Thursday, April 29, 2010

Down on the Farm: 04-28-2010

AAA The entire PCL was idle last night.

AA Richmond Flying Squirrels beat the New Britain Rock Cats 5-3:

Thomas Neal- 2 for 5, 2B. BA= .227.
Roger Kieschnick- 3 for 5, SB(1). BA= .288.
Craig Clark- 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.20.
Andy Sisco- 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 3.68.
Tony Pena- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K. ERA= 0.75.

Nice to see Kieschnick's BA get up into the high .200's. Sisco is the huge LHP who seems to have settled down a bit. Pena is the converted MLB shortstop and has been impressive so far.

High A Stockton Ports blanked the San Jose Giants 3-0:

Francisco Peguero- 3 for 4. BA= .250.
Brandon Belt- 1 for 2, 2 BB, SB(7).
Eric Surkamp- 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 2.35.

Surkamp had a quality start in a losing cause. Good experience for the Giants MLB club! Belt's triple slash stands at .414/.493/.672.

Low A Hagerstown Suns broke out for 6 runs in the 7'th inning to defeat the Augusta Greenjackets 7-2:

Zack Wheeler- 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K's, GO/AO= 8/1.

Really nothing to see on offense. Wheeler continues to take baby steps.

Around the minors: Chris Tillman, who had a rough spring and lost a possible starting gig with Baltimore pitched a 9 inning no-hitter for the Norfolk Tides. He was a walk and error away from a perfecto. One of the baserunners was erased on a DP. The O's are setting up for a future rotation somewhat like the Giants with Matusz, Tillman and Arrieta as the anchors.

3 comments:

  1. Wow, I knew Belt had power, but 7 SB!

    Matusz, I think, belongs up there rotation-wise, but Tillman and Arrieta are not up to that standard, I think.

    I liked Sisco a while back when he was at KC, I wonder if Affeldt had any hand in getting him to our org, I think they were teammates at KC before.

    Yes, baby steps for Wheeler, but WOW, look at that G/A ratio! High K with high GB bodes well, right?

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  2. I thought I noticed in the box score that Peguera played first, Belt in right, and Culberson in CF. Was this a typo?

    Lucky

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  3. Belt played 1B, Peguero CF and Culberson 2B.

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