Minor League Exhibition Games Boxes: 4-3-07

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Bottom of the 5th:

 

Spears walks on 4 pitches.

Colvin up to bat.

Spears steals second.

Colvin walks on 5 pitches.

Rick strike 3 swinging. One out.

Valdez grounds into a broken bat 6-4-3 DP. Very close call at first.

 

The game is tied 2-2 after 5 innings.

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Top of the 6th inning:

 

Jerry Blevins now pitching.

 

Chirinos bobbles the groundball, runner safe at first base on the E-4.

Bunt popout. Blevins throws the ball away trying to turn the double play at first base. Runner advances to second on the E-1. One out.

Shallow popout to Colvin. Colvin and Valdez nearly collided. :| Two outs.

Foulout behind home plate. Muyco makes a nice catch given the wind.

 

Blevins: 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K, 0 BB - 2 errors by the D-Cubs.

 

In the middle of the 6th, the game is tied at 2.

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Bottom of the 6th inning:

 

Reynolds strikes out. One out.

Chirinos walks on a 3-1 pitch.

Muyco grounds into a 6-4-3 double play after a great diving stop by the SS.

 

After 6, the game is tied at 2.

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Daytona closer Matt Avery is now in the game.

 

Top of the 7th:

 

Lineout to shallow RF. One out.

Groundout, 4-3. Two outs.

Groundout, 5-3.

 

Matt Avery: 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K, 0 BB - Avery was changing speeds really well per Derek Ingram.

 

In the middle of the 7th, the game is tied 2-2. This game will only go 7 innings.

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Bottom of the 7th:

 

Matulia bunt singles to the second baseman.

James Adduci pinch hits for Amador. Adduci strikes out swinging.

Spears squirts a single through the right side of the infield. Matulia to second.

Colvin flies out to the wall in RF. Matulia tags and advances to third. Two outs. Tyler was robbed by the wind blowing in - the announcers thought it was gone off the bat.

Rick up to bat.

Spears takes second on a pitch that slightly got away from the catcher.

Rick intentionally walked. The bases are loaded.

Alberto Garcia pinch hits for Valdez. Garcia grounds out, 3-1.

 

The game ends in a 2-2 tie.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Daytona ties Embry-Riddle 2-2:

 

RF Chris Amador 2/3, R, 2B

PH James Adduci 0/1, K

2B-DH Nate Spears 2/3, BB, SB

CF Tyler Colvin 1/3, BB

1B Ryan Norwood 0/0, 2 BB

1B Alan Rick 0/1, K, IBB

LF Jesus Valdez 0/2, K, RBI

PH Alberto Garcia 0/1

3B Kyle Reynolds 0/3, K

DH-2B Robinson Chirinos 0/2, BB

C Mark Reed 1/1, R, 2B, BB

C Jake Muyco 0/1

SS Matt Matulia 2/3, 2B, K, RBI

 

SP Scott Taylor 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB

RP Todd Blackford 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB

RP Billy Petrick 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB

RP Grant Johnson 1 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB

RP Jerry Blevins: 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K, 0 BB

RP Matt Avery 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K, 0 BB

 

Errors: Robinson Chirinos (fielding), Jerry Blevins (throwing)

GIDP: Nate Spears, Jesus Valdez, Jake Muyco

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I'm still looking for something about the Smokies exhibition game. Can't find anything yet.

[Chris]

I'm still looking for something about the Smokies exhibition game. Can't find anything yet.

 

Did you e-mail Mick?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I'm still looking for something about the Smokies exhibition game. Can't find anything yet.

 

Did you e-mail Mick?

 

Will do.

[Chris]

I don't know if the team is doing automatic recaps via the e-mail after the games.

[ChiefsVoice]

Nick (our trainer) and I called Matt Johnson during our 40 degree practice tonight.

 

Tennessee won 3-1 I believe. Dont know any details.

 

Our rotation changed today. Muldowney, Albuquerque, Pina, Dolis, Ceda....

[Laura]

given the lack of OFers at tenn, i assumed fox was going to play some lf...but i hope he can somehow stick at catcher.

 

Here's a quote from a local paper that did an article on Cubs prospects from Indiana.

 

Tom Van Buskirk / Post-Tribune[/url]"] Fox is an outstanding power hitter, but there have been some concerns about his defensive capabilities as a catcher. As a result, Smokies manager Pat Listach told Fox he would bat third, play catcher three days a week and play another position -- first base, third base, left field or right field -- the other days.

 

"I'm not going to have many days off, which I like, and I'm supposed to bring all my gloves to every game," Fox said.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

SmokiesBaseball.com[/url]"]SMOKIES DOWN SENATORS 3-1

 

Sevierville, TN - The Tennessee Smokies hosted the defending JUCO national champion Walters State Tuesday night at Smokies Park. The Smokies won the seven-inning exhibition game 3-1.

 

The Smokies got on the board quickly in the first inning. Centerfielder Chris Walker led off the game by reaching safely on a throwing error by third baseman Stephen Shults. On the next pitch, Walker had no problem stealing second, putting himself in scoring position. Jake Fox, who was the designated hitter for the night, brought Walker home on a line single to left.

 

Fox was the offensive star of the night, going 2-for-4 with 2 RBI, which included a 400 foot double that hit the centerfield wall. The last Smokies’ run was scored in the fifth inning on a single by Francisco Salas.

 

Down to their final out, the Senators avoided the shutout on an opposite field home run by Shults. Shults managed to hit one out of the ballpark despite using a wooden bat and the efforts of right fielder Josh Kroeger, who almost kept it in.

 

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/smokies_baseball/article/0,1406,KNS_329_5462490,00.html

[CubinNY]

SmokiesBaseball.com[/url]"]SMOKIES DOWN SENATORS 3-1

 

Sevierville, TN - The Tennessee Smokies hosted the defending JUCO national champion Walters State Tuesday night at Smokies Park. The Smokies won the seven-inning exhibition game 3-1.

 

The Smokies got on the board quickly in the first inning. Centerfielder Chris Walker led off the game by reaching safely on a throwing error by third baseman Stephen Shults. On the next pitch, Walker had no problem stealing second, putting himself in scoring position. Jake Fox, who was the designated hitter for the night, brought Walker home on a line single to left.

 

Fox was the offensive star of the night, going 2-for-4 with 2 RBI, which included a 400 foot double that hit the centerfield wall. The last Smokies’ run was scored in the fifth inning on a single by Francisco Salas.

 

Down to their final out, the Senators avoided the shutout on an opposite field home run by Shults. Shults managed to hit one out of the ballpark despite using a wooden bat and the efforts of right fielder Josh Kroeger, who almost kept it in.

 

http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/smokies_baseball/article/0,1406,KNS_329_5462490,00.html

 

Fox can hit. Are they going to find a position for him?

 

He could be a valuable trading chip, especially for an American league team.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

DaytonaCubs.com[/url]"][DAYTONA BEACH, FL] Brushing up on their skills to prepare for the season, the Daytona Cubs took on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Eagles in an exhibition. Leading off the bottom of the first inning against Embry-Riddle, Chris Amador drove a double off the wall in left-center field. Nate Spears followed with a single. After a fly out to right field, a walk advanced Amador to third. Jesus Valdez hit a fielder’s choice which scored Amador, putting the first run into the books for the 2007 season.

 

With two outs in the fourth, Mark Reed smacked a bullet through the glove of Eagles centerfielder Steven Howard, narrowly sliding safe into second for a double. Matt Matulia also followed with a double scoring Reed from second, putting the Cubs up 2-0.

 

The Eagles came back in the top of the fifth with back-to-back singles by Chris Trappy and Danny Martin to start the rally with one out on the board. A sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Branden Roper-Hubbert advanced the runners who then scored on the double by Howard. The game finished in a two-all tie after seven complete innings. The game marks the second straight season in which the Cubs have been part of a two-two exhibition game tie.