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Here's a story about Dodgers pitching prospect Matt Riley, whose elbow required a third Tommy John surgery. Riley was once the Orioles' top pitching prospect, seen as a can't-miss guy who threw 91-95 MPH heat. He's trying to use something called "prolotherapy", which sounds like snake oil, but he's still with Las Vegas and throwing, albeit not as hard as he used to; he still thinks he has a shot at the bigs. With a 1-1 record and a 3.14 ERA in 14.1 innings, he might be right.Scores
Wood: 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Gorneault: 0-4, 1 RBI
Mathis: 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Brown: 2-4, 1 2B
Budde: 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 K
Rouwenhorst: (W, 6-2), 5.0 IP, 3 R, 2 ER, 8 H, 1 K, 4 BB, 4.35 ERA
Resop: (H, 2), 3.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 5.40 ERA
Salt Lake roared out to a 5-0 lead in the first thanks to doubles off the bats of Brandon Wood and Mike Eylward, a Nick Gorneault groundout, and a Jeff Mathis two-run homer that capped scoring. The Bees never looked back, scoring one more in the eighth on Adam Pavkovich's solo homer, and two in the ninth on DH Ryan Budde's two-run shot.
Jonathan Rouwenhorst got his sixth win despite only going five innings. Chris Resop pitched three scoreless frames, bringing his ERA down to 5.40, earning his second hold of the year, and his third straight game in which he has allowed no runs. Resop has a 3.60 ERA in June so far, earned over 10 innings. Marcus Gwyn pitched the ninth but ran into trouble, giving up a single to Mike Sansoe, a double to Paul McAnulty, and walking Bryan Myrow to load the bases. He then gave up runs on Royce Huffman's groundout and a Vince Sinisi infield single, but struck out Pete Laforest to end the game.
And Gwyn still has a 1.85 ERA despite it.
Rodriguez, S: 0-2, 1 BB
Wilson: 0-2, 1 BB, 1 K
Green: (L, 5-5), 6.0 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 1 HR, 4.15 ERA
One run over the maximum needed for a quality start, but Nick Green got tagged with his fifth loss for that. The game didn't last longer than seven anyway as it was a makeup doubleheader.
Collins: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Pride: 1-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
Peel, A: 1-3, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K
Thompson: 4.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 H, 6 K, 1 BB, 2.27 ERA
Hunter: (W, 2-1) (in relief), 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 3.60 ERA
Revenge, as the Travs jumped on Drillers starter Zack Parker in the first, loading up the bases in the first on consecutive walks and a Sean Rodriguez hit-by-pitch. The Travs then scored two, and that was all it took to win, as Travs pitching blanked Tulsa on six hits and two walks.
Rich Thompson got only his second start of the season, and worked four scoreless innings while striking out six; he's got more strikeouts than hits this year, and the 23-year-old Aussie may be finally finding his stride at AA. He's already repeated Rancho twice, perhaps partly due to the Angels trying to convert him to starting in 2005, but he's getting a good record at this level.
Aaron Peel slugged a three-run jack, his seventh homer of the season.
Statia: 0-5, 2 K
Johnson: 2-5, 1 2B
Sutton: 3-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Remole: 2-4, 1 RBI
Infante: 2-3, 1 BB, 1 K
Mosebach: (L, 6-5), 4.0 IP, 7 R, 7 ER, 6 H, 3 K, 5 BB, 2 HR, 4.34 ERA
Rancho trailed all the way in this one, but they posted a valiant effort to catch up in the five-run sixth. Bobby Mosebach only survived four innings. Kelly Shearer, who has had unimpressive numbers at lower levels, made his second appearance for Rancho (his first year at this level), and collected his first two Cal League strikeouts on his way to a scoreless ninth. He has yet to allow a walk or a hit, but then, he's only pitched an inning and two thirds total so far.
One of the double plays turned in this game has to be some kind of Cal League record for the longest combination of letters ever: P Steven Uhlmansiek to SS Jeffrey Dominguez to 1B Andy Hargrove. Well, maybe not, but it's still not exactly mellifluous.
Finally: I misidentified High Desert's affiliation as being the Red Sox yesterday; they're actually the Mariners' affiliate this year. I apologize for the error.
Sweeney: 1-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Conger: 0-1, 1 K
Trumbo: 0-1, 1 K
Smith: 2-4
Bell: 6.2 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 8 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 3.46 ERA
Brandt: 2.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 2.18 ERA
Browning: (L, 3-2) (in relief), 1.2 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 3.82 ERA
Madrigal: 0.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 0 K, 0 BB, 3.90 ERA
Trevor Bell pitched a quality start plus, but Barret Browning took the loss in the eleventh when he allowed Alex Liddi to drive in Alex Meneses from second. Hank Conger and Mark Trumbo were both used without success as pinch hitters. Matt Sweeney had a two-run homer in the bottom of the 6th in the loss.
Anderson: 3-5, 1 HR, 6 RBI
Young: 1-4, 1 BB, 2 K
Maza: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Juarez: (W, 3-2), 6.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 8 H, 6 K, 1 BB, 1 HR, 4.78 ERA
Pollok: (S, 1), 3.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 3.86 ERA
Rehabbing Marlon Anderson had a big six-RBI night included a two-out grand slam in the fourth. Wilson Valdez also went 2-3 with two walks. Most of this firepower came at the expense of River Cats starter Dan Meyer, who took the loss. William Juarez got a winning record with his third victory of the season, posting a quality start.
Hu, C: 1-5, 1 K
Dunlap: 1-4, 1 RBI
McDougall: 2-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K
Ellis: 3-4, 1 RBI
Hammes: (W, 2-3), 6.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 1 HR, 3.97 ERA
Akin: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 4 K, 1 BB, 5.40 ERA
Miller: 1.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 H, 0 K, 1 BB, 1 HR, 45.00 ERA
The second team to put up a five spot in the first inning tonight, as Jacksonville stomped all over Montgomery; Marshall McDougall's 11th homer of the year, a three run jack, made the score 4-0 before the Biscuits had recorded even a single out.
Zach Hammes went six innings, giving up only one run. Greg Miller pitched the ninth and surrendered a solo homer, thus bringing down his Southern League ERA to 45.00.
Mitchell: 3-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
De Jesus: 2-3, 1 BB
McDonald: (W, 5-5), 6.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 5 H, 5 K, 0 BB, 3.54 ERA
Guerra: (S, 1), 2.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 H, 4 K, 0 BB, 3.77 ERA
The 66ers led all the way, starting with a second-inning triple by Shane Justis that became an inside-the-parker on Lancaster right fielder Michael Hall's fielding error. The Jethawks made it scary with a three-run seventh that started when Francisco Felix entered the game replacing starter James McDonald, but Javy Guerra finally got the last out to end the uprising with men on the corners and two outs.
Gonzalez: 1-3, 2 BB
Bell: 2-4, 1 2B
Mattingly: 3-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Berezay: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Apodaca: 2-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Wall: (W, 4-7), 5.2 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 8 H, 4 K, 2 BB, 5.26 ERA
Pfeiffer: (S, 1), 3.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 3 K, 1 BB, 0.00 ERA
The Loons posted two-run innings in three straight frames, starting with the second; Francisco Lizarraga provided a two run jack in the third. Juan Apodaca also homered in the bottom of the eighth; Josh Wall danced around eight hits and two walks for the win. Preston Mattingly posted his third straight multi-hit game with a 3-for-4 night.
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