Saturday, July 28, 2007 |
Minor League Scorebook
News
- Travelerocity has photos of the return of Tulsa to Dickey-Stephens.
- Bonjour to new
arrival Joris Bert:
JORIS EST ARRIVE! – Joris Bert, the Dodgers 19th-round selection in the June 2007 First-Year Player Draft will make his professional debut tonight for the Gulf Coast League Dodgers. Bert became the first player drafted out of the MLB's European Academy, and the French outfielder is drawing quite a bit of attention across the Atlantic. Arnaud Romera and Michel Goldstein of France 2, a news station in France, arrived at Dodgertown this morning to cover Bert and his debut. The news crew figures to be the first of several French electronic and print media interested in the 20-year old Bert.
I couldn't find the link from which Jon got the above text, but it sounds good to me. Bert played in yesterday's GCL Dodgers game, so scroll down for that result.
Scores
Smith, Ca: 2-4, 1 2B
Evans: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Morales: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Porter: 4-5, 1 2B, 3 RBI
Brown: 2-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K
Wilson: 1-1, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Pavkovich: 1-2, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Santana: 6.1 IP, 6 R, 6 ER, 11 H, 4 K, 2 BB, 1 HR, 4.72 ERA
Serrano: (BS, 3)(W, 3-4) (in relief), (BS, 3)(W, 3-4), 0.2 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 0 K, 0 BB, 5.72 ERA
Thompson: (S, 1), 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 0.77 ERA
Another disappointing outing by Ervin Santana, and with only 47 of 87 pitches landing in the zone, you understand why this result is more likely than his previous game. Salt Lake got the win anyway, as Matt Brown hit a solo shot in the 4th off starter Matt Wright.
Salt Lake pecked away at the Royals, scoring single runs in the first, third, fourth, and fifth innings, and posting crooked numbers in the second, seventh, and eighth, capping things with a big five-run eighth. Greg Porter had a season-high four hits, and posted his fifth 3-RBI game for the Bees. Kendry Morales got back in the swing of things as well, getting on base three times and and driving in one. Catcher Ryan Budde was pulled in the top of the eighth and replaced by Bobby Wilson, possibly in preparation for a callup to the big club. If so, it would be a surprise, because Wilson is already on the 40-man roster.
Rich Thompson pitched two perfect innings in relief, striking out one and lowering his ERA to a microscopic 0.77. He's on a tear right now, that's for sure.
Smith, Co: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K
Sandoval, F: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Rodriguez, S: 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 K
Pali: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Myers: 3-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Collins: 0-3, 2 RBI
Gonzalez, M: (W, 7-3), 8.0 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 7 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 2.74 ERA
That's ten straight wins for the suddenly blazing Travs, who are now only one game back of Springfield, lately treading water at 5-5 over their last ten.
23-year-old skyballer Miguel Gonzalez finds himself improbably 7-3 in 14 starts this season. He had previously only been used in relief; he's got five wins out of his last seven starts, too, though his strikeout rate remains improbably low at 5.61. Nevertheless, the Angels have had some success with pitch-to-contact guys lately, so he bears continued watching as a kind of flyer who might worm his way up to the lower rungs of the prospect lists. Recall that Joe Saunders had a similar strikeout rate in his first tour through AA as a 23-year-old in 2004, though that was at old Ray Winder Field. One big and important difference between him and Saunders, of course, is that Saunders was always an extreme groundballer, a trait Joe has whittled down some lately while increasing his strikeout rate. With new Dickey-Stephens so far turning out to be a pitcher's park, it's hard to say how he'll fare in the PCL, but the early signs are interesting, anyway.
Six Travs had two or more hits on the night, including leadoff man Brad Coon (now hitting .299/.350/.383 as a centerfielder), LF Coby Smith, SS Freddy Sandoval, RF Matt Pali, and C/DH Corey Myers.
Pettit: 2-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Remole: 2-4
Reilly: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Mosebach: (W, 10-6), 9.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 9 H, 7 K, 3 BB, 4.29 ERA
Bobby Mosebach pitched his best game of the year, and possibly of his career, as he tossed a complete game while limiting the Ports to only one run; he had a shutout going through eight and a third, but gave up an RBI single to Tommy Everidge to spoil it. The CG was odd in that only twice did Mosebach retire the side in order; he came close in the fifth, facing the minimum by getting a double play ball out of Darry Lawhorn, and in the sixth Frank Martinez reached on an error by Patrick Reilly. Nonetheless, he must have been very efficient for his manager to keep him in the game so long.
The offense got two runs in the first, one on a Chris Pettit RBI single and the other on Ports starter Kevin Deaton's wild pitch. The Quakes never looked back, and added four more in the middle innings, one of those on Pat Reilly's leadoff homer in the sixth.
Phillips: 2-4, 1 K
Trumbo: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Conger: 2-3, 1 RBI
Mount: 1-3, 2 K
Smith: 2-2
Mendoza: 5.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 2 K, 2 BB, 1 HR, 6.75 ERA
Browning: 1.1 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 K, 3 BB, 3.20 ERA
Shearer: (W, 1-1) (in relief), 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 1.23 ERA
Madrigal: (S, 9), 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 2.35 ERA
Warner Madrigal clocked in with his ninth save of the season, converting seven straight opportunities. To get the win to him required four other pitcher, including Felipe Arredondo (for one out), and Kelly Shearer, who's getting improbable mileage on relatively few strikeouts (4.98 K/9).
Hank Conger got his first hits since returning from his rhab stint at Tempe. Peter Bourjos drove in the winning run on a seventh-inning sac fly.
Jimenez: 6.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 7 K, 1 BB, 3.12 ERA
Schlecker: (L, 0-2) (in relief), 1.2 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 4.91 ERA
Esmerlin Jimenez pitched his best game of the season, a better-than-quality start that nevertheless went unrewarded as Derek Schlecker surrendered the losing run on a wild pitch and a throwing error by third baseman Hector Estrella.
Wing: 2-4, 1 2B
Mann: 2-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Flores: (L, 1-2), 4.0 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 7 H, 0 K, 0 BB, 4.40 ERA
Rosario, An: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 4.63 ERA
Calderon: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 4 K, 0 BB, 2.92 ERA
LaRoche: 1-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Lundberg: 6.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 7 K, 3 BB, 5.46 ERA
Meloan: (H, 1), 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 1.69 ERA
Hoorelbeke: (BS, 1)(L, 3-4) (in relief), (BS, 1)(L, 3-4), 1.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 5.43 ERA
So Andy LaRoche ripped his 13th homer of the season and his tenth of July. Makes you wonder what they're thinking up in Chavez Ravine. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough, because Casey Hoorelbeke blew the save and lost the game by giving up three runs, all earned, in the ninth.
Ellis: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Dunlap: 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Raglani: 2-4, 2 K
Hammes: 1-2
Hammes: 6.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 7 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 3.80 ERA
Akin: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 3 K, 1 BB, 4.27 ERA
Troncoso: (W, 6-1) (in relief), 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 0 K, 1 BB, 2.70 ERA
De Jesus: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Mitchell: 4-5, 1 2B
Hoffmann: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Rogowski: 2-5, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Hunt: 2-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
White, C: 6.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 H, 7 K, 2 BB, 1 HR, 5.40 ERA
Quintana: (BS, 1)(W, 1-0) (in relief), (BS, 1)(W, 1-0), 1.2 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 H, 0 K, 4 BB, 9.31 ERA
Meque: (S, 1), 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 K, 0 BB, 6.05 ERA
Gonzalez: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K
Bell: 0-4, 2 K
Santana: 1-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Mattingly: 0-2, 1 BB
Adkins: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 2 K, 0 BB, 3.00 ERA
Castillo: (L, 2-7) (in relief), 5.1 IP, 5 R, 3 ER, 5 H, 4 K, 3 BB, 4.65 ERA
Sanfler: 0.2 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 K, 0 BB, 5.33 ERA
Ortiz: 0-2, 2 BB
Gallagher: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Stanke: (L, 0-5), 4.0 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 5 H, 4 K, 4 BB, 1 HR, 9.23 ERA
Silverio: 2-2
Watt: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 1.59 ERA
Rondon: (W, 3-1) (in relief), 3.0 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 8 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 2.83 ERA
Completed early due to rain. Frenchman Joris Bert went 1-for-3 batting second.
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