Minor League Discussion & Boxes 9-5-2008: Daytona Do or Die

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Playoff Box Scores

 

Iowa won game 3 of their best-of-5 series 2-1 (they lead the series 2-1) Box Score

 

CF F. Pie 1/4

1B J. Dubois 1/2, 2 BB

RF J. Kroeger 0/4, 3 K

DH J. Fox 0/4, 2 K

SP M. Atkins 7 scoreless, 4 H, 7/1 K/BB, 1-11 GO-FO

RP J. Berg .2 scoreless, 0/2 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Daytona won 6-0 to advance to the FSL Championship (they won the series 2-1) Box Score

 

2B T. Thomas 2/4, 3 R, BB

CF J. Adduci 2/5, 2 R, 2 2B (2), 2 RBI

LF T. Wright 1/4, R, 2 RBI, OF assist at third base

DH B. Lalli 3/5, 2 2B (2), RBI

3B J. Mota 2/4, CS (1)

SP H-W Chen 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, WP, 5 GO-9 FO

RP M. Cooper 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 5 GO-1 FO

RP B. Parker 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 0 GO-3 FO

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Probable Starters:

 

Iowa: RHP Mitch Atkins (8-1, 4.47 ERA, 54.1 IP, 44 K/23 BB) at RHP Brian Gordon (4-5, 4.56 ERA, 71 IP, 51 K/15 BB)

Daytona: RHP Hung-Wen Chen (2-1, 3.65 ERA, 56.2 IP, 42 K/13 BB) at RHP Mark Diapoules (3-3, 4.29 ERA, 56.2 IP, 43 K/29 BB)

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Coleman plz

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Daytona Cubs at Palm Beach Cardinals (Game 3, best-of-3 series tied 1-1) at Palm Beach, FL

Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy.

 

Daytona

 

Tony Thomas 2B

Jim Adduci CF

Ty Wright LF

Blake Lalli DH

Russ Canzler 1B

Steve Clevenger C

Ryan Harvey RF

Jonathan Mota 3B

Darwin Barney SS

Hung-Wen Chen P

 

Palm Beach

 

Antonio DeJesus CF

Peter Kozma SS

Steven Hill DH

Tyler Henley LF

Matthew Arburr 1B

Charles Kingrey RF

Nick Derba C

Mike Folli 3B

Oliver Marmol 2B

Mark Diapoules P

 

Both teams go with the same starting lineup as yesterday.

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Daytona up 2-0 after 1 on a Ty Wright RBI single and a Blake Lalli RBI double!

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Daytona up 2-0 after 2.

 

Hung-Wen Chen: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 2 GO-4 FO.

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Daytona up 2-0 after 3.

 

Hung-Wen Chen: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 3 GO-5 FO.

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Daytona up 2-0 after 4.

 

Hung-Wen Chen: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 4 GO-7 FO

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Daytona tacks on 2 more in the top of the 5th. They lead it 4-0.

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Boo. Infield single breaks to lead off the bottom of the 5th breaks up HW Chen's perfect game.

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After 5, Daytona leads it 4-0.

 

Hung-Wen Chen: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 4 GO-8 FO

[Outshined_One]

Daytona is up 6-0 going into the bottom of the 9th. :D

[manbearcub]

Iowa up 2-0 in the 6th.

 

 

Atkins 5.0 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 GO-7 FO

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Daytona wins it 6-0 and advances to the FSL championship to take on Ft. Myers (Twins)!

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Iowa now up 2-0 at the 7th inning stretch.

 

Mitch Atkins: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, 1 GO-11 FO. He's thrown just 91 pitches so he should be able to start the 8th at least.

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For some reason, Atkins got pulled after 7 with 91 pitches. Justin Berg came in and got 2 groundouts and 2 walks (shocking on both accounts, I know) but Hector Carrasco puts out the fire.

 

To the 9th, Iowa leads it 2-0. I guess Ascanio will pitch the 9th...

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Kiko Calero looks high in his minor league Gameday pic.

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Carrasco remains in, trying to get the 4 out save.

 

Chris Shelton grounds out. One out.

Nate Gold flies out to RF. Two outs.

John Mayberry walks. Still two outs.

Wild pitch. Mayberry to second base. Still two outs.

Max Ramirez reaches on a fielding error by SS Andres Blanco. John Mayberry scores. Still two outs. 2-1 Iowa leads it.

Craig Gentry pinch running for Max Ramirez.

Wild pitch. Gentry to second base. Still two outs.

Travis Metcalf strikes out swinging. Iowa wins 2-1!

[manbearcub]

Did their best ChiCubs impersonation in the ninth there. lol.

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I might get to watch the Iowa Cubs next week! Go I-Cubs and go River Cats today.

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Des Moines Register[/url]"]Winning pitcher Mitch Atkins blanked Oklahoma for seven innings and at one point retired 11 straight batters.

 

"Mitch did a great job," manager Pat Listach said. "He worked ahead in the count and used all his pitches."

 

Daytona News-Journal[/url]"]The Cubs won FSL championships in 1995 and 2000, and were declared co-champions in 2004 when the title series was canceled due to hurricanes.

 

Daytona spotted Chen a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Ty Wright's single to left brought in the first run -- barely.

 

Tyler Henley's throw to the plate appeared to be in time to get Tony Thomas, but the ball struck Thomas' helmet and bounded away as he scored. Blake Lalli followed with an RBI double off the centerfield wall.

 

"We've been playing from behind pretty much all series and we knew once we got on top early they would crumble and fall," said Thomas, who went 2-for-4 and scored half of the Cubs' runs. "That just gave us a lot of confidence. It made everybody relax. It took a lot of pressure off us."

 

Those were more than enough runs for Chen, who didn't allow a base runner until Henley led off the fifth inning with an infield single.

 

Chen's fastball hit 93 mph, but he successfully kept Cardinals hitters off balance with off-speed pitches. Chen earned the win in six innings of work, allowing three hits and striking out three.