8/11 Minor League Report! BATIS!

New Orleans 3, Memphis 2

No, it wasn't as good as Jon Niese's AAA debut, but it was still an unquestionable success for Bobby Freakin Parnell today. 6 innings, 2 runs on 5 hits, 88 pitches. And his first AAA victory. Eddei Camacho, Tim McNab and Nate Field picked it up from the 7th, and got Parnell the win, Field picked up his 13th save.

cf Jesus Feliciano 1 for 4, RBI, BB, .321
2b Andy Green 1 for 5, 2 Ks, .296
lf Chris Aguila 1 for 3, 2b, BB, K, .288
rf Val Pascucci 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .279
1b Raul Casanova 1 for 2, run, 2 BBs, .302
ss Anderson Hernandez 2 for 4, run, K, .205
c Mike Nickeas 1 for 3, run, 2b, RBI, BB, .220
3b Abraham Nunez 1 for 3, RBI, BB, K, .209
Bobby Freakin Parnell 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2/5 BB/K, 3 era, W (1-0), 88:53:35, 5:8:5
Eddie Camacho 1.1 IP, BB, K, 3 era
Tim McNab 0.2 IP, H, 4.11 era
Nate Field IP, 4.68 era, SV (13)

St. Lucie 1, Palm Beach 5

Emary Frederick got bombed for 4 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks in just 2 innings, with all the damage occuring in the 9th, taking his 4th loss. Earlier, Eric Niesen pitched very effectively, allowing just a run on 5 hits in 6 innings. Despite my pounding the table on Niesen being a reliever, he has not performed that badly in a starting role this year (I just think it's ill-advised).

The offense managed just 6 hits and a run today, despite also drawing 4 walks, due to 6 LOB. Greg Veloz, in his second A+ game, went 1 for 4. Ezequiel Carrera was 1 for 3 with a walk, leveling off at the .275 mark, for now. Ruben Tejada (0 for 3, BB, 2 Ks, .230), Lucas Duda (0 for 4, .262), Jason Jacobs (0 for 3, 3 Ks, .240) and Joe Holden (0 for 3, .260) took 0-fers.

2b Greg Veloz 1 for 4, .250
dh Ezequiel Carrera 1 for 3, BB, .275
c Josh Thole 1 for 4, K, .300
lf Brahiam Maldonado 1 for 2, run, 2 BBs, K, .243
rf DJ Wabick 2 for 4, 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .290
Eric Niesen 6 IP, 5 H, ER, 3/5 BB/K, 4.30 era
Nick Abel IP, 2 H, BB/K, 12.27 era
Emary Frederick 2 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 2 BBs, HR, 4.38 era, L (1-4)

Savannah 7, Lakewood 2

The Gnats, down a leadoff hitter and 2b, busted out offensively for 7 runs on 13 hits, with the 4-7 hitters supplying the bulk of the offense, with 9 hits between them. Francisco Pena (0 for 4, run, BB, 4 Ks, .268), and Nick Giarraputo (0 for 4, 2 Ks, .253) took the only 0-fers, while 5 Gnats had multi hit games.

Brant Rustich started tonight, and gave up 2 runs on 4 hits in 4 innings, striking out a career high 7. But he got an ND, Manuel Olivares got the win with 5 innings of 4 hit shutout relief, K'ing 6.

cf Richard Pena 1 for 5, 2b, RBI, 2 Ks, .210
lf Casey Craig 2 for 4, BB, .294
1b Jefferies Tatford 3 for 5, 2 runs, K, .314
ss Juan Lagares 2 for 5, 2 runs, 2 2b, RBI, .263
rf Victor Guzman 2 for 4, run, 2b, 3 RBI, .292
3b Joaquin Rodriguez 2 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .248
2b Michael Parker 1 for 3, RBI, BB, 2 Ks, .193
Brant Rustich 4 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1/7 BB/K, 4.03 era
Manuel Olivares 5 IP, 4 H, 1/6 BB/K, 3.81 era, W (2-1)

Brooklyn 2, Batavia 1

All of the runs in this game came in a 1 inning span between the bottom of the first (2 for Brooklyn) and top of the 2nd (1 for Batavia). Aside from that, it was a complete pitchers day, with the two staffes combining to give up 12 hits in 18 offensive innings, striking out 22. Pedro P Martinez went the first 5, allowing a run on 5 hits for his 2nd win. Jimmy Johnson went 3.2 innings of perfect relief, and Yury Santana got the final out for his 10th save.

The Conies only had 7 hits themselves, with Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Jordan Abruzzo scoring runs in the first, accounting for all the Cyclones runs. Eric Campbell (0 for 3, .263), and Sean Ratliff (0 for 3, .203) took 0-fers.

rf Kirk Nieuwenhuis 1 for 4, run, 2b, 2 Ks, .272
2b JR Voyles 1 for 4, .280
c Jordan Abruzzo 1 for 4, run, .248
dh Jose Jimenez 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .299
ss Reese Havens 1 for 3, RBI, 2 Ks, .263
1b Ike Davis 1 for 3, 2b, 2 Ks, .232
lf Seth Williams 1 for 3, 2b, .133
Pedro P Martinez 5 IP, 5 H, ER 3/8 BB/K, 3.07 era, W (2-2)
Jimmy Johnson 3.2 IP, 6 Ks, 1.38 era
Yury Santana 0.1 IP, 2.95 era, SV (10)

Kingsport 2, Danville 3

Raul Batis was magnificant over 7 innings in his best Kingsport start to date, giving up just a run on 5 hits, but Zach Rosenbaum's miserable season continued, with him blowing his 2nd save and taking his 4th loss, giving up 2 runs (1 earned) over 1 inning.

The offense, stifled as it was, did enough to win, were it not for Rosenbaum's blowup, collecting 8 hits and 4 walks. However, they did leave 8 men on base, and the top 2 in the order (Fernandez, Suire) were 0 for 8 with 3 Ks. Pedro Zapata and Justin Garber had 3 hit games, the only ones with multiple hits for Kingsport. Dock Doyle (0 for 4, 3 Ks, .325), Stefan Welch (0 for 2, 2 BBs, .273), and Jean Luc Blaquiere (0 for 4, run, 2 Ks, .266) also took 0-fers.

ss Wilmer Flores 1 for 3, BB, .325
cf Pedro Zapata 3 for 4, run, .220
1b Doug McNulty 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .203
lf Justin Garber 3 for 4, 2b, RBI, .293
Raul Batis 7 IP, 5 H, ER, 2/6 BB/K, 3.92 era
Zach Rosenbaum IP, H, 2 R, ER, BB, 6.07 era, BS (2), L (2-4)