November 18th Minor League Report! Carp, Bannister

Culiacan 4, Hermosillo 1
Brian Bannister 7 IP, 5 H, ER, BB, 5 Ks, 3.68 era, W (3-2)

North Shore 5, Honolulu 2
Mike Carp (1b) 2 for 4, 2 RBI, K, .301
Dustin Martin (dh) 1 for 4, K, 3 LOB, .296
Bobby Parnell 1.2 IP, H, 2 BBs, 2 Ks, 7.01 era, 35 pitches, 21 strikes, 14 balls

Licey 6, Azucareros 5
Anderson Hernandez (2b, ss) 1 for 4, run, .289, E
Henry Owens 1 IP, H, R, 2 BBs, 0.87 era, SV (9)

*Also, Carlos Gomez is batting .229 (8 for 35) in 17 games with Escogido. As you can tell, he is not getting regular playing time, which, IMO, is doing more to hurt him then help, at this point. He's got a .243 OBP, and 6 steals. 0 BBs and 13 Ks.
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Just an aside, the Arizona Fall League season is done, and the Hawaiian Winter League will be ending in 4 days, with the championship game. I fully expect our North Shore Honu to make the game, seeing as it's just the divisional winners, and the Honu are 2.5 games up on the West Oahu Canefires. Mike Carp is leading the HWL in batting with his .301 average, and Dustin Martin would be 3rd, if he had enough ABs to qualify. That is impressive considering the top 4 pitchers all have ERAs lower then 1.35. Carp ranks 3rd in RBI with 16, and 4th with a .398 SLG.

Licey is once more a powerhouse in the Dominican Winter League, they're 17-8, good for a 3 game lead over 2nd place Gigantes (the team I call Ciboa).
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