Farmers Only: Lots of offense in the upper minors, not so much lower down

by nycredsfan on Jul 23, 2010 7:05 AM EDT in Farmers only Comment 2 comments

Louisville continued its offensive Renaissance, winning 11-7. Yonder Alonso, Wladimir Balentien, Chris Dickerson, and Juan Francisco each homered. Chris Valaika was 3-5 with a double. The trio of Jared Burton, Aroldis Chapman, and Russ Springer combined to throw 4 shutout innings with 6 strikeouts. Up Next: Sam LeCure will start at 7:05.
Carolina also got the offense working, winning 11-6. Travis Webb threw 6 strong innings, allowing 1 run on 7 hits and a walk while striking out 6. Brad Boxberger had another relief outing in which he allowed a run, giving up 1 in 1 inning of work. Five different Mudcats had multiple hits, led by Devin Mesoraco who was 4-6, and Dave Sappelt, who went 3-5 with a double and a walk. Jake Kahaulelio and Kris Negron both homered. Up Next: Matt Fairel starts at 8:05.
Lynchburg lost 5-1. Andrew Bowman and Daniel Guerrero combined for 4.2 shutout relief innings, striking out 5. Brodie Greene was 2-4, and Denis Phipps hit his 4th homer. Up Next: Lance Janke starts at 7:05
Dayton lost 8-1. Kevin Arico threw 2 shutout innings in relief. The Dragons only managed 5 hits, and the only extra base hit was a double by Frank Pfister. (Pfister? I don't even know her!) Up Next: JC Sulbaran was due to start, but he's injured, so someone will take his place at 7:00.
Billings won 3-0. Tanner Robles was much improved in his latest start, throwing 5 shutout innings, but the 8 strikeouts elevated his pitch count and he couldn't go deeper. He'll want to work on increasing his innings moving forward. Daniel Wolford struck out 6 in 3 shutout innings. Yorman Rodriguez was 3-4 with a stolen base. He's now hitting .375 in Billings.....as a 17 year old. Up Next: Daniel Tuttle toes the rubber at 9:05.
AZL Reds lost 3-1. El Hajj Muhammad was impressive out of the bullpen, throwing 3 shutout innings and striking out 4. The Reds only managed 3 hits, 2 of which were by Kurtis Muller. Up Next: someone starts at 9:00.

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Nice to see power from Dickerson

usually the injury he had hinders power.

Also, Chapman is having a pretty good July. Still needs to work on walks, but in 7 and 2/3 innings this month he has a 2.35 ERA with 7 BB, 12 K, 4 Hits, and a .148 Average against. Candidate to replace Bray??

by MixFMKyle on Jul 23, 2010 11:03 AM EDT reply actions