Minor League Game Review – 7/7/12

7/7 Game Review

Louisville lost 2-0. Box Score

• Paul Janish went 1-3.
• Bill Rhinehart went 1-3.
• Pedro Villarreal allowed a run in 6 innings with 2 walks and 8 strikeouts.
• Nick Christiani threw a shutout inning with a walk and a strikeout.
• Jordan Smith threw a shutout inning of relief.

Game notes

Tough start for Villarreal who pitched a very good game but took the loss to fall to 2-6 with the Bats despite a 3.96 ERA.

Pensacola won 8-2. Box Score

• Ryan LaMarre went 1-4 with a double, walk, steal (22) and a run.
• Didi Gregorius went 2-5 with a triple and 2 runs.
• Bryson Smith went 1-3 with a run and 2 RBI.
• Beau Mills went 2-4 with a double, walk, HR (5) and 4 RBI.
• David Vidal went 1-3 with a double, walk and a run.
• Mark Fleury went 1-3 with a double, walk, RBI and a run.
• Tony Cingrani threw 6 shutout innings with 3 walks and 3 strikeouts.
• Drew Hayes threw 2 shutout innings with a strikeout.

Game notes

Tony Cingrani lowered his ERA to 1.50 for the Blue Wahoos. He had 8 ground outs and just 1 fly out. Drew Hayes lowered his ERA to 3.18 on the season. Didi Gregorius has four triples in his last 7 games and 7 extra base hits in his last 7 games.

Bakersfield lost 9-8. Box Score

• Theo Bowe went 3-5 with an RBI and a run.
• Travis Mattair went 1-4 with an RBI and a walk.
• Donald Lutz went 1-4 with a HR (15), walk and 3 RBI.
• Devin Lohman went 1-3 with a walk and 2 runs.
• Danny Vicioso went 2-4 with a double, 2 RBI and a run.
• Michael Griffin threw 2 shutout innings with a walk and 3 strikeouts.
• Andrew Brackman threw a shutout inning.

Game notes

The Blaze scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning but fell one run short. Theo Bowe continues to just blister through the California League, now hitting .383 in 175 at bats with a .461 OBP.

Dayton won 5-3. Box Score

• Juan Perez went 1-4 with a solo HR (5).
• Jefry Sierra went 1-4 with a run.
• Yorman Rodriguez went 2-3 with a triple, HR (3) and 2 RBI.
• Ryan Wright went 1-4 with a solo HR (3).
• Kyle Waldrop went 1-3 with a solo HR (5).
• Juan Silva went 1-3.
• Nick O’Shea went 1-3.
• Jacob Johnson allowed 3 runs in 6 innings with 3 strikeouts.
• El’Hajj Muhammad threw 2 shutout innings with 2 strikeouts.
• Ryan Kemp threw a shutout inning with a strikeouts.

Game notes

The Dragons had 4 home runs in the game. Ryan Wright extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Yorman Rodriguez is hitting .317 through 16 games with Dayton and has a 7 game hitting streak with the last 4 games all being multi-hit games.

Billings lost 4-2. Box Score

• Beau Amaral went 1-3 with a walk and a run.
• Carlos Sanchez went 1-3 with a triple, walk and a run.
• Daniel Pigott went 1-4 with 2 RBI.
• Tony Amezcua allowed 2 runs in 4.1 innings with 2 walks.
• Sean Lucas threw a shutout inning with a strikeout.

Game notes

Beau Amaral is hitting .320 through his first 7 games as a pro. The Mustangs only had 3 hits in the game.

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