Minor League Discussion & Boxes 9-9-2006

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Score

 

Boise loses in 11 innings, 2-1: box score

 

CF M. Camp 2/4, RBI, K, SB (1)

SS M. Matulia 1/3, BB, K, HBP, 2 SB (2)

LF T. Colvin 0/5, 3 K, OF assist at home (second straight day)

1B R. Canzler 0/5, 3 K

RF A. Joseph 1/4, K, HBP, SB (1)

2B S. Clevenger 1/3, R, BB, K, E (1, fielding)

C M. Canepa 0/3, K, HBP - left game after HBP to the head

SP B. Muldowney 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 3 K/2 BB, WP, 5 GO-6 FO

RP J. Ruhlman 4.1 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 4 K/0 BB, 4 GO-5 FO

RP R. Roquet 1.1 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 1 K/1 BB, WP, 1 GO-2 FO - loses game on wild pitch

Edited September 10, 2006 by CaliforniaRaisin

[CaliforniaRaisin]

NWL Championship

 

Game 1: Boise won 5-1, leads series 1-0

Game 2: Salem-Keizer won 5-0, series tied 1-1

Game 3: Sat., Sept. 9, Boise @ Salem-Keizer, 9:05 pm CDT

Game 4: Sun., Sept. 10, Boise @ Salem-Keizer, 7:05 pm CDT

Game 5 (if needed): Mon., Sept. 11, Boise @ Salem-Keizer, 8:35 pm CDT

 

Probable Starters:

 

NWL Championship - Game 3: RHP Billy Muldowney (1-3, 2.68 ERA) vs. RHP John Odom (6-3, 3.05 ERA)

 

Muldowney: 43.2 IP, 42 K/11 BB

 

Game Time Weather, Keizer, OR: 66°F, partly cloudy, 20% chance of precipitation (morning rain showers expected)

[Quakers]

I will be able to make it to tonight's and Sunday's game :D .

 

Go Hawks!!!

[Mephistopheles]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/askba/262425.html

 

Lots of Cubs' stuff in the latest Ask BA

[biittner77]

Jim Callis loves Veal.

 

Hill is a lock to make the rotation.

[Brian]

Boise down 1-0 in the 3rd.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Boise scores 1 in the 5th to tie it up.

 

Muldowney: 5 IP, 1 ER, 5H, 2 BB, 3 K.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

1-1, top of the 9th.

 

Canzler, Joseph and Lansford for Boise.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Jason Ruhlman to pitch his 4th inning of work against Witter, Pill and Boyer in the bottom of the 9th, with the game tied at 1.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Extra innings in northern Oregon...

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Ugh...Matt Canepa hit in the head by a fastball. He never went down, he squatted for about 15 seconds and walked off on his own assistance. Canepa out, Mario Mercedes pinch running for Canepa.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Mercedes is at third, with two outs, for Tyler Colvin...

 

EDIT: Hawks didn't score - sorry, was watching the end of the UCLA game, so I didn't know what happened.

 

Anyways, Rocky Roquet is now in pitching for the Hawks in the bottom of the 10th.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Runners at second and third with two outs for Salem-Keizer in the bottom of the 11th (single, single which was misplayed by Tyler Colvin in LF allowing the runners to advance)...

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Rocky Roquet uncorks a wild pitch over the batter's head (!) on a 1-2 count allowing the game-winning run to score for Salem-Keizer.

 

The Hawks are now down 2-1 in the series and will send Jake Renshaw in a do-or-die game.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Paul Chiofar[/url]"]Volcanoes Win on Wild Pitch in 11th

 

KEIZER, OR –In the third game of the Northwest League Championship series Saturday night the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes beat the Boise Hawks, 2-1 on a wild pitch with two outs in the last of the 11th inning. With second string catcher Nestor Rojas on third base, two outs and two strikes on the Volcanoes’ Mike McBryde, who was 0-4 on the night, Rocky Roquet unleashed a pitch over McBryde’s head and back to the backstop that allowed Rojas to race home with the winning run.

 

The Volcanoes had taken a 1-0 lead in the first inning when lead-off hitter Emmanuel Burris reached on an infield hit, stole second base, went to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on an infield ground out. Starter Billy Muldowney shut the Volcanoes out through the fifth inning and Jason Ruhlman threw four and one third shutout innings before Roquet came in the 10th inning.

 

The Hawks tied the game in the fifth inning on an RBI single by Matt Camp, but the Hawks left runners stranded on second and third base as Willie Rodriguez came into the game to strike out Tyler Colvin.

 

Salem-Keizer’s all-star close Juan Trinidad pitched the top of the 11th inning and got the win.

 

Salem-Keizer now has a 2-1 lead in the series, needing to win one more game to win the league championship. The Hawks must win the next two to capture the title. The series continues Sunday night. Jake Renshaw goes to the mound for the Hawks. He will be opposed by the Volcanoes’ Kevin Pucetas. Game time at Volcanoe Stadium is 5:05 p.m. Pacific time.

[Quakers]

Just a few notes on last night's game.

 

1) I had seen Muldowney earlier in the season as a reliever and thought he was decent. Last night, as a starter, he was equally impressive. He didn't blow away the hitters, but he has effective stuff and knows how to pitch. I don't see him as a top prospect, but he could start for Peoria next year and I could see him being our next O'Malley.

 

2) I was impressed with Ruhlman. He had a nice curve.

 

3) Roquet looked better at this point than earlier in the season, but he still a pitcher with better than average velocity who has control issues and is still learning how to pitch.

 

4) The more I see Joseph, the more impressed I am with him. He showed off an excellent arm in right, again. Salem-Keizer was aggressive on the basepaths, but not when the ball was hit to Joseph. They had learned the hard way earlier in the season. He covers a lot of ground in right and gets a good jump on the ball too. The best defensive player in right over the years that I have seen Boise. He will need to show some power at some point if he plans on staying in right though. I did see him pull a ball out earlier in the year. I am not sure if he can play center, but I would not be surprised.

 

5) I liked most of what I saw of Colvin. This was the first time I saw him play. Excellent defense (I missed the last half inning when he may have misplayed a ball). Speed enough to play center. He gets a great jump on the ball. He has a superior arm. He gunned down a runner at home with a laser-like throw to home that went right into the catcher's mitt on the ground in front of the runner on a fly. One of the best throws I have seen, including major league games. Even the SK fans were oohing and aahing. I doubt SK will run on him in the future. He also made a spectacular diving catch of a ball that brought on a round of applause from the SK faithful. (I like the SK fans in that they are very partisan, but they appreciate good baseball.) The one negative I had on Tyler was at the plate. He was having a hard time getting a good swing on breaking pitches. So naturally that was all SK was throwing him. Breaking pitch that broke sharply away from him and the question was would it catch the corner of the plate. (I had a really nice seat behind home this time and could see the break on each pitch.) But SK had some pitchers, Oseguerra and Trinidad, whose breaking balls were striking out everyone, not just Colvin.

[Balsa]

Thanks for the report on Colvin. Sounds like a pretty good draft, I hope his offense keeps progressing.

 

By the way, I've been to that statue in Vienna, beautiful area. When did you go to Austria?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Thanks, Quaker.

 

In regards to the Colvin play you missed, it sounded like Tyler dove for a ball he thought he could catch but it fell in front of him and went past him. Wasn't ruled an error, though. Disappointing to hear Colvin was strugging against the breaking pitch - he had been great in the first two games of the series.

 

I hope today's game goes better. Please let me know what Renshaw looks like - his scouting report come draft time was pretty good (91-94 FB, mid-80s curve) and he's had moderate success at Boise.

 

The Idaho Statesman[/url]"]It's do-or-die time for the Boise Hawks — and the odds certainly aren't in their favor.

 

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes defeated the Hawks 2-1 in the 11th inning of Game 3 of the Northwest League Championship Series on Saturday night in Keizer, Ore.

 

The Hawks must win two straight games on the Volcanoes' field to win the championship, and they must do so against a team that beat them 8-of-10 times during the regular season.

 

Game 4 will be played at 6:05 tonight (KTIK 1350 AM). If the Hawks get the win, they will force a Game 5 that would be played at 7:05 p.m. Monday.

 

The Hawks didn't go down without a fight on Saturday. After falling behind 1-0 in the first inning they battled back to even the score at 1-1 when Matt Camp's single scored Steve Clevenger in the fifth inning.

 

The score stayed knotted at 1-1 until the bottom of the 11th, when Volcanoes catcher Nestor Rojas scored the winning run on a wild pitch by Hawks reliever Rocky Roquet that sailed over the head of Volcanoes hitter Mike McBryde.

 

Salem-Keizer had 10 hits in the game, compared to five for Boise. All of Boise's hits were singles, meaning that Boise has one extra base hit — a double by Tyler Colvin — in its last two games against Salem-Keizer.

 

Boise is expected to start Jake Renshaw (1-3, 4.24 ERA) tonight.

[Quakers]

By the way, I've been to that statue in Vienna, beautiful area. When did you go to Austria?

 

Last July.

 

Trinidad has a submarine style delivery that had Boise missing early in the year too.

 

Burris, SK's shortstop, looks like quite a prospect. I think he was the Giants number one pick.

[Guest]

By the way, I've been to that statue in Vienna, beautiful area. When did you go to Austria?

 

Last July.

 

Trinidad has a submarine style delivery that had Boise missing early in the year too.

 

Burris, SK's shortstop, looks like quite a prospect. I think he was the Giants number one pick.

Wasn't that Lincecum?

[Quakers]

By the way, I've been to that statue in Vienna, beautiful area. When did you go to Austria?

 

Last July.

 

Trinidad has a submarine style delivery that had Boise missing early in the year too.

 

Burris, SK's shortstop, looks like quite a prospect. I think he was the Giants number one pick.

Wasn't that Lincecum?

 

I was close. According to the sheet I picked up at tonight's game, Burriss was taken in the first round of the 2006 draft. But he was the 33rd pick, so a supplemental round.