Farmers Only: Louisville slugs their way to another victory

by BK on Jul 20, 2010 7:09 AM EDT in Farmers only

Louisville decided to get 8 insurance runs in the top of the 9th inning to beat Charlotte 11-2. Yonder Alonso led the offense going 4-for-5, and the Bats started throwing haymakers in the 9th with 3 homers in the inning, 4 in the game. Juan Francisco hit a 3-run shot for his 12th of the year, Zack Cozart hit a 2-run shot for his 14th, and Wilkin Castillo and Wladimir Balentien had solo homers too. Matt Maloney allowed only 1 unearned run on 3 hits in his 6 innings pitched, Russ Springer pitched his second scoreless inning out of the bullpen, and Aroldis Chapman pitched 2/3 of an inning, only allowing an unearned run. Up next: Matt Klinker gets the ball in a daytime tilt against Charlotte, at 12:15 ET.
Carolina got spanked by Chattanooga 8-1. Scott Carroll had a quality start, giving up 3 ER in 6 IP, and added 2 hits to his team's cause as well. Kris Negron had 2 more of his own, and was the only bright spot on offense. Up next: Tom Cochran takes the mound against Chattanooga at noon.
Lynchburg lost 6-3 to Frederick. Cody Puckett, Brodie Greene, and Jose Gualdron had two hits each, and Neftali Soto hit his 12th homer of the season. Despite a lackluster start, the Mudcats bullpen retired all 16 hitters they faced, with Andrew Bowman going 2 1/3, Daniel Guerrero going 2, and Justin Freeman going 1 inning of work. Up next: Jordan Hotchkiss takes on Frederick at 7:05.
Dayton was rained out. They have an off day today.
Billings blanked Casper 8-0 behind a good start by Daniel Corcino. Daniel went 5 innings with no runs and 3 hits, and Ryan Smith pitched 3 1-hit innings after him before Blaine Howell closed the door with a perfect 9th. Billy Hamilton tripled in a run, Oliver Santos tripled in 2, and Devin Lohman and Trey Manz had two hits each. Up next: Starlin Gerson takes on Casper at 9:05 ET.
The AZL Reds came back in the 9th to beat the AZL Indians 8-5 in what I'm calling the "Battle for Arizona". The quest for the Arizona Cup is a long one, as this brings the AZL Reds to 2-1 with 5 more games to go. Jaren Matthews slugged two homers and Jeff Taylor added one of his own, as one of the bright young arms took the mound. Ismael Guillon gave up 2 runs in 6 innings pitched with 6 strikeouts, and despite giving up the lead with 3 runs in the inning he pitched, Michael Henry earned the win. Up next: Off day today.

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Zack Cozart is on some kind of tear right now

His last 10 he’s hitting .349/.378/.674 with 4 homers.

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by nycredsfan on Jul 20, 2010 7:10 AM EDT reply actions

does that make him trade bait or the real deal?

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by Kevin Mitchell is Batman on Jul 20, 2010 8:22 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

It makes him hot over 10 games

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by Slyde on Jul 20, 2010 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions

Sounds like the whole offense is hot right now

Alonso (.385/.439/.654) and Francisco (.283/.348/.633) are tearing it up in July, and even Frazier is starting to show some signs of life (29% line drive rate).

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by Slyde on Jul 20, 2010 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions

i'd really like to see yorman get called up to dayton before the end of the year.

if he’s still raking after 150 PAs why not?

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by GrooveLeg on Jul 20, 2010 9:34 AM EDT reply actions

I think this is a pssibility

Not because 150 PAs necessarily proves anything, but because the org seems willing to push him. Also, Dayton isn’t exactly stuffed with OFers

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by nycredsfan on Jul 20, 2010 11:14 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Quit picking on Efrain!

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by BK on Jul 20, 2010 11:29 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

/correct'd

Refrain from Efrain!

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by crolfer on Jul 20, 2010 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Nice

by Brendanukkah on Jul 20, 2010 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions

Reds minor league transactions.

From Baseball America:
Cincinnati Reds
Signed: OF Drew Poulk (NDFA—North Carolina State)
Draft pick signed: RHP Pat Quinn (46)
Released: RHP Jon Adkins, LHP Derrick Lowery
Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Mark Serrano
Reinstated from DL: SS Jake Kahaulelio, OF Sean Conner
Drafted as a first baseman last year from Young Harris (Ga.) JC, Derrick Lowery tried his hand at pitching before drawing his release. He gave up nine runs on 12 hits over 5 1/3 innings in the Rookie-level Arizona League.

   From Turtle:
   Here’s what we wrote about Quinn shortly after he was drafted:
   A transfer from Maine, Quinn is 6-4, 185. In 46 innings, he struck out 37, walked 16, gave up 42 hits and posted a 6.21 ERA to go with a 6-2 record.

Quinn is from St. Petersburg CC, which also produced Poulk, who began his career at North Carolina before transferring to St. Pete CC, then to NC State. Poulk put up a line of 11-60-.360/.444/.598 and was 6-for-8 in stolen bases last season. In 261 ABs, Poulk had 23 doubles, three triples, 33 walks and 29 whiffs. He fielded .954, making 13 errors.

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by Thundering Turtle on Jul 20, 2010 2:40 PM EDT reply actions