Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-31-2007

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 8-5, box:

 

LF E. Patterson 1/4, R, 2B (23), BB, OF assist at second base

CF F. Pie 1/5, K

DH G. Soto 2/5, R, 2B (20), HR (17), 2 RBI, K - 273 AB: .337/.413/.612/1.024, 37 K : 68 BB

1B J. Fox 1/4, R, 2B (2)

SS J. Simokaitis 3/4, R, HR (1), 2 RBI

SP JR Mathes 5.2 IP, 5 ER, 11 H, 3 K/3 BB, 6 GO-7 FO, 82 pitches (48 strikes)

RP B. Petrick 0.2 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 1 K/0 BB, HR, 0 GO-1 FO, 24 pitches (13 strikes)

 

Tennessee won 5-2, box:

 

LF J. Cortes 1/4, K

CF T. Colvin 1/3, HR (4), RBI, SB (3)

1B-RF I. Salas 1/3, R, 2B (14), HBP

3B K. Reynolds 0/4, 2 K, CS (1), E (2, fielding)

SS R. Chirinos 1/4, 3B (2), 2 RBI, K, E (3, throw)

2B N. Spears 1/4, 3B (1), K

SP R. O'Malley 6.1 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 6 K/2 BB, HR, 4 GO-7 FO

RP K. Wood 1.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K/1 BB, 2 GO-2 FO, 24 pitches (15 strikes) - rehab

 

Daytona: PPD - Rain

 

Peoria lost 7-3, box:

 

2B R. Malone 1/4, R, 2B (12), RBI

RF J. Adduci 2/4

DH R. Canzler 1/4, 2B (18), K

LF C. Hardman 0/4, OF assist at third base

C W. Castillo 0/3

SS N. Samson 0/3

SP J. Renshaw 3.2 IP, 7 R, 6 ER, 9 H, 2 K/2 BB, WP, HR, 6 GO-2 FO

 

Boise lost 14-10, box:

 

CF J. Wyatt 3/4, R, 2B (11), BB

LF T. Wright 2/5, R, HR (5), 6 RBI

2B T. Thomas 1/5, R, HR (2), RBI

RF K. Burke 2/5, R, 2B (7), HR (5), RBI, K - 94 AB: .277/.370/.511/.881; 12 K : 23 BB

C J. Donaldson 1/4, R, BB, 2 K

1B M. Sawyer 3/5, R, 2B (5), 2 RBI, 2 K

SP J. Castillo 1.2 IP, 8 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 2 K/2 BB, HBP, HR, 0 GO-3 FO

RP M. Pawelek 2.1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 K/0 BB, HBP, 3 GO-1 FO

RP A. Santana 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 6 K/2 BB

 

Mesa won 3-1, box:

 

2B E. Lara 1/4, K

LF C. Andersen 1/4, R, 2B (7), K

DH C. Perez 0/4, K

CF B. Guyer 0/4, 2 K

3B J. Rosa 2/3, K, E (9, throw) - 98 AB: .367/.421/.510/.931, 7 BB : 21 K

SS G. Guzman 0/3, 2 K

SP H. Tolentino 4 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 3 K/1 BB, 3 GO-5 FO

RP C. Redmond 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 6 K/1 BB, 1 GO-2 FO - overall: 11 IP, 6.55 ERA, 14 K/3 BB, .275 BAA; last 9 IP: 0 R, 12 K/1 BB, .100 BAA

 

DSL Cubs lost 6-5, box:

 

SS S. Castro 1/4, RBI, BB

3B J. Lake 2/5, R, 2 K

RF A. Mejia 1/3, BB, K, CS (3), 2 E (5, fielding, throw)

LF A. Soto 1/3, 2 R, 2 BB

CF A. Quezada 1/4, 2 R, HR (1), 2 RBI, BB, SB (8)

SP Y. Gonzalez 3 IP, 2 ER, 2 H, 3 K/1 BB, WP, 5 GO-1 FO

RP M. Perez 4.1 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 3 K/2 BB, 6 GO-4 FO

 

VSL Cubs/Twins lost 7-3, box:

 

SS G. Matheus 1/4, R, BB, K

RF K. Soto 0/2, 3 BB

C C. Romero 0/3, K

C J. Bracho 0/1, PB (2)

RP E. Figueroa 1.2 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 2 K/3 BB, 1 GO-2 FO

 

Overall: 2-5

Edited August 1, 2007 by CaliforniaRaisin

[TruffleShuffle]

welcome back

[Guest]

Thanks, Truffle.

 

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: LHP JR Mathes (8-6, 4.99 ERA, 113.2 IP)

Tennessee: LHP Ryan O'Malley (Tenn: 1-0, 3.18 ERA, 17 IP; Overall: 4-8, 6.84 ERA, 101.1 IP)

Daytona: RHP Mitch Atkins (8-6, 2.73 ERA, 112 IP)

Peoria: RHP Jake Renshaw (11-5, 3.68 ERA, 95.1 IP)

Boise: RHP Julio Castillo (Boise: 0-2, 3.98 ERA, 20.1 IP; Overall: 0-2, 4.75 ERA, 36 IP)

 

Mathes: 113.2 IP, 63 K/26 BB, .311 BAA

O'Malley (Tenn): 17 IP, 9 K/0 BB, .231 BAA

O'Malley (Tenn & Iowa): 101.1 IP, 54 K/28 BB, .344 BAA

Atkins: 112 IP, 86 K/28 BB, .229 BAA

Renshaw: 95.1 IP, 82 K/35 BB, .234 BAA

Castillo (Boise): 20.1 IP, 9 K/11 BB, .216 BAA

Castillo (Boise, Mesa & Peoria): 36 IP, 14 K/27 BB, .254 BAA

 

Rehabbing RHP Kerry Wood (Mesa & Peoria: 1-1, 1.29 ERA, 7 IP, 8 K/2 BB, .192 BAA) is expected to throw 1+ innings of relief today for the Tennessee Smokies.

[E.J.]

How was India? Oh, and welcome back. We were forced to rough it while you were gone. Slugger expected us to click on links instead of giving us box scores.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

How was India? Oh, and welcome back. We were forced to rough it while you were gone. Slugger expected us to click on links instead of giving us box scores.

 

The audacity! The unmitigated gall!

 

 

Welcome back, Fearless Leader.

[Guest]

Thanks, guys.

 

How was India? Very rainy. And humid.

[Slugger_16]

How was India? Oh, and welcome back. We were forced to rough it while you were gone. Slugger expected us to click on links instead of giving us box scores.

 

Sorry, I'm not redundant like Raisin, posting the same thing that's already in the link. I'm much to lazy for that. Be lucky you got links.

 

Where was the Raisin love during the greatest poster championship?! Bandwagoners, all of you!!

[TruffleShuffle]

Thanks, guys.

 

How was India? Very rainy. And humid.

 

I could've told you that in advance and saved you the trip!

[NCCubFan]

Where was the Raisin love during the greatest poster championship?! Bandwagoners, all of you!!

Remember, Vance bought the championship. If it were competed on even footing Raisin might have won. :D

[Keener98]

Is there anywhere you can listen to West Tenn game on the net?

[Skyballer]

Finally, the return of Raisin :!:

Welcome back.

[weis21]

I don't post much on the minor league forum, but I check these threads daily and it helps out so much in keeping up to date with our farm system. thanks for what you do california raisin.

[Balsa]

Welcome Back Raisin!!! :o

 

And thanks for filling in Slugger!

[craig]

This is second hand news, but a friend from Bleacher Bums board attende all three of the recent Tenn games at WTenn, and gave some scouting information.

 

he reports on I believe 7 pitchers, Veal, Mendez, Henderson, Johnson, Avery, Roquet, and Schappert.

 

He reported that Schappert maxed out around 82.

 

The other six were all almost the same in terms of velocity.

 

Veal 90-93, touched 94 once, was down to 88-90 by last inning. Said Veal had both a sharp curve and slider that break into the dirt, but that he threw only maye one for a strike all game, most of them weren't even close. He said he mostly just threw high 4-seam fastballs. They either bashed them for hits, hard flyouts, foul balls, or eventually would strike out after long AB's with lots of fouloffs. He said that Veal just looked like a thrower. He thought Veal looked Ohman but with even less control.

 

Said Mendez was 91-92. Said Henderson was 90-93, but that his slider wasn't too hot that night. (A different poster saw henderson recently at Tennessee, and said that he threw harder than anybody he's seen for Tennesse all year, including having watched Veal a couple of times and Gallagher and Hart.)

 

Said Johnson was actually at 91-93 all inning, so apparently Johnson's arm isn't shot. Said he had a slider in the low 80's for strikes. I believe my friend got there for the second of a 2-inning outing by Johnson, I know the box score showed it as a 4-hit-3-run outing by Grant.

 

Avery pitched the next inning, at 91-92 also with a low-80's breaking pitch. He thought Avery's breaking ball seemed to fool hitters better than Johnson's had.

 

Roquet pitched the next inning and was 92-94, with what he referred to as a pretty good curve, and that he seemed to vary his fastball more, taking some off at 88-89. I know BA talked about Roquet having a slider; perhaps the fact that my friend called it more of a curve compared to Johnson's slider suggests that Roquet's has more break, I don't know.

[Guest]

Is there anywhere you can listen to West Tenn game on the net?

 

Sure.

 

Tennessee's broadcast with Mick Gilespie (click "listen live").

 

West Tenn's broadcast with Ron Potesta (click "Internet broadcast").

 

You can also check MiLB.com's Gameday Audio section. They have links to the Tenn-West Tenn game along with many others.

[Guest]

Welcome Back Raisin!!! :o

 

And thanks for filling in Slugger!

 

Yeah, thanks for filling in Slugger and thanks for doing a good job (esp. since Jon wussed out of all responsibilities).

 

Daytona rained out. Renshaw roughed up for 6 ER in 3.2 IP and Peoria is down 7-0.

[Keener98]

I really like the Tenn radio broadcast.

[Guest]

Craig, if you're around, I read in the Idaho Statesman today that Al Aburqurque is in the mid-90s with his FB this season with a slider that is topping out at 87. Very, very encouraging. Of course the same story said that Huseby is in the 88-92 range. Hopefully the Statesman is wrong on that one and the Boise announcer is right with Huseby.

[Guest]

Joe Simokaitis hit a 2-run HR and Iowa is up 4-0 in the fourth.

 

Tyler Colvin hit a solo HR for Tennessee - his fourth. He's 1/3 as Tennessee leads it 5-2 in the 6th.

 

Peoria lost 7-3.

 

Harol Tolentino - who was demoted to Mesa from Boise a while back - gets the start for Mesa tonight.

Edited August 1, 2007 by CaliforniaRaisin

[E.J.]

Is Kroeger back playing for Iowa yet?

[Guest]

Is Kroeger back playing for Iowa yet?

 

Nope. EPatt is in the lineup at LF again.

[TruffleShuffle]

my anger at soto being in the minors continues to grow. 2-3 with a double and homer tonight.

[Guest]

Kerry Wood coming into the ballgame for the Smokies.

[Guest]

Wood vs. Monzon with 1 out in the 6th inning:

 

Ball 1 low.

Ball 2.

Ball 3 outside.

Ball 4. Bases on balls.

 

Wood vs. Rivera:

 

Ball 1 low.

Strike 1 looking (92 mph).

Strike 2 swinging (changeup).

Fouled off.

Strike 3 swinging. Two outs.

 

Wood vs. Minaker:

 

Popout to second base. Three outs.

 

Wood: 0.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K/1 BB, 10 pitches (5 strikes), 0 GO-1 FO.

[badger1679666666]

Wood vs. Monzon with 1 out in the 6th inning:

 

Ball 1 low.

Ball 2.

Ball 3 outside.

Ball 4. Bases on balls.

 

Wood vs. Rivera:

 

Ball 1 low.

Strike 1 looking (92 mph).

Strike 2 swinging (changeup).

Fouled off.

Strike 3 swinging. Two outs.

 

Wood vs. Minaker:

 

Popout to second base. Three outs.

 

Wood: 0.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K/1 BB, 10 pitches (5 strikes), 0 GO-1 FO.

 

One more inning right?

 

Come'on Kerry, we're all pulling for you!