Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-30-2006

[Flames24Rulz]

Iowa barely holds on to win, 12-11. Ligtenberg gave up a 2-run homer in the 9th and also allowed the tying run to reach on a single with 2 outs. Thankfully, Andy LaRoche flew out to Buck Coats to end it.

 

Pitching was not pretty for Iowa today. Randy Wells had a rough outing, going only 4 innings, allowing 10 hits, 6 ER's, walked 3, and struck out 1. Shipman pitched the 5th, allowing 3 hits, 3 ER's, 0 walks, and struck out 1. Chavez pitched the 6th allowing just 1 walk and struck out 2. Emanuel pitched the 7th, allowing just 1 hit. Ligtenberg pitched the final 2 innings, allowing 4 hits, 2 ER's, and striking out 1. Restovich had a nice day going 2/5 with a homer and 5 RBI's. Fontenot went 2/4 with a double, an RBI, 2 walks, and 2 runs scored. Ojeda was 3/5 with a double and 2 runs scored. McGehee was 1/2, but had 3 walks. Felix and Deardorff both were 1/6...Felix left 8 on base. Coats was 1/4, and Kopitzke and Hoffpauir added PH singles.

[Laura]

Thanks for the explanation, guys! I didn't mean to imply that the broadcaster was talking trash about Samardzija if it came across that way .... more like he was expressing surprise that the accounts he was hearing now were so different from what he had witnessed. It seemed clear that he hadn't really researched why that might be.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Fontenot is the new Mike Wuertz.

[the splendid splinter]

That announcer better watch what he's saying, the Cubs might be in Knoxville next year and Samardzija could also get there!!!

[UK1679666180]

You should be skeptical of that type of velocity jump. Of course, there's 2 other kids within 250 miles of each other that were drafted early that were in the mid to upper 80s in the fall and jumped to the low to mid 90s this Spring.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Boise getting smacked around 7-1 in the bottom of the 9th. Billek with another bad start: 5.1 IP, 9 H, 5 ER Edited July 31, 2006 by CaliforniaRaisin

[CaliforniaRaisin]

And 7-1 is the final. Colvin went 0 for 4.