Minor League Game Review – 8/13/11

8/13 Game Review

Louisville lost 5-4. Box Score

• Juan Francisco went 1-4 with a run.
• Denis Phipps went 2-4 with a double, triple, RBI and 2 runs.
• Danny Dorn went 2-3 with a double, triple, walk, 2 RBI and a run.
• Michael Griffin went 1-3.
• Jeremy Horst and Nick Christiani each threw a hitless inning of relief.

Game notes: The Bats fell to 61-61 on the season. Denis Phipps is hitting .366 for the Bats.

Game links

Postgame article from BatsBaseball.com.

Carolina won 9-4. Box Score

• Henry Rodriguez went 1-4 with a double and a run.
• Neftali Soto went 2-4 with a solo HR (26) and 2 runs.
• Bill Rhinehart went 4-4 with a run and 3 RBI.
• Eric Campbell went 2-4 with a HR (16) and 2 RBI.
• Miguel Rojas went 2-4 with a run.
• James Skelton went 1-2 with 2 walks and a run.
• Brandon Hynick allowed a run in 2.2 innings of relief with a strikeout.
• Chris Mobley and Travis Webb each threw a shutout inning of relief.

Game notes: Neftali Soto has 26 HR’s right now. The league leader is out of the league and has 30. Soto has 22 games left this year to take the lead. Check out the play that Henry Rodriguez made to end the game. Pretty awesome.

Bakersfield won 8-7. Box Score

• Ryan LaMarre went 2-5 with 2 runs.
• Brodie Greene went 2-4 with a double, walk and a run.
• Carlos Mendez went 4-4 with a walk, double, 2 RBI and 3 runs.
• AJ Means went 2-4 with 2 doubles, a walk and 2 RBI.
• Derrick Lutz, Scott Gaffney and Doug Salinas threw 4.2 scoreless innings of relief with 5 strikeouts.

Dayton won 2-1 in 11 innings. Box Score

• Ronald Torreyes went 1-3 with a HBP.
• Drew Poulk went 1-1.
• Josh Garton went 1-4 with a double.
• Mitch Clarke allowed a run in 5 innings with 2 strikeouts.
• Brian Pearl and Blaine Howell each threw 3 scoreless innings of relief.

Game notes: Billy Hamilton went 1-5, but he stole his 80th base of the season. David Vidal and Theo Bowe each had two walks in the game. Mitch Clarke lowered his ERA to 1.42 on the season with the Dragons. Blaine Howell lowered his to 1.95 on the season. Dayton will finish Tuesday’s game beginning at 2pm from the 4th inning on. The regularly scheduled game will go 7 innings.

Game links

Postgame article from DaytonDragons.com.

Billings lost 8-5. Box Score

• Bryson Smith went 2-5 with an RBI.
• Robert Maddox went 2-4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs.
• Ryan Wright went 1-3 with a double, walk and RBI.
• Junior Arias went 2-4 with a double, RBI and a run.
• Juan Silva went 1-4 with a run.
• Jason Braun allowed a run in 2.2 innings with 3 strikeouts.

Game notes: Sean Buckley and Spencer Dickinson each walked twice in 0-3 efforts. Junior Arias is hitting .311/.367/.578 in 12 games in the second half.

AZL Reds won 9-8. Box Score

• Brandon Dailey went 2-5 with 3 RBI.
• Steven Selsky went 2-4 with a double and solo HR (2).
• Wagner Gomez went 1-2 with 2 walks and 2 runs.
• Humberto Valor went 2-3 with 2 doubles, 3 RBI and a run.
• Jamie Walczak and Alejandro Chacin each threw a scoreless inning of relief.

Game notes: Gabriel Rosa had a solo HR (2). Alejandro Chacin lowered his ERA to 0.52 on the season.

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