Minor League Recap - 4/28/07

Triple A - Las Vegas lost 15-1

Tony Abreu - 0 for 4, K, HBP
Matt Kemp - 1 for 4, BB, K
James Loney - 2 for 3, 2B, BB, K
Andy LaRoche - 0 for 4, K

The 51's fell behind early, with starter Eric Sults allowing 7 runs before the end of the 3rd. Luis Gonzalez pitched 2.2 perfect innings and has been a bright spot in the 51's pen. Mark Alexander allowed 5 ER in 2 innings and his ERA rose to 13.00. Casey Hoorelbeke allowed 3 in his inning of work and Spike Lundberg pitched a perfect 9th. Abreu managed to reach base without a hit, while Kemp singled and walked. Loney smacked his 4th double of the year and raised his batting average to .267. LaRoche's 0'fer dropped his average to .230. Vegas concludes their series with Tacoma tomorrow at noon.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2007_04_28_tacaaa_lvgaaa_1&t=g_box&did=milb


Double A - Jacksonville won 3-2

Chin Lung Hu - 2 for 4, 2 2B's
Xavier Paul - 2 for 4, Solo HR (1), RBI, R, K, CS
Cory Dunlap - 0 for 2, BB
Anthony Raglani - 0 for 3, R, BB, 2 K's

Jon Meloan - 1 IP, 2 Hits, ER, BB, K

The Suns won a close game as Chin Lung Hu collected his 8th multi-hit games in the last 10. He raised his average to .344 and hit his 10th and 11th doubles, placing him second in the league in that category. Xavier Paul hit his first homer of the year in the first inning. Dunlap did what he does best: drew a walk. Raglani kept his streak of reaching base safely alive despite an 0 for 3 line. Suns' starter Eric Cyr went a strong 6, allowing just 1 ER. Matt Riley pitched 2 scoreless before Meloan came in for the save. He surrendered his 3rd ER and 2nd walk of the season but still managed to close the game out. Jax plays the Biscuits tomorrow at noon.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_04_28_monaax_jaxaax_1


High A - Inland Empire won 6-3

Ivan De Jesus Jr - 2 for 4, 3B, 2 RBI, BB, E
Lucas May - 0 for 4, 2 K's
Russell Mitchell - 0 for 4, RBI, 2 K's
Blake DeWitt - 2 for 4, 2B, 2 R
Travis Denker - 1 for 3, R, BB, K

Brent Leach - 1.1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K's

Marlon Arias pitched a good 5 innings, earning his first win of the season. He allowed 2 ER on 7 hits and a walk while striking out 5. Brent Leach picked up the save, pitching a perfect 1.1 innings and picking a runner off 1st. He's shown a propensity to catch runners napping on the basepaths. De Jesus Jr picked up his 3rd triple of the year, though he also committed his 6th error. Blake DeWitt had a nice game, hitting his 7th double. May's hit streak ended at 13 games, with his average dropping to .340. Mitchell's average also suffered as he went hitless, lowering to .324. The 66ers hosts Modesto for two more contests, tomorrow's being a 2pm game.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_04_28_modafa_inlafa_1


Low A - Great Lakes won 11-9

Trayvon Robinson - 2 for 6, 2B, 4 RBI, R, SB
Preston Mattingly - 4 for 6, 2 2B's, RBI, 2 R, K, SB
Josh Bell - 3 for 5, HR (1), 3 RBI, R
Carlos Santana - 1 for 5, 2B, 2 R, K, E
Scott Van Slyke - 1 for 4, 2B, RBI, R, BB
David Sutherland - 1 for 4, R, BB, K

Another game, another thriller. The Loons fell behind in the first inning when starter Thomas Melgarejo allowed 2 runs. Great Lakes scored a pair to tie it up in the top of the 5th, but the Lumberkings scored 4 in the bottom of the inning. The Loons came back to tie again, with 2 runs in both the 6th and 7th innings, but Clinton scored twice in the bottom of the 7th to pull ahead 8-6. Neither team scored in the 8th. Then in the 9th, Josh Bell led off with a single. Carlos Santana forced out Bell at 2nd but went to 2nd himself on a throwing error. Van Slyke then lined out to 2nd to leave the Loons with their final out to work with. Matt Berezay then doubled to cut the lead to a single run. After a pitching change, David Sutherland walked and Elian Herrera was hit by a pitch to load the bases for last night's hero Trayvon Robinson. And he delivered, crushing a bases clearing double to put Great Lakes ahead 10-8. Mattingly lined his 4th hit into center to score Robinson and after Eduardo Perez singled, Josh Bell flew out to end the inning. In the bottom of the 9th, Mattingly committed his 11th error of the season to allow the leadoff man to reach. That was followed by another single and two groundouts, the second of which scored a run to bring Clinton within 2 runs. But the final batter struck out swinging and the Loons pulled off another comeback win. Great Lakes looks to extend their win streak to 5 tomorrow in the finale with Clinton at 11am.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_04_28_swmafx_cliafx_1