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4/22 Minor League Wrap-Up

The whole org would like to forget that this weekend happened.  Except maybe for Marshall Hubbard.  None of our affiliates are better than three games under .500.  Like parent club, like affiliate.

One of our affiliates won yesterday, however.

Star-divide

A:  Lake Elsinore 15, High Desert 3

Aaron Jensen:  3 IP, 12 H, 12 ER (HR), 2 K.  Good lord.
John Sullivan:  4 IP, 6 H, 3 ER (HR), 3 K
David Asher:  2 IP, 1 H, walk, 4 K
Casey Craig:  2-4, triple, R, RBI, K (.328)
Michael Saunders:  0-4, K (.264)
Johan Limonta:  3-4, double, R (.304)

Aaron Jensen recorded nine outs.  Look at the line and that's really all you need to know.

NEXT:  Poor Paul Fagan.  7:05 pm PDT.

A:  West Michigan 8, Wisconsin 2

Anthony Butler:  5.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER (HR), 5 walks, 8 K
Steve Uhlmansiek:  1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, walk, K
Justin "Little Mateo" Souza:  1.1 IP, 4 H, (5 R) 2 ER, K
Carlos Triunfel:  0-4 (.233)
Luis Nunez:  2-4, RBI, K (.244)
Greg Halman:  1-4, K, SB (.204)
Leury Bonilla:  1-3, double, R (.333)
Jair Fernandez:  2-3, RBI double, K (.304)
Gavin Dickey:  1-2, double, R (.128)

I'm just gonna post the recap of the bottom 8th in its entirety, because it speaks for itself.

  • Santo De Leon doubles (2) on a ground ball to left fielder Kuo Hui Lo.
  • James Skelton reaches on fielding error by second baseman Luis Nunez. Santo De Leon to 3rd.
  • Jeramy Laster reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by first baseman Alex Liddi. Santo De Leon scores. Jeramy Laster to 2nd. James Skelton advances to 3rd, on throwing error by first baseman Alex Liddi.
  • Audy Ciriaco reaches on fielding error by shortstop Carlos Triunfel. James Skelton scores. Jeramy Laster to 3rd. Audy Ciriaco to 2nd.
  • Gorkys Hernandez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Gregory Halman. Jeramy Laster scores. Audy Ciriaco to 3rd.
  • Louis Ott singles on a ground ball to right fielder Gregory Halman. Audy Ciriaco scores. Gorkys Hernandez to 2nd.
  • Scott Sizemore called out on strikes.
  • Brennan Boesch grounds out, first baseman Alex Liddi to pitcher Justin Souza. Gorkys Hernandez to 3rd. Louis Ott to 2nd.
  • Ryan Strieby singles on a ground ball to left fielder Kuo Hui Lo. Gorkys Hernandez scores. Louis Ott out at home on the throw, left fielder Kuo Hui Lo to catcher Jair Fernandez.
  • This is supposed to be the most talented bunch that Appleton, WI has ever seen.  Current record:  2-11.

    NEXT:  Chris Tillman vs West Michigan, 3:35 pm PDT.

    AA:  West Tenn 8, Jacksonville 6

    Andrew Baldwin:  6 IP, 9 H, 4 ER (HR), 2 walks, 1 K
    Kam Mickolio:  2 IP, 2 H, (2 R) 0 ER, 2 K
    Craig James:  1 IP, 1 H, 1 K
    Alex Meneses:  0-3, 2 R, 2 walks, K
    Sebastien Boucher:  1-4, 2 R, walk (.161)
    Prentice Redman:  1-5, 2 RBI, 3 K (.286)
    T.Marshall Hubbard:  2-4, 3 RBI, walk (.306)
    Matt Tuiasosopo:  1-3, R, RBI, walk (.357)
    Jeff Frazier:  1-4, R, K (.156)
    Ron Prettyman:  1-2, double, R, RBI, 2 walks (.333)
    Luis Valbuena:  1-4, R, RBI (.167)

    THANK YOU, DIAMOND JAXX, for showing up yesterday.  Jacksonville shoved 4 runs down Andrew Baldwin's throat in the 3rd to take a 4-2 lead, but Baldwin held the fort down through six and Marshall Hubbard eventually paid him off with a 2 run single in the bottom 5th to tie the ballgame, which followed a costly fielding error by Jax 2B Juan Gonzalez that put the 2nd runner aboard.

    The DIAMOND JAXX pushed ahead in the bottom 7th: Suns pitcher Matt Riley walked Alex Meneses and watched Sebastien Boucher beat out 1B John Lindsey on a bunt that moved Meneses to 2nd.  Prentice Redman swung at strike three for one out, but Marshall Hubbard drew a walk to load the bases.  Tui hit a deep fly to left that was caught for two outs, but it allowed Meneses to score and give West Tenn the 5-4 lead.  Jeff Frazier did his thing for the 3rd out but West Tenn had the lead.

    Kam Mickolio had thrown a solid 7th, but committed a gaffe to start the 8th.  Cory Dunlap grounded to 1st, but Kam dropped Ron Prettyman's lob to 1st and Dunlap was safe.  Marshall McDougall struck out for one out, but Anthony Ragliani lined a shot to right for a triple that scored the runner and tied the game at 5.  Alberto Concepcion put another charge in a Kam pitch that was caught, but Ragliani scored on the sac fly to make it 6-5 Jaxtown.

    West Tenn responded in the bottom 8th.  Ron Prettyman led off with a walk, and Luis Oliveros sac bunted Prettyman ahead.  Luis Valbuena watched strike three but catcher Alberto Concepcion let it get by and Valbuena reached.  Alex Meneses watched strike three for two outs, but Sebastien Boucher drew a huge walk to load the bases.  Prentice Redman, having done nothing all day, lined a single to center that plated Prettyman and Valbuena.  7-6 DIAMOND JAXX!  Marshall Hubbard came to the plate and continued his awesome day with a lined base hit to center that scored Boucher and made it 8-6.  Tui flew out but West Tenn went from trailing by a run... to being three outs from a much needed win.

    And Craig James did not let them down, locking down the save despite a two out double from Xavier Paul.

    NEXT:  Robert Rohrbaugh, 5:05 pm PDT.

    AAA: Salt Lake 6, Tacoma 1

    Jorge Campillo:  6 IP, 7 H, 4 ER (HR), walk, 3 K
    Jake Woods:  1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, walk, K, 1 Mystic-tan session
    Michael Wagner:  1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, K
    Adam Jones:  0-3, walk, HBP (.319)
    Jeremy Reed:  0-2, walk (.233)
    Mike Morse:  1-3, RBI (.242)
    WLAD:  1-4, K (.344)
    Bryan LaHair:  0-3, walk (.197)
    Rob Johnson:  1-4 (.241)
    Jeff Clement (DH):  0-4, K (.197)
    Oswaldo Navarro:  2-3 (.212)

    Jorge Campillo's good fortune runs out, as Salt Lake gets to him in the 3rd and 4th innings for 2 runs apiece, and the Stingers added insurance runs off Jake Woods and mop up scrub Michael Wagner.  Tacoma's only run came in the first inning, when Mike Morse hit a sac fly that drove in Adam Jones.  Salt Lake pitching only allowed 5 hits, 3 walks and hit a batter.

    NEXT:  Justin Lehr vs Salt Lake: 5:35 PDT.

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    What'd
    Waste of Space do?
    Serenity Now!

    by Coach Owens on Apr 23, 2007 10:50 AM PDT   0 recs

    Waste of space had the night off
    Luis Oliveros caught the game instead.

    by Gomez on Apr 23, 2007 10:54 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

    Dang
    I like making fun of him.
    Serenity Now!

    by Coach Owens on Apr 23, 2007 11:04 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

    He'll probably be back tonight
    Making unproductive outs as always.

    by Gomez on Apr 23, 2007 11:10 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

    Here's a question.
    Would you trade him for Desi Relaford?
    Serenity Now!

    by Coach Owens on Apr 23, 2007 11:12 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

    Don't think it warrents its own Journal
    but has anyone heard about the A's and Brad Halsey? Halsey claims that the A's refused to give him an MRI while he was with the big league club during ST. He's argueing that they did not want to pay him for being on the major league DL. Instead they sent him down to AAA. He was told he'd been called up to spot start, but once the club heard he's finally scheduled for an MRI, they passed over him. So far only Halsey's side is out, so it's hard to assign blame, but Oakland's looking pretty bad in this. Maybe the M's can get ahold of Halsey and just play him exclusively against the A's.

    by DCMariner on Apr 23, 2007 12:08 PM PDT   0 recs

    He's much improved
    Last year he was lost, and this year he's driving the ball in AA with a lot more authority.  I wouldn't be quick to call him up to the show, but I don't see why they can't give him a test run in Tacoma during the 2nd half if he maintains his pace.  Defense, maybe: they'd have to jettison Morse if they were gonna play him full time at 3B, with WLAD in right and J-Reed in left.  Maybe we'll see a callup for Tui if Reed is dealt.

    by Gomez on Apr 23, 2007 1:03 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

    Another option
    Broussard or Turbo goes away (preferably Turbo: I trust Broussard at DH) and Morse is brought in to warm the bench, opening a space for Tui in Tacoma.

    by Gomez on Apr 23, 2007 1:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

    as well as Tui is doing
    one has to wonder what the heck happened to Jeff Clement.... he struggled last year upon his callup to Tacoma and he's off to a horrible start again this year.... .197/.294/.318.... Ouch.  At least he's drawing some walks, and getting some extra base hits when he does get his hits...

    by MfaninAlaska on Apr 23, 2007 1:17 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

    This is where...
    ...some actual eyewitness observations would be helpful.

    The numbers aren't good, but it really depends on how the outs were made--if they're weak grounders, that's one thing; if they're deep flyballs and line drives, that's another.

    Some of what I heard was that the first two weeks, it was all hard hit balls, which is encouraging (as are the walks). Dunno about the last week...

    by rtang on Apr 23, 2007 1:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

    Anyone with an informed opinion
    care to comment on Wlad? He seems to be taking a better approach (atleast the results are encouraging). He's already have more success in AAA than I would have expected.

    by DCMariner on Apr 23, 2007 1:37 PM PDT   0 recs

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