Farmers Only: Not even a Vottomatic bat can help the Sarasota offense; maybe they should switch to Manuel
by BK on Jun 19, 2009 7:00 AM EDT
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Print- Louisville beat Norfolk 3-1 behind 6 solid innings from Justin Lehr. Lehr only gave up 1 run on 4 hits, striking out 4 in the process. Jeff Kennard, Pedro Viola, and Robert Manuel pitched one perfect inning each to seal the win. Manuel earned his 5th save of the season, and second in two nights with the old closer Josh Roenicke pitching in the bigs. He's putting together a pretty solid year in relief, posting a 1.91 ERA with a 32/9 K/BB ratio. He's also got a WHIP of 0.96 and opponents are hitting just .196 off of him. Good to see the Paul O'Neill trade of '92 starting to pay off. Danny Richar continued his hot hitting, getting 2 of the Bats' 4 hits, including his 4th home run of the season. Batting 7th, Chris Valaika was 0-for-3 in his first game off the DL. Up next: Gwinnett comes to Slugger Field at 7:05. No starter listed, but Sam LeCure is next in line.
- Carolina split a doubleheader with Tennessee, losing 7-6 in the first game and winning 6-3 in the nightcap. Zach Stewart had some trouble in Game 1, only pitching 3 innings and giving up 2 runs. No word yet on whether he's injured or not, but we'll keep you posted. 4 relievers pitched 2 innings each, with Logan Ondrusek blowing a save in the 6th and Ramon Geronimo blowing one in the 8th (in the extra innings of a 7-inning doubleheader game). Philippe-Alexandre Valiquette gave up the winning walk-off homer in the 12th. Zachary Cozart was on fire for the offense, hitting 2 homers and driving in 3 runs, and the extremely disappointing (sike) Yonder Alonso went 3-for-6 with a RBi as well. 3 lousy hits? Common! In Game 2, Travis Wood gave up an uncharacteristic 3 runs in 5 innings, but got the win anyway. His ERA ballooned to 1.36. Juan Francisco drove in 4 runs, including a 2-run HR, his 13th of the year to lead the Reds minors. Zach Cozart and Jose Castro had two more hits each for the Mudcats. Up next: Dallas Buck takes on Tennessee at 7:15.
- Sarasota got shut out 2-0 by Clearwater. The story of the game, obviously, was Joey Votto's rehab assignment. Votto went 0-for-2 with a walk in his 3 ABs. (Note: Cue the idiots who say "He can't handle single-A pitching? Trade him now!" You're idiots.) Travis Webb also had a shortened start, only going 3 innings. Scott Carroll came up big in relief, pitching 5 innings of one-hit ball. The S-Reds offense was dismal, only coming up with 4 hits on the evening, all singles. Up next: Sarasota's on their All-Star break until Monday. Representing the S-Reds in that game will be reliever Enerio Del Rosario and catcher Devin Mesoraco.
- Dayton won against West Michigan 5-4 in walk-off fashion. Miguel Rojas was the hero, hitting a walk-off solo shot as the first hitter in the bottom of the 9th. Carlos Mendez also homered, and every Dragons starting position player had at least one hit. Matt Fairel was solid, pitching 7 innings and giving up 3 ER on 6 hits. He walked 4 hitters and struck out 6. Up next: Josh Ravin takes on the Whitecaps at 7.
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Vintage Jo-eh
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That has to be the worst line I’ve ever seen for an all-star, but he was named after Stewart and Alonso couldn’t go. I guess they wanted the Reds to have one extra player since they had two ineligible, and they must really hate Denis Phipps.
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
by BK on Jun 19, 2009 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions
Hey! Can you at least let us say the idiotic things first?
Give us a chance, please!
Maybe we should see whether Willy T can hit single-A pitching.
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
Another question
Does this mean Votto’s rehab is over or does he now go on an All Star break too after only one game back?
The season doesn't start until the Cincinnati Reds take the field! Reclaim The Opener!!
They have a camp in Sarasota that he's going to work out at
and then he’ll likely go to Carolina or Louisville for a couple of games.
"It seems like we're not hitting because we're not getting hits." - Dusty being Dusty
i'll have an eyewitness report up on Votto sometime
it was EPIC
You're so 2000 and late
by Charlie Scrabbles on Jun 19, 2009 9:29 AM EDT reply actions
Carlina
I don’t have much knowledge of the minor leagues, so I need to ask a stupid question. What level is the Carolina team? I thought that Sarasota was the A, Dayton the AA and Lousiville the AAA.
Thanks for the updates,
Poodle
Dayton is low A, Sarasota is high A
Carolina is AA
So yeah, there’s a low A and high A.
Isn't there a slanket somewhere you should be filling with your farts?
Basically.
(and for future reference, the [+] reply in the signature of the comment helps you reply to that comment specifically. not picking on you, just letting you know before someone else does :) )
"We, as for me all seasons you are affected peculiarly in the edge of my seat and are happy concerning the fact that the Adam Dunn fan has been mixed up exactly." - Reynard-san
by BK on Jun 19, 2009 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Votto on D.
I was google-newsing JV (I’m waiting for these cookies to get done so I didn’t have much to do lol) and I found this Sarasota Tribune article saying Votto was outstanding defensively:
That’s good to hear. I was actually more concerned that particular skill would go south (pun not intended) after the recent DL stint.
I also came across an odd BleacherReport thing with a dead link—the article (I forget the author) was tossing out explanations of Votto’s Dl trip. I can’t believe I dignified it with a click, but it was deleted when I got there. I’m just wondering how long this speculation stuff is going to go on. I guess it doesn’t really matter. We just need Votto back. /end of rambling
Later,
Poodle
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