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Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Minor League Recap - 5/08/07

Triple A - Las Vegas lost 9-5

Tony Abreu - 1 for 5, K
Matt Kemp - 3 for 4, 2B, R, K, CS
James Loney - 0 for 4, 3 K's

Eric Stults got shelled as the 51's fell behind early and never managed to come back from their huge deficit. Stults left in the 2nd inning after walking the bases loaded and ended up allowing 6 ER in 1.2 IP. BJ LaMura, recently promoted from Double A, tossed 3 shutout innings as an emergency replacement. However, Matt Riley (Also recently called up from Double A) didnt fare so well, as he allowed 3 ER in 2.1 innings. Loney has struck out 4 times in his last 5 at bats and is hitting .250. Tony Abreu's performance lowered his average to .354. And Kemp doubled for the 5th time in his 3 hit effort. Vegas again hosts Oklahoma tomorrow night at 7:11pm.

http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2007_05_08_orhaaa_lvgaaa_1&t=g_box&did=milb


Double A - Jacksonville won 4-1

Chin Lung Hu - 0 for 4, K
Xavier Paul - 1 for 3, R, BB
Anthony Raglani - 1 for 4, RBI, K, CS

Zach Hammes - 1.2 IP, 0 Hits, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's
Jon Meloan - 1 IP, 0 Hits, 0 R, BB, 2 K's

The Suns fell behind in the first, after lefty Eric Cyr allowed an unearned run. But Jacksonville came back with 4 in the 6th and the bullpen shut Birmingham down. Having Hammes and Meloan at the back of the pen really isnt fair. Hammes worked his 3rd straight scoreless appearance, while Meloan earned his 4th save of the season. On offense, Hu went hitless for only the 2nd time in the last 10 games and his average plummeted to .371. Raglani and Paul each collected hits, and are hitting .260 and .277 respectively. Strangely, the Suns play a day game in the middle of a 5 game series tomorrow at 10am.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_05_08_biraax_jaxaax_1


High A - Inland Empire lost 6-5

Jamie Hoffman - 1 for 4, R, K
Blake DeWitt - 1 for 5, CS
Lucas May - 1 for 4, R, BB, SB
Travis Denker - 0 for 3, RBI, BB, K
Russell Mitchell - 2 for 4, 2B, RBI, R, BB
Ivan De Jesus Jr - 1 for 5, SB

The 66ers staked starter Jesus Castillo to an early lead, scoring 3 in the 1st and 2 in the 4th. But Castillo struggled to finish his what he started, allowing 4 runs in the 5th inning. Cory Wade relieved Castillo in the 6th and allowed a run to tie the game. And the 5-5 tie remained going into the bottom of the 9th, when centerfielder James Tomlin singled and took 2nd on a wild pitch. Jamie Hoffman laid down a sacrifice bunt that was mishandled and reached safely, moving Tomlin to 3rd. But with the winning run on 3rd and no outs, Blake DeWitt lined out to 1st and Hoffman was doubled off. After Lucas May was intentionally walked, Travis Denker struck out swinging to send the game to extra innings. And Bakersfield took advantage of the Empire's squandered chance, plating a run and taking the lead. In the bottom of the 10th, DH Ryan Rogowski drew a 2 out walk but was thrown out stealing to end the game. The Empire looks to even up the series tomorrow night at 7:05pm.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_05_08_bakafa_inlafa_1


Low A - Great Lakes won 5-3

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

Clayton Kershaw - 5.2 IP, 5 Hits, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K's

Kershaw made his first start since April 30th and showed some rust early, allowing 2 runs in the 2nd inning. But he settled in after that, allowing just 2 baserunners over the next 3.2 innings while striking out 6. His season ERA jumped to 1.47 and he's now struck out 43 batters in 30.2 innings. Van Slyke had a nice game and he's hitting .294 over his last 10 games. Bell committed error #11 but drew another walk, giving him 11 on the season. Mattingly is 9 for his last 40, while Carlos Santana is hitting just .156. How the Loons managed to score 5 runs in one inning is beyond me. Wisconsin comes back for more fun at Dow Diamond tomorrow at 4pm.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2007_05_08_wisafx_swmafx_1

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