Down on the Farm: 05-01-2010

AAA Sacramento River Cats downed the Fresno Grizzlies 4-1:

Brock Bond- 0 for 2, 2 BB. BA= .296. OBP= .402.
Kevin Pucetas- 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 3.76.

A QS for Pucetas who's ERA has steadily dropped since the disastrous start of the season. Bond was the only Grizzly to reach base twice.

AA Richmond Flying Squirrels topped the Bowie Baysox 6-4:

Darren Ford- 1 for 4, 2B, BB. BA= .250.
Brandon Crawford- 3 for 4, SF. BA= .239.
Clayton Tanner- 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 2.16.
Craig Whitaker- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 1.93.

Nice game for Crawford. Tanner has pitched well, but not quite dominating. Whitaker is getting batters out with more consistency.

High A Modesto Nuts topped the San Jose Giants 4-3:

Juan Perez- 1 for 4, 3B. BA= .324.
Ryan Lormand- 1 for 4, HR(1). BA= .318.
Kyle Nicholson- 7 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 4 K's, GO/AO= 13/4. ERA= 6.20.
David Quinowski- 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 2.35.

Nicholson is going to have to put together a lot of QS's to overcome a disastrous first start. Quinowski should be promoted soon if he keeps pitching well, although the Giants tend to keep pitchers coming off injury back a year.

The Hagerstown Suns burned the Augusta Greenjackets 5-4:

Evan Crawford- 2 for 4. BA= .212.
Ryan Cavan- 2 for 4. BA= .301.
Chris Dominguez- 1 for 4, 2B. BA= .260.
Chris Heston- 5 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 5.25.
Jose Casilla- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, GO/AO= 7/2. ERA= 1.93.

Second multihit game in a row for Crawford. Dominguez drove in 2 of the 4 runs with his double. Heston is scuffling after a sensational first couple of games. Casilla continues to keep the ball on the ground.

Around the Minors: Steve Strasburg is being promoted to AAA. Expect him in the majors around the first of June. Dodgers prospect Andrew Lambo was suspended 50 games for his second banned substance violation.