- Turns out the 'Carlos Triunfel to West Tenn' information was ultimately not the case, as either the info was leaked before the org made an official decision, or the org suddenly changed their mind. The latter is possible: Triunfel reportedly had a pulled groin anyway and wasn't going to play Monday no matter what... and the org might have decided to hold up on that intended plan once Triunfel got hurt. We don't know where exactly the org stood on the move, but at the least they are seriously considering it. He'll be back in the Mavs lineup in a day or so, and it looks like he'll likely finish the season there. Somewhere in Jackson, Erick Monzon breathes a sigh of relief.
- Phillipe Aumont made another start for Wisconsin yesterday and gave the T-Rats 4 reasonable innings in a 3-2 win over lowly Kane County. He started the 5th, but walked the leadoff batter and manager Terry Pollreisz gave him the hook for Natividad Dilone after that.
1st: Groundball, walk, line drive, strikeout (swing)
2nd: Walk, groundball, popup, groundball
3rd: Strikeout (swing), flyball, groundball, flyball, groundball
4th: Line drive, groundball, strikeout (called)
5th: Walk
Dilone got credit for the win after throwing 3 hitless innings in relief of Aumont.
- One of Travis Mortimore's best starts was wasted by a bullpen meltdown in High Desert's 8-5 loss to Lancaster, but it still deserves note. Mortimore, plagued by flyball tendencies since July as a Mavs SP, got 12 groundballs without walking a batter, and worked into the 6th while allowing only two runs (one earned) and striking out four. Mortimore is definitely not as bad as his run totals would indicate, as much of it is a result of getting Cal Leagued. You can't give up flyballs at this level... but at a higher level, even if he doesn't improve his groundball rate, he should be capable of getting guys out over long relief or as a starter. The one thing he will need to cut down on is his 5.0/9 walk rate, though like the 12 groundballs, the 0 walks over 5.1 IP is a big step forward, especially against a Lancaster team that's 3rd in the Cal League in walks drawn.
1st: Groundball, groundball, groundball
2nd: Flyball, flyball, groundball, strikeout (swing), groundball
3rd: Strikeout (swing), groundball, strikeout (called), line drive, groundball
4th: Flyball (HR), groundball, groundball, flyball, strikeout (swing)
5th: Flyball, flyball, groundball
6th: Flyball, groundball, groundball
Groundballs: 12
Flyballs: 6 (1 HR)
Line Drives: 1
Walks: 0
Strikeouts: 4
- Tracy Thorpe hit the ground with a thud. As you'd surmise, the Earth shook, and 5 runs later, the 1st inning came to an end. Thorpe lasted 5 more frames, to his credit, matching his 6 inning outing on August 13, but unfortunately, he allowed 6 more hits and 6 more runs than he did on that start.
1st: Line drive, line drive, flyball, hit batter, popup, flyball (HR), strikeout (swing), flyball
2nd: Flyball, strikeout (swing), groundball
3rd: Groundball, flyball, line drive, groundball
4th: Groundball, flyball, popup
5th: Popup, groundball, walk
6th: Flyball (HR), popup, flyball, groundball
Groundballs: 6
Flyballs: 7 (2 HR)
Line Drives: 3
Pop Ups: 4
Walks: 1 (plus 1 hit batter)
Strikeouts: 2
Also, to cap it off, an oddity: Thorpe, who began this season as a reliever, started this game, and the two relievers who finished it, the returning Ryan Ketchner, and Doug FISTER, began the year as starters in the West Tenn rotation.
Stats below the jump...
Dominican: DSL Mariners 6, DSL AthleticsUno 4
DSLMs: 41-22... DSLA1s: 25-34
(No league average due to B-R's DSL page being a bit wonky, but count on the usual 230ish/330ish/320ish... with 3.70ish ERA)
Julio Antigua: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, walk, K, hit batter (12 app, 1st start, 5.16 ERA, 22.2 IP, 1 HR, 12/12 BB/K)
Enrique Rosario: 3.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, walk, 2 K (15 app, 2.92 ERA, 37 IP, 19/43 BB/K)
Ambioris Hidalgo: 1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 K (18 app, 4.28 ERA, 40 IP, 4 HR, 17/39 BB/K)
Rudy van Heydoorn: 2-3, double, R, RBI, 2 walks (260/446/433)
Bertin Sanon: 2-4, 2 R, SB (220/348/330)
Angel Zapata: 1-4, RBI (232/305/245)
Rk-AZL: Giants 5, Mariners 3
AZLMs: 9-11... AZL Gigantes: 15-4
(League: 264/347/375... 4.42 ERA)
Taylor Stanton: 3 IP, 1 H, 4 K (10 app, 1st start, 2.57 ERA, 14 IP, 4/16 BB/K)
Brian Oates: 4 IP, 5 H, 3 ER (HR), 4 K (6 GS +6, 4.19 ERA, 53.2 IP, 4 HR, 27/55 BB/K)
Richard Ortiz: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 K (14 app, 2.42 ERA, 22.1 IP, 1 HR, 11/19 BB/K)
Cesar Fuentes: 0-3, sac fly RBI (262/317/363)
Scott Savastano: 2-4, R, RBI, K, SB (295/358/377)
Alfredo Mateo: 1-4, RBI, K (250/346/372)
Rk+: Greeneville 10, Pulaski 0
PMs: 36-24... GRE: 26-34
(League: 264/334/391... 4.21 ERA)
Kyle Haas: 3.2 IP, 7 H, (7 R) 4 ER, 2 walks, 3 K, wild pitch (12 GS, 7.62 ERA, 41.1 IP, 5 HR, 28/43 BB/K)
Brent Gaphardt: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER (HR), 2 walks, K (10 app, 2.75 ERA, 19.2 IP, 1 HR, 8/17 BB/K)
Philip Roy: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER (HR), K, wild pitch (16 app, 2.00 ERA, 27 IP, 1 HR, 8/29 BB/K)
Jordan Alvis: 2 IP, 1 H, walk, balk (14 app, 8.55 ERA, 20 IP, 11/10 BB/K)
The PMs were one hit by three pitchers: 1-28, 4 walks, 13 K
A-: The Aquasox had Tuesday off. 15 games left.
A: Wisconsin 3, Kane County 2
WIS: 20-38... KC: 27-31
(League: 252/323/373... 3.71 ERA)
Phillippe Aumont: 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 walks, 3 K (8 GS +7, 2.75 ERA, 55.2 IP, 4 HR, 19/50 BB/K)
Natividad Dilone: 3 IP, walk, 3 K (21 app, 3.98 ERA, 31.2 IP, 2 HR, 15/34 BB/K)
Jose Jimenez: two outs, 1 H, walk, hit batter
Keith Meyer: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER (HR), K (40 app, 4.55 ERA, 61.1 IP, 5 HR, 26/60 BB/K)
Maximo Mendez: 1-4, solo HR, K (239/325/341)
Daniel Carroll: 1-4, double, R (246/324/322)
Joe Dunigan: 2-4, double, solo HR, 2 RBI, 2 K (226/287/405)
A+: Lancaster 8, High Desert 5
Mavs: 21-37... Jethawks: 33-24
(League: 273/341/413... 4.54 ERA)
Travis Mortimore: 5.1 IP, 9 H, (2 R) 1 ER (HR), 4 K (10 GS +2, 7.15 ERA, 50.1 IP, 13 HR, 28/36 BB/K)
Steve Uhlmansiek: 1.1 IP, 4 H, 4 ER (HR), walk, K (32 app, 5.23 ERA, 51.2 IP, 6 HR, 27/40 BB/K)
Steven Richard: 1.1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 K (27 app, 4.66 ERA, 36.2 IP, 2 HR, 21/37 BB/K)
Jamie McOwen: 2-5, double, R, SB #26 (262/323/396)
Ronnie Prettyman: 1-5, double, R, RBI, 2 K (286/332/467)
Travis Scott: 4-5, 2 doubles, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB (272/341/450)
Geraldo Valentin: 2-4, K, SB (244/278/337)
Ogui Diaz: 0-2, sac fly RBI, walk, SB #14 (251/274/323)
AA: Mobile 6, West Tenn 2
WTN: 24-32... MOB: 26-30
(League: 264/342/400... 4.21 ERA)
Tracy Thorpe: 6 IP, 7 H, 6 ER (2 HR), walk, 2 K, hit batter (5 GS, 3.86 ERA, 23.1 IP, 2 HR, 13/19 BB/K)
Ryan Ketchner: 1 IP, 2 K (20 GS +2, 4.32 ERA, 118.2 IP, 11 HR, 56/106 BB/K)
Doug FISTER: 1 IP, K (23 GS +4, 5.61 ERA, 128.1 IP, 12 HR, 45/96 BB/K)
Brent Johnson: 1-3, solo HR, walk, K (295/384/461)
Noah Old Sox Hall: 1-4, solo HR, 3 K (237/362/339)
rest of DIAMOND JAXX lineup: 2-23, 2 walks, 6 K
AAA: Tacoma 3, Sacramento 2, 14 innings
TAC: 69-61... SAC: 77-53
(League: 276/347/442... 4.81 ERA)
Travis Chick: 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER (HR), 3 walks, 4 K
Jorge Sosa: 2 IP, 1 H, 2 walks, K (26 app, 4.19 ERA, 34.1 IP, 5 HR, 19/34 BB/K)
Jared Baek Bait Wells: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER (HR), 2 K (48 app, 6.05 ERA, 55 IP, 6 HR, 31/49 BB/K)
Randy Messenger: 3 IP, 3 H, (intentional) walk, 3 K (40 app, 3.98 ERA, 61 IP, 6 HR, 22/46 BB/K)
Jon Huber: 1 IP, 2 K (46 app, 6.29 ERA, 63 IP, 5 HR, 21/47 BB/K)
Prentice Redman: 2-7, solo HR, K (303/376/533)
Victor Diaz: 1-4, double, 2 walks, 2 K (277/363/522)
Rob Johnson: 2-5, walk (309/370/454)
Kevin Howard: 3-6, double, solo HR (252/345/398)
Oswaldo Navarro: 1-6, RBI, K (263/331/338)