Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-23-2006

[Flames24Rulz]

Daytona came from behind to score 4 in the 9th, to win 6-5. After Sotolongo's 2 innings, Holdzkom pitched 3 innings of 2 hit ball, allowing no runs, 1 BB, and striking out 3. Grant Johnson then pitched 4 innings of relief to earn the win, as he allowed 2 hits, 1 run, 0 BB's, and struck out 2. Matt Craig was 2/3 with two doubles, 2 RBI's, and 2 walks. Sam Fuld was 2/5 with a run scored and a SB. Jemel Spearman and Matt Ciaramella each had 2 hits, with Spearman getting an RBI and a BB. Jonathan Mota was 1/2 with a double, 2 RBI's, and a BB. Nathan Price was 3/4 with a double and 3 runs scored. Here is Daytona's 9th inning:

 

Daytona Bottom 9th

 

Pitcher Change: Milton Tavarez replaces T. J. Gornati.

Nathan Price singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Scott Dragicevich.

Andrew Lane walks. Nathan Price to 2nd.

Sam Fuld grounds into a force out, second baseman Chris Gutierrez to shortstop Juan Peralta. Nathan Price to 3rd. Andrew Lane out at 2nd. Sam Fuld to 1st.

Joseph Simokaitis walks. Sam Fuld to 2nd.

Jon-Mark Sprowl walks. Nathan Price scores. Sam Fuld to 3rd. Joseph Simokaitis to 2nd.

Offensive Substitution: Pinch runner Jeff Culpepper replaces Jon-Mark Sprowl.

Pitcher Change: Po-Hsuan Keng replaces Milton Tavarez.

Matt Craig doubles (26) on a ground ball to right fielder Eric Nielsen. Sam Fuld scores. Joseph Simokaitis scores. Jeff Culpepper to 3rd.

Jemel Spearman singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jacob Butler. Jeff Culpepper scores. Matt Craig to 3rd.

[Flames24Rulz]

Boise gets the win, 5-3. After Petrick's quality start, Blevins pitched an inning and a third and gave up 1 hit, 1 run, 0 ER's, and 1 BB. Clipp pitched 2/3's of an inning and gave up an unearned run. Cooper earned his 6th save of the season as he pitched an inning and a third of 2-hit scoreless baseball. Camp was 2/4 with a double and a RBI. Colvin was 1/3 with a double, an RBI, a walk, and a run scored. Lewis was 1/4 with a triple, and RBI, and a run scored. Lopez and Lansford each went 1/4, and Puello went 1/2 with an RBI and a run scored.

[Chris]

West Tenn is 1 back in the SL North.

 

=D>

[CaliforniaRaisin]

<3 Billy Petrick and DJ Lewis.

[craig]

Two things I've liked about Colvin:

*After his HR binge last week, he didn't go into a K-hole over the weekend. So often a guy gets some HR's, it's like a drug, he starts swinging for the fences and immediately goes into a slump and starting whiffing a lot. Didn't happen for Colvin, that's great.

*In general he's really clamped down on the K's. He's at like 95 AB now, with 17 K's. I can't find the exact breakdown, but I know he was at 14K after 52 AB. So it's been 3 K in 42 AB since. That is quite a turnaround. Obviously he's not going to stay as hot as his last 42 AB forever, but if he can basically equilibrate as a low-K guy, that would be really nice.

 

Over his hot 43 AB or whatever, Colvin has basically had about as many HR as K! Guys who hit some HR's without a lot of K's tend to dominate the batting average leaders.

[Outshined_One]

My only worry about Colvin for right now is that his IsoD has dropped a significant amount during his hot streak (at one point it was around .104 or so, now it's down to .065). Considering he's increased his average and power while decreasing his Ks, he's clearly putting the bat on the ball much more often.

 

I'm curious to see how his numbers stack up by year's end.