Friday 8/3/2012 Minor League Updates

[membengal]

Hamilton 1 for 2 so far tonight for Pensacola, and made good use of the 1 hit...swiping 2nd and 3rd.

Pensacola up 2-1 in the 3rd. Chad Rogers pitching for Pensacola.

[membengal]

In the 4th, with runners at 2nd and 3rd, Hamilton singles to drive one in. 3-1 Pensacola.

[membengal]

Hamilton then promptly steals 2nd, for his third SB of the night.

[membengal]

Elsewhere, Louisville down 3-1 in the 9th.

[membengal]

Dayton up 4-0 in the 6th. 2 rbis for Yorman, and 2 rbis for Buckley.

[mace]

Vidal with his second HR in as many nights. Also a 2B. It's 5-3 Pensacola in the seventh.

Sharky for the night: 5 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K. Nice AA debut.

[mace]

Carlos Sanchez and Matt Lentz have homered for Billings, which leads 4-2 in the fourth. Drew Cisco has fanned 3 in 3 IP.

[mace]

Dragons win 5-1. Stalin Gerson threw six shutout innings and Carlos Gonzalez, who's also a pretty good left fielder, pitched the final three, with 5 K. Juan Perez had a couple singles.

[membengal]

Yay! A regular with the updates. Thanks Mace, I don't have the patience to do what you and others do so well. Much appreciated.

[camisadelgolf]

That was Lentz' 1st career homer. He's really starting to come on. Over the past month, including his 2 PAs tonight, and in those 8.5 games, he's hitting .310/.310/.621 with 1 homer, 2 triples, 2 doubles.

[mace]

Thanks, mem, but I'm pretty spotty and I'm afraid I'm not long for this evening. (Up at 3 a.m. this morning to take my daughter to the airport.)

So that this post is not totally uninformative, I'll mention that Louisville lost 3-1 in spite of a pretty good start from Pedro Villarreal and two hits from the still-kicking Chris Valaika.

And the Bambinos trail 8-4 after five. Brent Peterson, who has had quite a few hits lately (not Call Me Maybe, however, thankfully), has added a couple.

[membengal]

Hamilton walks in the 9th, but before he can steal, a single moves him to 3rd.

[mace]

Not sure why Bryson Smith had to pinch-hit for Donald Lutz. But he's 2-2 (.342) with 3 RBIs and Pensacola's now up 8-4 in the 9th.

[Scrap Irony]

Man, has Bryson Smith hit really well this season. In his professional career, Smith has a line of .330/ .400/ .480. That's monstrous, especially for a CF. 11 HR in under 450 ABs? Certainly one to watch.

[mace]

Pensacola won 8-5. It wasn't one of the better relief efforts for Josh Ravin or Curtis Partch.

Billings won 6-4. Jimmy Moran got the save. Lentz, the former Kentucky football player, went 3-5. Amaral, Vincej and Mejias-Brean all had two hits, M-B's extending his hitting streak to a very impressive 20 games.

The AZL Reds were crushed, 15-5. Jose Ortiz is hitting .444. The pitchers shall remain nameless.

Bakersfield rolled, 5-1. Theo Bowe keeps dispelling the fluke theory regarding his sudden hitting, going 3-5 to raise his average to .343. He also stole his 43rd base since joining the Blaze. Ryan Wright went 2-4 with a 2B in his California League debut. Devin Lohman and Dominic D'Anna each had two hits, with a 2B. Tanner Robles got the win, with shutout relief from Michael Griffin, Blaine Howell and Andrew Brackman.