Down on the Farm: 6/15/2012

AAA  Fresno Grizzlies defeated the Salt Lake City Bees 8-5:

Francisco Peguero(CF)- 2 for 5, 3B.  BA= .234.
Brett Pill(1B)- 3 for 5, 2B, 3B.  BA= .438.
Brock Bond(DH)- 4 for 4, BB.  BA= .360.
Jackson Williams(C)- 1 for 5, HR(5).  BA= .250.
Dominguez, Culberson and Linden got 2 hits each.
Heath Hembree(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, Save(11).  ERA= 4.44.

AA  Portland Sea Dogs downed the Richmond Flying Squirrels 4-2:

Really nothing to see here.

High A  Modesto Nuts beat the San Jose Giants 6-4:

Joe Panik(SS)- 1 for 4, 3B.  BA= .258.
Adam Duvall(3B)- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .271.
Ricky Oropesa(1B)- 2 for 4.  BA= .272.
Seth Rosin(RHP)- 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA=5.28.
Josh Osich(LHP)- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K.  ERA= 2.31.

Panik is hitting .302/.340/.465 over his last 10 games.  Ricky Oropesa is hitting .368/.429/.684 over his last 10 games.

Low A  Augusta Greenjackets edged the Greenville Drive 2-1:

Shawn Payne(LF)- 3 for 4, SB(22).  BA= .304.
Jeff Arnold(C)- 1 for 3, HR(1).  BA= .237.
Edwin Escobar(LHP)- 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 10 K's.  ERA= 3.77.
Paul Davis(RHP)- 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 4.29.
Kyle Vazquez(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's, Save(3).  ERA= 2.08.

Vazquez appears to have taken over closing duties for Augusta.  Escobar is quietly putting together a nice season for Augusta and he's still just 20 yo.

Short Season  Salem-Keizer Volcanoes outlasted the Boise Hawks 3-2 in 12 innings:

Kentrell Hill(LF-RF)- 2 for 6.  BA= .333.
Michael Mergenthaler(DH)- 2 for 5.  BA= .400.
Dashenko Ricardo(C)- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .250
Lorenzo Mendoza(RHP)- 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 1.29.
Keith Bilodeau(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 0.00.
Tyler Mizenko(RHP)- 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Matthew Graham(RHP)- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K's.  ERA= 0.00.

Ricardo moves back behind the plate after trying to become a pitcher.  Mendoza is a holdover from last season.  He doesn't turn 21 until August making him still one of the younger players in the league.

DSL  Giants blanked the Cubs2 7-0:

Miguel Gomez(C, 19.6 yo)- 3 for 5.  BA= .310.
Angel Villalona(1B, 21.10 yo)- 2 for 4.  BA= .375.
Anthony Gomez(3B, 17.7 yo)- 1 for 2, HR(2).  BA= .333.
Juan Nova(RHP, 19.8 yo)- 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 2 K's.  ERA- 0.00.
Diomedes Mateo(LHP, 21.5 yo)- 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 3.09.

Gomez is the guy to keep an eye on in this group.