Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-8-2006

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores

 

Iowa lost 10-7 Box Score

 

CF F. Pie 1/5, RBI, 2B (24), 2 K

LF L. Montanez 0/5, 2 K

2B M. Fontenot 1/4

RF M. Restovich 1/5, R

3B C. McGehee 1/3, BB, 2 R

SS/2B B. Coats 3/4, R, 2 RBI, K, 2 SB (16)

C G. Soto 2/4, R, RBI, K

PH M. Hoffpauir 0/0, RBI

PH J. Reyes 1/1, RBI

SP J. Williams 6 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 7-7 GO-FO

RP A. Shipman 1 scoreless, 2 H, 2-1 GO-FO

RP A. Mendez .2 perfect, 2/0 K/BB

 

West Tenn lost 5-0 Box Score

 

CF C. Walker 0/3, 2 BB

2B E. Patterson 1/5

1B R. Lewis 2/4, K

3B S. Moore 1/3, BB

C J. Fox 0/4, K

RF M. Negron 1/4, 2B (15), E (2, throw)

PH B. Sing 0/1

SP JR Mathes 6 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 5/1 K/BB, HR, 11-2 GO-FO

RP L. Holdzkom 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 5-0 GO-FO

 

Daytona won 3-2 Box Score

 

2B N. Spears 1/4, BB, R

SS J. Mota 1/4, 2 K, E (14, fielding)

DH M. Craig 1/2, 2 BB, R

RF R. Harvey 2/4, R, RBI, K

SP C. Perez 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 4/2 K/BB, 2 WP, 6-4 GO-FO

 

Peoria lost 7-1 Box Score

 

CF D. Gregg 0/4, BB, K

DH R. Malone 0/5, 3 K

RF/LF J. Valdez 0/4, 3 K

1B R. Norwood 1/3, BB, 2B (21)

2B R. Chirinos 2/4

LF A. Garcia 0/3

RF Y. Carter 0/1, K

SS K. Reynolds 2/3, BB, R, K

SP T. Blackford 3.1 IP, 10 H, 7 ER, 1/0 K/BB, WP, HBP, 5-4 GO-FO, E (4, pickoff)

RP M. Avery 1 perfect, 1-2 GO-FO

 

Boise won 6-0 Box Score

 

CF M. Camp 1/4, R, 2 SB (12)

LF T. Colvin 2/3, R, RBI

3B J. Lansford 0/2, BB, RBI

1B R. Canzler 2/4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B (14), HR (9)

RF A. Joseph 0/4

DH E. Puello 2/3, BB, RBI

SS P. Lopez 1/4, R, 2B (2)

SP F. Jimenez Angulo 6 scoreless, 3 H, 2/1 K/BB, HBP, 10-6 GO-FO

RP J. Papelbon 3 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, 5-2 GO-FO

 

Mesa lost 12-3 Box Score

 

2B V. Heredia 1/4, BB, RBI, K, SB (20), E (10, fielding)

SS N. Samson 0/2, BB, K, CS (1)

PH/SS C. Valentin 0/1, RBI

CF D. Rundle 2/3, 2B (4), 3B (2), K, HBP

PH/1B L. Murphy 0/1, K

DH C. Andersen 2/2, R, HBP

PH/DH W. Inoa 1/1

LF C. Gilbert 0/4, K

3B F. Tirado 1/3, R, 2B (1), E (5, fielding)

PH L. Rosario 0/1, K

SP J. Ceda 3 scoreless, 2 H, 4/0 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO

RP R. Hernandez 1.2 scoreless, 2 H, WP, 1-4 GO-FO (allowed 3 inherited runners)

 

OVERALL: 2-4

Edited August 9, 2006 by Outshined_One

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Jerome Williams (3-5, 4.44 ERA, 81 IP) vs. RHP Brian Sweeney (1-0, 1.38 ERA)

WT: LHP JR Mathes (8-6, 3.26 ERA, 121.1 IP) @ LHP Adam Bostick (6-7, 3.84 ERA)

Daytona: LHP Carlos Perez (3-6, 4.70 ERA, 92 IP)

Peoria: RHP Todd Blackford (9-5, 4.97 ERA, 117.2 IP) @ LHP Joe Piekarz (5-6, 3.38 ERA)

Boise: Fabian Jiminez (0-0, 2.38 ERA, 11.1 IP; overall: 5-7, 4.20 ERA, 98.2 IP)

Mesa: RHP Alberto Albuquerque (0-2, 5.68 ERA, 12.2 IP) & RHP Robert Hernandez (3-1, 2.59 ERA, 24.1 IP)

 

*Take Mesa's probable starter with a grain of salt as they shuffle their pitchers around with frequency.

Edited August 8, 2006 by CaliforniaRaisin

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Williams: 37/26, 1.60 WHIP

Mathes: 79/25, 1.22 WHIP

Perez: 72/47, 1.75 WHIP

Blackford: 58/55, 1.52 WHIP

Jiminez (Boise): 8/5, 0.88 WHIP

Jiminez (Boise & Ft. Wayne): 62/57, 1.51 WHIP

Albuquerque: 15/10, 1.58 WHIP

Hernandez: 11/12, 1.57 WHIP

[CaliforniaRaisin]

PCL Notebook[/url]"]Iowa Cubs (Chicago Cubs)

THE WEEK THAT WAS: The I-Cubs went 4-3 last week, winning their last two games, to improve to 59-56 overall. That's good for second in the American North Division.

 

THE PENNANT CHASE: Iowa is 3 1/2 games behind front-running Nashville.

 

WHO'S HOT/WHO'S NOT: OF Michael Restovich has batted .455 in his last nine contests with four homers, 12 RBIs and nine runs scored. ... OF Buck Coats has hit .344 in his last nine games with a home run, seven RBIs and six runs scored. ... OF Felix Pie has batted .325 in his last 10 contests with a homer, five RBIs and nine runs scored. ... 2B Mike Fontenot has hit .158 in his last 10 games, while 3B Casey McGehee has batted .194 in the same span.

 

BINARY NUMBERS ARE BAD: In 21 Cubs' games this season, one team or the other had scored one run or fewer. And those numbers have been bad news for Iowa, which is 2-19 in those contests.

 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "Clay [Rapada] is my roommate and we talk about pitching a lot. He's one of those lefties that sometimes he gets the ball moving too much. It's one of those where you wish a guy would catch a little more on the bat, but he tends to break bats and guys hit jam shots." --I-Cubs LHP Les Walrond to the Des Moines Register after Walrond threw six solid innings against Tacoma.

 

SL Notebook[/url]"]West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (Chicago Cubs)

THE WEEK THAT WAS: The Diamond Jaxx won their first two games, then lost three in a row. The losses included two to last-place Carolina. West Tenn is 21-21, good enough for third place and a four-game deficit in the North.

 

WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: C Jake Fox, who hit 16 homers and drove in 61 runs while batting .313 in 66 games for the Daytona Cubs in the Class A Florida State League, is adjusting to life at the Double-A level. In his 28th game with the Diamond Jaxx on Tuesday he hit his third home run, a three-run shot. Four of his 10 RBIs in 28 games with West Tenn came on Sunday and Monday...The Diamond Jaxx committed five errors in a 6-5 loss to Carolina on Friday.

 

PLAYER TO WATCH: Reliever Ed Campusano picked up his third save for the Diamond Jaxx on Monday, giving him two wins and two saves in four outings. The left-hander has given up six runs and struck out 30 in 22 2/3 innings. Three of the runs were in one outing, against Chattanooga on July 5, and the only unearned runs he gave up, against Montgomery on July 15, accounted for his only loss. He began the season with Peoria of the Midwest League.

 

PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK: When the Chicago White Sox chose to call up West Tenn starter Juan Mateo, who was 7-4 in 18 games, including 17 as a starter, the Diamond Jaxx threw Isaac Pavlik into an emergency start on Monday. The 5-foot-8 left-hander, who signed with the team in early July after spending most of this season and all of 2005 with the New Jersey Jackals in the independent Can Am League, responded by pitching seven shutout innings before running into trouble in the eighth in a 5-2 win over Tennessee. Pavlik, who got 13 of his 21 outs on fly balls, gave up just three hits over the first seven innings.

 

Err, ok MiLB.com. The White Sox called up Mateo.

 

FSL Notebook[/url]"]Daytona Cubs (Chicago Cubs)

 

THE WEEK THAT WAS: The Cubs recovered from an 0-4 start to the week and won their last two games. Their 24-17 record left them leaders of the FSL East with a two-game edge over St. Lucie. The Cubs had a chance to pad their lead over the first-half champion Mets, but dropped three straight in St. Lucie to find themselves tied with the New York affiliate.

 

WHO'S HOT, WHO'S NOT: Up-and-comer Donald Veal gave up one run on five hits over six innings on Monday and was the losing pitcher in a 4-0 setback to St. Lucie. But the left-hander bounced back to beat Lakeland on Saturday, working 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball that left his record at 4-2 in nine starts in the FSL. In the five starts he has either lost or gotten no decision, the left-hander has given up only five earned runs in 28 1/3 innings. The Cubs were shut out in two of those games, scored one run in another and scored five times in the bottom of the ninth in one other contest...Jemel Spearman and Rick Roth each helped the Cubs end a five-game losing streak by going 3-for-4, driving in one run and scoring once in a win over Lakeland on Friday...Matthew Ciaramella drove in four runs in a win the next night.

 

PLAYER TO WATCH: Mark Holliman, the Cubs' third-round draft choice in 2005, gave up a season-high 13 hits and four runs in 5 2/3 innings in a setback to St. Lucie on Wednesday. The loss left him 7-8 this season and just 1-5 on the road. After improving to 6-4 on June 27 with a third straight win, Holliman has gone 1-4 over his last five starts and in his last six appearances has yielded an alarming 30 earned runs in 26 innings. He's given up 57 earned runs in 113 1/3 innings all season.

 

SLOW STARTERS: Manager Buddy Bailey wasn't happy after the Cubs extended a losing streak to five games with a 6-5 loss to Lakeland on Thursday. "We need a starter to go out and give us six innings and leave the game with a lead," Bailey complained to the Daytona Journal-News. "Our guys keep fighting back, but when you give up six runs early it's hard to overcome." Daytona scored first that night against Lakeland, but the Tigers scored three runs in the second and another three in the fourth off Carlos Perez (3-6). The Cubs were down, 3-0, after three innings, and shut out, 4-0, in the first game of the losing streak; they trailed, 1-0, after two innings in a 4-0 loss to St. Lucie in the second game; the Mets took a 3-0 lead after three innings in the third game of the slide and beat the Cubs, 5-4, and Bailey's complaint didn't really apply in a 6-2 loss on Wednesday. His team took a 2-0 lead in the first inning and couldn't hold it.

 

MWL Notebook[/url]"]Peoria Chiefs (Chicago Cubs)

THE WEEK THAT WAS: A 4-3 week left the Chiefs fourth in the West and 4 1/2 games out.

 

WHO'S HOT/WHO'S NOT: SS Ryan Lilly is 7-for-17 (.412), and LF Jesus Valdez is 8-for-20 (.400). CF Davy Gregg is 3-for-17 (.176).

 

FROM AFAR: Chiefs hitting coach Barbaro Garbey, the first member of Cuba's national baseball team to defect to the U.S., has been watching reports about Fidel Castro's health with interest. Garbey, who told the Peoria Journal-Star he has met Castro "many times," came to the U.S. in the 1980 Mariel boatlift. He still has six brothers and sisters in Cuba, whom he keeps in touch with by telephone. Garbey, who married an American woman and has three children, became a U.S. citizen in 1992.

 

YOU COMPLETE ME: RHP Scott Taylor retired the last 15 batters Wednesday night for the Chiefs' first complete game of the season, a 6-2 victory over Cedar Rapids. Only one of the runs was earned.

 

MILLER WATCH: Cubs RHP Wade Miller (shoulder surgery) threw four scoreless innings Monday, and did it again on Saturday night, in his first rehab action since July 3. Miller went nearly a month between appearances after feeling shoulder weakness due to bursitis. Saturday night, Miller allowed one hit to Kane County over four scoreless innings, with three walks and four strikeouts.

 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "You had to be a criminal or have family in the United States in order to get permission to leave Cuba. I had to fake my papers like I was a criminal. Even with that, they turned me down a couple times." -- Garbey told the Peoria Journal-Star about his pre-Mariel efforts to defect.

 

NWL Notebook[/url]"]

Boise Hawks (Chicago Cubs)

THE WEEK THAT WAS: The Hawks went 2-4 this week, starting the second half of the season much like the way they started the first half. They dropped nine of their first 11 games this season, before rebounding to take the East Division lead at the season's midpoint. Despite opening the second half on a losing note, the Hawks are currently 25-21, good for first place in the NWL's East Division.

 

WHO'S HOT/WHO'S NOT: Russell Canzler is batting .286 with a home run and 11 RBIs in his last 10 games... Steven Clevenger is batting .394 with six RBIs and five runs scored in his last 10 games... Joshua Lansford and Deryck Lewis each have a pair of home runs in the Hawks' last 10 games... Mark Pawelek has allowed just six hits and one earned run while striking out 10 in his last 10 innings, spanning two starts... Jeremy Papelbon has struck out 13 in his last 7 2/3 innings... Matt Matulia has just four hits in his last 27 at-bats.

 

FINISHERS: The Hawks started the season just 2-9, before closing out the first half by winning 21 of 28 games and taking hold of the East Division lead. Outfielder Andrew Joseph was the team's hottest hitter in the first half, batting .364 with two home runs, nine doubles, two triples and 19 RBIs. "First-half batting champion is great and all," Joseph told the Idaho Statesman, "but it's not how you start, but how you finish."

 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "It was finally time to win. I think [the win] said that we are still here and ready to fight." -- Hawks pitcher Alex Maestri told the Idaho Statesman August 1 after he led the Hawks to an 11-2 win over Salem-Keizer by throwing three innings of scoreless, one-hit relief. In the five game series, the Hawks dropped the first four games before Maestri's win Tuesday.

[NCCubFan]

West Tenn is now in 4th place, closer to last than to first. :(

[otis89]

Fabian Jimenez? We got him for Williamson, right?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Fabian Jimenez? We got him for Williamson, right?

 

Yes.

[NCCubFan]

I'm going to tonight's Djaxx game at Carolina. Hopefully I'll bring them more luck than I did Friday. If Patterson has another rough game in the field, then you know I'm a jinx. :D

[Laura]

Have fun, NC!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I'm going to tonight's Djaxx game at Carolina. Hopefully I'll bring them more luck than I did Friday. If Patterson has another rough game in the field, then you know I'm a jinx. :D

 

Have a great time and go Jaxx! If you can check it out, could you get us some radar readings for Mathes and Campusano? Thanks.

[ChiefsVoice]

Campy was 91-94 here with the fastball....i think he maybe hit 95 a couple of times....

[jaxxradio]

Jaxx down 4-0 bottom 8 in zebulon.. and the iiinternet is STILL not working.. HAPPY, HAPPY, JOY, fREAKIN' JOY..

[Flames24Rulz]

Daytona beat Tampa, 3-2 :) Perez got the win as he pitched 5 innings, allowing 5 hits, 2 ER's, 2 BB's, and struck out 4. Bronder pitched an inning and 2/3's of perfect ball, including striking out 1. Layden pitched 1/3 of an inning, allowing a hit, a walk, no runs, and struck out 1. Schappert picked up the save as he pitched 2 innings of scoreless ball, only allowing 1 hit and 1 BB. Harvey and Ciaramella both went 2/4 with Harvey adding an RBI. Spears, Mota, Sprowl, and Alan Rick all went 1/4 with Sprowl and Rick adding an RBI. Matt Craig went 1/2 with 2 walks.

 

Jaxx lose 5-0 :x Mathes took the loss as he pitched 6 innings, allowing 9 hits, 4 ER's, 1 BB, and struck out 5. Holdzkom pitched the final 2 innings, allowing 1 hit, 1 ER, 1 BB, and struck out 1. Lewis and Rojas each went 2/4 with Rojas adding a double. Negron was 1/4 with a double. Scott Moore went 1/3 with a walk and EPatt went 1/5. Another tough loss for the Jaxx...

 

Peoria down 7-1 in the 8th.

 

Iowa up 6-3 in the 7th. Williams' final line: 6 IP, 7 hits, 3 ER's, 1 BB, 4 K's.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Campy was 91-94 here with the fastball....i think he maybe hit 95 a couple of times....

 

What about offspeed stuff, what does he have?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Another tough loss for the Jaxx...

 

Ugh, swept by Carolina.

 

Jinxed by NCCF. :evil:

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Portland has put up a 3-spot on Kerry Lightenberg in the 9th inning to jump ahead of Iowa 8-7. All 3 runs scored on a Terrmel Sledge HR. And now Lightenberg gives up a single, he has yet to get an out in the 9th.

 

Boise faced first round pick Kasey Kiker and scored 3 runs off him in 4 innings. They're now up 3-0 in the 5th. Colvin is 1 for 1 with a sac fly. Jiminez Angulo has gone 5 shutout innings, giving up 2 hits, a walk and getting 2 Ks.

 

Jose Ceda started for Mesa and has gone 3 shutout so far with 4 Ks and 2 hits. Rundle is 0 for 1 with another K, Andersen is 1 for 1 with a run. Mesa leads 2-0.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Peoria ends up losing 7-1. Blackford was hit hard, giving up all 7 (on 10 hits) in 3.1 innings. Ryne Malone and Jesus Valdez each struck out 3 times. Kyle Reynolds went 2 for 4 and scored Peoria's only run.

[Chris]

Another tough loss for the Jaxx...

 

Ugh, swept by Carolina.

 

Jinxed by NCCF. :evil:

 

](*,)

[texascub]

Another tough loss for the Jaxx...

 

Ugh, swept by Carolina.

 

Jinxed by NCCF. :evil:

 

](*,)

 

You should change NCCF's member group from 5-Time All Star to "The Real Curse" :twisted:

[Laura]

Poor NC!

 

I'm 3-0 in DJaxx games.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Well, he saw game 1 of the Carolina series and they lost that game and every game since. Hopefully the curse is now lifted since he saw this last game.

 

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Ligtenberg ends up giving up 5 in the top of the 9th and only getting 1 out. Ojeda, Restovich and Deardorff strike out in the bottom of the 9th and Iowa loses a heartbreaker, 10-7.

 

Boise is now up 5-0 at the 7th inning stretch. Russ Canzler with another HR and Colvin is now 2 for 2. Jiminez Angulo's final line is: 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, HBP, BB, 2 K. Jeremy Papelbon relieved him and threw a shutout 7th.

 

Mesa is up 2-0 after 4. Drew Rundle is now 1 for 2 with a double. Ceda's final line is: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 K.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Boise ends up winning 6-0. Papelbon gets the 3-inning save.

 

Julio Castillo gives up 4 in the 5th inning and Mesa is now losing 4-2 in the top of the 6th. Brandon Taylor is now in to pitch for Mesa.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ugh, Brandon Taylor gave up 8 runs (though only 1 was earned) in 0.1 inning before Robert Hernandez relieved him in the 6th inning. It's now 12-3 in the 9th.

 

Rundle followed up his double with a triple and a HBP. His BA is up to .243! Andersen is 2 for 2 and up to .224.

Edited August 9, 2006 by CaliforniaRaisin

[NCCubFan]

If you can check it out, could you get us some radar readings for Mathes and Campusano? Thanks.

I didn't think to check every pitch, but I did check quite a few, and I think the fastest I saw for Mathes was in the mid-80s (I didn't actually see your post until I was back). Campusano didn't pitch tonight.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

12-3 is the final, Mesa loses.

 

If you can check it out, could you get us some radar readings for Mathes and Campusano? Thanks.

I didn't think to check every pitch, but I did check quite a few, and I think the fastest I saw for Mathes was in the mid-80s (I didn't actually see your post until I was back). Campusano didn't pitch tonight.

 

Thanks - certainly not surprised with those readings, though I was hoping he'd throw harder.