Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-12-2007

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 11-8, box:

 

2B E. Patterson 3/5, 3 R, HR (4), RBI

CF F. Pie /5, 2 R, 3B (1), RBI, K, SB (2)

SS-3B M. Fontenot 2/4, R, RBI, BB, K

1B M. Hoffpauir 1/3, 2 RBI, BB

DH M. Kinkade 2/5, R, HR (1), 2 RBI, K

SS R. Cedeño 0/2, K

SP S. Marshall 5.1 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 4 K/4 BB, WP, 6 GO-6 FO, 97 pitches (54 strikes)

 

Tennessee won 10-3, box:

 

CF S. Fuld 3/5, 2 R, 2B (4), 2 K

RF J. Kroeger 2/4, R, 2B (7), 3 RBI, K. CS (2)

1B J. Fox 0/4, 3 K

LF J. Cortes 2/3, 2 R, 2B (6), B, K

3B C. McGehee 1/3, 2 R, HR (1), 3 RBI, BB

SP J. Berg 2 IP, 2 ER, 1 H, 1 K/5 BB, HBP, WP, 3 GO-2 FO - ouch

RP P. Schappert 4 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 5 K/2 BB, 3 GO-4 FO

 

Daytona wins 9-7, box:

 

RF C. Amador 2/5, 2 R, K, 2 SB (12)

SS M. Matulia 2/4, 2 R, BB, K

CF T. Colvin 1/4, R, 2B (13), 3 RBI

LF J. Valdez 2/4, 2 R, RBI

3B K. Reynolds 2/4, R, 2 RBI

C M. Reed 1/4, R, 2 K, SB (4)

SP S. Taylor 6 IP, 7 ER, 13 H, 1 K/0 BB, 2 HR, 6 GO-10 FO - ouch part 2

RP S. Koerber 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K/0 BB, 4 GO-3 FO

 

Peoria lost 11-1, box:

 

2B M. Camp 2/5, 2B (3), K

LF A. Joseph 1/2, 2 BB, 2 SB (7)

CF Y. Carter 0/4

2B J. Lansford 1/4

1B R. Canzler 1/3, BB, K

DH DJ Lewis 1/3, R, BB, K

SP M. Billek 2 IP, 9 ER, 8 H, 1 K/3 BB, HBP, 2 GO-3 FO - ouch part 3

RP J. Papelbon 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K/0 BB, 2 GO-1 FO

[Guest]

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: LHP Sean Marshall (Iowa: 1-0, 0.79 ERA, 11.1 IP; Overall: 2-0, 1.56 ERA, 17.1 IP)

Tennessee: RHP Justin Berg (1-1, 7.58 ERA, 19 IP)

Daytona: RHP Joel Santo (3-2, 4.44 ERA, 24.1 IP)

Peoria: RHP Mike Billek (0-0, 9.00 ERA, 2 IP)

 

Marshall (Iowa): 11.1 IP, 8 K/2 BB, .227 BAA

Marshall (Daytona & Iowa): 17.1 IP, 12 K/3 BB, .254 BAA

Berg: 19 IP, 13 K/13 BB, .309 BAA

Santo: 24.1 IP, 11 K/11 BB, .310 BAA

Billek: 2 IP, 1 K/0 BB, .333 BAA

Edited May 12, 2007 by CaliforniaRaisin

[Marco4]

I might give the Chattanooga/Tennessee game a listen - see how tired I am come midnight tonight.

[otis89]

Go me!

[Guest]

Go me!

 

Hrm, according to the Daytona News-Journal, Joel Santo is pitching today. I guess they are skipping Taylor's turn? :shrug:

[Guest]

Go me!

 

Hrm, according to the Daytona News-Journal, Joel Santo is pitching today. I guess they are skipping Taylor's turn? :shrug:

 

The Daytona News-Journal lied. Scott Taylor is starting.

[Guest]

Taylor is leaving a few pitches up and he hung a curve that ended up being a 2-run HR. Daytona down 3-0 in the bottom of the first.

[TruffleShuffle]

Patterson HBP, scored on a triple by Pie... then Hoffpauir put him in with a sac fly. 2-0 I-Cobs.

[Guest]

Patterson HBP, scored on a triple by Pie... then Hoffpauir put him in with a sac fly. 2-0 I-Cobs.

 

Marshall: 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K/2 BB, 27 pitches (13 strikes).

 

Tennessee is all over Chattanooga, it's 10-2 in the top of the third. Casey McGehee has a 3-run HR.

 

Daytona leads it 7-6. Taylor: 5.1 IP (still in), 6 ER, 10 H, 2 K/1 BB.

 

Peoria down 2-0 in the second. Billek in his 07 starting debut: 2 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 1 K/2 BB.

[Guest]

Iowa up 2-0 in the bottom fo the third. Marshall: 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K/2 BB, 46 pitches (26 strikes).

 

After two solid outings, Justin Berg has another bad and short one. 2 IP, 2 ER, 1 H, 1 K/5 BB. On the flip side, despite giving up 10 R, Chattanooga's starter has thrown 3 innings. Tennessee up 10-2.

 

Daytona up 9-7 after 6. Tyler Colvin hit the go-ahead RBI double just now and Kyle Reynolds followed with an RBI single. Colvin is 1/4 with 3 RBI. Taylor's night should be over: 6 IP, 7 ER, 13 H, 1 K/2 BB, 1 HR.

 

Mike Billek is struggling again, just like last season. 2 IP, 9 ER, 8 H, 1 K/3 BB, 1 HBP. Peoria being blown away, down 9-0 in the second.

[Guest]

LIX 2/2 now with a single and an SB to go with that triple. He's hitting .468 at AAA.

[Guest]

Daytona wins it 9-7.

[TruffleShuffle]

LIX 2/2 now with a single and an SB to go with that triple. He's hitting .468 at AAA.

 

good thing AAA pitchers were busy playing in baseball games and not watching major league pitchers show how to get felix out

[Guest]

EPatt went deep in the 5th to give Iowa a 3-2 lead. Marshall: 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 3 K/4 BB, 92 pitches (50 strikes).

 

Tennessee up 10-2 after 6. Paul Schappert with 4 shutout innings in relief of Justin Berg.

 

Peoria down 11-1 after 6.

[TruffleShuffle]

EPatt went deep in the 5th to give Iowa a 3-2 lead.

 

he's ready, call him up

[Guest]

Marshall gets a K swinging and then gives up a single before being pulled in the 6th inning. Ben Howard comes in and promptly gives up a HR.

 

Marshall's final line: 5.1 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 4 K/4 BB, 1 HR, 97 pitches (54 strikes).

 

Iowa down 4-3, it's still in the top of the 6th.

[Guest]

Iowa down 11-3 in the 8th inning. EPatt is 2/3, Felix Pie is 2/4.

 

Tennessee wins 10-3.

 

Peoria lost 11-1. Catcher Blake Lalli ended up throwing a shutout 8th inning.

[otis89]

Ugh. I am not doing good at all this season. :(

[Guest]

Ronny Cedeno's ankle is alive and well...he struck out as a pinch hitter just now. Iowa down 11-5 in the 9th.

[NCCubFan]

Ugh. I am not doing good at all this season. :(

Maybe that's because you're spending too much time posting here and not enough time practicing. :lol:

[Guest]

Iowa makes it close but loses 11-8. EPatt goes 3/4 with that HR, Pie goes 3/5 with a triple and Kinkade had a HR too.

[Balsa]

Ronny Cedeno's ankle is alive and well...he struck out as a pinch hitter just now. Iowa down 11-5 in the 9th.

Hopefully he learned his lesson then.

[Guest]

All boxes posted!

 

IowaCubs.com[/url]"]River Cats Snap Cubs Win Streak at Eight

Iowa's late rally falls short

By Toby Hyde / http://www.iowacubs.com

 

The Sacramento Rivercats used a pair of two-run home runs and a grandslam, leading to nine unanswered runs, to snap the Iowa Cubs eight game winning streak Saturday night at Principal Park. A late Cubs rally in the bottom of the ninth fell short. However, the Cubs did extend two other personal streaks: Mike Fontentot hit safely in his ninth straight contest and Eric Patterson extended his own hitting streak to six games.

Sean Marshall, Iowa's starter, carried a 3-2 lead into the sixth inning, when he was forced from the game after a one-out single. In came reliever Ben Howard, who gave up a game-turning two-run home run to JD Closser to put Sacramento in front 4-3. River Cats rightfielder Hiram Bocachica launched a two run home run off Howard in the seventh to make the score 6-3. Howard, who pitched two innings took his second loss of the year. The 'Cats blew the game open with a five run eighth keyed by a Bocachica grand slam off Cubs reliever Federico Baez.

 

Iowa took a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Felix Pie tripled into the rightfield corner to bring home Eric Patterson with the game's first run. Pie scored on Micah Hoffpauir's sacrifice fly to center.

 

The River Cats tied the score at 2-2 in the top of the fifth when Danny Putnam doubled down the rightfield line bringing in two.

 

Iowa took a brief 3-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning. Eric Patterson led off with an opposite field home run. Later in the frame, Iowa put two runners aboard, but could not bring them home against Jason Windsor.

 

Iowa rallied in the ninth, but came up just short. The Cubs began the fram with five straight singles to plate three runs and bring the tying run to the plate, but couldn't find a way to get the tying run aboard.

 

SmokiesBaseball.com[/url]"]Tennessee Pounds Out Nine In The Second On Route To 10-3 Win Over Lookouts

 

Kodak, TN-Nine run second leads to Smokies 10-3 win over Chattanooga Saturday Night at Smokies Park in front of 20th largest crowd of 6,334 fans

 

The Smokies exploded for nine runs in the second inning off Lookouts starter Justin Mallett to pace a 10-2 win Saturday Night. Twelve batters would come to the plate in the frame collecting eight hits. Jorge Cortes got things started with a bunt single after a walk put runners on first and second Chris Robinson laid down a sacrifice bunt. Joe Simokaitis then delivered a run scoring single. Matt Craig followed with a pitch hit two RBI double running the score to 5-2. Josh Kroeger, later in the frame lined a double off the center field wall and two more crossed home. Then Casey McGehee crushed a three-run homerun to left finishing the nine run inning.

 

Paul Schappert pitched a solid four innings in relief for the win. Schappet gave up one run on four hits and fanned five.

 

He came in after Justin Berg struggled in the start going only two innings. Berg walked five, hit a batter and uncorked a wild pitch in yielding two runs.

 

Sam Fuld went 3-for-5 in the win while Kroeger had a 2-for-5 night that including three runs driven in.

 

DaytonaCubs.com[/url]"]Cubs Soar Over Flying Tigers to Take Series

Scott's to the Rescue

Jeanine Jiannetti

 

[DAYTONA BEACH,FL] Daytona Cubs (20-15) take game four and the series from the Lakeland Flying Tigers (13-23) 9-7, in a speedy regulation two hour game. A pair of Scott’s combine for the victory as Daytona takes Lakeland three games to one. Scott Taylor (2-3) earned his second win of the season while Scott Koerber (S,1) picked up his first save.

 

As expected following a marathon game, Taylor went six complete innings Saturday night. Taylor, permitted an RBI double and two homeruns, a total of 13 hits and seven earned runs, and was still able to pull off the win.

 

Koerber came in to finish the final three innings, allowing just one hit and not permitting a single run, while striking out two.

 

The Cubs had all but one batter get a hit. Ryan Norwood (1-4) and Tyler Colvin (1-4) both had doubles on the night.

 

Kyle Reynolds (2-4) has come back strong after nine days off going two-for-four in the last two games. Reynolds also showed off in the field by making a diving catch into foul territory to put out Wilkin Ramirez at first during the second inning.

 

PeoriaChiefs.com[/url]"]Chiefs Blown Out at Wisconsin

 

Grand Chute, WI – All the momentum picked up by the Peoria Chiefs thrilling come from behind win on Friday night at Dayton was given away early Saturday night as the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers scored nine runs in the first two innings en route to an 11-1 win.

 

Wisconsin wasted little time jumping on the Chiefs starter Mike Billek. Alex Meneses drew a leadoff walk and Carlos Truinfel doubled as the first two batters reached. With one out Carlos Peguero doubled home both runners for a 2-0 lead.

 

The Rattlers batted around in the second and scored seven times. Truinfel singled home the first two and Peguero added his third RBI if the game later in the inning. After a walk, Alex Liddi doubled home a pair for a 7-0 Rattlers lead. Rightfielder Kuo Hui Lo drove home two of his own with a single to put the home team up 9-0.

 

Chuckie Platt relieved Billek in the third and gave up a RBI single to Peguero as Truinfel scored for a 10-0 lead. The Chiefs finally got on the board against Wisconsin ’s starter Anthony Varvaro in the fifth. DJ Lewis led off with a walk and Matt Camp doubled to left with one out. After a second out, Lewis scored on a wild pitch for the Chiefs first run.

 

Wisconsin regained their 10 run lead against Platt in the bottom of the fifth. Kalian Sams, a defensive replacement in the fifth, crushed a lead off solo homer to center for an 11-1 lead.

 

Billek (0-1) takes the loss in his first start of the season. The former 3rd round pick out of UCF allowed nine runs on eight hits in two innings. He struck out one, hit one and walked two. Platt tied a season high with four innings of work allowing two runs on three this while striking out four. Jeremy Papelbon tossed a 1-2-3 seventh inning before giving way to catcher Blake Lalli for a hitless, scoreless eighth inning. It is the second time this season Lalli has thrown for the Chiefs.

 

Gorman’s Pub Player of the game: Matt Camp (2B) – Camp was the only Chiefs player with more than one hit on the night. He doubled in the fifth and singled in the seventh to finish 2-for-5.

 

Notes… Yusuf Carter went 0-for-4 ending his hit streak at nine games…Both Alfred Joseph and Josh Lansford singled to extend their hit streaks to eight games…

[Guest]

Knoxville News-Sentinel[/url]"]In Berg's defense, he wasn't 100 percent.

 

"He had a little tightness in his biceps, so we got him out of there," Listach said. "We'll see how he is. If he can't go in five days, Schappert will."