Minor League Recap - 4/23/07

Triple A - Las Vegas lost 4-3

Tony Abreu - 1 for 5, R, K, E
James Loney - 0 for 3, BB, 2 K's
Delwyn Young - 0 for 3, BB, 3 K's, HBP

Greg Miller - 0 IP, 0 Hits, ER, 4 BB, 0 K's
Eric Hull - 2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K's

The 51's jumped out to an early lead, scoring 3 runs in the 3rd inning, but Greg Miller walked a batter in to tie the game in the 7th and Tony Abreu's fielding error scored the winning run for the Rivercats with 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th. Not a great day for the hitters, as Andy LaRoche had the night off. Abreu's average lowered to .377, Loney's to .254 and Young's to .259. Sergio Garcia hit the 3 run HR that would account for all of Vegas' offense, scoring Tomas Perez and Abreu in the process. DJ Houlton started for the 51's, tossing 6 innings and allowing 2 runs on 2 solo homers. But Miller, in his first relief outing of the year, walked the bases loaded and a run in with 2 outs. Eric Hull was brilliant, throwing 2 perfect innings and lowering his ERA to 1.50. But in the 10th inning, Harold Eckert managed to throw just 1 pitch before injuring himself, prompting Luis Gonzalez to come in as an emergency replacement. After getting two outs, Gonzalez allowed an opposite field single to Daric Barton, who was subsequently replaced by a pinch runner. The runner stole second on a pitch in the dirt, prompting Gonzalez to intentionally walk the next batter in order to have a lefty on lefty matchup. But a groundball that was misplayed by Abreu plated the pinch runner and that was the game. LV looks to recover from the extra inning loss in the series finale, tomorrow at 11:35am.

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Double A - Jacksonville won 5-2

Chin Lung Hu - 0 for 5, R
Xavier Paul - 1 for 3, R, 2 BB, K, SB
Cory Dunlap - 2 for 4, R, BB
Anthony Raglani - 2 for 3, 2B, BB, K, E

Jon Meloan - 2 IP, Hit, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K's

Almost the antithesis of the Vegas game, Jacksonville got a 2 out, 3 run HR from John Lindsey to pull off an extra innings victory. Southpaw Eric Cyr allowed 2 runs through 6 innings before being relieved by BJ LaMura, who worked 2 scoreless. Jon Meloan pitched the 9th, allowed a single but struck out the side. The Suns got their first two runs in the 2nd inning, when Cory Dunlap singled and Marshall McDougall homered the both of them in. Then in the 10th, Juan Gonzalez (No, not that Juan Gonzalez) led off with a single. Hu, trying to bunt him over, reached base on a force out. After Wilkin Ruan grounded out, Xavier Paul was intentionally walked to bring up John Lindsey, who promptly homered to put the Suns ahead. Meloan worked a perfect 10th to earn his 3rd win of the season. Meloan lowered his ERA to 0.79 and now has an amazing 18 strikeouts and ZERO walks in 11.1 innings. Chin Lung Hu's 5 game hit streak came to an end, though he's still batting .329. However, Anthony Raglani extended his hit streak to 5 games and has reached base in more than the past 10 games. He also has collected an extra base hit in each of his last 5 games and is slugging .754 on the season. Cory Dunlap raised his batting average to .233 and Xavier Paul raised his to .250, also stealing his first bag of the year. The Suns are in West Tenn for 2 more games, playing tomorrow night at 4pm.

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High A - Inland Empire lost 8-3

Ivan De Jesus Jr - 0 for 4, BB
Travis Denker - 1 for 3, RBI, R, BB, E
Lucas May - 1 for 4, Solo HR (7), PB
Russell Mitchell - 1 for 4, 2 K's

Yhency Brazoban - 1.2 IP, Hit, 3 R (0 ER), BB, 3 K's

The 66ers ended up splitting their series with Lancaster, scoring 16 runs in their wins and just 5 runs in their losses. Brazoban made his third rehab apperance, allowing 3 unearned runs and striking out 3. Marlon Arias relieved him and was hit pretty hard, giving up 5 runs (4 earned) in 5.1 innings. At the plate, Lucas May hit his league-leading 7th HR. However, it seems he's having trouble adjusting to catching, suffering his 7th passed ball of the year. Russell Mitchell extended his hit streak to 7 games. I know, lucky number 7. Blake DeWitt made a pinch hit appearance in the 8th inning but grounded out. After an off day tomorrow, the Empire starts a series in Stockton on Wednesday at 7pm.

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Low A - Great Lakes lost 5-0

Trayvon Robinson - 0 for 4, K
Preston Mattingly - 1 for 3, K, 2 E's
Josh Bell - 1 for 3, E
David Sutherland - 0 for 3, 2 K's
Carlos Santana - 0 for 3, K
Scott Van Slyke - 1 for 3, K

Just as quickly as they had heated up, the Loons' bats cooled off. Held to just 4 hits, Great Lakes was shut out for the 4th time this season. Michael Gardner earned his first loss of the season, allowing 4 runs in 4 innings. Jesus Rodriguez allowed an unearned run in 3 innings of work followed by 2 hitless frames from Miguel Ramirez. Preston Mattingly committed errors number 9 and 10, leading me to ask "when are they going to move him to the outfield?" Josh Bell committed his 8th error, apparently trying to keep pace with Mattingly. Aside from Bridger Hunt who's hitting .310 and Robinson who's hitting .271, no one else in the lineup was even hitting .250. The series with Cedar Rapids concludes tomorrow at 4pm.

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