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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Minor League Scorebook

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First off, my apologies for getting this out so late; I came back from the game last night and was so tired I couldn't finish.

Scores

2006-05-16: Salt Lake 1, Iowa 4 #
Willits, R: 0-4, 1 BB, 2 K
Kendrick, H: 1-4, 1 K
Gorneault: 0-3, 1 BB
Morales: 2-3, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Mathis, J: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 K
Eylward: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
Weaver, Jer: 6.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 H, 8 K, 2 BB, 2.44 ERA
Rouwenhorst: (BS, 2)(L, 1-3) (in relief), 0.1 IP, 4 ER, 4 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 5.40 ERA
Johnathan Rouwenhorst blew the save on a terrific Jered Weaver outing; Kendry Morales' solo homer was the only offense. A bunt single that popped over the head of Rouwenhorst actually worked because the pitcher had charged the ball. That sparked a four-run, game-winning I-Cubs rally that included a bases-loaded walk and a run-scoring balk.
2006-05-16: Arkansas 4, Tulsa 9 #
Bacon: 2-5, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2 K
Wood: 0-5, 3 K
Wilson: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB
Day: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K
Rodriguez, R: (L, 0-2), 4.1 IP, 6 ER, 6 H, 3 K, 5 BB, 1 HR, 10.72 ERA
Bittner: 2.1 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 5 K, 3 BB, 1 HR, 5.87 ERA
Thompson: 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 2.31 ERA
The Travs are glad to have the Drillers in their rearview mirror, for sure. Brandon Wood garnered a silver sombrero, Ricardo Rodriguez doesn't get out of the fifth and gave up six earned runs. Greg Porter's 12-game hitting streak ended with an 0-4 night. The Travs have dropped their last three straight and seven of their last eight.
2006-05-16: San Jose 7, Rancho Cucamonga 3 #
Leahy: 0-3, 2 BB, 2 K
Rodriguez, S: 2-5, 2 RBI, 1 K
Collins: 2-5, 1 2B, 2 K
Reilly: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
Lopez: 1-4, 2 K
Toussaint: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K
Arredondo: (L, 2-2), 2.0 IP, 1 ER, 0 H, 2 K, 3 BB, 2.52 ERA
Torres: 1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 4.08 ERA
Jose Arredondo got knocked out after only two innings; Joe Torres at least posted a good game, as did Sean Rodriguez, Michael Collins, and Patrick Reilly who posted a solo homer, his first in a Quakes uniform this year.
2006-05-16: Quad Cities 2, Cedar Rapids 7 #
Statia: 1-4, 1 BB
Coon: 1-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
Trumbo: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K
Albano: 3-4, 1 RBI
Smith: 2-4, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 1 K
Marek: (W, 4-1), 7.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 7 K, 2 BB, 1 HR, 2.25 ERA
Didjurgis: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 2.22 ERA
Continuing good work from Stephen Marek and Tim Didjurgis.
2006-05-16: AZL Angels did not play
2006-05-16: Orem did not play
2006-05-16: Nashville 5, Las Vegas 6 #
Young, D: 1-3, 1 K
Guzman, J: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB
Loney: 1-3
Garcia: 2-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Eckert: 4.1 IP, 4 ER, 5.87 ERA
Hull: 2.0 IP, 0 ER, 3 H, 3 K, 1 BB, 0.50 ERA
Carrara: (W, 1-0) (in relief), 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 K, 1 BB, 1.29 ERA
Former Sound Chris Truby was the offensive hero as he drove in three to help defeat his former team. Gio Carrara was the lucky recipient of the win, though he did pitch an inning and two-thirds of scoreless ball, and has generally pitched well for Vegas.

I've discussed guys playing out of position at Vegas before, but not paid too much attention to it; Joel Guzman seems to be taking to left field, though, as he's hitting .347/.412/.500 there.

2006-05-16: Jacksonville 10, Mobile 11 #
Abreu: 0-4, 2 BB, 1 K
Hu: 1-6, 1 3B, 1 RBI
Kemp: 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
LaRoche: 1-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Zapp: 1-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
Ruan: 3-5, 2 K
Ellis: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Raglani: 1-1, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Lundberg: 6.0 IP, 2 ER, 2.76 ERA
Miller: 0.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 0 K, 2 BB, 0.79 ERA
Thomas: (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) (in relief), 0.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 0 K, 2 BB, 7.71 ERA
Tony Abreu committed two two-out errors, allowing six runs to score while Greg Miller was on the mound; this was a sloppy game in which the Suns made three errors overall. You know it's the pitching and/or defense if the offense scores ten and your team doesn' win. A.J. Zapp, Andy LaRoche, and Anthony Raglani all homered, while Wilkin Ruan had a 3-5 night.
2006-05-16: Vero Beach 1, Tampa 7 #
Paul, X: 1-4, 1 3B, 2 K
Hoffmann: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Dewitt: 0-4, 1 K
Todd: 0-4, 4 K
Elbert: (L, 1-4), 4.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 5 K, 4 BB, 2.41 ERA
Castillo, A: 1.2 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 7.78 ERA
Xavier Paul tripled and scored to lead off the first, but no other Dodger got past second base for the rest of the game as Yankees 17th-rated prospect (according to Baseball America) Alan Horne and the rest of the Tampa bullpen shut down Vero. Horne was a former teammate of Angels prospect Jeff Mathis.
2006-05-16: Rome 15, Columbus 12 #
De Jesus: 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Pedroza: 1-4, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 3 K
Mitchell: 2-6, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K
Mooneyham: 1-4, 2 BB, 1 K
Locke: 3-6, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K
Apodaca: 2-3, 1 2B, 2 BB
Justis: 3-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Alvarez: 4.0 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 6 K, 4 BB, 6.00 ERA
Gomez de Segura: (L, 0-1) (in relief), 1.0 IP, 6 ER, 5 H, 0 K, 1 BB, 2 HR, 8.64 ERA
Sanfler: 2.0 IP, 5 ER, 4 H, 2 K, 3 BB, 9.15 ERA
Pfeiffer: 2.0 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 3.86 ERA
And even when they do score, they can't score enough. A ten-run sixth — with fourteen batters coming to the plate — helped power Rome to this victory. Columbus answered with an eight-run seventh which saw the Catfish score on a pair of bases-loaded walks, as well as a 3-run homer from Russell Mitchell and an Andrew Locke double.
2006-05-16: GCL Dodgers did not play
2006-05-16: Ogden did not play

Comments:
Man, those comments about Kendrick are infuriating. I think it was Bill James that wrote when you ask a player to do something he is not capable of doing--or hasn't done before--the rest of his game will suffer. A guy tears up the minors, gets promoted and the first thing they do is play him at a position he's never played before. It has the dual impact of confusing the guy while putting a dent in his confidence.

As a Dodger fan, I'm the last guy to throw rocks about another organization's handling of a youngster but if the idea was to develop Kendrick as a future star, well, there are other ways to do it.
 
He didn't look happy even at second. I think he needed some more time in AAA.
 

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