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Thursday, August 18, 2005

Minor League Scorebook

2005-08-18: Salt Lake 4, Portland 5
Callaspo, A: 1-4
Quinlan: 3-4
Mathis, J: 1-4
Gorneault: 1-4, 1 HR, 4 RBI
Hunter: 5.0 IP, 2 ER, 4.35 ERA
Bergman, D: (BS, 3)(L, 7-5) (in relief), 3.0 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 1 K, 3 BB, 3.19 ERA
Nick Gorneault's grand slam went for naught as the the Stingers couldn't hold onto the 4-2 lead going into the sixth. Quinlan's hits were all singles. Combined with a Tacoma win over Las Vegas, Salt Lake fell out of first place.
2005-08-18: Frisco 2, Arkansas 7
Aybar, E: 2-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Willits, R: 0-4
Kendrick, H: 1-4, 2 RBI
Morales, K: 3-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Porter: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Eylward: 0-1, 2 BB
Weaver: (W, 2-1), 6.2 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 2 K, 4 BB, 4.91 ERA
Now, that's more like it! Jered Weaver had his first good outing at Arkansas as the Travs breezed past the Rough Riders. Weaver struggled in the first inning but settled down thereafter. Kendry Morales especially had a good outing, but so did Erick Aybar and Greg Porter.

Update 8/19: This Arkansas Democrat-Gazette article mentions the fact that the Travs' opponent on the mound was Baseball America's twelfth-ranked prospect in the Rangers' system, Edison Volquez, 1-5 on the year with a 4.42 ERA. Without knowing the particulars of his case -- for all we know he's coming off an injury -- it's hard to believe the Rangers as recently as last month were calling him "Little Pedro". But, this is the Texas League, where pitchers go to get clobbered; yet, Volquez pitches in the most neutral park in his division. Go figure.

2005-08-18: Visalia 7, Rancho Cucamonga 2
Wood, B: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Holcomb: (L, 8-7), 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 9 H, 6 K, 2 BB, 5.44 ERA
MacKenzie: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 K, 2 BB, 5.70 ERA
Zimmermann: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 K, 0 BB, 3.44 ERA
Wood's home run was his 36th, tying A-Rod for the most in pro ball.
2005-08-18: Southwest Michigan 5, Cedar Rapids 2
Rodriguez, S: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Toussaint: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Madrigal: 1-4
Rodriguez, F: (L, 6-9), 5.0 IP, 4 ER, 9 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 4.34 ERA
Stanton: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 4.81 ERA
Two De La Cruzes -- Eddie and Jose -- combined to pitch eight innings for two runs and six strikeouts for the Devil Rays. Solo homers from Drew Toussaint and Sean Rodriguez accounted for all the Kernels' scoring.
2005-08-18: AZL Angels did not play
2005-08-18: Orem 7, Great Falls 5
Coon: 2-4, 1 RBI
Morris: 3-5, 1 RBI
Trumbo: 2-5, 2 RBI
Overstreet: 2-3, 1 RBI
Hughes: 1-2, 2 BB
Didjurgis: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 2.88 ERA
Pete: (W, 2-1) (in relief), 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 0.95 ERA
For Pete's sake! I keep waiting for him to blow up. Hasn't happened yet. Trumbo's heating up, hitting .360/.429/.440 over the last week. He needed it.
2005-08-18: Las Vegas 2, Tacoma 3
Stanley: 2-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Young, D: 0-5
Aybar: 1-3
Grabowski: 2-3
Eckert: (L, 5-7), 6.0 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 7 K, 0 BB, 5.58 ERA
Osoria: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 2.22 ERA
As mentioned upthread, the 51's loss helped to knock the Stingers out of first place. Another good game from Osoria.
2005-08-18: Jacksonville 6, Mississippi 7
LaRoche, A: 1-5, 1 RBI
Guzman, J: 2-5
Loney: 1-4, 1 HR, 4 RBI
Garcia: 2-4
Martin, R: 0-1
Hanrahan: 5.0 IP, 5 ER, 6 H, 5 K, 7 BB, 5.15 ERA
Alvarez, C: 1.1 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 4.34 ERA
Perez: (L, 1-1) (in relief), 0.2 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 1 K, 2 BB, 1.50 ERA
It looked, at first, like another win on the charge to the postseason, but Joel Hanrahan gave up five earned runs, including a solo home run. Secret Weapon Beltran Perez gave up only his second earned run in 18.1 IP.
2005-08-18: Vero Beach 4, Daytona 6
Paul: 1-5
Hu: 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Kemp: 1-3
Dunlap: 1-3, 1 RBI
Denker, T: 0-3
Tiffany: (L, 10-7), 5.1 IP, 5 ER, 5 H, 6 K, 2 BB, 3.96 ERA
Sorry, Chuck.
2005-08-18: Rome 7, Columbus 4
Dewitt: 0-5
Batz: 2-3, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Russ: 1-2, 2 BB
Carter, R: 2-4, 1 RBI
Plummer: (L, 4-3), 6.0 IP, 6 ER, 7 H, 7 K, 0 BB, 3.82 ERA
My favorite named player in the Dodgers system, Daniel Batz, has a very nice outing, but the Rome Braves rolled over Columbus on this one.
2005-08-18: GCL Dodgers 7, GCL Marlins 9
Van Slyke: 2-5
Perez: 3-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Gonzalez: 2-3, 2 RBI
Dasni: (L, 0-5), 3.2 IP, 9 ER, 6 H, 4 K, 5 BB, 8.26 ERA
2005-08-18: Ogden vs. Billings: Postponed: Rain

Comments:
I'm not sure I'd consider 4 walks against 2 strikeouts a "good outing". Better certainly, but not good.
 
Considering his first few, I'll take it.
 
For those curious, here's how Weaver made his outs:

Groundball: 6
Flyball: 12
Strikeout: 2

Definitely would like to see him learn a split-fingered pitch or something like it.
 

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