Sunday, May 27, 2007 |
Minor League Scorebook
Gorneault: 0-2, 2 BB
Wood: 1-3, 1 BB
Rouwenhorst: (L, 4-1), 5.1 IP, 7 R, 5 ER, 9 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 1 HR, 4.05 ERA
Serrano: 1.2 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 3 K, 2 BB, 3.42 ERA
Jonathan Rouwenhorst took his first loss of the season in his seventh start after having made his first seven appearances from the pen. Two of his seven runs were unearned thanks to errors by shortstop Gary Patchett and left fielder Nick Gorneault.
Jason Bulger struck out two for a scoreless eighth, though Marcus Gwyn came in and surrendered a solo homer to Justin Leone in the ninth. Bulger has struck out two batters per inning in every appearance he's made since May 8, with a 2.66 ERA, a 13.28 K/9 rate, and a 2.50 K/BB ratio.
Nathan Haynes went 1-for-5, but still has the best average in the minors at .391. Brandon Wood went 1-3 with a walk batting sixth, but grounded into a double play. He's been batting sixth since May 20, a very ominous sign for his production. This was the first game since that date in which he hasn't had a strikeout. Terry Evans went 3-for-4 with a double and drove in a run.
Rodriguez, S: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
Wilson: 1-4
Collins: 1-2, 1 2B
Gonzalez, M: (L, 1-2), 5.1 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 3.90 ERA
Former Dirtbag Cesar Ramos and three relievers scattered eight Travs hits without giving up any runs in a 1-0 pitcher's duel. The Travs actually outhit the Missions 8-4, but swingman Miguel Gonzalez took the loss despite having his longest performance of the season and coming within two outs of a quality start.
Sutton: 2-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Johnson: 1-1, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 3 BB
Mosebach: (W, 5-3), 8.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 6 K, 1 BB, 3.63 ERA
Bobby Mosebach pitched his best game of the year, coming within three outs of a complete game. The Quakes offense dismantled the Blaze, who threw their worst pitching into the game; only one pitcher, J.B. Diaz, ended the day with an ERA under 5.00.
Ben Johnson homered, a two-run shot in the bottom of the fourth, and walked three times besides. I note with some chagrin that he has now returned to the Cal League after a brief but surprisingly (offensively) successful stint in AAA, where he hit .333/.333/.542 alternating between catcher and DH.
Kemp: 4-5, 1 2B
Jones, M: 3-3, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB
Bigbie: 2-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
Freeman: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Juarez: (W, 1-1), 6.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 10 K, 2 BB, 5.79 ERA
Hoorelbeke: (H, 3), 0.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 K, 0 BB, 6.46 ERA
Riley: 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 4 K, 0 BB, 10.24 ERA
I was thinking about Shawn Green today because he broke his foot with a foul ball during a game. The connection to today's game, of course, is that William Juarez is one of the returns on the trade that sent Green to Arizona, essentially a dump from my point of view. It's a deal that current Diamondbacks management would never make, though at the time, Jim Callis slagged it:
Let's just say that DePodesta won't be listing that trade high on his résumé. I wouldn't even call [Dioner] Navarro an average big league catcher, because I don't see him as an everyday player. But to be fair to DePodesta and the Dodgers, the main goal they were trying to accomplish was dumping Green's salary, and they did save $6 million.I figured him for an interesting but not overpowering player at the time thanks to his low strikeout rates in the lower minors. Juarez spent most of 2006 with the 51's, though not a whole season, and why I'm not sure. He ended the season as a minor league free agent but re-signed with the Dodgers.In return, they got Navarro and three fringe pitching prospects. Juarez and Perez have strong right arms, but they're not very polished and don't have deep repertoires. Muegge is a finesse righty with just decent stuff and a good idea of how to pitch. These guys might somehow find their way to the majors as middle relievers, but they aren't going to be major contributors.
That long diversion is all prelude to the fact that Juarez pitched one hell of a game today, a no-hitter through six with a season-high ten strikeouts, walking only two, retiring 14 straight batters from the first through the sixth. Manager Lorenzo Bundy pulled him after throwing 100 pitches:
"When he was good, he was really good and when he was bad, well, he was really bad," said Bundy, who knew of Juarez when both were in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization a few years ago. "Like any pitcher who doesn't throw 95, it's all about location."So, from this we read that he's lost velocity?
Matt Kemp (4-for-5), Mitch Jones (3-for-3), Larry Bigbie (2-for-3), and Choo Freeman (2-for-4) all had multi-hit games, Jones' day including a leadoff homer in the bottom of the third.
Gonzalez, J: 2-3, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Paul: 1-5, 1 RBI
Lindsey: 2-5, 1 K
Martinez: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Nicholson: 3-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Megrew: 1-2, 1 2B
Troncoso: 0-1
Dunlap: 0-1, 1 K
Megrew: (L, 3-4), 3.0 IP, 8 R, 7 ER, 5 H, 0 K, 3 BB, 1 HR, 6.27 ERA
Troncoso: 3.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 0 K, 2 BB, 3.60 ERA
Alexander: 2.0 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 K, 2 BB, 6.35 ERA
Mike Megrew imploded, leaving the bases loaded only to be cleared when Ramon Troncoso gave up a bases-clearing RBI double. The Smokies put up crooked numbers in three of the four innings in which Megrew was on the mound. Mark Alexander's struggles continued; he has had more games in which he has allowed runs (10 in 18) between two levels than zero frames. While he's still getting his strikeouts (11.19 K/9), the last time he appeared in a game without walking anyone was back on April 26.
Octavio Martinez and David Nicholson both homered for the Suns, and there were quite a few good offensive performances to go around.
Dewitt: 3-5, 2 2B, 1 RBI
May: 2-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Denker, T: 3-4, 1 RBI
De Jesus: 1-3
Guerra: 5.1 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 H, 6 K, 5 BB, 4.82 ERA
Meque: (L, 1-1) (in relief), 1.2 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 8.05 ERA
Peterson: 2-3, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB
Bell: 1-3
Mattingly: 1-4, 2 K
Castillo: (L, 1-2), 2.2 IP, 6 R, 6 ER, 6 H, 3 K, 4 BB, 6.27 ERA
German: 3.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 5 K, 2 BB, 7.20 ERA
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