Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-25-2007

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa won 2-1, box:

 

CF E. Patterson 2/4, R, CS (9)

SS R. Cedeño 2/3, RBI, PO, E (13, throw)

C G. Soto 0/4, 2 K

RF J. Fox 0/3, 3 K

SP K. Hart 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 3 K/6 BB, WP, 6 GO-8 FO, 104 pitches (59 strikes); hitting: 1/2, R, K

RP W. Ohman 0.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K/1 BB, WP, 17 pitches (9 strikes)

RP C. Rapada 0.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K/0 BB, 5 pitches (3 strikes)

RP R. Cherry 0.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K/0 BB, 13 pitches (8 strikes)

 

Tennessee lost 6-5, box:

 

RF S. Fuld 2/5, R, K, PO, OF assist at home

LF J. Cortes 2/5, 2 R, HR (2), 3 RBI

C C. McGehee 1/4, 2 K

CF T. Colvin 1/3, R, K, HBP

3B K. Reynolds 1/4, K

SP M. Atkins 5 IP, 4 ER, 6 H, 5 K/4 BB, WP, HR, 5 GO-4 FO

RP M. Avery 1 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 K/1 BB, WP, 1 GO-0 FO

 

Daytona lost 5-3, box:

 

3B M. Matulia 2/4, R, 2 2B (18), 2 K

1B S. Clevenger 0/4

DH B. Dopirak 1/4

RF R. Harvey 2/3, 2 R, 2B (4), BB, SB (6)

SS J. Mota 2/4

SP J. Estrada 6 IP, 4 ER, 8 H, 7 K/2 BB, HBP, WP, 3 GO-8 FO

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

 

Four pitchers combine on a no-hitter as Peoria wins 6-0, box:

 

SS D. Barney 1/4, 2 R, 3B (3), K

RF J. Adduci 2/4, R, 2B (16), RBI

C W. Castillo 1/4, R, HR (11), 2 RBI, K

LF B. Leclerc 2/4, 2B (5)

SP J. Russell 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K/1 BB, 2 GO-3 FO

RP C. Siegfried 2.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K/3 BB, HBP, 6 GO-1 FO

RP M. Maradeo 1.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K/1 BB, HBP, 2 GO-0 FO

RP J. Ceda 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 4 K/1 BB, HBP, 1 GO-1 FO - since returning from DL/going to the pen: 19 IP, 4 ER, 0 H, 34 K/14 BB

 

Boise lost 6-2, box:

 

2B T. Thomas 2/5, 2B (11), K

CF B. Guyer 2/5, 2B (1), 2 RBI, OF assist at third base

C J. Donaldson 1/4, K

RF K. Burke 1/4, K

3B J. Rosa 0/4, K

LF D. Rundle 1/3, R, 2B (5), BB, 2 K

SP C. Huseby 6 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 3 K/1 BB, HR, 9 GO-4 FO

RP M. Pawelek 0.1 IP, 3 ER, 1 H, 0 K/4 BB, WP, 1 GO-0 FO

 

Mesa lost 6-5, box:

 

LF C. Walker 1/2, 2 R, 3 BB, SB (2), CS (2), PO - rehab

DH C. Andersen 2/5, 2B (11), 2 RBI, 2 K

3B J. Vitters 1/5, K - first pro hit

2B-3B M. Gonzalez 0/3, R, 2 BB, K, E (4, throw)

1B C. Perez 1/4, 2 K

RF Nelson Perez 1/3, 2B (4), BB, K, SB (3)

SS G. Guzman 1/4, RBI, SB (5)

SP J. Castillo 3 IP, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 4 K/3 BB, HBP, 3 GO-2 FO

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

 

Overall: 2-4

Edited August 26, 2007 by CaliforniaRaisin

[Guest]

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Kevin Hart (Iowa & Tenn: 10-6, 4.22 ERA, 147 IP, 125 K/42 BB, .266 BAA)

Tennessee: RHP Mitch Atkins (Tenn & Daytona: 9-8, 3.50 ERA, 131 IP, 95 K/37 BB, .244 BAA)

Daytona: RHP Jesse Estrada (4-4, 4.51 ERA, 125.2 IP, 96 K/35 BB, .271 BAA)

Peoria: LHP James Russell (Mesa: 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 IP, 2 K/0 BB, .000 BAA)

Boise: RHP Chris Huseby (2-5, 3.71 ERA, 53.1 IP, 43 K/28 BB, .251 BAA)

Mesa: RHP Ryan Acosta (0-0, 3.00 ERA, 6 IP, 6 K/3 BB, .263 BAA)

 

Acosta (12th rounder in 2007) got a $250,000 bonus and Russell (14th rounder) got a $350,000.

 

Playoff Races:

 

Tennessee (10 games remaining) can make the playoffs either by winning the SL North second half or winning the SL North overall wild card if Huntsville wins the North:

 

SL North - Second Half
Club 	      W 	L 	PCT 	 GB
Huntsville*	34	26	.567	 -
Tennessee	  32	28	.533	2.0
Chattanooga	30	30	.500	4.0
Carolina	   30	30	.500	4.0
West Tenn	  26	34	.433	8.0

 

SL North Wild Card
Club 	    W 	L 	PCT 	 GB
Tennessee	68	60	.531	 -
Chattanooga 59	71	.454	10.0
Carolina	 58	72	.446	11.0
West Tenn	57	73	.438	12.0

 

Peoria (10 games remaining) can enter the playoffs as the second half champ or the second half wild card. Beloit and Clinton are already in the playoffs.

 

MWL West - Second Half
Club 	      W 	L 	PCT    GB
Quad Cities	37	22	.627	 -
Cedar Rapids  34	26	.567	3.5
Peoria	     33	27	.550	4.5
Kane County	31	27	.534	5.5
Beloit*	    30	28	.517	6.5
Burlington	 28	31	.475	9.0
Clinton^	   25	35	.417	12.5
Wisconsin	  24	35	.407	13

 

MWL West - Second Half Wild Card
Club 	      W 	L 	PCT    GB
Cedar Rapids  34	26	.567	-
Peoria	     33	27	.550	1
Kane County	31	27	.534	2
Beloit*	    30	28	.517	3
Burlington	 28	31	.475	5.5
Clinton^	   25	35	.417	8.5
Wisconsin	  24	35	.407	9

 

Boise (11 games remaining) has to win the NWL East to make the playoffs:

 

NWL East
Club 	   W 	L 	PCT 	GB
Tri-City	30	34	.469	 -
Spokane    29	34	.460	0.5
Boise	   29	35	.453	1.0
Yakima	  28	36	.438	2.0

[Guest]

Some Soto love: http://braves.scout.com/a.z?s=248&p=2&c=671620

 

Some nice reasons in there for his improvement.

[Skyballer]

I'm calling a 4-4 night with 3 HR for Vitters :wink:

[ChiefsVoice]

we have a staff injection in here Peoria:

 

1. Oneri Fleita

2. Gary Hughes

3. Dave Bialas

4. Dave Keller

5. Bob Dernier

 

Oneri will join me for the 2nd and 3rd inning on Sunday and Bialas will be on the pregame show. I will also try to get Hughes on for Monday night but he was not around for pregame today...

[Guest]

we have a staff injection in here Peoria:

 

1. Oneri Fleita

2. Gary Hughes

3. Dave Bialas

4. Dave Keller

5. Bob Dernier

 

Oneri will join me for the 2nd and 3rd inning on Sunday and Bialas will be on the pregame show. I will also try to get Hughes on for Monday night but he was not around for pregame today...

 

are they doing a system evaluation or something?

 

So, if I read that right, Tennessee is in with a win.

[Guest]

So, if I read that right, Tennessee is in with a win.

 

As long as Chattanooga doesn't win the second half division (the WC is in place if the same team wins both halves of the division).

 

James Russell with 4 K and 1 BB in 2 scoreless and hitless innings in his Peoria debut.

[ChiefsVoice]

we have a staff injection in here Peoria:

 

1. Oneri Fleita

2. Gary Hughes

3. Dave Bialas

4. Dave Keller

5. Bob Dernier

 

Oneri will join me for the 2nd and 3rd inning on Sunday and Bialas will be on the pregame show. I will also try to get Hughes on for Monday night but he was not around for pregame today...

 

are they doing a system evaluation or something?

 

So, if I read that right, Tennessee is in with a win.

I think it is mostly a coincidence. Bialas was with us in Wisconsin. With the Cubs on the road its an easy drive down for Hughes and Fleita to see all the new guys (Barney, JOhnson, Russell, Hempy, Wright, Smith, Siegfried)

[Guest]

we have a staff injection in here Peoria:

 

1. Oneri Fleita

2. Gary Hughes

3. Dave Bialas

4. Dave Keller

5. Bob Dernier

 

Oneri will join me for the 2nd and 3rd inning on Sunday and Bialas will be on the pregame show. I will also try to get Hughes on for Monday night but he was not around for pregame today...

 

are they doing a system evaluation or something?

 

So, if I read that right, Tennessee is in with a win.

I think it is mostly a coincidence. Bialas was with us in Wisconsin. With the Cubs on the road its an easy drive down for Hughes and Fleita to see all the new guys (Barney, JOhnson, Russell, Hempy, Wright, Smith, Siegfried)

 

How frequently are they there out of curiosity?

[ChiefsVoice]

we see each rover about once a month. when we have a long homestand we usually have 2 or 3 here at a time. We see Oneri the most since he also comes when we are at Kane County in his backyard..

[CubinNY]

we have a staff injection in here Peoria:

 

1. Oneri Fleita

2. Gary Hughes

3. Dave Bialas

4. Dave Keller

5. Bob Dernier

 

Oneri will join me for the 2nd and 3rd inning on Sunday and Bialas will be on the pregame show. I will also try to get Hughes on for Monday night but he was not around for pregame today...

 

are they doing a system evaluation or something?

 

So, if I read that right, Tennessee is in with a win.

I think it is mostly a coincidence. Bialas was with us in Wisconsin. With the Cubs on the road its an easy drive down for Hughes and Fleita to see all the new guys (Barney, JOhnson, Russell, Hempy, Wright, Smith, Siegfried)

 

How frequently are they there out of curiosity?

I know it's a lot of travel, but I couldn't imagine a better job.

[Warpticon]

Whoa, talk about putting on a show for all the execs in Peoria.

 

And it's over! 6-0 Chiefs! Russell, Siegfried, Maradeo, and Ceda combined for a no-hitter!

[Laura]

Excellent!!

[Guest]

Vitters also got his first pro hit (it was an infield hit). It was his first game at third base.

[Guest]

IowaCubs.com[/url]"]Cubs Edge New Orleans 2-1 Saturday

Cubs Even Series at 2-2

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

 

An unearned run proved to be the difference as Iowa edged New Orleans 2-1 Saturday night at Zephyr Field.

Ronny Cedeno singled in Kevin Hart in the third for the Cubs first run and Eric Patterson scored an unearned tally on a double error by Zephyr center fielder Chad Hermansen, who committed his first two errors of the season on the play.

 

The Zephyrs plated their only run in the fourth on a Shawn Wooten single, but New Orleans left thirteen men on base, including eight in scoring position. Hermansen was twice retired with the bases loaded.

 

Kevin Hart (4-1) picked up the win despite six walks in six innings and Cubs manager Buddy Bailey explains his performance, "It's just lack of experience, as time goes on, he'll get better and better...it tells how good his stuff is when you have that many baserunners and they're unable to score because they didn't get that many hits."

 

Will Ohman, Cory Bailey, Clay Rapada and Rocky Cherry all followed with Cherry recording the last two outs for his sixth save. Cubs manager Bailey was impressed with Cherry's outing, "Rocky had as good of stuff as we've had out of him in awhile...his slider was big league quality." Iowa pitchers combined for eight walks and ten strikeouts.

 

SmokiesBaseball.com[/url]"]Smokies drop game one to Lookouts 6-5

 

Sevierville, TN – In a key match-up with Southern League playoff implications, the Tennessee Smokies gave up two runs to the Chattanooga Lookouts in the top of the seventh inning to propel the visiting team to a 6-5 win. An anxious crowd of 6,138 waited for another late game rally that never came for the Smokies, who dropped to 32-29 for the second half of the season. With the win, Chattanooga gained a game on the Smokies for the Northern Division title.

 

The Lookouts jumped on the Smokies early tonight, scoring two runs in the first inning to take the early lead off starting pitcher Mitch Atkins. A two-run double by Enrique Cruz staked Chattanooga to a 2-0 lead, but the Smokies answered right back with a run of their own in the first. Jorge Cortes, who went 2-5 on the night, scored on throwing error to pull the Smokies to within one run after one inning.

 

Chattanooga struck back with two more runs in the top of the third, thanks in part to a home run to deep center field by Danny Dorn, to jump out to a 4-1 lead. Once again, the Smokies answered right back in their half of the third inning. Atkins helped his own cause with a leadoff single, followed by another single off the bat of outfielder Sam Fuld. Cortes then drilled a towering home run to right field off Lookouts pitcher James Avery (10-10), his second of the season, to tie the contest at 4-4.

 

Both pitching staffs settled down for the next three innings, as neither team was able to plate a run until the top half of the seventh. With Matt Avery (2-2) on in relief, the Lookouts scored two runs on back-to-back RBI hits by Shaun Cumberland and Drew Anderson to give Chattanooga a 6-4 lead.

 

The Smokies, as with many of their games this year, would not go down without a fight however. By scoring a run in the bottom of the eighth off a Gary Cates RBI single, the Smokies pulled to within 6-5 going into the ninth. Fuld hit a one-out single to right field to give the Smokies a spark, but the fire went out when Fuld was picked off of first by a throw from Carlos Guevara. Cortes grounded out to first to end the game, notching Guevara his 16th save of the season for the Lookouts.

 

DaytonaCubs.com[/url]"]Cubs Upended in Series Opener

D-Rays Top Daytona, 5-3

 

By: Matt Martinez

 

[DAYTONA BEACH, FL] The people came in droves on Saturday night to see the pre-game festivites which included an honoring of the legendary Jackie Robinson. Jackie's daughter and grandaughter were in attendance as part of a capacity crowd of over 5,000 at "The Jack" as the Cubs fell to the last-place Vero Beach Devil Rays, 5-3.

 

Daytona jumped out to an early 1-0 lead on a wild pitch to score Matt Matulia in the first inning to give the Cub's starter Jesse Estrada the early edge.

 

With maddened thousands backing Daytona Vero managed to battle back in the second to tie the game up on an RBI single off the bat of Alex Jamieson.

 

After a scoreless third and fourth, the Devil Rays plated two runs on four base hits break the tie and swing the momentum in their favor.

 

Daytona kept ground in the home half of the fifth to keep the crowd in it as Yusuf Carter scored Jeffrey Rea to cut the deficit in half, 3-2.

 

Vero Beach scored another in the sixth on a sacrifice fly before the Cubs tallied their final run in the seventh on an RBI single by Matt Camp.

 

The Rays added one more in the eighth to add insurance to their lead as Vero Beach handled Daytona, 5-3.

 

The attendance of 5,013 fans was the most ever since the Cubs moved to Daytona over ten years ago. Despite the loss, the fanse enjoyed an amazing fireworks display and left with memories to last a lifetime.

 

PeoriaChiefs.com[/url]"]Four Chiefs Combine to No Hit Beloit

 

Peoria, IL- The Peoria Chiefs have played five seasons at O’Brien Field without throwing a no-hitter. That all changed on Saturday evening as James Russell, Chris Siegfried, Matt Maradeo and Jose Ceda combined to throw a no-hitter en route to shutting out Beloit 6-0 in front of 5,895 fans. The win improves the Chiefs to 34-27 on the half and keeps them just a game behind Cedar Rapids in the Wild Card race in the Western Division.

 

Russell pitched three hitless innings in his Chiefs and Midwest League debut. He struck out four batters and issued one walk and left the game on a pitch count in just his second professional start. Siegfried worked 2 1/3 scoreless innings to pick up his second win of the season. Maradeo got the final two outs in the sixth and worked a hitless seventh inning to keep the no hit bid intact. Ceda came on for the final two innings and struck out four batters to finish off the no hitter. Despite not allowing a hit, Chiefs pitchers combined to walk six and hit three batters and Beloit picked up ten base runners with an error.

 

Peoria broke a scoreless game in the third inning against Snappers starter Brian Kirwan. Ryne Malone lined a single up the middle on the first pitch of the inning and Darwin Barney reached on an error by the third basemen to put runners on second and third with no outs. Marquez Smith picked up his tenth RBI as a Chief with a base hit to left to score Malone and give the Chiefs a 1-0 lead. Russ Canzler added a sacrifice fly to score Barney to put the Chiefs in front 2-0. Wellington Castillo capped the inning by rocketing a 0-2 pitch from Kirwan just over the wall in left to extend the Chiefs lead to 4-0. The homer was his team leading 11th and third at O’Brien Field.

 

The Chiefs added to their lead in the fifth inning against Kirwan after Jim Adduci led the inning off with an infield single. After a ground out by Smith, Adduci moved into scoring position for Canzler who delivered his second RBI of the game with a base hit to make it 5-0 Chiefs.

 

Peoria continued to swing the bat well to start the seventh inning. Barney reached on an error for the second time in the game to start the inning. Addcui found the gap in left center and hustled into second for a double while Barney scored all the way from first to make it a 6-0 lead.

 

With the Chiefs up 6-0 heading into the ninth Ceda returned the mound for his second inning. He hit Wilson Ramos with a pitch before getting Chris Parmelee to fly out to shallow center for the first out. A walk to Joe Benson put two on before Ceda struck out Danny Berg looking for the second out. With 5,895 standing and clapping with every pitch Garrett Olson battled with two, two-strike foul balls. Ceda then fired a fastball past a swinging Olson to end the game and secure the first no-hitter in O’Brien Field history. Ceda was mobbed by his teammates on the mound as the team got a standing ovation as they left the field.

 

Gorman’s Pub Co-Players of the Games: James Russell, Chris Siegfried, Matt Maradeo and Jose Ceda (P) - The four Chiefs pitchers combined to throw the first Chiefs no hitter at O’Brien Field. They combined to strike out 11 batters and Beloit only got one batter to third base as they stranded seven.

 

Playoff Watch: The top two teams in the division excluding Beloit and Clinton will make the playoffs. With 9 games remaining, the Chiefs are in the Wild Card spot, 3 ½ games behind Quad Cities who lost to Cedar Rapids Saturday night. The Chiefs are now one game behind Cedar Rapids in the Wild Card race. Kane County is 2 games back and Burlington 5 games behind Cedar Rapids. The Chiefs have two games (at home) left against Kane County, three games (at home) against Cedar Rapids and two at Quad Cities. The Wild Card team will play Beloit in the first round while the Second Half Champion will play Clinton .

 

Notes… Sean Gallagher, Walt Nolen and Jon Hunton combined to throw the last Chiefs no-hitter on 4/20/05 in Cedar Rapids…

 

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BoiseHawks.com[/url]"]Bears Walk Away with Victory, 6-2

 

YAKIMA, WA -- The Yakima Bears used six walks in the last two innings to beat the Boise Hawks Saturday night, 6-2. The Bears scored three runs in the seventh inning and one in the eighth inning on two hits to pull even with the Hawks, one and one-half games behind the first place Spokane Indians who took over first place again with their win over the now-second place Tri-City Dust Devils.

 

Brandon Guyer, a late addition to the lineup, drove in both Boise runs with a double in the third inning and a single in the seventh. Both times Guyer evened the score in the game. The center fielder also threw a runner out on the bases, nailing Jo Jo Batten at third trying to stretch a double in the first inning. Luis Bautista had three hits for the Hawks for the second game in a row.

 

Starter Chris Huseby pitched well for Boise, allowing two runs on six hits in six innings of work.

[rabidawg900]

Vitters needs to get his [expletive] together

[Brian]

RP J. Ceda 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 4 K/1 BB, HBP, 1 GO-1 FO - since returning from DL/going to the pen: 19 IP, 4 ER, 0 H, 34 K/14 BB

 

Not bad outside of the BB.

 

And speaking of bad... Geovony Soto 0-4 what a bum.

[NCCubFan]

And speaking of bad... Geovony Soto 0-4 what a bum.

DFA him. He's just wasting a 40-man roster spot that could go to a real prospect like Koyie Hill. :D

[wvcbxl]

And speaking of bad... Geovony Soto 0-4 what a bum.

DFA him. He's just wasting a 40-man roster spot that could go to a real prospect like Koyie Hill. :D

 

My sarcasm meter just went off the scale. 8-)

[Brian]

nah dude Hill has big league experience

[Guest]

RP J. Ceda 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 4 K/1 BB, HBP, 1 GO-1 FO - since returning from DL/going to the pen: 19 IP, 4 ER, 0 H, 34 K/14 BB

 

Unless my calcs are off, that means he's gone 71 consecutive PA's without allowing a hit. Someone should email that to Len and Bob today to see if they'll air it.

 

Mention NSBB while you're at it! :D

[Guest]

Peoria Journal-Star[/url]"]When Siegfried and Russell, the starter, were in the game, a no-hitter was the furthest thing from their minds. Russell just tried to get through his three innings in his Midwest League debut.

 

"It set a good tone with a good start from Russell," Chiefs manager Ryne

 

Sandberg said. "It's too bad he was limited to so many pitches, but he gave us a boost."

 

Russell walked the first batter of the game, but struck out the next and escaped the inning with a double play. The left-hander struck out the side in the second and set Beloit down in order in the third.

 

"I had a bunch of adrenaline going. It took me a while to settle down," Russell said. "The second and third inning, I was fine."

 

...

 

Ceda got into trouble in the ninth by hitting Wilson Ramos and then walking Joe Benson with one out. But he got Danny Berg to look at a breaking pitch for the second out. He set him up with 90-plus mph fastballs.

 

"We called for fastballs when he would be up in the count," catcher Wellington Castillo said. "His breaking ball has come around and it's a good pitch now."

 

Russell, the newcomer, was impressed. "That's the first time I've seen him. He throws gas."

 

Once Ceda entered the game to start the eighth, the drama started to build even though, or maybe because, Ceda had not allowed a hit in his previous 17 innings. All of them have been in relief after beginning the season as a starter.

 

"I'm starting to feel more comfortable now coming in as a reliever," Ceda said. "I hope they let me continue (to relieve after this season)."

[ChiefsVoice]

RP J. Ceda 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 4 K/1 BB, HBP, 1 GO-1 FO - since returning from DL/going to the pen: 19 IP, 4 ER, 0 H, 34 K/14 BB

 

Unless my calcs are off, that means he's gone 71 consecutive PA's without allowing a hit. Someone should email that to Len and Bob today to see if they'll air it.

 

Mention NSBB while you're at it! :D

 

Going back to his May 10 start...add another 1.1 IP and 6 PA to his totas for his Chiefs franchise record 20.1 IP w/o a hit....on the season Opponents hitting .103

[E.J.]

RP J. Ceda 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 4 K/1 BB, HBP, 1 GO-1 FO - since returning from DL/going to the pen: 19 IP, 4 ER, 0 H, 34 K/14 BB

 

Unless my calcs are off, that means he's gone 71 consecutive PA's without allowing a hit. Someone should email that to Len and Bob today to see if they'll air it.

 

Mention NSBB while you're at it! :D

 

Is Ceda the guy we got for Todd Walker a couple years ago? If so, it's really starting to look like we made out well in that trade.

[Guest]

Yeah, Ceda came over in the Walker trade last summer.