Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-26-2008

[Outshined_One]

Box Scores:

 

Iowa lost 13-8 Box Score

 

LF/1B M. Hoffpauir 0/5, 2 K

3B C. McGehee 2/5, 2 R, 2B (25), K

RF J. Dubois 1/3, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 K

1B M. Craig 2/3, R, 3 RBI, 2B (3), HR (3)

PH J. Kroeger 0/1

CF F. Pie 1/2

SP J. Berg 4.1 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 4/3 K/BB, WP, 2 HBP, 8-1 GO-FO

RP J. Ascanio 1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO

 

Tennessee lost 8-1 Box Score

 

CF S. Fuld 0/4

RF D. Deeds 1/4, 2 K

1B J. Fox 0/4

LF T. Colvin 0/3, Assist (2B)

DH W. Castillo 0/3

SS M. Camp 1/3, 2 K

SP M. Holliman 4 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 2/3 K/BB, 2 HR, 5-4 GO-FO

 

Daytona won 7-4 Box Score

 

2B T. Thomas 1/5, R, RBI, HR (7)

LF T. Wright 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (3), 2 K

1B S. Clevenger 1/4, R, 2B (11), K, SB (2)

3B M. Smith 1/4, 2B (5)

DH Y. Carter 1/3, BB, 2 R, RBI, HR (11)

RF R. Havey 0/4, 2 K

SS D. Barney 1/4, 2 RBI, 2B (19)

SP B. Muldowney 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 5/1 K/BB, HR, 4-6 GO-FO

RP J. Latham .1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1-0 GO-FO

RP J. Papelbon 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1-2 GO-FO

 

Peoria lost 13-1 Box Score

 

DH J. Harrison 0/4

2B J. Opitz 1/4, R, 2B (3), K

SS N. Samson 1/4

3B J. Rosa 1/4, RBI, K, E (24, missed catch)

1B R. Ridling 1/4, K

CF B. Guyer 0/3, HBP

LF C. Andersen 1/4

C L. Flores 0/2, 2 BB

RF E. Lara 0/3, K, Assist (3B)

SP K. Kreier 4 IP, 12 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 6-4 GO-FO

 

Boise lost 3-1 Box Score

 

CF K. Calvert 0/3, BB

2B M. Gonzalez 0/4, 2 K

SS R. Flaherty 0/4

1B R. Keedy 1/4, R, 2B (8)

C M. Brenly 1/4, RBI, K

RF K. Burke 2/3, BB, 2 2B (6), SB (3)

LF D. Rundle 0/4, 3 K

3B D. Macias 0/3

DH R. Sontag 0/3, K

SP A. Shafer 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3-3 GO-FO

RP H. Tolentino 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4/1 K/BB, WP, 2 HBP, 3-7 GO-FO

RP B. O'Donnell 1.1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 2-1 GO-FO

 

AZL Cubs scores the last 9 runs in the game to win 9-8 Box Score

 

SS J. Lake 2/4, R, CS (1), HBP

2B V. Watkins 0/2, 3 BB, 2 R

LF J. Jones 4/5, 2 R, RBI, 2B (5)

RF N. Perez 0/4, R, RBI, K, 2 E (4, fielding x2)

C J. Guevara 0/2, BB, 2 K

PH M. Cerda 1/1, RBI

PH S. Castro 0/1

CF K. Soto 0/1

SP T. Matchulat 0.2 IP, 1 H, 4 ER, 2/3 K/BB, WP, HBP

RP J. Pena 3.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 3/0 K/BB, 3-4 GO-FO

RP R. Searle 3 hitless/scoreless, 5/0 K/BB, HBP, 1-3 GO-FO - pro debut

 

The DSL teams are off until Monday.

 

Overall: 2-4

[Guest]

Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Justin Berg (Iowa & Tenn: 4-8, 5.09 ERA, 99 IP, 48 K/52 BB)

Tennessee: RHP Mark Holliman (Tenn & Iowa: 2-4, 4.99 ERA, 74 IP, 56 K/42 BB)

Daytona: RHP Billy Muldowney (Daytona & Peoria: 5-3, 3.25 ERA, 69.1 IP, 53 K/19 BB)

Peoria: RHP Kevin Kreier (5-3, 3.25 ERA. 52.2 IP, 41 K/15 BB)

Boise: RHP Aaron Shafer (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 IP, 1 K/1 BB)

Mesa: RHP Toby Matchulat (0-0, 7.71 ERA, 7 IP, 9 K/12 BB) & RHP Julio Peña (3-0, 1.64 ERA, 22 IP, 11 K/5 BB)

[Guest]

Aussie Ryan Searle, fresh off a strong campaign at the MLB Australian Academy Program in Gold Coast, made his pro debut today in the 5th inning in Mesa and he was dominant:

 

3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Awesome. Hopefully he can get to Boise by the end of the year and have a shot to make Peoria as a 20 year old.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Aussie Ryan Searle, fresh off a strong campaign at the MLB Australian Academy Program in Gold Coast, made his pro debut today in the 5th inning in Mesa and he was dominant:

 

3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K.

he's 18, right?

[davell]

He turned 19 in June.

[TruffleShuffle]

if we need a RH bat off the bench, how about matt craig? (ducks flying objects)

 

(.340/.488/.541/1.029 this year)

[UBlink]

if we need a RH bat off the bench, how about matt craig? (ducks flying objects)

 

(.340/.488/.541/1.029 this year)

 

Nah, he's cooling off- tonight he started out with a HR and 2B with 3 RBI in his first 2 plate appearnaces.

[TruffleShuffle]

if we need a RH bat off the bench, how about matt craig? (ducks flying objects)

 

(.340/.488/.541/1.029 this year)

 

Nah, he's cooling off- tonight he started out with a HR and 2B with 3 RBI in his first 2 plate appearnaces.

 

well good thing we kept him in florida and tennessee the past four years; finally got him ready to play in iowa.

 

though to be fair, the year after craig put up a .275/.363/.509/872 line in his first season at west tennessee, third base in iowa was being blocked hot prospect scott mclain. so you can't blame the cubs for leaving his career to die in the lower levels.

[Guest]

Aaron Shafer got the start for Boise. 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Neither of the ankle injury wondertwins Pie and Vitters played tonight.

[TruffleShuffle]

how soon til vitters earns the "injury-prone" tag?

[Guest]

Boise is being no-hit through 6 so far.

[Guest]

Boise is being no-hit through 6 so far.

 

Ryan Keedy breaks it up with a double with 2 outs in the 7th inning.

[Guest]

These are the final MLBAAP stats:

 

OF Sean Williams: 37/112, .330/.412/.455, 16 BB, 22 K, 1 E - 3rd in batting average - age 17

SS Hak-Ju Lee: 4/14, .286/.444/.500, 3 BB, 1 K, 3 E - age 17

 

Ryan Searle: 44 IP, 31 H, 11 ER, 16 BB, 56 K, 2.25 ERA, .181 BAA - 2nd in ERA - age 19

Cody Hams: 18.2 IP, 17 H, 8 ER, 20 BB, 26 K, 3.86 ERA, .239 BAA - age 18

Adam Spencer: 31.1 IP, 30 H, 15 ER, 14 BB, 31 K, 4.31 ERA, .246 BAA - age 17

[Warpticon]

Neither of the ankle injury wondertwins Pie and Vitters played tonight.

 

Pie came in in the 5th and went 1 for 2.

[Guest]

Cubs 2008 20th round draft pick and current AZL batting leader LF Jericho Jones (who is now hitting .437) rapped out four hits (three singles and a double), 1B Bryan Jost reached base five times (two singles, a triple, and two walks), and RHP Ryan Searle returned from Australia to throw three innings of no run/no hit relief (0/5 BB/K), as the AZL Cubs rallied from an early 8-0 deficit to edge the AZL Brewers 9-8 at Fitch Park Field #3 Saturday morning.

 

The 19-year old Searle spent the past two months at the MLB Australian Academy, where he led all MLBAAP startng pitchers in wins, ERA, WHIP, and K. He attended Cubs Minor League Camp and Extended Spring Training in both 2007 and 2008, but yesterday was his first "official" minor league appearance. It was the most dominating outing by any AZL Cubs pitcher at Fitch Park so far this year, with the possible exception of 1st round pick Andrew Cashner's one-inning pro debut on Thursday.

 

http://thecubreporter.com/2008/07/27/no-lead-safe-when-playing-azl-cubs

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Jericho Jones needs to go to Boise.

[UK1679666180]

Matchulat is so raw right now, if he puts it together, he'll be nasty. That's a huge if.

[TruffleShuffle]

Matchulat is so raw right now, if he puts it together, he'll be nasty. That's a huge if.

 

what'd he do between 2007 and 2008? i saw that he was picked in the 37th round by the tigers out of high school.

[UK1679666180]

Matchulat is so raw right now, if he puts it together, he'll be nasty. That's a huge if.

 

what'd he do between 2007 and 2008? i saw that he was picked in the 37th round by the tigers out of high school.

 

In May/June of '07, he graduated HS. In June of '08, he finished his fresh. year at Wabash Valley CC.