Minor League Game Review – 5/3/12

5/3 Game Review

Louisville won 4-3 in 11 innings. Box Score

• Felix Perez went 1-4 with a walk and a run.
• Danny Dorn went 1-5 with a triple, RBI and a run.
• Bill Rhinehart went 3-5 with a double and RBI.
• Sean Gallagher allowed 3 runs in 7 innings with 2 walks and 6 strikeouts.
• Kanekoa Texeira threw 1.2 shutout innings with 2 walks and a strikeout.
• Travis Webb threw 2 perfect innings of relief with 3 strikeouts.
• Nick Christiani recorded the final out of the game for the save.

Game notes

Denis Phipps had one hit in 5 trips to the plate, but it was a solo home run to dead center field. Neftali Soto led off the 11th inning with an opposite field home run right down the line to give the Bats the lead and plate the first run of the game for either team since the 3rd inning. Felix Perez made a fantastic lunging/diving catch on the warning track in left field early in the game. The win ended the Bats 4 game losing streak.

Pensacola lost 3-1, won 1-0 in a double header.

Game 1: 3-1 loss. Box Score

• Ryan LaMarre went 1-3.
• Henry Rodriguez went 2-3 with an RBI.
• Pedro Villarreal went 6 innings, allowed 3 runs and had 2 strikeouts.
• Wilkin De La Rosa threw a hitless inning of relief with a walk and a strikeout.

Game 2: 1-0 win. Box Score

• Ryan LaMarre went 1-3.
• Henry Rodriguez went 1-3 with a run.
• Josh Fellhauer went 1-3.
• Cody Puckett went 1-3.
• Brodie Greene went 1-2 with a walk and RBI.
• Daniel Corcino threw 6 shutout innings with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts.
• Donnie Joseph threw a hitless 7th with 2 strikeouts for the save.

Game notes

Pensacola is now on Milb.tv for the rest of their home games this season (and some away games too). If you aren’t already subscribing, just a heads up that from today on, there are 224 Reds minor league games available this season to watch (not including Billings, which should have at least three if no new teams from their league have added games and Idaho Falls still is participating this year).In game one Henry Rodriguez extended his hitting streak to 10 games as he had two of the teams three hits. He had a single in the first inning of game two as he extended his hitting streak to 11. Wilkin De La Rosa threw a scoreless inning of relief and lowered his ERA to 0.71 on the season between Bakersfield and Pensacola.  In game two, Daniel Corcino had a strong start as he went 6 innings on 90 pitches without allowing an earned run. He lowered his ERA on the year to 2.61 for the Blue Wahoos. Neither team scored until the 6th inning when Brodie Greene was able to single on a low liner to right with Henry Rodriguez on third to plate the only run of the game. Donnie Joseph threw a hitless 7th to get his 5th save. He has yet to allow a run this season and his slider is unhittable right now.

Game links

Postgame article from BlueWahoos.com.

Bakersfield lost 8-6. Box Score

• Billy Hamilton went 2-5 with a run and a steal (31).
• Devin Lohman went 2-4 with a run.
• Donald Lutz went 1-4 with a run.
• David Vidal went 2-3 with a walk, HR (5) and 3 RBI.
• Juan Duran went 1-4 with a HR (2) and 2 RBI.
• Jamie Walczak threw 2 hitless innings of relief with a walk and 5 strikeouts.

Game notes

Billy Hamilton stole his 31st base and was also caught his 7th time. Kyle Lotzkar had his first rough outing of the year. He allowed 4 earned in 4.2 innings with a walk and 6 strikeouts. David Vidal pushed his season line to .307/.384/.557 with 10 walks and 17 strikeouts.

Game links

Postgame article from BakersfieldBlaze.com.

Dayton lost 5-4 in 10 innings. Box Score

• Ryan Wright went 1-4 with a walk, steal (6) and RBI.
• Juan Silva went 3-5 with a run and a steal (8).
• Steve Selsky went 2-5 with a run.
• Junior Arias went 1-3 with an RBI, steal (6) and HBP.
• Yovan Gonzalez went 1-4 with an RBI.
• Radhames Quezada allowed 1 earned (2 total) in 6 innings with 2 walks and a strikeout.

Game notes

The Dragons were tied at 2 heading into the 8th inning, but the Captains put up a 2 spot to take the lead. The Dragons countered that in the bottom of the 9th inning by scoring two of their own. In the 10th inning Kyle McMyne gave up an opposite field, line drive home run off of the ‘foul pole’. Dayton got things rolling the right way in the bottom frame with an infield single, sac bunt and another infield single to put runners on first and second with one out but a 5-3 double play ended the game. Ryan Wright made a nice over the shoulder sliding catch in shallow right field. Junior Arias is the most impressive raw hitter on the team and he showed it off again with just how hard he can hit the ball when he gets into one. If he can figure out the strikezone some, look out. He also still has one of those ‘laser-rocket arms‘. He is still pretty raw in the field though. Kyle McMyne took the loss, but man does he have an impressive arm. He could be a quick mover. The game tomorrow will be available for free to watch online. You can see the link below in the game preview.

Game links

Postgame article from DaytonDragons.com.

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