Down on the Farm: 7/21/2012

AAA  Fresno Grizzlies defeated the Salt Lake City Bees 6-4:

Nick Noonan(SS)- 3 for 5, 2 2B.  BA= .304.
Ryan Lollis(CF)- 2 for 3, 3B, BB.  BA= .273.
Dan Runzler(LHP)- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 4.50.

AA  Akron Aeros clubbed the Richmond Flying Squirrels 10-1:

Ehire Adrianza(SS)- 3 for 4, 2 2B, 3B.  BA= .218.
Juan Perez(RF)- 2 for 4.  BA= .290.
Austin Fleet(RHP)- 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 4.12.
Thomas Neal(LF, Aeros)-  3 for 5, HR(8).  BA= .305.

Old friend Thomas Neal is having a good season albeit back in AA.  Wish him the best.  I really hope he makes it to the show eventually.

High A  San Jose Giants blasted the Inland Empire 66'ers 11-2:

Carter Jurica(3B)- 2 for 5, BB.  BA= .283.
Joe Panik(SS)- 3 for 5, 2B, HBP.  BA= .268.
Ricky Oropesa(1B)- 3 for 6, HR(11).   BA= .261.
Jarrett Parker(CF)- 2 for 3, 2B, BB.  BA= .245.
Justin Schumer(RHP)- 9 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 4.28.

Jurica is hitting .345 with a .511 SLG% over his last 10 games.  Panik and Ricky seem to have gotten their feet back under them.

Low A  Hagerstown Suns edged the Augusta Greenjackets 5-4:

Payne and Thomas had 2 hits each.
Adalberto Mejia(LHP)- 6.2 IP, 9 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 5.40.
Derek Law(RHP)- 2.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 1.99.

Short Season  Tri City Dust Devils came from behind to top the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 5-4 in 10 innings:

Kentrell Hill(LF)- 2 for 5.  BA- .275.
Mike Mergenthaler(DH)- 1 for 4, 3B, BB.  BA= .220.
Stephen Branca(2B)- 3 for 4.  BA= .259.
Joe Biagini(RHP)- 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 3.38.

This might be Biagini's strongest start of the season.  He's cut his BB rate way down since moving to Salem-Keizer.  He's starting to look like a fairly serious prospect.

Rookie AZL  Giants doubled up the A's 8-4:

Randy Ortiz(CF)- 3 for 5, 2B, 3B.  BA= .284.
Wendell Fairley(RF)- 2 for 5, 2B, 3B.  BA= .250.
Gabriel Cornier(C)- 2 for 4.  BA= .357.
Tyler Hollick(LF)- 1 for 3, BB, SB(2).  BA= .438.
Travious Relaford(2B)- 1 for 3, HBP, SB(1).  BA= .333.
Justin Lux(?)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.  ERA= 0.00.
Jose Reyes(RHP)- 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 2.70.

No info on Lux.  His player bio page is still blank except for the line from this game.

DSL  Giants topped the Mets1 4-3:

Richard Rodriguez(2B)- 2 for 5, SB(10).  BA=  .247.
Carlos Valdez(RF)- 1 for 4, 2B.  BA= .258.
Diomedes Mateo(LHP)- 6.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 11 K's.  ERA= 1.45.

The only blemish in Mateo's 6.2 innings of work was a throwing error by the catcher after a strikeout.  Mateo is an older prospect, but he is putting up some interesting numbers  56 K's against just 13 BB's in 43.1 IP. Giants picked him up from the Pirates organization.  I'm guessing he may have been involved in some Age-gate shenanigans as his first year with the Pirates was 2009. He put up decent numbers in 2011 with the Pirates Rookie league affiliate in the GCL, but the was apparently released.