The past few days, we've been wondering why the Reds suddenly released pitcher Justin Mallett off of their AA team in Carolina on Friday. Well, wonder no further. According to ESPN, Mallett tested positive for a "drug of abuse", and has been suspended for 100 games (its his second offense). He isn't much use to the Reds right now, and you have to think that his career may be over, as his suspension will start after he signs with a major league club and not many teams will take a flyer on a 27-year old who has a 100 game suspension in front of him.
- Louisville won their 4th in a row, 4-2 over Pawtucket. Justin Lehr started and pitched well, going 5 1/3 innings of 2 run ball to earn his league leading 6th win of the season. Danny Richar led the offense, going 3-for-4 with a solo HR, and Wes Bankston and Daniel Dorn both went deep for the Bats as well. Up next: Sam LeCure takes the hill against Pawtucket at 7:05.
- Zachary Cozart was the hero for Carolina, as his walk-off homer netted the Mudcats a 4-3 win against Tennessee to extend their streak to 7 games. Jordan Smith had another good pitching performance, giving up 3 runs in 8 strong innings. Yonder Alonso and Chris Heisey both had two hits for the Mudcats. Up next: James Avery goes for the 5-game series sweep, at 7:15.
- Justin Reed was 3-for-3 but the rest of the Sarasota offense couldn't get anything together, as they lost to Brevard County 5-0. Travis Webb was okay in his start, going 5 2/3 innings and giving up 2 runs. Up next: Luis Montano takes on Brevard County at 7.
- Dayton came back in the 10th to beat South Bend 3-2. It was 1-1 though 9 innings, with Dayton's run scored on Cody Puckett's 10th HR of the season, and South Bend took a 2-1 lead off of Mark James in the 10th (in James' 4th inning of work). In the bottom of the inning, Kevin Coddington singled, and David Sappelt reached on an error, scoring Coddington to tie the ballgame. Miguel Rojas singled him in for the winning run. Matt Fairel started the game for Dayton, giving up one hit and no runs in only 5 innings. Not sure why he got taken out, but hopefully it won't be an injury. He's having a monster season so far. Up next: Josh Ravin takes on South Bend at 7.