Minor League Discussion & Boxes 8-18-12

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Box Scores

 

Iowa won 3-2 Box Score

 

CF T. Campana 1/3, R, K

RF D. Sappelt 2/4, R, HR (6), 2 RBI, K

1B G. Rohan 0/4, 3 K

SP R. Rowland-Smith 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, HR, 3-2 GO-FO, 91-61 pitches-strikes; batting: 1/2, R, K

RP B. Parker 1/2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, HR, 1-2 GO-FO

RP M. Hatley 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GO-FO

 

Tennessee won 2-1 (6 innings, completed early due to rain) Box Score

 

CF M. Szczur 1/3, R, 2B (6), K

2B L. Watkins 0/2

LF JH Ha 0/3, SB (10)

1B J. Bour 1/2, 2B (32), RBI, BB

SS J. Lake 2/3, R, 2 2B (23), K

RF R. Sivla 0/3

SP A. Kirk 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, CG, 3-5 GO-FO, 73-43 pitches-strikes

 

Daytona PPD - Rain

 

Peoria won 9-2 Box Score

 

2B Z. DeVoss 0/2, R, RBI, 4 BB, SB (35)

CF PC Chen 1/6, R, K, SB (29)

SS T. Saunders 2/4, R, 2B (3), 2 RBI, BB, PO, 2 E (3, fielding, fielding)

3B D. Geiger 0/5, 2 K

RF J. Soler 4/5, 2 R, 2B (2), HR (2), 2 RBI, SB (1)

C Y. Cabezas 3/5, R, 2B (5), RBI, K

SP M. Jensen 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 7 K, 8-2 GO-FO, 93-56 pitches-strikes

 

Boise won 8-2 Box Score

 

2B G. Amaya 1/2, 3 R, 2 BB, HBP, SB (12), 2 E (9, fielding, fielding)

SS M. Hernandez 2/4, R, BB, SB (7)

3B S. Bruno 3/4, R, 3B (3), 3 RBI, BB, E (14, fielding)

DH D. Vogelbach 1/4, R, RBI, BB

1B R. Shoulders 1/5, R, HR (9), 4 RBI

CF A. Almora 0/5

LF T. Martin 0/4, 2 K

SP J. Arias 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 7-3 GO-FO

RP H. Simpson 4 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, HR, 6-3 GO-FO

 

AZL Cubs PPD - Rain

 

DSL Cubs 1 won 2-1 Box Score

 

CF J. Emeterio 0/3, BB, K, SB (12)

SS F. Sanchez 0/3, 2 K

3B R. Alcala 1/3, R, BB, K, SB (8)

2B A. Gonzalez 0/3

SP L. Guillen 4 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, HBP, 3-2 GO-FO

RP A. Mejias 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K, WP, 6-1 GO-FO

 

DSL Cubs 2 lost 4-3 Box Score

 

2B B. Flete 0/2, R, BB, HBP

LF R. Marcano 0/3, RBI, BB, K

DH M. Malave 1/4, K

SS L. Acosta 0/4, K, E (21, fielding)

SP A. Santana 3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, HBP, 3-1 GO-FO

RP P. Araujo 4 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, WP, 4-2 GO-FO

 

OVERALL: 5-1

[Guest]

Probable Starters

 

Iowa: LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith (4.31 ERA, 4.75 FIP, 62.2 IP, 50 K, 35 BB)

Tennessee: LHP Austin Kirk (0.00 ERA, 1.21 FIP, 1 IP, 1 K, 0 BB)

Daytona: RHP Matt Loosen (3.62 ERA, 3.99 FIP, 104.1 IP, 97 K, 39 BB)

Peoria: RHP Michael Jensen (3.63 ERA, 3.51 FIP, 129 IP, 104 K, 37 BB)

Boise: RHP Jose Arias (3.56 ERA, 3.75 FIP, 55.2 IP, 38 K, 14 BB)

AZL Cubs: RHP Paul Blackburn (2.87 ERA, 4.77 FIP, 15.2 IP, 9 K, 4 BB) & RHP Dillon Maples (1.17 ERA, 4.84 FIP, 7.2 IP, 10 K, 5 BB)

[davell]

Glad to see Kirk starting.

[StarlinOnYou]

Maples day. Yay.

[El Duderino]

Daytona game was, shockingly, postponed.

[Gilby]

Soler singles in his first AB. Hopefully his timing is back after that brief time off.

[Guest]

soler homers on an 0-2 pitch. now 3-3

[ctcf]

soler homers on an 0-2 pitch. now 3-3

 

Mmmmmmmmm.

 

Batting .381 with a 1.149 OPS in his first 21 Peoria ABs

[Gilby]

God I hope he dominates the AFL and flies through the system.

[ctcf]

Also has a stolen base on the night, because why not?

[Guest]

Soler's homer was to dead center.

[Guest]

God I hope he dominates the AFL and flies through the system.

 

Is he definitely playing in the AFL?

[Guest]

God I hope he dominates the AFL and flies through the system.

 

Is he definitely playing in the AFL?

No confirmation as rosters haven't been released yet.

[davell]

God I hope he dominates the AFL and flies through the system.

 

Is he definitely playing in the AFL?

Not a definite. I'd say likely though.

[Guest]

Smokies game goes final midway through 6 - shortened by rain, which means Austin Kirk got a complete game in his first AA start.

[ctcf]

God I hope he dominates the AFL and flies through the system.

 

Is he definitely playing in the AFL?

No confirmation as rosters haven't been released yet.

 

When do those usually get put out?

[ctcf]

RBI double for Soler. 4-4

[Guest]

God I hope he dominates the AFL and flies through the system.

 

Is he definitely playing in the AFL?

No confirmation as rosters haven't been released yet.

 

When do those usually get put out?

 

Probably will be out sometime this coming week - the deadline to set a team's AA and AAA rosters (you're only allowed one player below AA at the AFL) was last Wednesday.

[Guest]

AZL Cubs rained out. Guess they don't try to wait out rain delays in the AZL since they don't really draw fans; the last thunderstorm is about to roll out of Peoria and it's completely clear behind it.

[Guest]

Smokies game goes final midway through 6 - shortened by rain, which means Austin Kirk got a perfect game in his first AA start.

So now he has two no-hitters in his career, doesn't he?

[Gilby]

God I hope he dominates the AFL and flies through the system.

 

Is he definitely playing in the AFL?

 

As davell said, he's well on his way to. McLeod said if he plays well at Peoria, he's likely in.

[Guest]

Smokies game goes final midway through 6 - shortened by rain, which means Austin Kirk got a perfect game in his first AA start.

So now he has two no-hitters in his career, doesn't he?

 

Crap, typo. I meant complete game.

[Gilby]

Kirk's stuff...still terrible?

[davell]

Kirk's stuff...still terrible?

KG thinks he has a shot because of pitchibility. To my knowledge, there's not been an uptick in his stuff.

[El Duderino]

lol, Rock Shoulders with his 2nd grand slam of the year. Dead center over the big batter's eye in Pasco.