Minor League Discussion & Boxes 4-5-2007

[Chris]

Food for thought: The Diamond Jaxx currently have the best cumulative winning percentage of any active team in the league (.523)

[Chris]

Southern League Trivia Time:

 

What former Southern Leaguer is the only player to follow up an AL ROY campaign with an MVP the next season?

[Chris]

Let's have some fun with the opening night. If you want to be eligible, simply post that you want to be entered. One person will be chosen to win a signed card of Micah Hoffpauir. The cool thing about the card is that they were not included in the team sets last year and was specially printed for Micah in the offseason.

 

Speaking of awards, we still owe a shirt to someone (Brian?) for last season. He won but the Jaxx never got the shirt he wanted back in stock. I'll make it a point to get something in its place since that never worked out last year.

[Laura]

I'll enter! :punk:

[coldsteel]

I hereby entereth the Micah card contest! gotta win something, since the wrigley club is trying hard to make my season predictions wildly over-optimistic

[Brian]

Speaking of awards, we still owe a shirt to someone (Brian?) for last season. He won but the Jaxx never got the shirt he wanted back in stock. I'll make it a point to get something in its place since that never worked out last year.

 

That was me, I forgot all about it.

[jaxxradio]

As strange as it is for you guys to say Smokies, it's REALLY strange to not have the Cubs here.. good luck to the Smokies (until they play us of course)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The Smokies are facing Dodgers prospect Scott Elbert, one of the top lefties in the minors.

[Laura]

Smokies Lineup

 

Chris Walker CF

Spearman RF

Jake Fox LF

Craig 3B

Dopirak 1B

Robinson C

Cates 2B

Simokaitis SS

Gallagher P

 

One complete in Jacksonville, no score.

 

Smokies went 1-2-3 in the 1st.

 

Gallagher with a K and a BB. He got squeezed on a 2-2 pitch on the batter that ended up with the BB!

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Atkins goes 1-2-3 in the first inning. Daytona leads it 1-0 after one inning.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Amador RF

Spears, N 2B

Colvin CF

Norwood 1B

Chirinos 3B

Valdez LF

Garcia DH

Muyco C

Matulia SS

Atkins P

[Laura]

argh Dope robbed with a running catch by Paul (sp?) in RCF

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I missed the top of the first inning but apparently MiLB.com says Nate Spears stole home for the D-Cubs run. :-s

 

Colvin is 1/1 with a stolen base.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Mitch Atkins is on fire having retired the first six batters of the game: 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB

 

Daytona leads it 1-0 after 2 innings.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Just viewing from the box score, Elbert vs. Gallagher is looking like a great matchup.

[Flames24Rulz]

Iowa lineup is out:

 

LF-Pagan

2B-EPatt

CF-Pie

1B-Hoffpauir

C-Hill

RF-Coats

3B-Moore

SS-Fontenot

P-Mathes

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Colvin is now 2 for 2 with 2 singles and a stolen base.

 

ETA: Now MiLB.com has it right in the first inning - Spears scored on a balk, so no SB for either he or Colvin in the first inning.

 

In the top of the third inning:

 

Tyler Colvin singles, steals second and scores on a Ryan Norwood RBI single. 2-0 Daytona.

Edited April 5, 2007 by CaliforniaRaisin

[Laura]

For some reason, I was getting no commercials at all between innings, just fast cuts.

 

Now commercials in the middle of the 3rd.

 

 

Bottom 2nd:

 

Allen CF

2-base error on Jake Fox in LF, ball bounces off his glove

 

Paul CF

3 unassisted (though the ball bounced & hit Dopirak in the chest), runner to 3B

 

Raglani LF

K called on a 3-2 pitch!

 

Ellis C

1-3 on a tough dribbler on the grass between 3rd & home

 

Top 3rd:

 

Cates - Simokaitis - Gallagher go in order

 

Elbert has retired 9 Smokies in a row.

[Laura]

Bottom 3rd in Jacksonville:

 

Elbert P

K

 

Maza 2B

GB single to RF (first hit for Suns)

runner at 1st

 

Hu SS

GB squibbler to 3B ... Hu beats it out

runners on 1st & 2nd

 

Dunlap 1B

4-6-3 DP!!

 

scoreless through 3

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Atkins gave up a solo HR to leadoff the botom of the third inning.

 

Daytona leads it 2-1 after 3.

[Chris]

<----enjoying the broadcast Mick!

[Chris]

ha ha, technical difficulties for the Smokies. They went to commercial and good things happened!

[Laura]

Top 4th in Jacksonville

 

CWalker CF

Walker singles, missed it due to strange broadcast cut (1st hit for Smokies)

 

Spearman RF

BB

runners at 1st & 2nd

 

Fox LF

Ks swinging

 

Craig 3B

--doublesteal by Walker & Spearman! Elbert so surprised he drops ball.

runners at 2nd & 3rd

SINKING LINE DRIVE SINGLE TO RF!!

2RBIs

2-0 SMOKIES

Runner at 1st

 

Dopirak 1B

line drive single to LF?

Runners at 1st & 2nd

 

Robinson C

K on 3-2 count (on ball 4, per Mick)

 

Cates 2B

 

The broadcast jumped again -- whatever happened, Dopirak was gunned down at home plate for the 3rd out, but Craig scored.

 

3-0 Smokies, middle 4th

[CaliforniaRaisin]

With two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning, Mitch Atkins gave up a single and an RBI triple to Brevard County. The game is tied 2-2 after 4 innings.

 

Atkins: 4 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 3 K, 1 BB, 1 HR

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Heh. Game-time temperatures.

 

Iowa @ Round Rock, TX: 68 degrees

Tennessee @ Jacksonville, FL: 67 degrees

Daytona @ Brevard County, FL: 71 degrees

Peoria @ Appleton, WI: 33 degrees