Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-23-2007

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa won 10-2, box:

 

CF E. Patterson 1/5, K

SS R. Cedeño 0/5, K

RF J. Kroeger 3/5, 3 R, 2B (7), K, E (5, fielding)

C G. Soto 3/3, 4 R, 2B (30), 2 HR (23), 3 RBI, BB - 256 AB: .362/.433/.567/1.090, 50 K : 87 BB

LF S. Moore 1/2, 2 R, HR (18), 3 RBI, 2 BB, K

2B C. Rojas 1/4, R, 2B (11), 2 RBI, K

SP J. Mateo 2 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 4 K/1 BB, 1 GO-1 FO, 36 pitches (23 strikes) - left game due to bruised wrist (hit by comebacker)

RP N. Cotts 3.2 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 4 K/0 BB, 0 GO-7 FO, 49 pitches (31 strikes); hitting: 1/2, RBI

RP W. Ohman 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K/0 BB, 0 GO-4 FO, 15 pitches (8 strikes)

RP R. Cherry 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K/0 BB, 1 GO-4 FO, 24 pitches (14 strikes)

 

Tennessee lost 7-5, box:

 

CF S. Fuld 1/4, R, BB, K

LF J. Cortes 1/2, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB

C C. McGehee 2/5, R, PB (10)

RF T. Colvin 1/5, RBI

3B-1B-3B K. Reynolds 0/4, K

1B I. Salas 1/3, 2B (18)

SP J. Berg 5 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 2 K/4 BB, 2 WP, 7 GO-5 FO

RP R. Roquet 0.1 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 0 K/0 BB, HR, 0 GO-1 FO - at A, A+ & AA: 65 IP, 1.52 ERA, 77 K/26 BB, .196 BAA

 

Daytona lost game one of a doubleheader 2-1 (8 innings), box:

 

SS J. Mota 1/3, 2B (5), E (6, throw)

1B S. Clevenger 0/3

DH B. Dopirak 0/3, 3 K - ouch

RF R. Harvey 0/3, 3 K - ouch part 2

3B M. Matulia 1/3, R, HR (3), RBI, K

SP J. Santo 6 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 5 K/3 BB, HBP, WP, 5 GO-8 FO

RP D. Downs 2 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 K/1 BB, HR, 3 GO-2 FO

 

Daytona won game two 12-0, box:

 

1B B. Dopirak 3/4, 2 R, 2B (22), HR (17), 2 RBI - 318 A+ AB: .286/.333/.516/.849, 21 BB : 85 K

RF R. Harvey 1/2, R, HR (10), 3 RBI, BB, K

CF J. Rea 3/4, 3 R

SS J. Mota 1/4, 2 R, 2B (6), RBI

LF-RF Y. Carter 2/4, R, 2B (8), 2 HR (6), 4 RBI, K

C M. Reed 1/3, R, 2B (7), BB, K

SP C. Platt 4 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 3 K/2 BB, WP, 5 GO-4 FO

RP B. Clipp 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 K/0 BB, 1 GO-1 FO

 

Peoria lost 9-4, box:

 

SS D. Barney 1/5, K, E (7, fielding)

RF J. Adduci 2/5, R, K, E (6, fielding)

1B-P B. Lalli 1/4, R, BB, K, pitching: 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K/0 BB, 1 GO-0 FO

3B M. Smith 2/3, R, 2B (2), HR (2), 3 RBI, BB

C W. Castillo 0/2, 2 BB, K - 297 AB: .273/.337/.421/.758, 22 BB : 71 K

2B N. Samson 1/4, 2B (6)

SP A. Hempy 2.1 IP, 6 ER, 7 H, 2 K/3 BB, HR, 1 GO-4 FO

RP J. Ruhlman 2 IP, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 3 K/0 BB, 3 GO-0 FO

 

Boise lost 6-5, box:

 

2B T. Thomas 2/5, 3B (6), RBI, SB (20), E (8, pickoff)

DH J. Wyatt 2/3, R, 2B (15), RBI, 2 BB, K, CS (6)

C J. Donaldson 3/5, R, RBI, K - 122 AB: .320/.436/.557/.993, 26 BB : 28 K

RF K. Burke 2/3, R, BB, K

SS D. Johnston 0/4, K, 2 E (27, throw, fielding)

1B M. Sawyer 1/5, 2B (9), K

LF D. Rundle 0/2, 2 R, 2 BB

SP D. Sasser 4 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 H, 3 K/2 BB, 3 GO-4 FO

 

Mesa lost 11-1, box:

 

LF-CF C. Walker 1/4 - rehab

RF-LF C. Andersen 0/3, 2 K - 162 AB: .284/.333/.438/.771, 9 BB : 54 K

DH J. Vitters 0/4 - 0/11, 0 BB, 2 K as a pro

CF C. Hardman 1/2

SS M. Gonzalez 0/3

1B L. Sommer 1/3, R, 3B (5), E (3, missed catch)

3B G. Guzman 1/3, 2B (6)

SP H. Chen 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K/0 BB, 1 GO-1 FO - pro debut

RP M. Hatley 1.2 IP, 6 ER, 6 H, 0 K/1 BB, 2 GO-3 FO

RP M. Cuevas 2.1 IP, 1 E, 3 H, 3 K/0 BB, 4 GO-0 FO

 

DSL Cubs won 5-2, box:

 

SS S. Castro 1/3, R, 2 BB, SB (13) - 221 AB: .299/.371/.371/.742, 23 BB : 24 K

C A. Sosa 1/5

3B J. Contreras 2/5, R, HR (8), 2 RBI, K

RF A. Mejia 3/3, 2 R, 2B (12), BB

CF A. Quezada 2/4, R, 2B (9), RBI, K

SP Y. Gonzalez 5 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 4 K/1 BB, 6 GO-4 FO

RP M. Sierra 3 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 0 K/0 BB, HBP, 6 GO-3 FO

 

Overall: 3-5

Edited August 24, 2007 by CaliforniaRaisin

[Guest]

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Juan Mateo (Iowa & Peoria: 4-4, 4.62 ERA, 60.1 IP, 39 K/18 BB, .305 BAA)

Tennessee: RHP Justin Berg (6-7, 5.14 ERA, 122.2 IP, 61 K/59 BB, .289 BAA)

Daytona (game one): RHP Joel Santo (8-8, 4.97 ERA, 114 IP, 71 K/64 BB, .262 BAA)

Daytona (game two): TBD

Peoria: LHP Arik Hempy (Boise & Mesa: 1-3, 4.73 ERA, 32.1 IP, 34 K/12 BB, .244 BAA)

Boise: LHP Dustin Sasser (3-3, 5.13 ERA, 52.2 IP, 41 K/20 BB, .278 BAA)

Mesa: RHP Marcus Hatley (1-2, 2.65 ERA, 34 IP, 23 K/10 BB, .221 BAA)

DSL Cubs: RHP Yohan Gonzalez (0-1, 3.10 ERA, 20.1 IP, 19 K/9 BB, .237 BAA)

 

Playoff Races:

 

Tennessee (12 games remaining) can make the playoffs either by winning the SL North second half or winning the SL North overall wild card:

 

SL North - Second Half
Club 	      W 	L 	PCT 	 GB
Huntsville*	33	25	.569	 -
Tennessee	  32	26	.552	1.0
Chattanooga	30	28	.517	3.0
Carolina	   29	29	.500	4.0
West Tenn	  24	34	.414	9.0

 

SL North Wild Card
Club 	    W 	L 	PCT 	GB
Tennessee	68	58	.540	-
Chattanooga 59	69	.461	10.0
Carolina	 57	71	.445	12.0
West Tenn	55	73	.430	14.0

 

Peoria (12 games remaining) can enter the playoffs as the second half champ or the second half wild card (which they currently have sole possesion). Beloit and Clinton are already in the playoffs.

 

MWL West - Second Half
Club 	      W 	L 	PCT 	GB
Quad Cities	35	21	.625	-
Peoria	     32	26	.552	4
Beloit*	    30	25	.545	4.5
Cedar Rapids  31	26	.544	4.5
Kane County	28	27	.509	6.5
Burlington	 27	29	.482	8.0
Clinton^	   25	32	.439	10.5
Wisconsin	  23	34	.404	12.5

 

Boise (14 games remaining) has to win the NWL East to make the playoffs:

 

NWL East
Club 	   W 	L 	PCT 	GB
Spokane    29	32	.475	-
Boise	   28	34	.452	1.5
Tri-City	28	34	.452	1.5
Yakima	  27	35	.435	2.5

[Guest]

Juan Mateo left the Iowa game after the second inning, could be an injury.

[UBlink]

Soto with 2 HR's tonight through the 7th. Ho-hum

 

Edit: Oh, and there's also a double and walk in his 4 PA's.

Edited August 24, 2007 by UBlink

[Flames24Rulz]

Juan Mateo left the Iowa game after the second inning, could be an injury.

 

What a surprise.

[Banedon]

Slightly off topic, but I'll be at tomorrow night's Chiefs game. It'll be my son's first baseball game. He'll probably sleep through the vast majority of it. :D

[TruffleShuffle]

geovany soto

[Guest]

21-year old RHP Hung-Wen Chen (Taiwan) who got a $200,000 signing bonus (and was out for a while with elbow soreness) got the start for Mesa and made his pro debut today. He pitched a hitless and scoreless inning with one strikeout. Edited August 24, 2007 by CaliforniaRaisin

[TruffleShuffle]

21-year old RHP Hung-Wen Chen (Taiwan) who got a $200,000 signing bonus (and was out for a while with elbow soreness) got the start for Mesa and made his pro debut today. He pitched a hitless and scoreless inning with one strikeout.

 

he's also got as many hits as josh vitters!

[Balsa]

Christ when does Soto get a chance?

[Guest]

Juan Mateo left the Iowa game because he was hit on the wrist by a comebacker and Brian Dopirak hit a 500-foot HR:

 

IowaCubs.com[/url]"]Soto and Cubs Thump Zs 10-2

Iowa Catcher puts on 3-3 Two Home Run Performance

By Deene Ehlis / http://www.iowacubs.com

 

Geovany Soto hit two homers and a double with four RBI's to lead Iowa to a 10-2 thumping of New Orleans Thursday night at Zephyr Field.

 

Soto tied the game at 1-1 with a leadoff homerun in the second inning, walked and scored on Scott Moore's three-run homer in the fourth, doubled and scored in the sixth and capped off the Cubs scoring with a two-run homer in the seventh. Soto, in his third year with Iowa, hit .272 with six homers in 2006. After Thursday's game, Soto is hitting .362 to lead the PCL, has 23 homers and 99 RBIs. Soto explains the difference for him from '06 to '07, "Last year I was trying to hit everything to rightfield, trying to be too cute with the ball. This year, I'm just hacking at the ball hard, and not trying to be too fine, not trying to be too perfect, just let it go and whatever happens, happens."

 

Along with Soto, Josh Kroeger had a three hit, three run night for Iowa as Neal Cotts picked up his first win of the season against two losses. Cotts replaced Juan Mateo in the third inning after Mateo was hit on the right wrist on the final out of the second inning. Mateo suffered a bruised wrist on the Robinson Cancel line drive.

 

At one point, Iowa pitchers Mateo and Cotts combined to retire 16 straight Zephyr hitters.

 

SmokiesBaseball.com[/url]"]Bears Long Ball Dooms Tennessee, 7-5

 

MOBILE, Ala. –Chris Rahl sent a three-run homerun over the left field wall with two outs in the eighth giving Mobile a 7-5 lead.

 

The Smokies trailed by four but rallied to tie the game with a four run sixth. With two men on and no outs Jorge Cortes, Casey McGehee and Tyler Colvin all singled. Kyle Reynolds then grounded into a double play scoring the third run. Tennessee then scored the tying run on a passed ball.

 

The Smokies scored in the top of the eighth for their only lead. Nate Spears hustled out a misplayed groundball to second which plated Cortes. Mobile build the early advantage with two retired in the second inning. Josh Ford singled then scored on a Rahl double. Osbek Castillo then doubled him in and scored on a Emilo Bonifacio triple. He then scored on a Wilkin Castillo base hit.

 

DaytonaCubs.com[/url]"]Cubs Edged in Game One, Destroy in Game Two

Dopirak and Harvey Anchor Cubs' Attack

 

 

By: Matt Martinez

 

[DAYTONA BEACH, FL] Talk about parody. On a night featuring a twinbill between bitter rivals Daytona and Brevard County, the Manatees stole game one late, 2-1. But the Cubs exacted revenge in game two in a big way- a 12-0 humiliation in front of nearly 3,000 rowdy fans.

 

The first game of the doubleheader was a duel on the bump. Despite allowing three walks in the first inning, Joel Santo pitched like a man possessed. Through six innings, he scattered one base hit and struck out five.

 

Santo received run support from an unlikely candidate in Matt Matulia. Hitting behind Cubs' sluggers Brian Dopirak and Ryan Harvey, Matulia let loose a solo home run which would prove to be the only run the Cubs could gather throughout the game.

 

Matulia's second inning home run seemed to be enough as Darin Downs came on in relief of Santo in the final inning but Mike Bell teed off a home run of his own to tie the game up at 1-1. Daytona failed to score in the bottom half of the inning and the game extended into extra innings.

 

The Manatees manufactured a run that came home on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Yohannis Perez to give Brevard their first lead of the evening, 2-1.

 

The Cubs went scoreless in the final frame and fell to the visiting Manatees, 2-1.

 

But, the Cubs would not be discouraged. Game two would be a game the fans at "The Jack" would not soon forget.

 

Chucky Platt took the ball for the Cubs and was magnificent for four innings, allowing three singles while walking two and fanning three.

 

Meanwhile, the right-hander was getting run support by the barrel-load. Jeffrey Rea came around to score on a throwing error in the second to make the lead a modest 1-0 after two. The third, however, was an inning for the ages.

 

Mark Reed led off with a walk, Matt Camp singled and Matt Matulia drew a walk to load the bases. Steve Clevenger lifted a high fly ball to center to score Reed from third and advance Camp to put runners on the corners for Dopirak. Dope laced a double down the opposite field line to score Camp and put two men in scoring position. Harvey was next and he didn't disappoint. Ryan hit a laser beam over the left field wall to clear the bases and give the Cubs a 6-0 advantage. As if that wasn't enough, the Cubs were just getting started. With two men on and still just one man out, Yusuf Carter unloaded a bomb of his own to pile onto the lead, 9-0 after three innings of play.

 

The Cubs remained hungry at the plate in the fourth as Dopirak cleved a 500-foot homer over the left field fence to make the game 10-0.

 

Daytona added two more runs in the sixth on back-to-back RBI doubles by Jonathan Mota and Carter.

 

The pitching preserved the giant lead, and the Cubs walked away with a split for the day with the game two 12-0 victory.

 

BoiseHawks.com[/url]"] Hawks Fall to Canadians, 6-5

 

VANCOUVER, B.C. -- The Boise Hawks lost to the Vancouver Canadians Thursday night, 6-5. The Hawks stay one and half games behind the Spokane Indians in the Eastern Division of the Northwest League.

 

The Hawks trailed 6-1 after five innings but mounted a come back late in the game scoring two in the 6th inning, one in the 7th and one in the 8th. The game ended with the tying run on third base.

 

Tony Thomas, Jonathan Wyatt, Kyler Burke and Josh Donaldson all had two hits for the Hawks.

[Guest]

More love for Dope's bomb:

 

Daytona News-Journal[/url]"]Harvey and Carter each smashed three-run bombs in Daytona's eight-run third inning. But if the Cubs were having their own version of home run derby, the winner was Dopirak. The first baseman's 17th homer of the season should have had some fishing line on it. Not only did the blast carry well into the darkness at a height equal to the light tower in left field, but it went into the river on the fly. [Emphasis added by the News-Journal.]

 

"I was just trying to get my foot down," Dopirak said. "I was actually looking for a fastball and he threw me a slider. I just stayed back on it and got the head (of the bat) on it."

[YearofDaCubs]

Kroeger has done nothing but hit. I hope they call him up in September.

[CubinNY]

Soto cannot be this good. I think the Cubs may have wasted a month or two of this guy being in the "zone". It a shame. He may never be this good again.

[jersey cubs fan]

1B B. Dopirak 3/4, 2 R, 2B (22), HR (17), 2 RBI - 318 A+ AB: .286/.333/.516/.849, 21 K/85 BB

 

I'm pretty sure there's no way this is true.

[Guest]

1B B. Dopirak 3/4, 2 R, 2B (22), HR (17), 2 RBI - 318 A+ AB: .286/.333/.516/.849, 21 K/85 BB

 

I'm pretty sure there's no way this is true.

 

Oops, it's the other way around. 21 BB / 85 K.

 

ETA:

 

Des Moines Register[/url]"]"Last year I was trying to hit everything to right field ... this year, I'm just hacking at the ball hard, and not trying to be too fine," he [Geovany Soto] said.

[TruffleShuffle]

soto 4 PCL MVP

[sethuel1]

Geovany Soto