Perhaps there's been a change of direction--which would seem like a good thing.