Minor League Game Review – 8/1/11

8/2 Game Review

Louisville lost 4-3. Box Score

• Dave Sappelt went 1-3 with an RBI.
• Denis Phipps went 3-4 with a double.
• Danny Dorn went 1-4 with a solo HR (14).
• Chris Valaika went 2-3 with a solo HR (4).
• Edinson Volquez allowed 2 earned in 7 innings with 6 strikeouts.
• Brad Boxberger threw a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Game notes: Denis Phipps is now hitting .385 for the Bats in 9 games. Brad Boxberger needed 9 pitches (8 strikes) to get through the 8th inning with a strikeout. Jordan Smith had 2 outs and 1 runner on base before walking a batter, hitting the next batter and then walking the next two batters to lose it for the Bats on back to back bases loaded walks.

Game links

Postgame article from BatsBaseball.com.

Carolina won 13-1. Box Score

• Henry Rodriguez went 2-4 with a walk, RBI and 3 runs.
• Neftali Soto went 4-6 with 2 HR’s (22) and 6 RBI.
• Bill Rhinehart went 3-5 with a HR (2) and 2 RBI.
• Jake Kahaulelio went 2-4 with a double and 2 runs.
• Didi Gregorius went 3-5 with a double and 2 RBI.
• Pedro Villarreal allowed 1 unearned run in 6 innings with 2 strikeouts.
• Chris Mobley, Tim Hamulack and Donnie Joseph each threw a scoreless inning of relief.

Game notes: Neftali Soto is on an absolute tear in the second half of the season, hitting .306/.371/.729 in 37 games. Yasmani Grandal hit his 13th HR of the season (1 for 6). Bill Rhinehart has been an immediate help for the Mudcats with a .412 average and 2 HR’s in his first 5 games for Carolina. Pedro Villarreal hasn’t allowed an earned run in his last two starts (11 innings – 11 strikeouts, 1 walk).

Bakersfield won 4-3. Box Score

• Dayne Read went 3-4 with a solo HR (7) and 2 RBI.
• Ryan LaMarre went 2-3 with a walk, RBI and a run.
• Brodie Greene went 1-3 with a walk and 2 RBI.
• Alex Buchholz went 2-4.
• Devin Lohman went 1-3.
• AJ Means went 1-3 with a run.
• JC Sulbaran allowed 2 earned (3 total) in 7 innings with 10 strikeouts.
• Chris Manno threw 1.1 hitless innings and had 2 strikeouts.

Game notes: Dayne Read raised his line for Bakersfield to .311/.367/.533 on the season after hitting .397/.462/.741 in Billings. JC Sulbaran moved to 8-2 on the season and lowered his ERA to 4.06 and he now have 119 strikeouts in 106.1 innings pitched.

Dayton lost 8-6. Box Score

• Billy Hamilton went 1-4 with a run.
• Ronald Torreyes went 1-4 with a run.
• David Vidal went 1-4 with a double, run and 3 RBI.
• Chris Berset went 1-2 with a HR (1) and 2 RBI.
• Jefry Sierra went 2-4 with a double.
• Daniel Wolford threw a scoreless inning of relief.

Game notes: Dayton had 1 hit through 8 innings, then scored 6 runs in the 9th. Unfortunately they were losing 8-0 heading into the 9th inning.

Game links

Postgame article from DaytonDragons.com.

Billings lost 10-8. Box Score

• Sean Buckley went 1-4 with a double, RBI and a run.
• Kyle Waldrop went 3-4 with a double, RBI and 2 runs.
• Junior Arias went 2-3 with a double, triple, walk, RBI and a run.
• Danny Vicioso went 1-4 with a HR (1) and 3 RBI.
• Cristobal Rodriguez went 1-3 with a walk and a run.
• Porfirio Martinez threw 2 hitless innings.
• Brooks Pinckard threw 2 scoreless innings with a strikeout.

Game notes: Ismael Guillon struggled and didn’t make it through the 4th inning.

AZL Reds won 8-4. Box Score

• Juan Perez went 1-3 with a triple, 2 walks and a run.
• Juan Francisco (rehab) went 1-2 with a double and a walk.
• Robert Ramirez went 1-2 with a run.
• Brennan May went 1-4 with 2 runs.
• Chris Denove (rehab) went 2-3 with a double, HR (1), a walk, 2 RBI and 2 runs.
• Carlos Sanchez went 3-4 with 2 doubles, a walk, run and RBI.
• Steven Selsky went 1-3 with 2 walks, a double, 3 RBI and a run.
• Eric Alessio threw 2.2 scoreless innings.
• Jim Moran struck out the side in a perfect inning of work.

Game notes: Lucas O’Rear allowed 1 earned in 4.1 innings but had 7 walks. Steven Selsky must have recently signed and had a good debut game. Juan Perez continues to hit well, now up to .356/.437/.510 on the year with 2 more walks than strikeouts.

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