Down on the Farm: 4/30/2011

AAA Fresno Grizzlies swept a DH from the SLC Bees by identical scores of 5-3:

Game 1

Conor Gillaspie(3B)- 1 for 2, 2B, BB. BA= .256.
Chris Stewart(C)- 1 for 1, 2 S. BA= .151.
Shane Loux(RHP)- 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 3.45.
Marc Kroon(RHP)- 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(5). ERA= 2.79.

Game 2

Brandon Belt(LF)- 2 for 3, BB. BA= .400.
Brett Pill(1B)- 1 for 4, HR(4). BA= .358.
Brad Eldred(DH)- 2 for 3, 2B, HR(1). BA= .300.
Matt Yourkin(LHP)- 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 7 K's. ERA= 5.81.

Gillaspie does have an OBP of .363, but is hitting just .222 over his last 10 games.

AA Bowie Baysox outlasted the Richmond Flying Squirrels 3-2 in 18 innings:

Johnny Monell(C)- 2 for 5, HR(3), BB. BA= .234.
Juan Perez(CF)- 2 for 6, 2 2B. BA= .229
Jason Christian(LF)- 0 for 4, 3 BB, 2 SB(7). BA= .266.
Joe Koshansky(1B)- 0 for 8, 7 K's. BA= .193.
Ryan Verdugo(LHP)- 5 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 4 K's. ERA= 1.69.
Dan Otero(RHP)- 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 2.81.
Jason Stoffel(RHP)- 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 0 K's. ERA= 0.96.
Justin Dowdy(LHP)- 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K. ERA= 1.02.
David Quinowski(LHP)- 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 2.00.

Extra inning games are brutal on the old Batting Average, especially low scoring ones. The 7 K's may be a record of some kind for Koshansky, but Flying Squirrel batters struck out a total of 24 times in the game so he wasn't alone in his hitting futility. If you have a hitter in a fantasy league and you see his team played an 18 inning game, your heart just sinks.

A+ Lake Elsinore Storm downed the San Jose Giants 7-5:

Gary Brown(CF)- 1 for 5, 3B. BA= .333.
Nick Liles(DH)- 2 for 5, 2 2B. BA= .381.
Chris Dominguez- 3 for 4. BA= .287.
Wendell Fairley- 2 for 4, 2B. BA= .328.

Dominguez had been slumping so nice to see the 3 hits even if they were all singles. Fairley continues his steady pace.

Low A Augusta Greenjackets topped the Lexington Legends 5-1:

Jeff Arnold(C)- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(1). BA= .228.
Rafael Rodriguez(RF)- 1 for 4. BA= .290.
Taylor Rogers(RHP)- 7 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 5 K's. ERA= 3.27.
Jacob Dunnington(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's. ERA= 2.40.
Mike Foltynewicz(RHP, Legends)- 5.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 3 K's. ERA= 5.86.

Rodriguez is back in the lineup after an absence of several games. Foltynewicz was the 19'th overall selection in last year's draft by Houston.