Down on the Farm: 4/18/2013

AAA  Fresno Grizzlies won a see-saw game with the Tacoma Rainiers 11-6 in 11 innings:

Kensuke Tanaka(2B)- 3 for 6, 2B, SB(2).  BA= .358.
Cole Gillespie(LF)- 3 for 6, SB(2).  BA= .273.
Brett Pill(1B)- 2 for 4, HR(3), BB, SF.  BA= .300.
Roger Kieschnick(RF)- 4 for 6, 2 2B, 3B.  BA= .365.
Todd Linden(DH)- 3 for 6, 2B.  BA= .308.
Johnny Monell(C)- 2 for 6, 2 2B.  BA= .276.
Boof Bonser(RHP)- 4.1 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 2 ER, 7 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 5.02.
Jake Dunning(RHP)- 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 1.69.
Dan Runzler(LHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.00.
Heath Hembree(RHP)- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 1.29.

Nice game to pad the old stat line.  Wild line from Bonser on many levels.  The bullpen was impressive.

AA  Richmond Flying Squirrels pounded the Reading Fightin Phils 7-1:

Ricky Oropesa(1B)- 2 for 4, 2B, HR(1).  BA= .204.
Mark Minicozzi(3B)- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .244.
Justin Fitzgerald(RHP)- 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 9 K's. ERA= 1.93.
Seth Rosin(RHP, Phils)- 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 0 BB, 4 K's.  ERA= 2.81.

Ricky's mom was very happy with this game.

HIgh A  San Jose Giants dominated the Inland Empire 66'ers 5-1(I attended this game):

Shawn Payne(LF)- 2 for 5, 2B.  BA= .309.
Angel Villalona(1B)- 2 for 4, 2B.  BA= .155.
Kyle Crick(RHP)- 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K's.  ERA= 0.93.
Austin Fleet(RHP)- 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K's.  ERA= 2.08.
Josh Osich(LHP)- 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K's.  ERA= 1.08.

Crick left the game after two innings with a strained oblique.  I did not see any indication of injury while he was on the mound.  He did not come out for the 3'rd inning.  To my eye, Crick has a very hard two seam fastball that sometimes has so much armside run he has trouble controlling it.  On most of the pitches called balls, he wasn't missing by a lot.  He has a nice hard curveball to go with it.

Austin Fleet had great command of a FB that looked like it might be sitting right around 90 MPH and a very sharp breaking ball that completely dominated the 66'er hitters.

I did not stay long enough to get a scouting report on Osich.

Angel Villalona looked terrific at the plate.  He was first pitch swinging on the double and lined a laser beam directly over the head of the LF off the base of the LF wall.  The single was on a 2-2 count and was a sharp groundball through the hole on the left side of the IF.  Angel V appears to have lost some weight and is in decent shape.  He is definitely not thin, though.  I would describe his running style as lumbering on the basepaths.  The bat though...the bat has the potential to be special!

Mac Williamson is tall and surprisingly a bit on the lanky side for a guy who is listed as weighing 240 lbs.  It looks to me like he may run into some of the same problems was Brandon Belt and other tall hitters getting tied up on pitches on the inside corner.

Low A  Augusta Greenjackets beat the Kannapolis Intimidators 5-1:

Jesus Galindo(CF)- 2 for 4, SB(11).  BA= .264.
Matt Duffy(SS)- 1 for 2, 2 BB, SB(5).  BA= .310.
Mitch Delfino(3B)- 2 for 4.  BA= .254.
Chris Stratton(RHP)- 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 7 K's.  ERA= 1.08.
Derek Law(RHP)- 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K's.  ERA= 0.73.

Strong start from Stratton.  I wonder if the Giants might promote him the SJ if Kyle Crick is going to miss several weeks with the oblique?