8/12 Minor League Wrap-Up

- Austin Bibens-Dirkx's latest rehab outing with the AZLMs yesterday: strikeout, flyout, groundout in one inning of work. Looking good, ABD.

- It appears that the Aquasox are taking the same path with Bobby LaFromboise that the T-Rats are taking with Brett Lorin: limiting his pitch count and innings to ease up on the young pitcher's workload, especially given he missed a couple weeks in July with a minor injury. On what the Everett Herald called a "three inning limit", LaFromboise shut out the lowly Yakima Bears over his 3 innings before taking a seat for a bullpen relay that put the team in a 3-2 hole before the Aquasox rallied late for a 4-3 win.

Following his incredible run of groundballs in the last start, the flyball-prone LaFromboise had 4 flyballs to one groundball after two (plus a wild pitch and two walks), but got 3 straight groundballs in the 3rd before finishing the frame with a flyout. He may learn to keep the ball down yet.

Lost in this: Jharmidy De Jesus' 1st career A-ball home run to lead off the 3rd inning. It's not his FIRST first: he had 6 HRs in Peoria. But congratulations to the young prospect. And he added more in the top 9th, he laid down the suicide squeeze to bring in Nate Tenbrink for the go-ahead and eventual winning run.

- Funny how quickly Joe Woerman's walk problem disappeared once he got sent back down to AA. In two quality starts totaling 13 innings, Woerman so far has walked two batters, while striking out 12. Incidentally, both were hard luck losses.

That's all I got. Stats below....

Dominican: DSL Mariners 5, DSL AthleticsDos 0
DSLMs: 39-20... DSLA2s: 25-27
(League: 237/339/322... 3.73 ERA)

Henry Perez: 8 IP, 8 H, walk, 7 K (11 GS +3, 1.99 ERA, 68 IP, 25/74 BB/K)
Ambioris Hidalgo: 1 IP, 1 H (16 app, 7 GS, 4.34 ERA, 37.1 IP, 4 HR, 17/32 BB/K)
Angel Zapata: 1-3, RBI, 2 walks, SBs # 9 & 10 (231/307/245)
Rudy van Heydoorn: 0-2, R, 3 walks, 2 K (254/432/428)
Axel Wel: 2-5, R, K (292/379/363)
Victor Ozuna: 3-4, 2 R (212/281/288)
Janelfry Zorrilla: 1-4, double, 2 RBI (174/244/226)

Rk-AZL: Giants 11, Mariners 0
AZLMs: 7-7... AZL Giants: 11-3
(League: 265/349/378... 4.45 ERA)

Austin Bibens-Dirkx: 1 IP, K
Fray Martinez: 4 IP, 5 H, (6 R) 3 ER (HR), 5 walks, 2 K (7 GS +4, 7.05 ERA, 44.2 IP, 5 HR, 23/41 BB/K)
Yao Wen Chang: 1 IP, walk, wild pitch, hit batter (12 app, 6.28 ERA, 14.1 IP, 1 HR, 17/11 BB/K)
Eddy Hernandez: 2 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 3 walks, 2 K, balk (11 app, 9.00 ERA, 16 IP, 1 HR, 14/9 BB/K)
Terry Serrano: 0-1, 3 walks, K, SBs #13 & 14 (243/295/355)
rest of AZLMs lineup: 4-28, 2 walks, 8 K

Rk+: Bluefield 2, Pulaski 0
PMs: 33-21... BLU: 25-28
(League: 264/335/391... 4.22 ERA)

Brooks Mohr: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 5 walks, 3 K, hit batter (11 GS, 2.77 ERA, 55.1 IP, 3 HR, 24/46 BB/K)
Brent Gaphardt: 2.1 IP, 1 H, walk, K, hit batter (8 app, 1.04 ERA, 17.1 IP, 4/15 BB/K)
Jordan Alvis: 2 IP, 2 H (12 app, 9.60 ERA, 15 IP, 9/9 BB/K)
Gabriel Noriega: 2-4, 2 doubles, K (208/234/264)
Juan Fuentes: 1-4, double, K (370/447/494)
rest of PMs lineup: 5-23, walk, 8 K

A-: Everett 4, Yakima 3
EVE: 25-30... YAK: 18-37
(League: 256/345/372... 4.22 ERA)

Bobby LaFromboise: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 walks, 2 K, wild pitch (9 GS +1, 3.38 ERA, 34.2 IP, 3 HR, 9/30 BB/K)
Robbie Dominguez: 1.1 IP, 3 H, (3 R) 2 ER, 2 walks, K (13 app, 7.97 ERA, 20.1 IP, 1 HR, 15/17 BB/K)
Eddy Fernandez: no outs recorded, 1 H, 2 walks (21 app, 4.44 ERA, 26.1 IP, 2 HR, 10/33 BB/K)
Philip Hann: 3.2 IP, 1 H, walk (16 app, 4.50 ERA, 24 IP, 1 HR, 9/16 BB/K)
Matt Renfree: 1 IP (19 app, 2.13 ERA, 38 IP, 1 HR, 14/39 BB/K)
Tyson Gillies: 2-4, triple, R (298/403/411)
Nate Tenbrink: 3-4, 2 doubles, 2 R (209/327/335)
Welington Dotel: 1-3, RBI, SB (263/319/391)
Jharmidy De Jesus: 2-3, solo HR, 2 RBI, K

A: Wisconsin 9, Kane County 2
WIS: 16-35... KC: 22-28
(League: 252/323/372... 3.70 ERA)

Edward Paredes: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, walk, 5 K, wild pitch, hit batter (23 GS +1, 4.66 ERA, 114 IP, 10 HR, 49/87 BB/K)
Ryan Moorer: 3 IP, 1 H, walk, 3 K (38 app, 3.67 ERA, 54 IP, 2 HR, 21/39 BB/K)
Joe Kantakevich: 1 IP (19 app, 6.37 ERA, 29.2 IP, 3 HR, 11/15 BB/K)
Edilio Colina: 3-5 (298/354/383)
Joe Dunigan: 2-5, triple, 2 R, 2 K (229/285/402)
Alex Liddi: 1-3, R, RBI, 2 walks, K (229/297/334)
Joe White: 1-5, 2 R, RBI, K (255/353/275)
Juan Diaz: 1-5, R, RBI, K (240/283/314)
Israel Nuñez: 2-3, R (224/277/286)
Maximo Mendez: 2-4, GRAND SLAM, 5 RBI, K (244/333/345)

A+: Lake Elsinore 9, High Desert 2
Mavs: 21-30... Lake: 26-25
(League: 274/342/413... 4.56 ERA)

Jake Wild: 5 IP, 9 H, 5 ER (2 HR), 3 walks, 2 K
Julio Santiago: 1.1 IP, 2 ER, 2 walks (37 app, 6.27 ERA, 56 IP, 3 HR, 43/41 BB/K)
Bryan Harris: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER (2 HR) (35 app, 6.55 ERA, 44 IP, 12 HR, 9/30 BB/K)
Steven Richard: 1 IP, 1 H (24 app, 4.36 ERA, 33 IP, 2 HR, 19/33 BB/K)
Joe Simokaitis: 1-4, solo HR (261/317/435)
Kevin Reynolds: 2-4, K (357/390/393)
rest of Mavs lineup: 3-26, 5 K

AA: West Tenn 0
WTN: 21-29... CAR: 33-18
(League: 263/341/398... 4.19 ERA)

Joe Woerman: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, walk, 7 K
Marwin Vega: 2 IP, 4 K (42 app, 5.04 ERA, 60.2 IP, 3 HR, 42/44 BB/K)
DIAMOND JAXX lineup: 3-28, 2 walks, 11 K

AAA: Tacoma 7, Las Vegas 6
TAC: 65-58... LVG: 64-60
(League: 277/347/443... 4.85 ERA)

Scott Shoemaker: 5.2 IP, 8 H, (5 R) 4 ER (HR), walk, 6 K, wild pitch (28 app, 7 GS, 6.29 ERA, 73 IP, 15 HR, 29/49 BB/K)
Jon Huber: 2.1 IP, 2 H, walk, K (44 app, 6.60 ERA, 58.2 IP, 4 HR, 20/44 BB/K)
Randy Messenger: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER (HR), K (37 app, 4.58 ERA, 53 IP, 6 HR, 18/41 BB/K)
Prentice Redman: 2-4, 2 R, RBI, K (307/382/539)
Matt Tuiasosopo: 1-4, R, RBI, walk, 2 K (270/354/429)
Victor Diaz: 1-5, 2 RBI, 2 K (284/365/534)
Luis Oliveros: 4-4, solo HR, 2 R (296/321/426)