Minor League Discussion & Boxes 7-30-05

[Jon]

Results:

 

Iowa scored 3 in the 9th to win 6-5 Box Score

 

CF C. Patterson 2/4, 2B (4)

1B-3B S. McClain 1/5, RBI (68), 2 R

LF B. Grieve 3/4, 2B (9), RBI (36), R

2B-3B M. Fontenot 3/5, 2B (17), 2 RBI (30), 2 K

C M. Johnson 2/4, 2B (10), 2 RBI (17), BB, K

SP C. Pignatiello 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 6/0, 1 HR

RP B. Brownlie 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2/0

RP J. Van Buren 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2/0

 

West Tennesse lost 8-3 Box Score

 

2B R. Theriot 1/5, K

SS N. Garciaparra 1/4, R

1B-3B C. McGehee 0/4, R, BB, 2 K

RF-1B B. Sing 1/2, HR (23), RBI (62), R, 2 BB, K

LF-RF L. Montanez 2/4, 2B (7), K

3B-SS A. Sisk 0/4, K, E (2)

CF B. Coats 1/3, 2 RBI (32), BB

C C. Kopitzke 1/4

LF D. Bacon 1/1

SP R. O'Malley 2 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 0/0, 1 HR

RP J. Searles 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4/1

RP D. Aardsma 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1/0

 

Daytona lost 8-5 Box Score

 

3B S. Moore 0/4, K, E (19)

1B B. Dopirak 2/3, HR (11), 2 RBI (50), 2 R, BB

DH P. O'Toole 2/4, 2B (6), 2 R, K

RF J.J. Johnson 3/4, 2B (23), 3 RBI (38)

2B R. Chirinos 2/4, E (12)

SP J.R. Mathes 4.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 6/3, E (1)

RP A. Tavares 1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1/2

RP J. Gerk 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2/0

RP L. Gwaltney 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0/0

 

Peoria won 12-2 Box Score

 

DH A. Granato 2/5, RBI (28), R, K

2B E. Patterson 1/4, RBI (54), K

RF R. Harvey 1/4, R, BB, K

LF B. Flowers 2/3, 3B (3), 2 RBI (38), 3 R, 2 BB

SS J. Simokaitis 2/4, 3 R, BB

C O. Bernard 3/5, HR (1), 2B (8), 4 RBI (20), 3 R

1B-3B D. Larsen 2/4, 3 RBI (42), BB, E (17)

SP S. Gallagher 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 5/0

RP W. Nolen 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1/1

 

Boise committed 6 errors and lost 9-2 Box Score

 

CF D. Gregg 1/4

DH K. Reynolds 1/4, 2B (9), R

2B J. Rios 1/3, E (6)

SP M. Atkins 4.2 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 7/1, 1 HR

RP R. Chambers 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 3/0

RP J. Ortiz 3 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 0/5

 

Mesa Cubs were off.

Edited July 31, 2005 by Jon

[burnt out cubbie fan]

Iowa: LHP Carmen Pignatiello (0-1, 5.09) @ RHP Brian Sweeney (3-1, 3.14)

West Tenn: LHP Ryan O'Malley? (3-0, 4.20) vs. ?

Daytona: LHP JR Mathes (8-5, 3.05) @ RHP Julio DePaula (2-3, 2.55)

Peoria: RHP Sean Gallagher (10-4, 2.40) @ RHP Fabien Jimenez (4-10, 6.41)

Boise: RHP Mitch Atkins (1-2, 4.91) vs. RHP James Shull (2-1, 2.84)

 

Chances are that Boise or West Tenn might be wrong. I would like to pass the blame on to their sites for either not working or not reporting the starters. :D

[imb]

Gallagher needs to have a good outing again.

[Laura]

Gallagher needs to have a good outing again.

 

Indeed. He must win the ERA title.

 

Gallagher's most recent outing was the disaster in Lansing; the outing before that, he K'd 10 in 6 innings.

 

He hasn't missed a start thus far this season.

 

July starts:

 

July 2: 5IPs, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 1K/2BB

 

July 7: 7IPs, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 3K/1BB

 

July 13: 5 IPs, 2H, 2R, 2ER 4K/3BB

 

July 18: 6 IPs, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 10K/1BB

 

July 24: 1.2 IPs, 5H, 6R, 6ER, 5H, 3K/5BB

[Chris]

Nomar is wearing #20 and batting second in the lineup.

 

DIAMOND JAXX

 

Theriot

Garciaparra

McGehee

Sing

Montanez

Sisk

Coats

Kopitzke

O'Malley

 

MUDCATS

Shanks

Andino

Hermida

Hill

Abercrombie

Niles

Anderson

Rundgren

Bostick

 

For those of you wondering, I was able to interview Nomar before batting practice! I asked him a few questions and will have them posted ASAP!

[JGalt73]

Nomar's 1st AB w/ 1 out (DJaxx down 3-0)

 

Pitch 1 - strike called

Pitch 2 - ball outside

Pitch 3 - routine fly out to medium center field

[Outshined_One]

*Ahem*

 

DOPE SLAP!

 

#11 on the year. Come on Brian, heat things up!

[T2E]

So far so good for Gallagher, 4 scoreless thus far.

 

Mr. Bo Flowers has two hits, two RBI, a run scored a triple as Peoria leads 6-nil.

[JGalt73]

Nomar leads off the 5th(?) inning (6-0 DJaxx trail)

 

Pitch 1 - inside ball

Pitch 2 - line drive base hit to right field

 

He's made a couple routine plays in the field. Also, let a bad hop sinking line drive past him for a single.

 

That's it for my Nomar watch - heading to the Iowa Cubs game...

[Brian]

*Ahem*

 

DOPE SLAP!

 

#11 on the year. Come on Brian, heat things up!

 

\:D/

[texascub]

Nomar 1-3 with a run so far tonight. He has also helped turn a 3-6-1 DP.

[otis89]

Sing just went yard!! DJaxx trail 6-3 now. His 23rd of the year.

[otis89]

I finally figured out how you can listen to minor league baseball games on the computer. My life has new meaning now. :D

[oldcubsfan]

Gallagher needs to have a good outing again.

 

Or what happens?

[Chris]

Nomar 1-3 but the 2 outs were hammered to center

[texascub]

Dopirak having himself a nice night tonight. 2-3 with 2 runs and 2 RBI. Also nice to see a Dope Slap...those have been few and far between this year. O'Toole is 2-3 and JJJ is 3-3 with 3 RBI as well. Also, Walker has gone 0-4 with 2k's but somehow managed to steal his 42nd base of the year.

[Laura]

Gallagher needs to have a good outing again.

 

Or what happens?

 

It would seem that tragedy is averted as Gallagher so far has 5 shutout innings (3 hits, 4Ks/0BBs :) ). 9-0 Chiefs.

 

I'm off to a birthday lunch (not mine) and a Muscle Musical involving weightlifters who dance while working out.

[texascub]

Nomar 1-3 but the 2 outs were hammered to center

 

BTW, DJAXX when do you think you'll have the Q&A sessions from Jeff Parker and Ribbee posted?

[Chris]

Nomar 1-3 but the 2 outs were hammered to center

 

BTW, DJAXX when do you think you'll have the Q&A sessions from Jeff Parker and Ribbee posted?

 

I had planned on giving Jeff and Ribbee their questions Friday night. However, it is understandable that with Nomar around things are a bit busy for them. I'll deliver their questions once everything calms down with Nomar being in Jackson.

[abuck1220]

good comeback by iowa in the 9th.

 

frese got called out on a borderline strike three, and then murray, corey and mcclain followed w/ singles. patterson had some good/daring baserunning to get himself to third on mcclain's single. but then he got thrown out at home on a grounder by lewis. then fontenot hit a two strike pitch up the middle for a clutch, game-tying single.

 

corey went 2-5 with a double, single and no k's. another good outing out of the pen by brownlie. if the cubs somehow traded jvb, i wonder if brownlie would get a shot to close....

[Jon]

All boxes posted.

 

Good game for Corey. Surprised to see him lay down a sac bunt, but he got the second hit in the 9th inning comeback (single and went to 2nd on the throw). The fact that the opposing relief pitcher's name was Baker is a coincidence.

 

And quite the performances from Gallagher and Searles.

[RyCubsFan]

Van Buren

 

Brownlie

 

Aardsma

 

 

....all continuing to make cases for future bullpen slots with the Cubbies!

 

Nice job once again by all three.

 

 

Also, Fontenot just keeps on hitting and getting on base. He should absolutetely be on the Cubbies next year (barring a trade). He would be a great super infield sub. Certainly better than Macias.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Fontenot continues to show why he belongs on the big league bench.

 

Montanez with another good game and an XBH. He's hitting .309/.356/.491/.847 at AA.

[Outshined_One]

With that walk, Harvey has now matched last season's BB total with 20 walks in a season. Only problem is, last season he got those 20 BBs in 231 ABs in Boise (241 if you count the 10 he had in Mesa)...this season Harvey has had 353 ABs.

 

The good news is that his K numbers are much better, comparatively speaking. In those 353 ABs this season, he has 92 Ks. Last season, he had 81 in the 241 ABs he had between Boise and Mesa. I grant you, they could be better numbers, but improvement in a top prospect is always a welcome sign. :D

[imb]

Gallagher needs to have a good outing again.

 

Or what happens?

 

Or I'll punch him in the face. What was the point of this question again?