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Farmers Only: Get your mind off of things with another Louisville win

It's been a crazy few days, and an emotional roller coaster at that.  Is anyone else tired about talking about the stupid brawl?  Instead, let's turn our attention to the best team in the minors right now, and look at some of our impressive prospects.

  • Louisville extended their winning streak to 7 in a row with a 4-3 win over Toledo.  They've now won 18 of their last 19.  Micah Owings wasn't bad in his start, giving up 2 runs in 4 1/3 innings (remember, he's been a bullpen pitcher all year), and Jason Isringhausen gave up the other run.  Luckily, Jesus Delgado, Daniel Ray Herrera, and Aroldis Chapman struck the hammer down for 3 innings, allowing the offense to break the tie game and secure the win, with Chapman earning his 6th save.  On offense, Todd Frazier was 3-for-4 with 2 RBI to lead the way.  Up next: Chad Reineke will make it 8 in a row tonight at 7.
  • Carolina lost a tough one to Chattanooga 5-2 in 10 innings.  Tom Cochran had another good start, going 7 innings and giving up 2 runs (only one earned) with 6 strikeouts.  Lee Tabor stepped up to the plate with 2 perfect innings, but the tie game wasn't safe for Brad Boxberger, who continues to get his head bashed in every time he pitches.  Maybe a trip back to Lynchburg wouldn't be bad for his confidence.  Up next: The Mudcats take on Jacksonville at 7:05.  No starter listed yet.
  • Lynchburg beat Potomac 4-1, in a game where pitching was the story.  Jordan Hotchkiss had yet another great start, going 5 2/3 innings of shutout ball with 6 strikeouts, and Justin Freeman and Donnie Joseph came in and secured the win.  Neftali Soto was 2-for-4 with a homer, his 17th of the year.  Up next: Chase Ware takes the mound in a 7:03 start.  (Yep, that's a weird time to start a baseball game.)
  • Dayton fell to the same conclusion as their AA counterparts, losing 5-2 in 10 innings.  Jacob Johnson was excellent, going 6 shutout innings and only giving up 1 hit and 1 walk with 8 strikeouts.  Ryan LaMarre and Josh Garton both had multi-hit games.  Up next: Clayton Shunick gets the ball against Lansing at 7.
  • Billings lost in walk off fashion to Great Falls, a 6-5 lossDonald Lutz, Chris Berset, and Juan Duran had two hits each, and Starlin Gerson went 5 innings of 3-run ball in his start.  Up next: Tyler Cline gets Great Falls at 9 ET.
  • The AZL Reds won both games of their doubleheader against the AZL Mariners, 3-0 and 6-3.  In the first game, Kyle Lotzkar got the start and was very encouraging, going 5 2/3 innings of 5-hit, shutout ball.  He walked one and struck out 6, and Joel Ernst got his 2nd save.  Robert Maddox hit his 3rd homer, and David Vidal and Danny Vicioso had 2 hits each.  In the second game, what was supposed to be a 7-inning game turned into 10, and the A-Reds broke the tie.  Adam Muenster was 3-for-5 with 2 RBI and Thomas Muller was 2-for-5 with 2 RBI.  Recent signee Wes Mugarian got the start, going 4 innings and giving up 2 runs while striking out 5.  Nathan Driessen stepped up and pitched 3 innings of shutout relief with 6 strikeouts, and Lucas O'Rear pitched the last 3, giving up one run in the 10th but striking out 6 in his 3 innings of work as well.  Up next: The young'uns take on the AZL Dodgers at 10.


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Somewhere, Sean Watson is giving Boxy a facepalm.

"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander

by Cy Schourek on Aug 12, 2010 7:41 AM EDT reply actions  

Off topic...but after a rough Card's sweep of the Reds...I thought we could all use some good and heartwarming news...(this should have happened 33 years ago.)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100812/ap_on_en_ot/us_cathy_calls_it_quits

"I think walks are overrated unless you can run... If you get a walk and put the pitcher in a stretch, that helps. But the guy who walks.. they're clogging up the bases.. ."
--Dusty Bake - Fearless Visionary Manager

by Madville on Aug 12, 2010 7:54 AM EDT reply actions   1 recs

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We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Otherwise, you wouldn't have come.

by chesirecat on Aug 12, 2010 10:03 AM EDT up reply actions  

Is it Maloney on Friday?

It’s buck a bone and $2 drafts in Columbus. Saturday Snoopy is throwing out the first pitch but fuck that I’m all about the beer.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself. -Gertrude Stein

by Travis Rehl on Aug 12, 2010 12:08 PM EDT reply actions  

I posted this in the Reposter but could also put it here...

The Triangle paper has a pretty lengthy piece on Felix Perez, who is apparently just back from the DL.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Aug 12, 2010 12:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Sounds like he plays hard too.

Crashing into walls even at the sub-AAA level!

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself. -Gertrude Stein

by Travis Rehl on Aug 12, 2010 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

It does make me wonder...

The article mentions that the AA manager doesn’t speak Spanish (and Perez doesn’t speak English). Who was it in Louisville who speaks Spanish? Was that just the pitching coach?

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Aug 12, 2010 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions  

Hire a translator!

I vote for Ozzie Guillen.

"We don't worry about the pennant much, we just like to see the boys hit it deep."

by beasleymachine on Aug 12, 2010 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions  

Baxter

/2005’d

"And then there was the USAID guy in Kandahar who drove a giant pink Cadillac, which the locals set on fire one day. If you wanted to destroy something symbolic during a riot, you just could not do better than that. Good stuff." - Ghosts of Alexander

by Cy Schourek on Aug 12, 2010 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh, I'm wrong.

He wasn’t on the DL, but was injured for a bit.

Let me write out a formal proof for you.

by Gray on Aug 12, 2010 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

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