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16 April, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Matt White PHI 7.0 2 0 0 1 6 ... John
Maine NYN 6.0 4 1 1 1 2 ... Jason Bartlett MIN 2-5, double,
homer, .297 ... Ben Francisco CLE 3-5, 2 homers, SB ...
Franklin Gutierrez CLE 2-5, walk, SB, .351 ... Ryan Garko
CLE 3-5, double, .368 ... BJ Upton TB 1-4, 6th error, .231
... Delmon Young TB 1-4, .375 ... David Purcey TOR
5.0 3 3 2 4 6 ... Sean Burnett PIT 5.0 5 2 2 2 1 ... Jon
Lester BOS, something wrong, 2.0 5 5 5 1 2, 12.46 ... Josh Fields
CHA 3-4, double, homer, .375
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Stephen Drew
ARZ 2-2, homer, 2 walks, 3 RBI & 0-3, 2 Ks, .233 ... Justin Huber
KC 4-4, 3rd homer, .407 ... Rich Hill CHN 7.0 4 1 1 1 10, 1.38 ...
Felix Pie CHN 2-4, 2 doubles, .350 ... finally, a little noise
from Dallas McPherson LAA 3-5, double, triple, 5 RBI, .200 ...
Erick Aybar LAA 2-5, homer, 3RBI, .357 ... Howie Kendrick
LAA 4-5, homer, .455 ... Daric Barton OAK 2-3, grand slam, 2
walks, .357 ... Adam Jones SEA 0-4, .185
EASTERN (AA) -- Matt Moses MIN
2-4, homer, 2 errors (5) & 2-3, double, .500 ... Denard Span MIN
3-5 & 1-3, .450 ... Adam Lind TOR 4-4, 2 homers & 0-3, .278
... Travis Ishikawa 1B SF 2-3, double, homer, .323 `
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Greg Miller LAD, in
the pen, 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 ... Matt Kemp LAD 3-5, double, triple ...
Chin-lung Hu SS LAD 4-5, .316 ... Ben Julianel FLO 5.1 4 1
1 1 1
TEXAS (AA) -- Brandon Wood, LAA,
1-4, double, BB, 2 K, .265 ... Billy Butler, KC, 1-4, RBI, .238
... Alex Gordon, KC, 2-4, 2nd homer, RBI, .385 ... Hunter
Pence, HOU, 1-4 ... JR House, HOU, 1-3, run, RBI ... Chance
Douglass, W, 7.0 3 0 0 1 5 ... Kevin Melillo, OAK, 2B, 3-5,
2 RBI, 2nd steal ... Sebastien Boucher, SEA, 3-5, RBI, .278 ...
Reid Gorecki, StL, 3-5, 2 doubles, 4th homer, RBI, .400 ... Nick
Stavinoha, StL, 1-4, BB, K ... Rico Washington, StL, 2-4,
double, RBI ... Troy Tulowitzki, COL, 0-3, 2 K ... Ian
Stewart, COL, 1-4, double, 2 RBI ... Jordan Czarniecki, COL,
1-4, double ... Mike Parisi, StL, W, 6-1/3, 3 3 3 2 9
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Matt Tuiasosopo SEA
1-3, R, K and 0-3 (Dbl. Header) ... Mark Lowe SEA 5 0 0 0 0 8 ...
Carlos Gonzalez ARI 1-5, 2K ... Reid Brignac TB 1-4,
R, RBI and 0-4 ... Sean Cumberland TB 1-4, 2B and 0-3 ...
Marcus Sanders SF 1-5, 2R, 3B, BB ... Cliff Pennington
OAK 0-4, hitting .094 so far ... Richie Robnett OAK 3-4, 1st HR, 3
RBI
CAROLINA (A+) -- Jarod Rine CF BAL 1-5,
Home Run ... Nolan Reimold RF BAL 1-6, double ... Jeff
Fransz DH BAL 1-6, Home Run ... Bryan Bass 3B BAL 3-5,
RBI ... Nyger Morgan CF PIT 2-7, 2 runs, 3 sbs ... Brian
Bixler SS PIT 1-4,triple, run ... Mike Carlin 1B PIT 3-4,
run, 2RBI ... Vince Rooi DH PIT 1-3, double ... Brad Rea
DH PIT 1-3, double ... Milver Reyes C PIT 2-3 ... Dave
Haehnel BAL5 5 0 0 1 1 ... Derek Hankins PIT 6 4 1 1 1 2 ...
Ramon Linares PIT 1 0 0 0 0 0 W ... Matt Guillory
PIT 5 5 0 0 2 4 W ... Steve Duguay PIT 1 0 0 0 0 1 S ... Drew
Sutton 2B HOU 2-4 ... Lou Santangelo C HOU 1-3, double ...
Ervin Alcantara CF HOU 3-4, run, sb ... Claudio Arias
DH BOS 1-4, Home Run, 2RBI ... Ian Bladergroen 1B BOS 2-4, double,
Home Run, 3RBI ... Mike Hall RF BOS 2-4, triple ... Kyle
Jackson BOS 3 1 0 0 2 5 W ... Trevor Crowe CF CLE 2-3 ...
Brian Barton RF CLE 1-2, double, run ... Matt Whitney
3B CLE 1-4, Home Run, 3RBI ... Chuck Lofgren CLE 5.2 3 0 0 3 2 W
... Marcos Yepez 2B WAS 3-5, double, RBI ... Devin Ivany
C WAS 2-4, double ... Luke Montz 1B WAS 2-4 ... Matt
Young CF ATL 3-5, double, 3 runs ... JC Holt DH ATL 2-5, double, run,
RBI ... Diory Hernandez SS ATL 2-4, Home Run, 4RBI ... Mike
Rozema 2B ATL 2-4 ... Barbaro Canizares LF ATL 1-4, Home
Run ... Charlie Morton ATL 5 4 1 1 2 3 W ... James Parr
ATL 4 5 0 0 0 5 S
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Eric Haberer STL
5 7 5 5 0 5 (L, 0-1 7.84)
Ryan Harvey RF CHN 1-5 HR(3) 2RBI,
.290
John Thomas MIN 5 3 1 1 1 5 (W, 1-0 0.93)
Trevor
Plouffe 3B MIN 2-3 double, 2R RBI, .286
a bit old for high-A, Ruben
Sierra LF MIN 2-4 double, R RBI, .250
Orlando Trias TOR 6
4 1 0 4 5 (W, 2-0 0.82)
Mike Carp 1B NYN 3-6 double, RBI, .270
Matt Goyen FLO 5 3 1 1 2 3 ND, 0.90
MIDWEST (A) -- Sean Shoffit TOR
1-2, 2 BB's, steal ... Pedro Ciriaco ARZ 2-5 ... Jay
Bruce CIN 1-2, double, 2 BB's ... Johnny Cueto CIN 6 1 0 0 0 8
... Daryl Jones SD 0-4 .. try fitting that on a jersey Fabian
Jimenez Angulo SD 5 4 0 0 2 5 .. Joshua Johnson KC
2-3, 2 BB's, but 2 CS ... working in relief Gilbert De la vara KC
4 3 0 0 0 5 ... Bryan Anderson (at DH) STL 2-4 ... Jaime
Garcia STL 6 3 1 1 3 6 (11 groundouts, 1 fly ball) ... Cameron
Maybin DET 0-4 ... Mitch Atkins CHN 5 4 0 0 1 6 ... John
Matulia TB 2-4 ... full night for the teen shortstop Jeffrey
Dominguez SEA 3-3, CS, 2 errors (7 so far) ... tough-luck loser, with the
strangest line you'll see today Jason Ray OAK 5 2/3 0 2 0 3 7
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Fernando
Martinez NYN 1-4, HR (1), 2 RBI (7), BB, .325 ... Brandon Erbe
BAL 5 3 1 1 0 6, 2.70 ... Brandon Snyder BAL 1-7, HR (2), RBI (8),
.333 ... Greg Golson PHI 1-5, .086, another hit! ... Julian
Williams PHI 3-5, 3 2B (4), RBI (1), BB, .250 ... Welinson Baez
PHI 1-2, RBI (6), .370 ... Michael Bowden BOS 3 8 7 7 1 3, 7.88
... Russ Mitchell LAD 3-4, HR (1), 2 RBI (4), .357 ... Eduardo
Perez LAD 3-4, HR (1), RBI (3), .267 ... David Sutherland
LAD 3-4, HR (1), 3 RBI (4), .208 ... Gaby Sanchez FLA 2-5, HR (6),
RBI (15), .450, homer in 3 straight ... Kris Harvey FLA 1-5, RBI
(7), .400 ... Andrew McCutchen PIT 1-5, .293 ... Chris
Lerud PIT 4-4, 2 2B (5), RBI (9), .382 ... Chris Nelson COL
0-5, .229 ... Dexter Fowler COL 2-4, 3B (1), .364 ... Cole
Garner COL 2-3, 3B (1), HR (1), 6 RBI (10), BB, .240 ... Austin
Jackson NYA 2-5, 3 RBI (8), SB (5), .324 ... Jose Tabata NYA
3-5, 2 2B (4), 2 RBI (10), .361 ... C. J. Henry NYA 1-3, 2B (1), BB, SB
(3), .148 ... Chris Malec NYA 4-5, 3 RBI (6), .353 ... Brian
Bogusevic HOU 3 7 2 1 1 1, 1.50 ... Josh Flores HOU 2-5, SB
(3), .257 ... Eli Iorg HOU 2-4, 2 RBI (5), 2 SB (2), .258 ...
Angel Salome MIL 2-4, BB, SB (2), .375 ... Kenny Holmberg
MIL 3-4, 2 2B (3), RBI (5), .324 ... Elvis Andrus ATL 2-5, 2B (2),
3B (1), 2 RBI (10), .278 ... Eric Campbell ATL 1-5, 3B (1), RBI
(4), .259 ... Beau Jones ATL 4 6 1 0 2 6, 1.04
College (Fri) - Andrew Miller with another fine
outing, 8 5 4 0 4 2 (109 pitches) :
" ... In eight innings, Miller allowed four unearned runs on
five hits and four walks to run his record to 8-0 for the first time in his
career. He struck out just two batters but that was enough to move past Scott
Bankhead and into sixth on the Tar Heels' career list. Miller, who lowered his
earned run average to 1.33, has given up just two earned runs over his last four
starts." (UNC)
Troop
Movements ... CLE - placed Fernando Cabrera on the 15-day DL,
recalled Fausto Carmona ... placed Dmitri Young
on the 15-day DL, recalled Alexis Gomez ... TOR - activated A.J.
Burnett from the 15-day DL ... BOS - placed David Wells on the
15-day DL, recalled Jermaine Van Buren ... PIT - placed Sean
Casey on the 15-day DL, purchased the contract of Mike Edwards,
transferred Kip Wells from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list
... BAL - sent Eric DuBose, Raul Chavez outright to
Double-A ... CHN - optioned Michael Wuertz to Triple-A, recalled
Roberto Novoa ... NYA - signed Carlos Pena, Jesus
Colome to minor league contracts ... WAS - placed Ryan Drese on
the 15-day DL, purchased the contract of Saul Rivera ... SF - optioned
Jeremy Accardo to Triple-A, recalled Brad Hennessey
Lisa Winston, MLB.com, on the LAD kids, Joel Guzman, Chad
Billingsley :
" ... Joel, the upside is just tremendous ...
The guy is 6-foot-6 and he grew out of shortstop. It wasn't until this year that
they thought it was OK to move him. He'd been playing some first, they were
moving him to left field. I think it's just a matter of getting him comfortable
and getting him reps defensively at whatever position they decide on putting him
in. I think he's going to be a tremendous player. Billingsley, also, is young
but has been a quick mover. He's been pretty much lights-out at every level he's
pitched at so far. I would not be at all surprised to see them both in Los
Angeles this summer. I think Billingsley with a strong start over the first few
weeks or months at Vegas could very easily be in their rotation by midseason.
Guzman, it's more of a question of how things will trickle down in terms of who
gets hurt, who takes their place, how quickly he can get up to speed, whether
it's at left field, right field or first base. I wouldn't want to put a
timetable on him because I don't think it's going to be his bat alone that's
going to dictate that."
John Sickels, MinorLeagueBall, on
BOS sleeper Jeff Corsaletti :
" ... drafted in the sixth round in 2005,
out of the University of Florida. He was a very successful college hitter
(hitting .313 in '03, .323 in '04, and .358 in '05, with improving power and
plate discipline) but wasn't a super-hot property on draft day since his
physical tools are considered marginal. But his ability to hit the ball hard and
to control the strike zone well was notable. He also has good baseball
instincts. He hit .357/.429/.490 in 59 games in the Sally League after signing
... Currently playing for the Wilmington Blue Rocks in the Carolina
League, Corsaletti is 12-for-35 (.343) so far, with three doubles, seven walks,
and two steals. I expect he will continue to batter A-ball pitching, and won't
really be tested until he reaches Double-A, probably later this year. We'll keep
a close eye on this one. If he hits in Double-A, he could advance more rapidly
than expected."
15 April, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Jason Cooper CLE 2-4, 1st HR, 3 R, RBI, BB
Scott Thorman ATL 0-2, 2 R, 3 BB
Jason Bartlett
MIN 2-5, 2B, R, RBI
Josh Fields CHA 2-4, 1st HR, R, RBI
Donald Kelly DET 2-4, 2B, RBI
Ryan Wagner CIN 1-1/3 1
0 0 1 3
Elizardo Ramirez CIN 5 8 4 4 0 4
Val
Majewski BAL 1-4, 1st HR, R, RBI
Eli Whiteside BAL 0-4
Carlos Ruiz PHI 2-4, 2B, R
Eude Brito PHI 5 4 3 0 2 1
Kevin Thompson NYA 3-4, 2 SB
Christian Garcia
NYA 1-3, 1st HR, R, RBI, HBP
Matt DeSalvo NYA 3-1/3 4 4 4 5 2
B.J. Upton TB 2-5, 1st HR (game-winning grand slam in the 9th), R, 4 RBI,
SB, 5th error
Delmon Young TB 2-3, BB
Jamie Shields
TB 6-1/3 6 3 0 0 6
Jeff Keppinger NYN 3-4, 2 R, RBI, BB
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Dana Eveland
MIL, may be righting the ship, 7.0 5 1 1 0 8 ... Nelson Cruz MIL,
due a little MLB time, 3-4, 2 doubles, homer, walk, 3 RBI ... Angel
Guzman CHN 5.1 7 6 5 0 8 ... Dustin Nippert ARZ 4.0 7 7 7 4
4 ... Jayson Nix COL, trying to nudge his way back onto the
prospect charts, 3-5, 2 doubles ... Stphen Drew ARZ 2-6, CS
& picked off first ... Ruben Gotay KC 4-4, 3 doubles, walk ...
Erick Aybar LAA 2-4, homer, .351 ... Howie Kendrick LAA
1-4, homer, .410 ... oh my, Dallas McPherson LAA 0-4, 3 Ks, .143
... Joel Guzman LAD 1-4, 2nd homer, .361 ... Daric
Barton OAK 1-3, double, .320 ...
EASTERN (AA) -- Brandon Moss RF
BOS 1-5, 2B, 2k
Edgar Martinez BOS 1.2 0 0 0 0 4
Rafael
Alvarez LF PIT 3-6, 2R, HR, 3RBI
Travis Chapman 3B PIT
3-3, 2R, 2B, 2BB
Kody Kirkland 3B DET 2-4, 2HR, k
Brent
Clevlen RF DET 1-4, 2B
Preston Larrison DET 5 6 5 5 2 3
Richard Stahl BAL 5.1 4 2 2 2 6
Denard Span CF MIN
0-3, k
Matt Moses 3B MIN 2-3, HR, BB, k
Kyle Yates
TOR 6 6 2 2 1 4
Brad Snyder RF CLE 0-3, BB, k
Tony
Sipp 6 3 0 0 3 8
Nate Schierholtz RF SF 3-4, R, RBI, BB
Eddie Martinez-Esteve LF SF 2-4, R, 2B, BB
Jonathon
Sanchez 6 2 0 0 0 10 SF
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Justin Ruggiano OF LAD
2-5, double, homer, walk ... Matt Kemp LAD 0-4, .216 ... Chuck
Tiffany TB Tiffany 4.2 5 2 1 2 4 ... Miguel Montero ARZ
1-5, homer, walk ... some noise from Eric Patterson CHN 4-5,
double, triple, walk ... signs of breakout, Jarrod Saltalamacchia
ATL 3-4, 2nd homer, 3 RBI, .179
TEXAS (AA) -- JR House, HOU, 3-4,
2nd homer, RBI, .412 ... Vince Sinisi, TEX, 1-3, 2 BB, SB, .367
... Luke Grayson, TEX, 4-5, 1st homer, RBI ... Vasili
Spanos, OAK, 2-3, 1st homer, 2 RBI ... Kurt Suzuki, 1-4,
BB, .407 ... Reid Gorecki, StL, 1-4, 3rd homer, RBI, .371 ...
Nick Stavinoha, StL, 2-4 ... Rico Washington, StL, (3B)
2-4, 5th homer, 4 RBI, .375 ... Troy Tulowitzki, COL (2nd error)
3-5, triple, .289 ... Ian Stewart, COL, 1-3, double, 2 BB ...
Joseph Koshansky, COL, 1-3, 1st homer, 2 RBI ... Aaron Peel,
LAA, 4-5, double, 3 RBI ... Brandon Wood, LAA, 0-5, 5th error ...
Alex Gordon, KC, 2-4, 2 doubles, 1st error ... Mitch
Maier, KC, 2-4, double
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Jose Arredondo LAA
5.0 6 1 1 1 9 ... Carlos Gonzalez ARZ 2-5, double, .207 ...
James Shull OAK 6.1 4 1 1 0 11 ... Travis Buck OAK 2-4,
double
CAROLINA (A+) -- Sean Smith CF CHA 2-5,
run ... Chris Kelly 1B CHA 3-4, 2 Home Runs, 3 runs, 3RBI ...
Donny Lucy C CHA 2-4, double, 2 runs ... Anderson Gomes
RF CHA 2-4, double,3RBI ... Cory Hagerty 2B CHA 1-3, double, RBI
... Carlos Torres CHA 5 5 1 1 3 5 W ... Matt Whitney
3B CLE Home Run, 2 runs ... Wyatt Toregas 2-4, double, RBI .462...
Seth Bynum SS WAS 2-4, run, 2 sb ... Marvin Lowrance
LF WAS 2-4, double, triple, run ... Ricardo Morales WAS 6 3 1 1 4
3 ... Clint Sammons C ATL 1-3, Home Run, 2 runs ... Luis
Atiliano ATL 7 5 2 1 1 3 ... Dan Smith ATL 2 1 0 0 1 4 W ...
Jarod Rine CF BAL 2-3, double, 2 sb ... Brian
Bixler SS PIT 2-4, double, run, sb ... Mike Carlin DH PIT 1-3,
Home Run, 2RBI ...Brad Rea 1B PIT 2-3 ... Brian Holliday
PIT 5 5 1 1 3 1 W ... Yoann Torrealba PIT3 1 0 0 0 3 ... Steven
Duguay PIT 1 1 0 0 0 0 S ... Wallace Torbert OF HOU 2-4, 2
runs ... Neil Sellers DH HOU 3-5, double, run, RBI ... Lou
Santangelo C HOU 1-3, Home Run, 2RBI ... Scott Robinson 1B
HOU 1-4, 2RBI ... Ervin Alcantara HOU 2-3 ...Matthew Cunningham
HOU 1-3, double ... Evan Englebrook 5 4 2 1 3 1 ... Rodrigo
Escobar HOU 2.2 2 0 0 2 2 W ... Jacoby Ellsbury CF BOS 3-4,
sb ... Jed Lowrie SS 1-5, run, 2RBI ... Andrew Dobies
BOS 6 5 2 2 2 3
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Ryan Braun 3B MIL
2-4 RBI E(4), .314
Jair Jurrjens DET 6 5 1 1 0 6 W, 2.70
Kevin Whelan DET 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 (S, 4) 0.00
Jay Garthwaite
LF CIN 2-3 HR(3), .306
Camilo Vazquez CIN 5 4 0 0 1 7 ND, 1.00
Marcos Vechionacci 3B NYA 2-4 double, 3R, .303
Cody
Ehlers 1B NYA 2-5 RBI, .355
Matt Merricks LA 7 3 0 0 1 12
ND, 0.00
Josh Wahpepah MIL 6 4 0 0 1 5 ND, 0.00
Derek
Griffith PHI 6 2 1 1 3 5 (W, 2-0), 0.75
Alexi Casilla 2B
MIN 3-4 double, RBI, .375
Terry Evans RF STL 3-4 R 3SB(4), .342
Michael Ferris 1B STL 1-5 HR(3) 3RBI, .343
Kaz
Matsui 2B NYN (rehab) 1-4
MIDWEST (A) -- breakout continues Jay Bruce
CIN 3-4, 4th double, 2nd triple .. Justin Sellers (SS) OAK 2
doubles, 2 errors ... Craig (Mambo) Italiano OAK 4 4 3 1 1
6 .. Colby Rasmus STL 0-4, 2 K's ... Michael Saunders
(RF) SEA 1-3, 2 BB's, runner gunned down ... Marwin Vega SEA 6 5 4
1 2 3 ... struggling start Chris McConnell (SS) KC 0-4, 2 errors
(.077) ... Paul Kelly (SS) MIN 2-4, triple .. Daryl
Jones SD 3rd HR (.419) ... staggering John Matulia TB 0-5
(.103)
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Augustin Septimo
FLA 4-5, 2B (1), SB (3), .421 ... Gaby Sanchez FLA 2-3, HR (5), 3
RBI (14), .457, homer in 2 straight ... Kris Harvey FLA 1-4, RBI
(6), .433 ... Andy Jenkins FLA 2-4, 2 SB (2), .486 ... Daniel
Barone FLA 6 0 0 0 0 6, 0.73, perfect thru 6 in a combined 2-hitter
... Andrew McCutchen PIT 0-3, .306 ... Elvis Andrus
ATL 0-2, 3 SB (5), 2 BB, .258 ... Eric Campbell ATL 1-4, 2B (1),
.259 ... Greg Golson PHI 0-3, .067, yuck ... Brandon
Snyder BAL 2-5, 2B (4), RBI (7), .371 ... Fernando Martinez
NYN 1-2, RBI (5), BB, .333 ... Chris Gimenez CLE 2-5, 2B (2), HR
(1), 5 RBI (5), .185 ... Austin Jackson NYA 0-2, 2 BB, .310 ...
Jose Tabata NYA 2-4, RBI (8), .323 ... C. J. Henry NYA 0-4,
.125 ... Chris Nelson COL 3-4, 2B (4), RBI (3), BB, .267 ...
Dexter Fowler COL 3-5, 2 2B (3), HR (3), 2 RBI (5), .345 ...
Shairon Martis SF 5 5 3 3 1 5, 7.27 ... Barry Gunther
SF 3-4, 2 2B (2), 3 RBI (5), .240 ... Mike Mooney SF 2-3, 2B (1),
3 RBI (4), .286 ... Sean Walker HOU 6 5 0 0 0 7, 0.82 ... Josh
Flores HOU 1-5, 2b (1), .233 ... Eric King HOU 4-5, 2 2B
(2), RBI (3), .407 ... Eli Iorg HOU 1-5, 2B (1), RBI (3), .222 ...
JR Towles HOU 3-5, 2B (2), RBI (5), SB (2), .476 ... Angel
Salome MIL 2-4, 2B (4), 2 RBI (7), .361
Troop
Movements ... LAD - placed Yhency Brazoban on the 15-day DL (out
for the season), activated Kenny Lofton from the DL ... HOU -
placed Brandon Backe on the 15-day DL, recalled Ezequiel
Astacio from Triple-A ... NYA - recalled Matt Smith,
designated Koyie Hill for assignment ... CIN - purchased the
contract of Quinton McCracken, designed Andy Abad
for assignment ... OAK - placed Jay Witasick on the 15-day DL,
recalled Bobby Kielty ... TEX - activated C.J. Wilson from
the 15-day DL, optioned Scott Feldman to Triple A ... MIL -
placed Vince Perkins on the 15-day DL ... COL- recalled Ramon Ramirez
... TOR - optioned Brian Tallet to Triple-A ... FLO - activated
Mike Megrew from the 15-day DL and returned him to LAD ...
Jim Callis,
Baseball America, trying to sort out the TB outfield :
" ... In addition to Young
and Dukes, there are also several other outfield prospects on our Tampa
Bay Top 30 Prospects list ... Given all the talent ahead of them, however,
they're probably out of luck, at least with the Devil Rays. Gomes' best
position is standing in the batter's box, so let's put him at DH. And the rest
of this actually is pretty simple to figure out. All-star Carl
Crawford keeps getting better and is signed through 2008 with club options
that can tie him up through 2010 ... Rocco Baldelli is
likewise signed through 2008 with club options that can extend his deal through
2011. That makes it fairly obvious that he'll be the long-term center fielder
over Joey Gathright ... Young is merely the best prospect in
baseball, and he won't be able to become a free agent until after the 2012
season at the earliest. He'll take over in right at some point this year. Dukes
has fabulous tools and is developing nicely, but there's no place for him to fit
in. If he continues to progress and keeps his temper under control, he's going
to give the Rays another attractive trade chip. All this outfield depth makes it
pretty clear why Tampa Bay continues to hold out hope that B.J. Upton can
play shortstop. If he can't cut it there, third base looks like his most logical
destination."
The younger Upton just about ready for regular action :
" ... Farm director A.J. Hinch said top
pick Justin Upton, who has been slowed by a shoulder injury, will begin
playing in extended spring training games today (Friday). It will be his first
game action at his new position, center field, and Hinch said Upton will play at
least a week's worth of games before making his debut at Class A South Bend."
(Arizona Republic)
Rangers' farm notes from the Dallas Morning News :
" ... The top two members of the
Frisco rotation, lefty John Danks and right-hander Thomas Diamond,
have had their difficulties early in the season. Danks, who turns 21 today
(Friday), is 0-2 with a 9.35 ERA in 8 2/3 innings of work. He's given up four
home runs in two starts. Diamond is 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA in 5 2/3 innings. He has
five walks and nine strikeouts. "They'll get much sharper," Kennedy said.
"Always that first week coming out of spring training you have days off and
travel, and generally pitchers aren't as sharp because of the difference in
routine." ... Vince Sinisi, drafted in the second round of the 2003
draft, is playing first base in Frisco this season after a few years in the
outfield."
14 April, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Franklin Gutierrez CLE 2-3, 2B, 2nd HR, 3 R,
RBI, BB, Sac
Ryan Garko CLE 3-4, 2 RBI, SF
Jason
Cooper CLE 2-5, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Terry Tiffee MIN 3-4
John
Hattig TOR 1-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Rob Cosby TOR 3-4, 2 2B, 2
R, RBI, BB
Josh Banks TOR 5 5 4 4 1 4
Jerry Owens
CHA 1-4, 2nd HR, 2 R, 2 RBI, BB
Josh Fields CHA 2-4, 2 RBI, BB
Charles Haeger CHA 5 5 3 1 4 3
Donald Kelly DET
3-5, R
Chris Denorfia CIN 1-3, 1st HR, R, 2 RBI, BB
Carlos
Ruiz PHI 2-3, 2nd & 3rd HRs, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 BB
Josh Kroeger
PHI 2-3, R, 2 RBI, SF, SB
Melky Cabrera NYA 4-5, 2B, RBI, SB
Christian Garcia NYA 1-3, 2 R, BB
Jeff Karstens
NYA 3-1/3 6 6 6 3 1
B.J. Upton TB 1-5, 2B, R, RBI, 3rd & 4th errors
Delmon Young TB 2-5, 2B, R, RBI, SB
Lastings Milledge
NYN 2-5, 2B, R
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Justin Huber
KC 3-4, double, homer, .316 ... Jason Stokes FLO 0-3, 2 Ks, .080
... Zach Jackson MIL 5.1 4 0 0 1 1 ... Edinson Volquez
TEX 6.0 5 2 2 1 7 ... Kevin Frandsen SF 2-6, triple, 2 RBI ... Justin
Leone SD 3-3, .517 ... Jered Weaver LAA 5.0 9 4 4 0 6 ...
Willy Aybar LAD double, homer, .438 ... Russell Martin
LAD 2-4, .364 ... Dallas McPherson LAA 0-3, 3 Ks, .161
EASTERN (AA) -- Denard Span CF
MIN 1-4, RBI, BB, K
Miguel Negron CF TOR 3-4, HR, 3RBI
Ricky Romero TOR 5 3 0 0 0 7
Tony Giarratano SS DET
2-5, R, 2B, K
Brent Clevlen RF DET 0-3, 2BB, K
Kody
Kirkland 3B DET 2-4, HR, K
Brian Finch BAL 5.2 7 3 2 2 1
Gio Gonzalez PHI 7 5 0 0 2 6
Matt Peterson PIT 6 2
0 0 0 4
Kory Kastro 3B WAS 2-5, 2R, 3B, RBI
Brad
Snyder RF CLE 1-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB, 2K
Bill Bray WAS 5.1 11 8
4 0 5
Nate Schierholtz RF SF 3-5, R, 2B
Eddie
Martinez-Esteve LF SF 1-4, 2B, RBI, BB
Travis Ishikawa
1B SF 2-3, 2 2B, 3RBI, BB, K
Danny Borrell NYY 6 4 1 1 1 6
SOUTHERN (AA) -- nowhere near the top of the
LAD prospect list, but doing just fine, Heath Totten 6.0 4 0 0 0 6 ...
Wes Bankston TB 2-4, .355 ... Joey Votto CIN 3-5, .355
... Miguel Montero ARZ 1-2, walk ... Tyler Lumsden
CHA 5.0 4 0 0 0 2 ... George Kottaras SD 1-2, 3 walks, .318
TEXAS (AA) -- Brandon Wood, LAA,
0-4, 3 K ... Matthew Brown, LAA, 1-4, double, RBI ... Billy
Butler, KC, 0-4 ... Alex Gordon, KC, 3-3, ( 4th & 5th
steals: 2nd base & 3rd base) double, RBI, BB ... Vince Sinisi,
TEX, 2-4 ... Hunter Pence, HOU, 2-4, 2 doubles ... Nick
Masset, TEX, 7.0 2 1 1 1 8, 0.73 ... Matt Albers, HOU, 7.0 4 1
0 1 8, 0.69 ... Kurt Suzuki, OAK, 1-3, BB ... Dan Putnam,
OAK, 2-5, double, 2 RBI ... Brant Colamarino, OAK, 2-4, double, BB
... Bryan LaHair, SEA, 1-3, double, RBI, BB, K ... Wladimir
Balentein, SEA, 1-3, double, 2 RBI ... Nick Stavinoha, StL,
3-5, double ... Rico Washington, StL, 1-4, 4th homer, RBI, BB,
.357 ... Cody Haerther, 3-5, 1st homer, double, 3 RBI ... Troy
Tulowitzki, COL, 1-4, double, 2 RBI ... Ian Stewart, 2-3,
double, RBI, BB ... Jordan Czarniecki, COL, 1-3, 2 runs, 2 BB,
.357 ... Mark Worrell, StL, 2nd save, 1.0 1 0 0 0 2, 2.25
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Cliff Penington OAK
0-3, 1-2 (DBH), BB, K ... Travis Buck OAK 0-3, 0-2, BB ...
Landon Powell OAK 1-3, HR ... Reid Brignac TB 1-3, 1-2
(DBH) BB, RBI ...Sean Cumberland TB 0-3, K ... Eric
Hurley TEX 7 4 1 0 0 7 ... Rafael Rodriguez ANA 6 5 0 0 1 7
... Chase Headley SD 2-5, 2B, RBI, 2K ... Carlos
Gonzalaz ARI BB (came in as a pinch hitter) ... Matt Tuiasosopo
SEA 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI, K
CAROLINA (A+) -- Neil Sellers 1B HOU
2-3, double, 2 runs ... Scott Robinson DH HOU 2-4, double, Home
Run ... Nolan Reimold RF BAL 3-4, 2 Home Runs, 3 runs, 3RBI ...
Bryan Bass 3B BAL 1-2, Home Run, 2 runs, 2RBI ... Garrett
Olsen BAL 5 6 2 2 2 4 W ... Clint Sammons C ATL 2-4, double,
2RBI ... Van Pope 3B ATL 1-4, double, run, RBI ... Matt
Harrison ATL 4.2 8 5 5 2 4 ouch ... Sean Smith CF CHA 3-4,
double, run , sb(5) ... Christopher Kelly 1B CHA 2-4, double, Home
Run, 2 runs, 2RBI ... Donny Lucy C CHA 1-3, double, run, RBI ...
Anderson Gomes DH CHA 2-3, double, Home Run, 2 RBI ... Jose De
Los Santos 2B CHA 1-4, Home Run ... Wes Whisler CHA 6 4 2 1 1
1 W ... Gary Bakker CHA 1 0 0 0 0 0 S ... Jed Lowrie
SS BOS 2-4 ... Andrew Pinckney 3B BOS 1-4, double, run ...
Trevor Crowe CF CLE 1-4, double, run ... Brandon Pinckney
3B CLE 1-3, Home Run, 2 runs, sb ... Scott Lewis CLE 4 3 0 0 0 4
... Aaron Laffey CLE 5 3 1 1 1 1 W
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Jay Garthwaite 1B
CIN 1-5 HR 2R 2RBI, .273
Adam Rosales SS CIN 2-3 R RBI, .321
Brandon Roberts CF CIN 2-5 R SB(3), .303
James Avery
CIN 5 2/3 7 1 1 0 4 W, 2.53
Jeff Frazier LF DET 3-5 double, 2R,
.343
Jeff Larish 1B DET 2-4 HR 2RBI, .259
Ryan
Patterson LF TOR 2-5 double, 2R, .324
Eric Nielsen RF TOR
2-3 double, R, .407
Ryan Klosterman SS TOR 3-4 HR 2R 4RBI, .323
Cody Ehlers 1B NYA 1-4 HR(4) 3RBI, .346
Alcides
Escobar SS TOR 2-3 R SB, .375
Ryan Carter 2-4 2 triples, R,
.360
Kevin Slowey MIN 6 1/3 5 2 2 0 8 ND, 1.50
Michael
Ferris 1B STL 2-4 R RBI, .367
Blake Hawksworth STL 5 4 0
0 2 5 W, 4.00
Ryan Harvey 2-5 2HR 3RBI, .318
Kaz
Matsui 2B NYN (rehab) 1-3 R, .333
Jose Sanchez NYN 7 3 0 0 0
5 W, 0.75 ... Michael Costanzo PHI 1-9, 4 Ks, but game-winning RBI in the
20th inning
MIDWEST (A) -- Michael Saunders (CF)
SEA 1-3, 4th SB ... Ryan DiPietro KC 7 5 2 2 1 3 ... league's
youngest (2/1/88) Allan De San Miguel C MIN 0-3 (1-12 overall) ..
Philippe Valiquette CIN 3 1 1 1 0 0 ... that's more like it Jay
Bruce CIN 3-5, triple ... Wade Davis TB 5 2/3 2 0 0 2 8 ...
Justin Sellers OAK 2-3, 2nd error ... Ramon Garcia
DET 6 5 2 2 0 7 ... after a 2-28 start Colby Rasmus STL 4-6, 2
doubles, 2nd SB ... second fine outing for the teen Zach Phillips
TEX 5 8 1 1 2 4
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Austin Jackson
NYA 2-3, 2B (2), RBI (5), .333 ... Jose Tabata NYA 1-5, RBI (7),
.296 ... Chorye Spoone BAL 5 4 2 2 0 5, 3.12 ... Brandon
Snyder BAL 3-5, 2B (3), RBI (6), .367 ... "Hitless Greg" Golson 0-4,
.074 ... Will Inman MIL 5 4 0 0 0 5, 2.25 ... Angel
Salome MIL 1-4, RBI (5), BB, .344 ... Ryan Tucker FLA 3-2/3 3
4 0 3 4, 1.86 ... Gaby Sanchez FLA 1-3, HR (4), RBI (11), BB, .438
... Kris Harvey FLA 2-4, .462 ... Andy Jenkins FLA
3-4, 2 2B (6), .485 ... Chris Nelson COL 2-5 RBI (2), .192 ...
Dexter Fowler COL 3-5, 2B (1), .292 ... Clay Buchholz
BOS 5 4 0 0 0 3, 0.90 ... Fernando Martinez NYN 0-4, BB, .324 ...
Matt Fornasiere CLE 2-3, HR (1), RBI (3), .353 ... Brad
Corley PIT 2-5, HR (3), 2 RBI (8), BB, .303, homer in 3 straight ...
Andrew McCutchen PIT 2-4, RBI (2), .333 ... Steven Pearce
PIT 2-5, HR (1), 4 RBI (5), .290 ... Josh Flores HOU 1-3, HR (2),
RBI (2), .240 ... Eli Iorg HOU 0-4, .227 ... JR Towles
HOU 1-3, RBI (4), .438 ... Elvis Andrus ATL 1-4, 2B (1), .276 ...
John Lannan WAS 7 5 0 0 2 5, 0.00
College - " ... Washington pitcher Tim Lincecum
struck out 14 and allowed only one hit over six innings to run his scoreless
innings streak to 34 and two-thirds innings as the Huskies beat BYU, 10-1,
Thursday night .. Lincecum, a junior from Renton's Liberty High, improved
his record to 8-2 with the win. The only hit he allowed was a one-out double in
the fourth by BYU shortstop Marco Villezcas and he walked only one. Lincecum,
who leads the nation with 123 strikeouts, fanned the side in order in the first,
second and sixth innings. Over his last 48 innings, he's allowed only 13 hits
and one earned run." (U of Washington)
Andrew Miller, North Carolina, 7-0, 1.53,
pitches today (Friday) vs Virginia Tech.
Troop
Movements ... WAS - recalled Ryan Church and Brendan
Harris, optioned Brandon Watson and Wiki
Gonzalez to AAA ... FLO - recalled Scott Olsen, optioned Chris Resop
to Triple-A ...
Snippets from the weekly report from the International League :
" ... Pitcher Jeremy Sowers has
just 29 professional starts, but is already proving that he was well worth the
6th overall pick in the 2004 first-year player draft. Sowers (1-0) has only
allowed an unearned run while striking out seven in his first two starts with
the Bisons this year (12.1 IP). Just 22-years old, the lefty had a fantastic
rookie season in 2005, combining to go 14-4 with a 2.37 ERA at Single-A Kinston,
Double-A Akron and the Bisons. He led Cleveland's farm system that year in wins
and strikeouts (149) and was named the Indians' Minor League Pitcher of the
Year."
" ... Delmon Young hit in the first
seven games of the season ... LHP Tom Gorzelanny has started the
season by recording nine straight scoreless innings. The 23-year-old tossed four
frames in a no-decision on Thursday at Pawtucket (4.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 SO).
He followed that effort up with five innings in his first Triple-A victory on
Tuesday at Ottawa (5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 SO). Gorzelanny, who had not
pitched in a regular-season Triple-A game until the 2006 season opener, posted
an 8-5 record and 3.26 ERA in 23 starts for Altoona last year ...
The Consensus 100 (and a few others) .. the assignments (the missing
numbers belong to those on MLB rosters) :
2 Young Delmon AAA INT Durham 81 Pawelek Mark A NWL Boise
6 Wood Brandon AA TEX Arkansas 82 Carrillo Cesar AA SOU Mobile
7 Upton Justin A MW South Bend 83 Snyder Brandon A SAL Delmarva
9 Marte Andy AAA INT Buffalo 85 Tabata Jose A SAL Charleston
12 Gordon Alex AA TEX Wichita 86 Herrera Javier --Injured
13 Drew Stephen AAA PCL Tucson 87 Broxton Jonathan AAA PCL Las Vegas
14 Upton BJ AAA INT Durham 88 Pence Hunter AA TEX Corpus Christi
15 Stewart Ian AA TEX Tulsa 89 Gonzalez Gio AA EL Reading
16 Billingsley Chad AAA PCL Las Vegas 90 Penn Hayden AAA INT Ottawa
17 Milledge Lastings AAA INT Norfolk 91 Duncan Eric AAA INT Columbus
18 Butler Billy AA TEX Wichita 92 McCutchen Andrew A SAL Hickory
20 Barton Daric AAA PCL Sacramento 93 Hernandez Gaby A+ FLO Jupiter
21 Guzman Joel AAA PCL Las Vegas 95 Hill Rich AAA PCL Iowa
22 Quentin Carlos AAA PCL Tucson 96 Sanders Marcus A+ CAL San Jose
23 Reyes Anthony AAA PCL Memphis 98 Ethier Andre AAA PCL Las Vegas
24 Saltalamacchia Ja AA SOU Mississippi 99 Niemann Jeff --Injured
25 LaRoche Andy AA SOU Jacksonville 100 Andrus Elvis A SAL Rome
26 Kendrick Howie AAA PCL Salt Lake 102 Kottaras George AA SOU Mobile
27 Denker Travis A+ FSL Vero Beach 103 Garko Ryan AAA INT Buffalo
30 Young Chris AAA PCL Tucson 104 Lerew Anthony AAA INT Richmond
31 Pie Felix AAA PCL Iowa 105 Gorzelanny Tom AAA INT Indianapolis
37 Petit Yusmeiro AAA PCL Albuquerque 107 Tiffany Chuck AA SOU Montgomery
38 Lester Jon AAA INT Pawtucket 108 Loewen Adam AA EL Bowie
39 Olsen Scott AAA PCL Albuquerque 109 Martinez-Esteve Ed AA EL Connecticut
41 Pelfrey Mike A+ FSL St. Lucie 111 Dukes Elijah AAA INT Durham
42 Hughes Philip A+ FSL Tampa 112 Guzman Angel AAA PCL Iowa
44 Weaver Jered AAA PCL Salt Lake 113 DeWitt Blake A+ FSL Vero Beach
45 Pedroia Dustin AAA INT Pawtucket 114 Montero Miguel AA SOU Tennessee
46 Sanchez Anibal AA SOU Carolina 115 Romero Ricky A+ FSL Dunedin
47 Hamels Cole A+ FSL Clearwater 116 Gutierrez Franklin AAA INT Buffalo
48 Morales Kendry AAA PCL Salt Lake 117 Swarzak Anthony A+ FSL Fort Myers
49 Clement Jeff AA TEX San Antonio 118 Sweeney Ryan AAA INT Charlotte
50 Huber Justin AAA PCL Omaha 119 Bruce Jay A MWL Dayton
53 McGowan Dustin AAA INT Syracuse 121 Moses Matt AA EL New Britain
54 Sowers Jeremy AAA INT Buffalo 122 Carmona Fausto AAA INT Buffalo
55 Hansen Craig AAA INT Pawtucket 123 Cruz Nelson AAA PCL Nashville
56 Tulowitzki Troy AA TEX Tulsa
57 Miller Adam AA EL Akron Aybar Willy AAA PCL Las Vegas
58 Gonzalez Carlos A+ CAL Lancaster Bourn Michael AA EL Reading
59 Martin Russell AAA PCL Las Vegas Cabrera Melky AAA INT Columbus
60 Danks John AA TEX Frisco Cosby Rob AAA INT Syracuse
61 Aybar Erick AAA PCL Salt Lake Dominguez Juan AAA PCL Sacramento
63 Diamond Thomas AA TEX Frisco Eldred Brad AAA INT Indianapolis
65 Braun Ryan A+ FSL Brevard Fox Jake A+ FSL Daytona
67 Patton Troy A+ CAR Salem Frandsen Kevin AAA PCL Fresno
68 Maybin Cameron A MWL West Michigan Hu Chin-Lung AA SOU Jacksonville
69 Volquez Edinson AAA PCL Oklahoma Iannetta Chris AA TEX Tulsa
70 Kemp Matt AA SOU Jacksonville Janssen Casey AAA INT Syracuse
72 Bankston Wes AA SOU Montgomery Melillo Kevin AA TEX Midland
73 Jones Adam AAA PCL Tacoma Patterson Eric AA SOU West Tenn
74 Bailey Homer A+ FSL Sarasota Pennington Cliff A+ CAL Stockton
76 Walker Neil A+ CAR Lynchburg Quintanilla Omar AAA PCL Colorado Sp
77 Nippert Dustin AAA PCL Tucson Span Denard AA EL New Britain
78 Hirsh Jason AAA PCL Round Rock Stokes Jason AAA PCL Albuquerque
80 Elbert Scott A+ FSL Vero Beach Suzuki Kurt AA TEX Midland
13 April, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Jason Cooper CLE 2-4
Jeremy
Sowers CLE 6-1/3 5 0 0 2 2
Brayan Pena ATL 3-4, 2B, R
Alex Romero MIN 1-5, 2 BB
Jason Bartlett MIN 1-5, 2
RBI, BB, 2 SF
Ryan Roberts TOR 1-4, 1st HR, R, RBI
Casey Janssen
TOR 5 9 6 6 0 4
Dustin McGowan TOR 3 2 2 2 1 3
Jerry
Owens CHA 2-5, 1st HR, R, 3 RBI
Josh Fields CHA 2-5, RBI
Tonys Gutierrez CIN 3-5, 2 2B, 1st HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Chris
Denorfia CIN 2-5, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Justin Germano CIN 7-1/3 6 2 2 0
4
Ryan Wagner CIN 1-2/3 0 0 0 1 1
Brandon Fahey BAL
3-4, 3B, R, RBI, BB
Jose Bautista PIT 1-2, 2B, R, 2 BB
Carlos Ruiz
PHI 2-4, 1st HR, R, 2 RBI, BB
Melky Cabrera NYA 2-5, 1st HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
B.J. Upton TB 1-5, RBI, SB, 2nd error
Shawn Riggans TB 1-2, 2
BB
Edwin Jackson TB 6 4 0 0 2 4
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Yusmeiro Petit
FLO 6.0 4 1 1 1 3 ... Juan Dominguez OAK 5.0 1 0 0 3 4 ...
Bobby Livingston SEA 6.0 1 1 1 2 4 ... Stephen Drew ARZ
0-3, .194 ... Carlos Quentin ARZ 0-4, 2 Ks, .214 ... Tommy
Murphy LAA 4-4, triple, .480 ... Howie Kendrick LAA 2-5,
double, .452 ... Kendry Morales LAA 2-5, homer, .258
EASTERN (AA) -- David Murphy CF
BOS 3-5, R
Denard Span CF MIN 2-4
David Pauley BOS 6 4 1 1 2 3
Glen Perkins MIN 2 4 1 1 2 5
Tyler Clippard NYY 5 4 2 1
2 6
Nate Schierholtz RF SF 0-4, K
Eddie Martinez-Esteve
LF SF 2-4, 2B, 2k
Ismael Ramirez TOR 7 7 2 1 1 4
Chris
Begg SF 7 2 0 0 0 4
Tony Giarratano SS DET 1-4, 2B, RBI
Brent Clevlen RF DET 1-3, R, BB
Humberto Sanchez
DET 5 7 4 2 2 4
Landon Jacobsen PIT 5 2 1 1 3 3
Daniel
Haigwood PHI 5.2 6 1 1 3 6
Jeff Fiorentino LF BAL 1-2,
2R, 2BB
Adam Miller CLE 6 4 4 4 1 4
Adam Loewen
BAL 4.1 8 6 6 1 5
" ... Adam Loewen's second start of the
season. Loewen, who almost pitched a no-hitter last Friday, was roughed up in
his second outing to the tune of six runs in just 4.1 IP ... Loewen gave
up four in the third and another in the fourth ... Unable to find his
control, Loewen threw two wild pitches, which led to two runs scoring. Loewen
was then replaced in the fifth." (Bowie Baysox)
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Carlos Marmol CHN,
one-hitter through six, 6.0 1 0 0 2 8 ... Garrett Mock 7.0 5 0 0 1
6 ... Miguel Montero ARZ 0-2, but 2 walks (8 walks, 1 K) ...
Lance Broadway CHA 5.0 5 4 4 3 3 ... Jared Wells SD 5.2
4 1 1 1 4 ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia ATL 0-3, .100
TEXAS (AA) -- Nick Stavinoha, StL,
3-5, 1st homer, 2 RBI ... Troy Tulowitzki, COL, 0-5 ... Ian
Stewart, 2-4, 2 doubles, BB, 2 K ... Jordan Czarniecki,
COL, 4th tater, 3 RBI ... Joshua Register, COL, 6.0 6 0 0 1 7,
1.54 ... Matthew Brown, LAA, 2nd homer, 2 RBI ... Brandon
Wood, LAA, 0-3, BB ... Billy Butler, KC, 2-4, 2 doubles,
RBI ... Alex Gordon, KC, 1-4, K ... Bob Zimmerman,
LAA, (1st sv) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0, 0.00 ... JR House, HOU, 2-4, run, .385 ...
Hunter Pence, HOU, 2-3, 3rd blast, double, RBI, .409 ... John
Danks, TEX, 4-2/3, 7 4 4 2 4 (2 HR), 9.35 ... Juan Gutierrez,
HOU, 8.0 4 0 0 4 7, 0.75 ... Kurt Suzuki, OAK, 1-3, BB ...
Bryan LaHair, SEA, 1-3, double ... Jason Windsor, OAK,
(W), 6.0 1 0 0 1 7, 3.18 ... Travis Blackley, SEA, 4.0 2 0 0 4 2,
0.90
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Sean Rodriguez ANA
3-5, HR, 3B, 2 RBI ... Chase Headley SD 0-2, BB ... Carlos
Gonzalez ARI 0-4, 2K ...huge night for Reid Brignac TB 3-5,
3 HR, 8 RBI, 3 R, BB, K ... Shaun Cumberland TB 2-5, 2 HR, 3 RBI,
2K
CAROLINA (A+) -- Ender Chavez CF
WAS 3-4, sb ... Brandon Powell 3B WAS 2-4, run ... Trey
Webb 2B WAS 2-4, 2 runs ... Steve Mortimer 1B WAS 1-4, Home
Run, 3 RBI ... Seth Bynum SS WAS 1-3, Home Run ... Jason
Norderum WAS 5 2 0 0 4 3 W ... Dan Kolb WAS 4 2 0 0 0 3 S ...
Brant Ust 3B PIT 2-3, double ... JC Holt 2B ATL 3-4, sb ..
Van Pope 3B ATL 2-4, double ... Greg Creek 1B ATL
2-4 ... Sean Smith CF CHA 1-4,double, RBI ... Victor
Mercedes SS CHA 2-3, run ... Christopher Kelly 1B CHA 3-4,2
doubles, 3 RBI ... Jack Egbert CHA 6 7 0 0 1 3 W ... Demetrius
Banks CHA 2 1 0 0 0 1 ... Matthew Zaleski CHA 1 1 0 0 0 0
... Jimmy Barthmaier HOU 4 2 1 1 3 4 L ... Travis Brown
SS BAL 1-3, double, run ... Dustin Yount 1B 2-2, Home Run, sb ...
Michael Russell C BAL 2-4, double ... Nolan Reimold
RF BAL 1-3, run, 2 sb ... COMBINED NO- HITTER!!! ... Radhames Liz
BAL 5 0 0 0 3 13! W ... Russell PetrickBAL 2 0 0 0 1 1 ... Jeff
Montani BAL 1 0 0 0 1 0 ... Casey Cahill 1 0 0 0 0 0 S ...
Jacoby Ellsbury CF BOS 2-3, sb ... Jeffrey Corsaletti
LF BOS 1-4, triple, run ... Tommy Hottovy BOS 6 6 2 2 1 1 L ...
Stephen Head CLE 2-4, Home Run ... Brandon Pinckney 3B
BOS 2-3, double, RBI ... Sean Smith CLE 6 4 1 1 2 4 W ... Reid
Santos CLE 2 2 0 0 1 0 ... TJ Burton CLE 1 0 0 0 0 1 S
" ... Radhames Liz and three relievers
combined on a no-hitter as the Frederick Keys blanked the visiting Salem
Avalanche, 3-0 ... The four-pitcher effort was just the fourth no-hitter in
Keys' history ... Liz was absolutely dominant throughout his five-inning
stint. The 22-year-old righty struck out 13 batters while walking three. Neil
Sellers' popout to catcher Michael Russell to end the third frame marked the
first time a batter even put the ball in play against him. Although Liz showed
no signs of tiring, Keys manager Bien Figueroa did not allow him to return to
the mound to start the sixth. After all, it was his first start of the year.
"Going into the game, his limit was five innings or 85 pitches," said Figueroa.
"After five innings he had thrown 81, so I couldn't put him back out there. I'm
here to develop players, not provide no-hitters. Liz is one of the best arms
we've got in this organization." (MLB.com)
The day before ... " ... Luis Ramirez and
three Keys relievers delivered a two-hit gem ... Frederick ... received a
dominant performance from Ramirez and relievers Beau Hale (1-0), Fredy Deza and
Justin Henington. The Keys no-hit the Avalanche the first five innings ...
Ramirez worked the first three scoreless innings, racking up five strikeouts
with two walks'"
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Phillip Hughes
NYA 6 2 0 0 1 1 W, 0.00
Cody Ehlers C NYA 3-3 2 doubles, HR 2R
5RBI, .364
Anthony Swarzak MIN 3 1/3 6 4 4 4 3 L, 4.32
Mark
Rogers MIL 3 4 2 2 5 6 ND, 7.11
Alay Soler NYN 5 1 0 0 3
6 ND, 0.00
Sean Gallagher CHN 6 6 0 0 1 4 ND, 0.00
Jay
Garthwaite 1B CIN 2-4 2 doubles, R RBI, .286
Sam Lecure
CIN 7 1 0 0 1 9 W, 2.45
Edgar Gonzalez 2B FLO 2-5 double, R RBI,
.455
Jose Garcia FLO 7 3 3 1 1 6 ND, 3.00
Ryan
Patterson LF TOR 3-4 RBI, .310
Eric Nielsen RF TOR 2-3 R,
.375
Kevin Whelan DET 1 0 0 0 2 S(3) 0.00
MIDWEST (A) -- Daryl Jones SD 3-5 ...
Jacob McGee TB 4 5 2 0 2 5 ... Joshua Johnson KC 1-3
.. Vincent Mazzaro OAK 5 7 5 5 1 3 ... Jay Bruce CIN
0-4, E ... Bryan Anderson STL 2-3 ... Jeffrey Dominguez
SEA 3-4, 2 doubles ... Henry Sanchez MIN 0-4, 2 K's ... Pedro
Ciriaco ARZ 2-5, 1st HR ... Lucas French DET 6 2 1 1 4 4 ..
Cameron Maybin DET 1-5, 1st HR ... just turned 19 Dylan
Johnston CHN 2-4, triple .. Nick Adenhart ANA 6 4 3 3 1 6
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Brad Corley
PIT 1-3, HR (2), RBI (6), BB, homer in 2 straight ... Andrew McCutchen
PIT 0-4 ... Josh Flores HOU 1-3, SB (2) ... Eli Iorg
HOU 2-4, 2 RBI (2) ... JR Towles HOU 2-2, HR (1), 2 RBI (3), SB (1) ...
Matt Fornasiere CLE 2-4, 2B (1), 2 RBI (2) ... Brandon Snyder
BAL 2-4, 2 2B (2) ... Joe Martinez SF 7 3 0 0 0 5 ... Elvis
Andrus ATL 2-4, 2 RBI (8) ... Eric Campbell ATL 1-4, RBI
(3) ... John-Michael Howell WAS 2-4, 2B (2), 2 RBI (3) ...
Aaron Thompson FLA 5 6 2 2 1 6 ... Gabriel Sanchez
FLA 1-6 ... Kris Harvey FLA 2-6, HR (2), 2 RBI (5) ... Derek
Miller MIL 5 3 1 1 2 8 ... Kenny Holmberg MIL 2-6, 2 HR
(2), 3 RBI (4) ... Angel Salome MIL 3-5 ... Brent Leach
LAD 5 3 0 0 2 5 ... Austin Jackson NYA 0-3, BB ... Jose
Tabata NYA 1-3, 2B (2), SB (3) ... C. J. Henry NYA 1-4 ... Chris
Nelson COL 1-3 2B (2), BB ... Phillip Cuadrado COL 2-4, 2B
(2), HR (1), 4 RBI (4) ... Alan Johnson COL 6 6 2 1 0 8 ...
Fernando Martinez NYN 4-6, 2B (4), 3B (1), 4 RBI (4) ... Welinson
Baez PHI 3-5, 2 2B (4), RBI (5)
Troop
Movements ... BAL - recalled Chris Britton, optioned Cory
Morris to AAA ... BOS - activated David Wells from the DL,
placed David Riske on the 15-day DL ... SEA - activated Matt
Lawton, designated Guillermo Quiroz for assignment,
recalled Rene Rivera, optioned Jeff Harris to AAA
... TB - placed Aubrey Huff on the 15-day DL ... TEX - placed
Ian Kinsler on the 15-day DL, activated Gary Matthews Jr.
from the DL, activated Marshall McDougall from the DL and optioned
him to AAA ... TOR - assigned Jason Phillips to AAA ... MIL -
claimed Vince Perkins off waivers from TOR ... ARZ - placed
Terry Mulholland on the 15-day DL, purchased the contract of Casey
Daigle ...
Dayn Perry, FOXSports.com,
begins his position-by-position analysis of prospects by checking in on the
backstops.
" ... 1. Jeff Clement ...
has awesome left-handed power to his credit, and his defense is coming along
fairly well. He doesn't profile as a high-average hitter, and the plate
discipline leaves much to be desired. But the power will carry him. Behind the
plate, his throwing arm is sub-optimal, but he's otherwise a capable receiver.
He'll good for 25-30 homers annually at the highest level. A strong showing in
major league camp this spring may have accelerated his timetable."
" ... 4. Mike Napoli ... For his minor
league career, Napoli boasts an OBP of .377 and an SLG of .474. Oh, and he's
also whacked 165 extra-base hits in 1,494 career at bats. To boot, Napoli is
also a highly capable defensive backstop, so he certainly profiles as a quality
regular in the bigs. He's one of the most underrated position prospects in the
game today."
Jonathan Mayo, MLB.com, noting some mostly well-under-the-radar prospects :
" ... C Gaby Sanchez ...
Marlins took the Miami product in the fourth round even though he didn't play
his final year in school. All he did was win the New-York Penn League title by
hitting .355 and show enough acumen behind the plate to let him continue to work
back there this year. So far, he's caught two games and played first four times.
He's reached base in all six games and the only reason he doesn't have a
six-game hit streak is because after torching Hagerstown in the first three
games of the season (9-15, 10 RBIs, homers in all three games), the Suns walked
him four times. He's already got four multi-hit games that add up to a .522
average."
" ... CF Jordan Czarniecki ...
When you get taken in the 25th round out of college, there really are no
expectations. The fact that Czarniecki has made it to Double-A already exceeds
whatever they may have been. He's hit throughout his Minor League career (.291
average, .375 OBP) and even stole 30 bags back in 2004. He only played in 92
games in 2005, slipping him further off the radar. Now he's in a lineup with Top
50 members Ian Stewart and Troy Tulowitzki, not to mention better-known guys
like Chris Ianetta, Matt Macri, Seth Smith, Joe Koshansky and even Joe Gaetti.
Other than Ianetta, though, Czarniecki's been hotter than any of the
"prospects." Through five games, he was hitting .381 with three homers and seven
RBIs after going 7-for-15 in his first three games."
12 April, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Andy Marte CLE 2-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Jake
Dittler CLE 4-2/3 6 6 3 4 2
Brayan Pena ATL 3-4, 2B, R
James
Jurries ATL 3-5, R, RBI
Anthony Lerew ATL 4 7 6 4 0 4
Boof
Bonser MIN 6 3 2 2 2 5
Brandon League TOR 2-2/3 4 1 1 1 2
Francisco Rosario TOR 3-1/3 1 1 1 1 3
Ryan Sweeney
CHA 2-4, R
Ryan Raburn DET 2-3, 2B, 2 R, RBI
Donald
Kelly DET 2-4, R
Wil Ledezma DET 6 3 0 0 1 4
Brad
Eldred PIT 2-4, 2B, R
Ronny Paulino PIT 2-4, RBI
Tom
Gorzelanny PIT 5 3 0 0 2 5
Abe Alvarez BOS 7 2 0 0 2 0
Kevin Reese NYA 2-4, R, RBI, HBP
Melky Cabrera NYA
2-5, 2B, R
Sean Henn NYA 6 8 4 4 1 5
B.J. Upton TB 1-4,
R, RBI, BB, 2 SB, 0 errors
Delmon Young TB 2-5, R, RBI, SB
Elijah Dukes TB 1-5, 1st HR, R, 3 RBI
Shawn Riggans
TB 2-4, 2nd HR, R, RBI
Chase Lambin NYN 2-4, 2B, 2 R, RBI
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Stephen Drew
ARZ 1-4, 3rd homer, .214 ... Nelson Cruz MIL 3-4, double, homer
... Tim Stauffer SD 6.2 6 1 1 1 2 ... Anthony Reyes
STL 6.0 3 1 0 0 7 ... Jason Hirsh HOU 5.0 5 3 3 1 4 ... Daric
Barton OAK 2-3, double ... Chad Billingsley LAD 5.0 5 3 2 2
8 ... Russell Martin LAD 2-2, 2 walks ... Joel Guzman
LAD 2-4, .440 ... Dallas McPherson LAA 1-4, homer, .167 ...
" ... Milwaukee Brewers' star pitcher Ben Sheets threw
5 2/3 strong innings and earned the win ... Sheets, a two-time All-Star, threw
75 pitches, allowed three hits, struck out nine and finished with two wild
pitches in his rehab assignment. "I finally located some balls which helps you
get outs," he said. "I'm very happy (with my performance). I felt strong toward
the end." Sheets added a single in the second inning as a hitter. "I was lucky
right there but I'll take lucky," he said. " (Des Moines Register)
EASTERN (AA) -- Chris Durbin
DH BOS 4-5, R, 2B, 2RBI
Brandon Moss RF BOS 1-4, RBI, K
Denard Span CF MIN 2-4, R, BB, 2k
Craig Hansen BOS 2
2 0 0 2 1
Adam Harben MIN 3 3 2 1 2 2
Scott
Mathieson PHI 6 8 6 6 1 9
Bronson Sardinha RF NYY 1-4
Steven White NYY 7.1 1 0 0 2 8
Shawn Hill WAS 7 6 1 1
0 4
Tony Giarratano SS DET 1-5, R, 2B, 3k
Brent
Clevlen RF DET 2-4, R
Nate Bumstead DET 5 1 0 0 4 8
Nate Schierholtz RF SF 2-3
Eddie Martinez-Esteve
LF SF 2-3, R, 2B, K
Kurt Isenberg TOR 6 4 0 0 0 2
Brad
Snyder RF CLE 2-4, R, 3B, RBI
James Johnson BAL 6.1 5 4 4
1 3
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Anibal Sanchez FLO 8.0
4 2 2 1 5 ... Andy LaRoche LAD 2-3, double, walk ... Miguel
Montero ARZ 2-2, 2 walks, .421 ... Ray Liotta CHA 6.0 2 0 0
1 4 ... Cesar Carrillo SD 7.0 6 2 2 0 5
TEXAS (AA) -- Brandon Wood, LAA,
4-5, 2nd homer, 3 runs, 2 doubles, 2 RBI ... Matthew Brown, LAA,
1-4, 1st homer, 2 RBI ... Alex Gordon, KC, 0-4, BB, K ... Billy Butler,
KC, 1-5, double ... Mark Redman, KC, (tuning up), 5.0 3 1 1 0 7
... Vince Sinisi, TEX, 2-4 ... Hunter Pence, HOU,
3-4, run, RBI ... Dustin Diamond, TEX, (L) 3-2/3 5 3 1 1 7, 4.76
... Reid Gorecki, StL, 4-5, 1st homer, double, 5 RBI ... Rico
Washington, StL, 2-4, 2nd & 3rd homers, 7 RBI ... Troy
Tulowitzki, COL, 1-2, 2 BB (leadoff) ... Ian Stewart, COL, 1-4
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Sean Rodriguez
ANA 1-4, 2K ... Billy Buckner KC 6IP 5 1 1 1 8 ... Chase
Headley SD 2-5, 2 2B ... Matt Chico ARI 7IP 5 0 0 0 6 ...
Carlos Gonzalez ARI 0-4 ... Matt Tuiasosopo SEA
2-4, 2B, K ... Reid Brignac TB 4-5, 2B, 3 RBI, SB ... Shaun
Cumberland TB 2-4, 2 HR, BB, 2K
CAROLINA (A+) -- Jarod Rine CF BAL 2-3,
2 doubles, run, 2 RBI ... Jason Fransz 1B BAL 2-4, triple, run,
RBI ... Mike Rozema 2B ATL 1-3, Home Run, sb ... Van
Pope 3B ATL 1-2, double ... Ardley Jansen CF ATL 2-4,
double ... David Cook LF CHA 2-4, double, run ... Jose
De Los Santos 3B CHA 1-3, run, 2 RBI ... Jeffrey Corsaletti LF
BOS 2-5, double, sb ... Claudio Arias DH BOS 2-4, double, Home Run
... Ignacio Suarez SS BOS 2-3, run... Stephen Head
1B CLE 2-4, run ... Micah Schilling DH CLE 2-4, triple, 2 runs ...
Brian Finegan SS BOS 1-3, run, 2 sb ... Marcos Yepez
3B WAS 3-5, 2 runs ... Devin Ivany DH WAS 1-6, Home Run, 2 RBI ...
Greg Thissen 1B WAS 2-4, run, RBI ...Trey Webb 2B
WAS 1-5, double, 2RBI ... Nyger Morgan CF PIT 2-6, triple, 2 RBI,
sb ...Brad Correll RF PIT 4-6, double, 2 runs ... Richard
Suomi C PIT 2-5, 2 doubles, run, RBI ... Kyle Bloom PIT 5 3
0 0 1 5 ... Dustin Craig PIT 3 0 0 0 3 3 W ... Jake
Stevens ATL 4 4 5 5 4 2 second straight ouch ... Lucas Harrell
CHA 5.1 4 1 1 2 4 W ... Joe Ness CLE 4 5 1 1 2 8 ... Scott
Roehl CLE 3.2 3 1 1 0 1 W ... Luis Ramirez BAL 3 0 0 0 2 5
... Beau Hale BAL 3 1 0 0 2 2 ... Fredy Deza BAL 2 1
0 0 0 3 ... Justin Henington BAL 1 0 0 0 1 1 S(3) BAL combined
2-hit(no earned runs) ... Troy Patton HOU 5 3 0 0 2 4
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Cole Hamels
PHI 5 2 0 0 2 9 W, 0.00
Homer Bailey CIN 5 2/3 7 3 3 0 5 L, 4.35
Mike Pelfrey NYN 6 4 1 0 0 7 W, 0.00
Ryan Harvey
RF CHN 2-4, .357
Gaby Hernandez FLO 5 2/3 2 0 0 1 7 W, 3.38
Matt Garza MIN 5 2 0 0 0 10 W, 0.90
Scott Elbert LA 4
3 1 1 3 5 L, 1.00
AJ Burnett TOR (rehab) 4 6 2 2 0 4
Ryan
Patterson LF TOR 2-5 R 2RBI, .240
Dustin Majewski CF TOR
2-4 2R .304
Josh Kreuzer 1B TOR 2-5 double, R 3RBI, .381
Eric Nielsen RF TOR 2-2 R, .333
Clete Thomas CF DET
2-4 double, R, .308
JT Restko LF FLO 2-3 double, 2RBI, .278
Trevor
Plouffe SS MIN 2-4 2R RBI, .286
Erold Andrus RF MIN 2-4
R, .312
Garrett Guzman LF MIN 2-5 2R RBI, .435
Brett
Smith NYA 6 2/3 9 5 2 2 1 L, 1.42
" ... A year ago, Matt Garza dominated the Appalachian
and Midwest Leagues. Two starts into this season, he's doing it again in the
Florida State League. Garza struck out 10 over five innings and combined with
two relievers on a two-hitter ... The Twins prospect retired the first 10
batters, seven on strikeouts, before Eduardo Nunez singled with one out in the
fourth inning. Garza (2-0) fanned another batter in the fourth and two more in
the fifth around Ben Himes' one-out triple. Selected 25th overall in the 2005
First-Year Player Draft, Garza has allowed just one earned run on four hits over
his first two starts for a 0.90 ERA. The 22-year-old right-hander has struck out
14 without walking a batter." (MLB.com)
MIDWEST (A) -- Rayner Oliveros
KC 7 4 1 1 3 4 ... Jay Bruce (RF) CIN 0-4, 2 K's .. wow Travis
Wood CIN 5 4 0 0 1 10 ... completely overmatched Colby Rasmus
STL 0-4 (.042) ... terrific bounceback for 18-year-old Tommy Mendoza
ANA 6 4 0 0 0 4 ... Dylan Johnston (SS) CHN 2-4 ... Cameron
Maybin DET 1-4 ... Pedro Ciriaco ARZ 2-4, but 5th error ...
Kyle Waldrop MIN 5 1/3 5 4 3 1 5 ... Michael Saunders
SEA 1-6, 3 K's
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Chris Volstad
FLA 7 3 0 0 0 2 ... Gabriel Sanchez FLA 2-4 ... Kris
Harvey FLA 0-3, BB ... Angel Salome MIL 0-4, RBI (4) ...
Greg Golson PHI 1-4 ... Welinson Baez PHI 0-4 ...
Jon Niese NYN 5 3 2 0 1 5 ... Fernando Martinez NYN
1-3, 2B (2), BB ... Derek Rodriguez CHA 7-2/3 4 1 1 0 5 ...
Francisco Hernandez CHA 4-4, RBI (1) ... Dexter Fowler
COL 1-4 ... Chris Nelson COL 0-4 ... Kevin Dixon CLE
5 1 2 2 3 5 ... John Drennen CLE 2-3, BB ... Brandon
Snyder BAL 2-4, 2 RBI (5) ... David Hernandez BAL 5 2 3 0 2 7
... Andrew McCutchen PIT 2-5, RBI (1) ... Brad Corley
PIT 2-5, HR (1), 4 RBI (5) ... Josh Flores HOU 3-5, HR (1), RBI
(1) ... Austin Jackson NYA 1-4, SB (2) ... Jose Tabata
NYA 1-4, SB (2) ... C. J. Henry NYA 1-4, HR (1), RBI (3) ... Elvis
Andrus ATL 1-5, SB (2) ... Eric Campbell ATL 1-3, BB ...
Kala Ka'aihue ATL 2-4, 2B (2), HR (2), 3 RBI (5), SB (1)
Troop
Movements ... COL - placed Mike DeJean on the 15-day DL ... BOS - placed
Coco Crisp on the 15-day DL, purchased the contract of Dustan
Mohr ...
Nate Stephens,
RotoWorld.com, looks at a possible 3B/1B in TB :
" ... Wes Bankston ...
Originally an outfielder, he was moved to first base because of the teams glut
of outfield prospects. This spring he was told to give third base a shot. While
Bankston has hit well while moving around from position to position, he still
doesnt get as much attention as the more high-profile players in the
organization. However, he should be far from an afterthought when it comes to
your minor league squad ... In 2005, Bankston started the season in High-A
Visalia and was quickly promoted to Double-A Montgomery after terrorizing
California League pitchers for 17 games. He finished his 302 at-bats stint with
Montgomery at .292/.363/.482 with a still solid 30 walks compared to 64
strikeouts ... continued to play third in the early part of the minor league season
... With Aubrey Huff likely a goner via
free agency this winter, perhaps the team is planning his successor. Its more
likely that Bankston wont transition well and ends up back at first base. As
long as his 64 frame continues to develop and his plate discipline doesnt
abandon him, that wont be a problem. Bankston should be good for some 30-homer
seasons in his prime, but his batting average is what will determine whether
hes just an average regular or something more."
Bryan Smith, The Baseball Analysts,
on a new kid in Wrigley :
" ... Sean Marshall ... on
my 2005 breakout list, though he saved his big jump for Arizona, 2006 -- became
the Cubs fourth starter in the most non-Dusty move of the current manager's
tenure. In the face of other, older (though not by much) options, Baker opted
for a southpaw with a blend of poise and upside narrowly removed from A-ball.
For that, he should be commended. A quick glance at Marshall's line (4.1 IP, 4
H, 4 ER, 2 K, 1 BB) instills the image of a true rookie, producing nightmares of
Steve Smyth for Cubs fans. However, Marshall was far better than his line
suggests. His two-seam fastball was controlled and consistently down in the
zone, producing 8 groundball outs. His cutter was a great mix, jamming
right-handers, and his curve showed fantastic potential. He made one gaffe -- a
belt-high fastball that Scott Rolen tatooed -- and was taken from the game too
early to fix his own bases loaded mistake. While Marshall doesn't bring with him
a ceiling that matches Cubs pitching prospects of old, the poise he showed
Sunday was a welcome addition to the Cubs future plans."
CORRESPONDENTS : INT - Herb Walters, PCL - Mike Petty, EASTERN - Harry Almquist,
SOUTHERN - Michael Laureano, TEXAS - Jared Turner, CALIFORNIA - Alex Talarides,
CAROLINA - Jimmy Salmon, FLORIDA STATE - Wayne
Stevens, MIDWEST - Bob Reed, SOUTH ATLANTIC - Martin Rose
11 April, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Ryan Garko CLE 2-4, R, SB
Fausto
Carmona CLE 6 5 5 4 1 6
Jason Bartlett MIN 2-4, R, RBI, BB,
SB
J.D. Durbin MIN 4 0 0 0 4 5
David Purcey TOR 6 1 1 0
4 3
Jerry Owens CHA 0-4, 2 R, 2 SB
Chris Denorfia
CIN 1-2, R, 2 BB
Ryan Wagner CIN 1 3 1 1 0 3
Jose
Bautista PIT 2-4, 2B, R, HBP, SB
Brad Eldred PIT 1-4, 3rd
HR, 2 R, RBI, BB
Ronny Paulino PIT 2-4, 2B, R, RBI
Jon
Lester BOS 2-1/3 3 1 1 3 3
Chris Roberson PHI 2-4, 2 2B, R, RBI
Darrell Rasner NYA 7 3 1 1 1 11
B.J. Upton TB 1-1, R, 4 BB, 2
SB, 0 errors
Delmon Young TB 1-3, 2 R, RBI, BB, SF
Elijah Dukes
TB 3-4, 2B, 3B, R, 2 RBI, BB, SB
Brian Stokes TB 4 3 2 2 1 3
Lastings Milledge NYN 1-2, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 HBP, SF, SB
Yusaku
Iriki NYN 5 1 0 0 2 5
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Scott Olsen
FLO 6-1/3 5 1 0 3 5 ... Justin Huber KC 0-1, 2 walks (5 walks, no
Ks) .333 ... Rich Hill CHN 6.0 3 2 1 0 6 ... Felix
Pie CHN 2-5, grand slam, 5 RBI ... Gary Matthews TEX, rehab,
3-3 ... Jason Botts TEX 2-3, double, walk, .526 ... Jesse
Foppert SEA 4.0 3 1 1 4 4 ... Daric Barton OAK 1-4, triple,
.263 ... Mike Napoli LAA 1-4, homer ... Joel Guzman
LAD, LF, 2-5, .429 ... Russell Martin LAD 2-4, 2 doubles ...
Howie Kendrick LAA 1-4, 3 Ks, .476
EASTERN (AA) -- Brett Harper
1B NYM 2-3, R, 2RBI
Rudy Guillen LF NYY 0-5, golden sombrero 4
k's
Bronson Sardinha RF NYY 1-4
Kory Castro 3B
WAS 2-4, 2R, 2B, HR
J.B. Cox NYY 1 2 1 1 0 1
Tony
Giarratano SS DET 0-4, K
Brent Clevlen RF DET 0-4, K
Kody Kirkland 3B DET 1-4, 2B, K
Nate Schierholtz RF SF 1-5,
R
Eddie Martinez-Esteve LF SF 1-4, 2B, BB
Travis Ishikawa
1B SF 3-5, K
Jamie Vermilyea TOR 4 4 1 1 0 2
Jesse
Floyd SF 6 2 0 0 2 3
David Murphy CF BOS 2-4, R, 2B, 2RBI,
BB
Brandon Moss RF BOS 1-5, 2B, RBI, 3k
Denard Span
CF MIN 4-5, 2B, K
Matt Moses 3B MIN 0-3, 2BB, E
Brad
Snyder RF CLE 1-4, HR, BB, 2K
Jeff Fiorentino LF BAL 1-4,
HR, BB
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Ben Julianel FLO
fronted a one-hiter, 6.1 1 0 0 1 4 ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia ATL,
first hit of the season is a homer, 1-4, .071 ... Jason Pridie TB
3-4, homer ... catcher Miguel Montero ARZ 2-3, 2nd homer, 2
walks
TEXAS (AA) -- catcher Kurt Suzuki,
OAK, 3-4, double, RBI, BB, .471 ... Bryan LaHair, 2-4, double, 2
runs, K, .409 ... Jeff Clement, SEA, 0-5, K... Ryan
Feireabend, SEA 5.0 4 1 0 2 6, 0.00
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Cliff Pennington
OAK 0-3, 2 BB, 2R, 2 SB, 2 K ... Marcus Sanders SF 0-2 ... Sean
Rodriguez ANA 2-4, 1 Error ... Carlos Gonzalez ARI 1-3, 3B,
BB ... Matt Tuiasosopo SEA 3-4, 2B
CAROLINA (A+) -- Neil Sellers 1B
HOU 2-5, run, 3 RBI ... Lou Santangelo C HOU 2-5, RBI ...
Francisco Caraballo LF HOU 1-4, double, RBI ... Edwin
Maysonet SS HOU 1-3, 2 runs, sb ... Jarod Rine CF BAL 2-4,
triple, 2 runs ... Jason Fransz LF BAL 1-4, Home Run, 2 RBI ...
Bryan Bass 3B BAL 3-4, run, RBI ... Mike Russell C BAL
2-4, 2 Home Runs, 3 RBI ... Mike Rozema DH ATL 1-5, double ...
Christopher Kelly 1B CHA 1-2, double, run, RBI ... Jorge De Los
Santos 3B CHA 2-3, double, run ... Ignacio Suarez 2B BOS
3-3,run ... Argenis Reyes 2B CLE 2-4, run ... Brian
Finegan SS CLE 2-3, 2 runs, sb ... Stephen Head 1B CLE 1-3,
double, RBI ... Matthew Whitney 3B CLE 1-3, double ... Wyatt
Toregas C CLE 1-3, double ... Ender Chavez CF WAS 2-6, 2
runs ... Marcos Yepez SS WAS 2-5, double, Home Run, 2 runs, 5 RBI
... Marvin Lowrance DH WAS 3-4, 3 doubles, run, 2 RBI ...
Brandon Powell 3B WAS 2-5, Home Run, 2 runs, 2 RBI ... Edgardo
Baez RF WAS 3-5, 2 doubles, run, RBI ... Rogearvin Bernardina
LF WAS 1-3, triple, 2 runs, RBI ... Brian Bixler SS PIT 1-5,
double, 2 runs ... Michael Carlin 1B PIT 1-3, double, 2 runs, RBI
... Brad Correll RF PIT 3-4, double, triple, Home Run, 4 RBI ...
Dave Haehnel BAL 4.1 2 3 1 2 4 ... Justin Henington
BAL 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 S(2) ... Jeff Montani BAL 2.1 1 0 0 1 3 W ...
Rodrigo Escobar HOU 2 1 1 0 0 4 ... James Parr ATL 5 4
0 0 1 2 ... Adam Russell CHA 5 3 1 0 3 4 ... Fernando
Hernandez, Jr CHA 2 0 0 0 2 1 W ... Chuck Lofgren CLE 5 2 1 0
0 8 W ... Thomas Wilson WAS 2.1 2 0 0 1 1 W ...
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Jay Garthwaite
LF CIN 2-4 R RBI, .300 ... Mike Costanzo 3B PHI 1-4 double, RBI,
.318 ... Trevor Plouffe SS MIN 3-5 double, R .250 ... Garrett
Guzman LF MIN 2-5 double, R RBI, .444 ... Michael Ferris 1B
STL 2-4 double, .316 ... Charlie Fermaint CF MIL 3-5 HR, R, 2RBI,
.417
MIDWEST (A) -- Cameron Maybin
DET 2-4, double ... John Matulia TB 2-4 ... Kyle Blanks
SD 3-4, 2 doubles ... Jay Bruce (RF) CIN 0-4, 2 K's ... Sean
Shoffit TOR 0-5, 3 K's .. in relief Billy Carnline TOR 3 1
0 0 0 6 ... John Whittleman TEX 2-4, double .. Jaime
Garcia STL 7 5 3 3 1 7 (balk, WP) ... Erik Lis MIN 0-5, 2 K's
.. Jose Escalona SEA 5 6 1 1 2 4
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Fernando
Martinez NYN 1-3, BB ... Leivi Ventura NYN 3-4, 2 2B (2), RBI
(1) ... Greg Golson PHI 0-4, BB ... Welinson Baez
PHI 2-4, 2 2B (2), 3 RBI (4) ... Clay Harris PHI 3-4, 2B (1) ...
Brandon Erbe BAL 4 4 2 2 1 7 ... Brandon Snyder BAL
1-5 ... Ryan Finan BAL 3-3, 2 BB... PJ Hiser CLE 2-4, HR
(1), 2 RBI (3) ... Angel Salome MIL 0-3, 2 BB ... Gabriel
Sanchez FLA 1-4 ... Andrew McCutchen PIT 2-4, BB ...
Brian Bogusevic HOU 3 3 1 0 0 3 ... Mitch Einertson HOU
1-4, HR (1), 2 RBI (5) ... Eli Iorg HOU 1-4 ... JR Towles
HOU 1-3
Troop
Movements ... ATL - placed Chipper Jones on the 15-day DL,
purchased the contract of Peter Moylan, optioned Joey Devine
to AAA ... TEX - sent Erasmo Ramirez outright to Triple-A ...
TB - placed LHP Mark Hendrickson on the 15-day D, recalled
Jason Hammel ...
Twins notes ... Jason Kubel looks to get more time in the minors
... Francisco Liriano might sneak some starts ...
" ... Twins manager Ron Gardenhire will give Kubel
more playing time this week. As much as he likes the look of the lineup with
Kubel's lefthanded bat, Gardenhire might send Kubel down to sharpen his swing at
Class AAA Rochester ... "We have a roster move [coming up], and if he
looks like he's pressing a little bit, then when I bring Sierra up here in a
week I can send Koob out and let him get swinging. "You can see he's pressing.
That's fine because he's been out a long time."
" ... There is evidence that the Twins are considering using
lefthander Francisco Liriano as a starter. How soon is not known. Liriano has
made two appearances out of the bullpen. The Twins want Liriano, one of the
game's top starting pitching prospects, to build up stamina to start. His 22/3
innings of shutout relief -- during which he hit 98 miles per hour on the radar
gun -- impressed scouts in attendance as well as the Twins. "He's like [Johan]
Santana was, but he's ahead of Santana," Gardenhire said, "He has better
pitches right now than Santana did at that age. Eventually, sure, you don't want
to leave that out there in the bullpen. You want to use that. We'll see how it
goes along."
(Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Cameron Maybin DET impressing so far.
" ... Maybin, who turned 19 last week, is an
electrifying player, who, at least through the first week of the season, has
demonstrated that the Midwest League might not be enough of a challenge for an
entire season. He had six hits, three for extra bases, and a walk in his first
three games for West Michigan and also flashed some serious leather out in
center, looking smooth and graceful as he tracked fly balls. Probably the best
part of his initial foray into pro ball, however, is his approach. Maybin and
the Tigers had a long, drawn-out negotiation process after the draft, causing
him to miss out on playing last summer. But he had a big Instructional League
and an impressive Spring Training, providing further evidence as to why he went
so high in the draft." (MLB.com)
Dustin McGowan TOR, looks like the pen might be his home.
" ... McGowan
dominated Sunday in his new role as a reliever, relying on a 94-96 mph fastball
and a high-80s slider. He struck out three International League batters in his
two scoreless innings of work, with the only blemish a bloop hit ... "I know Dustin's really excited about being a reliever," Blue Jays
pitching coach Brad Arnsberg told the Syracuse Post Standard. "Our thinking is
that he's going to get his innings in (as a reliever), and we just feel that if
he's going to come up and help this big league club in the future, there's a
real good chance that may be out of the bullpen." (Baseball America)
John Franco, SportsBlurb, noticing some
emerging young guns.
" ... Gaby Sanchez ... the Marlins fourth round pick in
the 2005 draft, slipping in the draft because he sat out the 2005 season at the
University of Miami due to a suspension. He won the short-season NY-Penn League
batting title last season after signing with the Marlins, hitting .355-5-42 in
234 at-bats. Sanchez was primarily a third baseman in college, but Florida
has moved him to catcher. Sanchez went 2-for-5 on Thursday, then hit a walk-off
grand slam on Friday, then went 5-for-5 against Hagerstown on Saturday to
improve to 9-for-16 on the season. Given his age (22), the Marlins will likely
promote Sanchez to High-A Jupiter if he continues to hit well."
" ... Mark McCormick ... one of four first round picks
by the Cardinals last year, and his outstanding velocity and dominant curveball
allowed him to strike out 55 batters in 49 innings last year. Unfortunately, his
inconsistent curveball and spotty command led to 28 walks and a .252 opponents
average in 43 innings at Quad Cities. McCormick was pretty much the same pitcher
in his debut, but the results were better he struck out seven batters in six
innings, allowing four walks but holding Kane County to just one hit. With his
stuff, McCormick should be throwing plenty of one and two-hitters this year,
even if he does allow four or five walks in the process. "
10 April, 2006
INTERNATIONAL (AAA) -- Franklin Gutierrez CLE 0-3 & 3-5, 2B, BB
Andy Marte CLE 1-3, 2B & 2-4, BB
Peter Moylan ATL
3 1 2 2 3 3
Ryan Sweeney CHA 2-5, 2 R
Josh Fields
CHA 2-4, 2 R, RBI, Sac, SB
Casey Rogowski CHA 1-4, 1st HR, R, 2 RBI
Chris Stewart CHA 2-3, 2 RBI, BB
Elizardo Ramirez CIN 5 6
3 3 0 4
Rajai Davis PIT 1-4, 2B, R & 1-3, BB, SB
Brad Eldred
PIT 2-3, 1st & 2nd HRs, 2 R, 4 RBI & 0-4
Sean Burnett PIT 5 4 0
0 2 2
Chris Roberson PHI 2-4, SB
Eude Brito PHI
3 5 4 4 2 2
Matt DeSalvo NYA 5 6 2 2 3 3
B.J. Upton TB
0-3, 0 errors & 0-3, R, BB, SB, 0 errors
Delmon Young TB 1-3, R
& 2-4, RBI, 2 SB
Chris Seddon TB 5 1 0 0 1 1
Jamie
Shields TB 4-2/3 8 1 1 0 7
Lastings Milledge NYN 0-2, HBP &
2-4
Jeff Keppinger NYN 0-2, Sac & 2-4, 2 R
Chase
Lambin NYN 0-2, HBP & 3-4, 2 2B, R, 2 RBI
John Maine NYN 6 3
1 1 2 4
PACIFIC COAST (AAA) -- Angel Guzman
CHN 5.0 2 0 0 1 6 ... Felix Pie CHN 3-4, 2 triples, 4 RBI, .500
... Justin Huber KC 3-4, homer ... Billy Traber WAS
6.0 4 0 0 1 9 ... Joel Guzman LAD, at 1B again, 2-5, homer, 2 RBI
... Willy Aybar 2B LAD 2-4, 2 homers, 2 walks, 5 RBI ... Jason
Botts TEX 2-3, 3rd homer, 3 RBI ... Dustin Nippert ARZ 7.0
3 5 0 3 7 ... Stephen Drew ARZ 0-5, error, .211 ... Dallas
McPherson LAA, golden sombrero, 0-4, 4 Ks, error, .125 ... Howie
Kendrick LAA 2-4, .529 ... Greg Dobbs SEA, big day 3-3,
double, 2 homers, walk & 2-3, homer ... Daric Barton 1-3, .267
" ... Cha Seung Baek and Thomas
Oldham combined on a one-hitter ... Baek (1-0) went five innings and
yielded just a double to Tony Miller in the fourth. The 25-year-old right-hander
from Korea walked two and struck out five. Last year, Baek also gave up one hit
in his first start of the season, a six-inning stint against the Fresno
Grizzlies. Oldham finished off the shutout -- and Tacoma's third straight
victory -- by retiring six of the final seven batters." (MLB.com)
EASTERN (AA) -- Justin Jones
bouncing back in the MIN system, 5.0 4 2 2 2 7 ... Matt Moses MIN 2-2, 2
RBI
SOUTHERN (AA) -- Steve Moss,
MIL, 2-4, BB ... Ozzie Chavez, MIL, 2-4, 2B, CS ... Onil
Joseph, ATL, 2-4, 2B, 2RBI, ... Ray Serrano, ATL, 2-3 ...
Yunel Escobar, ATL, 1-3, R, 2B, 2RBI, BB ... Paul Bush
ATL, 2.1 2 0 0 1 1 W ... Miguel Montero, ARZ, 1-2, RBI (3) ...
R.P.Ohlendorf ARZ, 6 10 2 2 1 6 L ... Jason Pridie, TB, 3-4,
R, ... Wes Bankston, TB, 2-4, RBI(5), ... Gabriel
Martinez, TB, 3-4, 2B ... Matthew Maniscalco, TB, 3-3 RBI, BB
... Chuck Tiffany TB, 4 0 0 4 1 Tampa Debut ... Richard
Lewis, CHC, 2-4, R ... Micah Hoffpauir, CHC, 2-4, R, 3B, RBI
... Eric Patterson CHC 1-2, 3B, RBI, 2BB ... Corwin
Malone CWS, 5 2 1 1 5 4 ... Joel Hanrahan LAD, 4.2 5 1 1 4 5
... Chris Dickerson, CIN, 2-4, 2SB ... Aaron Herr,
CIN, 3-4, 2B, HR, 2RBI, ... Steven Kelly CIN, 5 1 0 0 1 1 W ...
Kennard Jones, SD, 2-4, BB, ... George Korraras, SD,
1-3 2R, 2B, 2BB, ... Brett Bonvechio, SD, 2-4, R, 2B, HR, 3RBI ...
Jose Campusano, FLA, 3-4, 2R, BB, 2SB, ... Patrick Arlis,
FLA, 2-4, R, RBI, ... Angel Molina, FLA, 2-5, R, 2B, RBI
TEXAS (AA) -- Eduardo Cornejo,
OAK, 2-5, double, RBI, .556 ... Vince Sinisi, TEX, 2-4, K, .400
... Travis Metcalf, TEX, 1-4, 1st homer, RBI, 2 K ... Brad
Ziegler, OAK, W, 7.0 3 1 1 0 5, 1.29 ... Sebastien Boucher,
SEA, 0-4, 2 BB, SB, 2 runs ... Michael Garciaparra, 2-5, 1st
homer, RBI, BB, K ... Jeff Clement, SEA, 2-5, triple, 2 RBI ...
Wladimir Balentein, 2-6, double, 3 RBI, 3 K ... Bryan
LaHair, 2-5, 2nd homer, 2 RBI ... JR House, HOU, 3-5, 2 doubles ...
Hunter Pence, HOU, 2-4, 2nd homer, 3 RBI ... Donnie
Murphy, KC, 2-4, 2 doubles, RBI ... Alex Gordon, KC, 0-4, 2 K
... Ian Stewart, 1-3, 1st homer, RBI, BB ... Juan Cedeno,
KC, 4.0 3 2 2 2 6, 4.50 ... Brandon Wood, LAA, 0-3, 2 K,
error, DP ... Mike McCoy, StL, 3-5, 1st homer, 2 RBI ... Brian
Martin, stL, 2-4, double, 1st homer, 2 RBI ...
CALIFORNIA (A+) -- Reid Breignac TB 0-4
... Marcus Sanders SF 0-4 ... James Houser TB 6IP 4 1 1 0 4 ...
Cliff Pennington OAK 2-6 (Dbl. header), 2B ... Travis Buck OAK 1-4
(Dbl. header), RBI, BB ... Carlos Gonzalez ARI 0-3 ... Matt Tuiasosopo
SEA 1-4, 3K's
CAROLINA (A+) -- Jacoby Ellsbury
CF BOS 4-6, double, Home Run, 2 runs, 2RBI .421 ... Jeffrey Corsaletti LF
BOS 3-5, double, run .438 ... Jed Lowrie SS BOS 2-4, double, 2 RBI
.312 ... Ian Bladergroen 1B BOS 2-5, Home Run, 2 RBI .357 ...
Scott White DH BOS 3-5, triple, 2 Home Runs, 3 runs, 2 RBI .462 ...
Mickey Hall RF BOS 1-4, 2 runs, sb... JC Holt 2B ATL 2-3
.286 ... Van Pope 3B ATL 1-4 .375 ... Steve Pyzik C
ATL 1-3, double .500(6AB) ... Ardley Jansen CF ATL 2-4, double ...
Ender Chavez CF WAS 4-6, 2 doubles, 5 runs, 4 RBI .429 ...
Brandon Powell 3B WAS 4-7, double, triple,4 RBI, sb .429 ...
Marvin Lowrence LF WAS 2-6, run, RBI, .235 ... Greg Thissen
2B 2-5, 3 runs, RBI ... Luke Montz DH WAS 3-5, double, run .333
... Steve Mortimer 1B WAS 3-6, 2 runs, 3 RBI .438 ... Rogearvin
Bernardina RF WAS 1-4, 3 runs .333 ... Brian Bixler SS PIT
2-5, run .357 ... Michael Carlin 1B PIT 2-5, double, run, 2 RBI
.429 ... Brad Correll RF PIT 3-4, double, run, RBI .545 ...
Justin Harris 2B PIT 2-4, 2 doubles, run, RBI ... Clint
Everts WAS 3 6 5 4 2 4 ... Gerald Plexico WAS 3 2 0 0 1 3 W
... Dan Kolb WAS 2 2 0 0 0 3 ... Brett Campbell WAS
1 0 0 0 1 2 ... Andrew Dobies BOS 5 5 0 0 0 3 W
FLORIDA STATE (A+) -- Jeff Frazier
DET LF 3-5 2 doubles, R RBI ... Kevin Whelan DET 1 0 0 0 0 1 S ...
Jay Garthwaite CIN LF 3-4 HR 2B 3RBI ... Quinton
McCracken CIN CF (rehab) 2-3 R ... Grant Psomas FLA 3B 2-4 ...
Tyler Greene STL SS 1-2 SB ... Blake DeWitt LA 2B
2-5 R ... Travis Denker LA 3B 2-4 HR 3RBI ... Ryan Braun
MIL 3B 2-6 2B 2R third error in 4 games
MIDWEST (A) -- Jacob Rasner TEX
5 6 3 0 1 3 ... Billy Killian C TEX 1-2, triple, 2 BB's ..
Valentino Arce KC 2-4, double ... Colby Rasmus STL 0-4,
2 K's (1-16 overall) .. wild about whiffs Craig Italiano OAK 4 4 4
4 3 8 ... Matt Spring TB 2 doubles ... Cody Evans
ARZ 6 4 0 0 0 4 ... Jay Bruce CIN 0-4 ... very big day Daryl
Jones (DH) SD 4-4, 2nd HR ... Cameron Maybin DET 2-4 ...
Marwin Vega SEA 5 1 0 0 0 4 ... Mark Reed CHN 1-3 ...
Dylan Johnston (SS) CHN 2-3, double .. Henry Sanchez
MIN 0-4, 3 K's ... Hainley Statia ANA 2-4, 2 doubles, 2 steals,
error
SOUTH ATLANTIC (A) -- Beau Jones
ATL 4-2/3 3 2 1 3 5 ... Elvis Andrus ATL 1-4, 2 RBI (6), BB ...
Eric Campbell ATL 1-4, 2 RBI (2) ... Jamie Romak ATL
1-4, HR (1), 2 RBI (3) ... Todd Redmond PIT 5 4 1 1 1 7 ...
Andrew McCutchen PIT 2-5 ... Brent Lillibridge PIT 3-4,
2 HR (2), 3 RBI (3), BB, SB ... Greg Golson PHI 1-4, finally got a
hit ... Josh Flores HOU 0-5 ... Eli Iorg HOU 1-4, BB
... JR Towles HOU 2-4, 3B (1) ... Michael Bowden BOS
5 3 0 0 1 6 ... David Welch MIL 5 1 1 1 3 9 ... Angel
Salome MIL 5-5, 2 2B (3), HR (1), RBI (3) ... Brandon Snyder
BAL 2-5, HR (1), 3 RBI (3) ... Dexter Fowler COL 0-4, SB ...
Chris Nelson COL 1-4, RBI (1) ... Jason Van Kooten
COL 3-5, HR (1), 3 RBI (3) ... Ofilio Castro WAS 5-5, 2 2B (2), 3B
(1), HR (1), 4 RBI (4), Cycle! ... Sean West FLA 6 2 0 0 0 4 ...
Gabriel Sanchez FLA 0-0, 4 BB ... Kris Harvey FLA
0-1 ... Fernando Martinez NYN 0-4 ... Shairon Martis
SF 3-2/3 8 4 4 0 5 ... Austin Jackson NYA 5-8, 3B (1), 4 RBI (4),
BB ...Jose Tabata NYA 5-7, 2B (1), 5 RBI (6) ... CJ Henry NYA 0-5,
2 RBI (2), 2 BB
" ... Savannahs [WAS] third baseman, Ofilio
Castro, hit for the cycle, including a 2-run homerun in the top of the
sixth. He finished 5-for-5 with two doubles, four runs and four RBIs."
(Asheville Citizen-Times)
Angel Salome " ... Salome, the 2005
Pioneer League Most Valuable Player, singled and scored in a three-run second
inning, then doubled in the third and sixth. He led off the bottom of the eighth
with his first home run of the season and singled again in the ninth. The
19-year-old designated hitter had three four-hit games during his 37-game stint
with the Helena Brewers last year. He batted .415 with eight homers and 50 RBIs
before a promotion to West Virginia, where he hit .254 with four homers and 21
RBIs in 29 games." (MLB.com)
Catcher Gabriel Sanchez FLO " ... On
Saturday ... the Greensboro Grasshoppers catcher went 5-for-5 ... to boost
his batting average to .600 (9-for-16). But he's not just hitting singles.
Sanchez opened the season Thursday with a 2-for-5 performance that included a
tie-breaking, two-run, homer in the eighth inning against the Suns. The next
day, with Greensboro trailing, 6-5, and one out in the bottom of the ninth,
Sanchez connected for a walk-off grand slam. His heroics didn't end there. On
Saturday, with his team again trailing by a run in the final frame, Sanchez
blasted a two-run homer -- his second walk-off shot in as many days -- to help
the Grasshoppers improve to a perfect 3-0 ... Last year, in his first
professional season, the 22-year-old... leading the New York-Penn League in
batting at .355 ... power numbers finally appear to be coming around. Last year,
he had five home runs and 42 RBIs in 234 at-bats. After just three games in
2006, he has three homers, 10 RBIs and a whopping 1.267 slugging percentage."
(MLB.com)
Troop
Movements ... WAS - activated Ryan Drese from the 15-day DL ... BAL -
purchased the contract of Cory Morris, designated Raul Chavez for assignment ...
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