Sunday, July 16, 2006 |
Minor League Scorebook
News
- As mentioned elsewhere, the Angels purchased the contract of Dustin Moseley and optioned Erick Aybar to Salt Lake. Mike Napoli will get the start in tandem with Moseley, both of whom played together at Salt Lake.
- In today's Angels broadcast, Steve Physioc mentioned that when Dallas McPherson returns to the major league roster, Maicer Izturis will continue to be the starting third baseman.
- Stephen Drew made his major league debut, making him another of the 2004 draft class to appear in the majors, along with Jered Weaver.
- Similarly, Tony Gwynn, Jr. got his first start with the Brewers.
- Faces on the Field: Troy Tulowitzki. Go Dirtbags!
- Jason Windsor will get tomorrow's start for Oakland against the Orioles.
- Update: A day late: Stephen Marek has been promoted to Rancho, and Amalio Diaz has been promoted from Orem to take his place. Thanks to Matthew for pointing out that Stephen Smith caught that Saturday.
- Speaking of leftovers, here's more roster movement from Friday that I missed thanks to Mike Emeigh:
- AAA: Dodgers: received OF Jason Repko from Dodgers on ML rehab. (7/15) activated OF Jeff Duncan from the DL, DL’d P Greg Miller, received OF Matt Kemp and P Lance Carter (cleared waivers, outrighted) from Dodgers; Angels: received 1B Casey Kotchman and 3B Dallas McPherson from Angels on ML rehab, activated OF Nick Gorneault from the DL, sent 1B Clifton Remole to Rancho Cucamonga. (7/15) sent INF Howie Kendrick to Angels.
- AA: no moves for either the Dodgers or the Angels, but it should be noted that former Angel prospect Alexi Casilla has been moved up to AA New Britain.
Scores
Mathis, J: 1-4, 1 K
McPherson: 1-4, 2 K
Eylward: 1-5
Pavkovich: 2-3, 2 2B, 1 BB
Olenberger: (L, 4-2), 4.0 IP, 8 R, 8 ER, 8 H, 2 K, 5 BB, 1 HR, 5.22 ERA
Gwyn: 2.0 IP, 5 R, 4 ER, 6 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 2 HR, 5.02 ERA
Bootcheck: 2.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 1 HR, 7.04 ERA
A complete and total whitewash of the Bees with multiple pitching blowups from both the starter (Kasey Olenberger) and bullpen (Marcus Gwyn), though Chris Bootcheck, considering, did a good job.
It's supposed to be a given that Dallas McPherson will bat cleanup at AAA, but he sure didn't seem like he had earned that distinction in this game. Casey Kotchman didn't play, as Corey Myers got the start at first.
Update: Rotoworld says Kotchman "felt light-headed and dizzy following Saturday night's game" and is on his way to Anaheim to see Dr. Lewis Yocum.
Sandoval, F: 2-5, 2 RBI, 1 K
Rodriguez, S: 3-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Collins: 2-4, 1 BB, 1 K
Toussaint: 1-4, 3 K
Duff: 2-4
Rodriguez, F: 6.0 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 10 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 4.36 ERA
Pullin: (L, 0-1) (in relief), 1.2 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 H, 2 K, 2 BB, 6.94 ERA
Jepsen: 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 3.57 ERA
Another great game for Sean Rodriguez but a lousy one for the Quakes, who lost thanks to Aaron Pullin loading the bases, and Micah Posey inexplicably getting called in to relieve him only three days after his last start. The predictable result was a two-out Peter Ciofrone grand slam on a pitch Posey grooved on a 2-0 count, Ciofrone's fourth homer of the year. Even if Posey isn't a top prospect, Quakes manager Bobby Mitchell needs to be seriously questioned for instigating that kind of pitcher abuse.
Fernando Rodriguez pitched acceptably, though a throwing error by Clifton Remole amplified his mediocrity and allowed two unearned runs to score in the sixth. Ex-Dirtbag closer Neil Jamison struck out the side in the ninth to complete the misery.
Albano: 2-4, 1 2B, 3 RBI
Trumbo: 1-1, 2 BB
Mosebach: (W, 7-4), 8.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 H, 7 K, 1 BB, 3.13 ERA
Bobby Mosebach collected his seventh win in a very impressive eight-inning shutout. And what's this but Mark Trumbo getting a hit and a pair of walks? Stunning. I would like to report he scored a run, but he was nailed at the plate in a bases-loaded fifth inning infield groundout. The Kernels scored four times anyway.
Phillips: 1-4
Bell: 4.1 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 8 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 1 HR, 2.25 ERA
Connelly: (W, 1-0) (in relief), 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 5.40 ERA
Tough outing by Trevor Bell, but Peter Bourjos' seventh inning triple won the game for the Owlz, and got Bell off the hook. Orem won despite sloppy fielding, committing three errors, two of which came at Bell's expense.
They must have had a tour group go through: attendance 932!
Ortiz: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 K
Sweeney: 3-5, 1 2B, 2 3B, 1 K
Castillo: 2-4, 2 RBI
Loman: 2-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Moore: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Veras: (W, 3-1), 6.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 8 K, 1 BB, 2.25 ERA
A real pounding of the Rangers, obscuring the who the hell is this kid nature of the job done by Vladimir Veras. He's had six starts and given up one or fewer runs in all but one of them. In his last start, he gave up eight hits, four earned runs, and couldn't get into the fourth; this time, he blew past the competition and dominated them with eight strikeouts over six innings.
Matthew Sweeney had a 3-5 day with a pair of triples, and is currently hitting .343 on the young season.
Aybar: 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB
Loney: 3-3, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB
Young, D: 0-4, 1 RBI
Guzman, J: 0-4, 2 K
Robles: 2-3, 1 BB
Kuo: 0-1
Kuo: (L, 1-1), 2.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 4 H, 1 K, 3 BB, 1 HR, 5.09 ERA
Reid: 5.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 4 K, 0 BB, 5.23 ERA
Gad, a sweep at the hands of the Sidewinders, and once again Hong-Chih Kuo was at the bottom of it. Kuo actually got the start but didn't make it out of the third. James Loney continued his terrific hitting with a perfect night at the plate.
The loss was the 51's seventh straight.
Abreu: 0-3, 1 RBI
Brazell: 2-3, 1 2B, 1 BB
Raglani: 3-4, 2 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Ellis: 0-2, 2 BB
Hu, C: 0-2
Muegge: (W, 7-6), 5.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 4.15 ERA
Danny Muegge lives to pitch another day. Adam Greenberg, hitting .209 with the Suns yet somehow still in the leadoff spot, managed to score a run following a triple, and Anthony Raglani had a solo homer. Brian Akin notched his second save.
Gonzalez: 2-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
Dewitt: 0-5, 2 K
Locke: 2-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Dunlap: 1-4, 1 BB, 1 K
Pedroza: 1-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K
Santana: 1-2, 2 BB
Hoffmann: 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K
Pimentel: (L, 3-8), 1.1 IP, 6 R, 6 ER, 6 H, 1 K, 3 BB, 5.30 ERA
Expect Pimentel to be off next year's prospect lists... he got the start and didn't get out of the second, giving up six earned runs on six hits and three walks. Zach Hammes also gave up another four runs, three earned, on seven hits. Homers by Sergio Pedroza and Adolfo Gonzalez went for naught.
Mooneyham: 2-5
Harper: 1-3, 2 BB
Denker, T: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Arias, M: 7.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 1 HR, 4.09 ERA
Troncoso: (BS, 2)(W, 2-0) (in relief), 2.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 1.40 ERA
Columbus won in the bottom of the tenth thanks to one of three errors by the Greenjackets; with Catfish on the corners, first baseman Pablo Sandoval allowed David Sutherland to reach on a fielder's choice and threw the ball away attempting to prevent Russell Mitchell from scoring.
Marlon Arias won his first start since June 23, pitching like he meant it, though you don't like the low strikeout total.
Van Slyke: 2-4
Brown: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Brooks: 2-4, 3 RBI
Castillo, J: 7.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 H, 5 K, 0 BB, 1.04 ERA
Ramirez: (W, 1-1) (in relief), 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 5 K, 1 BB, 2.19 ERA
Ogden went into the bottom of the eighth tied 1-1, and the Raptors then posted a four-run frame highlighted by a double steal of second and third by Scott Van Slyke and Jeremy Brown. Parker Brooks drove both of them home to finish the inning's scoring.
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