Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-14-2006

[minnesotacubsfan]

Despite not giving up a walk, Guzman had 8 three-ball counts. He was inconsistent with his breaking ball. He still is rusty.

 

 

really..that Sox

 

 

well, he'll get it back...at least his velocity is up

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Aaaaaaaaaand Brownlie walks in a run. 6-2 Round Rock.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Iowa now has the bases loaded and none out in the top of the 7th. Buck Coats is up to bat.

 

Coats grounds into a FC, 6-4. Restovich scores to make it 6-3.

[stitchface]

the local sports station is showing sky sox games - not pertinent really but surprising to me.

[Flames24Rulz]

Jaxx win in 12 thanks to the triple by EPatt!

 

Patterson went 4/5 today with 2 singles, a double, a triple, an RBI and a walk. Very good game for EPatt :D

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Soto with a basehit to RF. Deardoff scores, Coats to second. Iowa now down 6-4.

 

Brandon Sing now pinch hitting for Brownlie.

 

Sing takes strike one looking.

Sing swings and misses, strike 2.

Sing swings and misses on a pitch high and inside, striking out.

 

Felix Pie now up with 2 on and 2 out. Pitching change!

[stitchface]

Jaxx win in 12 thanks to the triple by EPatt!

 

Patterson went 4/5 today with 2 singles, a double, a triple, an RBI and a walk. Very good game for EPatt :D

 

is he continuing to hit? Last I saw he was off to a good start.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Jaxx win in 12 thanks to the triple by EPatt!

 

Patterson went 4/5 today with 2 singles, a double, a triple, an RBI and a walk. Very good game for EPatt :D

 

is he continuing to hit? Last I saw he was off to a good start.

 

He's at .333/.390/.611/1.001. He was at .258/.314/.484/.798 going into the game.

 

 

Pie takes ball 1 outside.

Pie swings and misses, strike 1.

Pie swings and misses at a pitch at the letters, strike 2.

Pie takes a curve outside for ball 2.

Pie fouls the pitch off to the left side, the count remains 2-2.

Pie chops one foul down the first base line, the count remains 2-2.

Pie grounds one foul down the first base line, the count remains 2-2.

Pie lines a single to first base. The first baseman deflected the ball, gathered it and tried to throw out Felix at first (pitcher covering), but Felix beat it out.

 

Felix is now 1 for 4. Bases juiced for Ryan Theriot.

Edited April 15, 2006 by CaliforniaRaisin

[stitchface]

not so much I guess. I see Pie has 3 walks in his first 32 ABs - I could live with 50-60 walks a year for him.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Theriot grounds out to end the top of the 7th inning. Iowa down 6-4.

[TXCubsFan]

Guzman's 6th:

 

Gordon with a leadoff double.

On a full count, Scott strikes out looking.

On a 3-1 count, Huffman singles. Gordon scores.

 

Guzman is done: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 8/0, 103 pitches.

 

Bobbie Brownlie is now coming in. Round Rock leads it 5-2.

 

So, 103 pitches and no walks for Guzman. Not too bad, despite the 4 ER.

[CubsWin]

Guzman's 6th:

 

Gordon with a leadoff double.

On a full count, Scott strikes out looking.

On a 3-1 count, Huffman singles. Gordon scores.

 

Guzman is done: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 8/0, 103 pitches.

 

Bobbie Brownlie is now coming in. Round Rock leads it 5-2.

 

So, 103 pitches and no walks for Guzman. Not too bad, despite the 4 ER.

This could be a case of a good pitcher just getting hit a little bit or it could be a case of being wild in the zone. I remember Guzman had trouble at AA a while back with this kind of thing. He had a lot of strikeouts and very few, if any, walks, but his ERA was around 4.

 

His stuff was good enough to make hitters miss, but he wasn't able to control his pitches on the edges of the plate and was leaving balls up in the hitting zone. That won't cut it in the bigs.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Iowa loses 6-4, they stranded 14 baserunners.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Guzman's 6th:

 

Gordon with a leadoff double.

On a full count, Scott strikes out looking.

On a 3-1 count, Huffman singles. Gordon scores.

 

Guzman is done: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 8/0, 103 pitches.

 

Bobbie Brownlie is now coming in. Round Rock leads it 5-2.

 

So, 103 pitches and no walks for Guzman. Not too bad, despite the 4 ER.

This could be a case of a good pitcher just getting hit a little bit or it could be a case of being wild in the zone. I remember Guzman had trouble at AA a while back with this kind of thing. He had a lot of strikeouts and very few, if any, walks, but his ERA was around 4.

 

His stuff was good enough to make hitters miss, but he wasn't able to control his pitches on the edges of the plate and was leaving balls up in the hitting zone. That won't cut it in the bigs.

 

He was wild, especially with his offspeed pitces, which were very inconsistent. He had eight 3-ball counts.

[stitchface]

Patterson's stats really demonstrate small sample size, don't they? They looked pretty mediocre coming in and now they look good.

[Chris]

Jaxx win in 12 thanks to the triple by EPatt!

 

Patterson went 4/5 today with 2 singles, a double, a triple, an RBI and a walk. Very good game for EPatt :D

 

=D>

[Laura]

Jaxx win in 12 thanks to the triple by EPatt!

 

Patterson went 4/5 today with 2 singles, a double, a triple, an RBI and a walk. Very good game for EPatt :D

 

Awesome!!!

[Joe_Cub]

Guzman's 5th:

 

On a 2-2 count, Conrad grounds out, 6-3. One out.

On an 0-1 count, Giminez lines a single to RF.

On a full count, Joe McEwing singles to shortstop.

On a full count, Garcia strikes out swinging on a 92 mph FB. Two outs.

On a 1-2 count, Alan Zinter hits a pinch-hit 3-run HR. 4-2 Round Rock leads it.

Jimerson strikes out on 3 pitches.

 

Guzman: 5 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 7/0, 86 pitches

 

Was anybody watching the game during this innings? The milb boxscore says that Zinter's HR was inside-the-park.

 

Sounds funky to me. Zinter is going to be 38 in a month! Not exactly a speed demon. Coats was in RF.

 

ground out

single

infield single

K

inside-the-parker

K

[Jon]

Guzman's 5th:

 

On a 2-2 count, Conrad grounds out, 6-3. One out.

On an 0-1 count, Giminez lines a single to RF.

On a full count, Joe McEwing singles to shortstop.

On a full count, Garcia strikes out swinging on a 92 mph FB. Two outs.

On a 1-2 count, Alan Zinter hits a pinch-hit 3-run HR. 4-2 Round Rock leads it.

Jimerson strikes out on 3 pitches.

 

Guzman: 5 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 7/0, 86 pitches

 

Was anybody watching the game during this innings? The milb boxscore says that Zinter's HR was inside-the-park.

 

Sounds funky to me. Zinter is going to be 38 in a month! Not exactly a speed demon. Coats was in RF.

 

ground out

single

infield single

K

inside-the-parker

K

That was a mistake. Gameday said it was an inside-the-park HR, but it still correctly showed the ball being crushed to right. It was a regular HR.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Yeah, I was IMing Jon at the time of the HR and he said that MiLB's Gamecast said it was an inside-the-parker. It was definitely an over-the-fence shot, and it was a no-doubter. From the way the announcer talked, Zinter hammered it.