Swept
Saturday, May 26 2007 @ 02:20 AM EDT
Contributed by: Thomas
It was a bleak Friday on the farm. Every
affiliate lost and collectively they were outscored 39-17. There were few
noteworthy performances and it was a night best forgotten, especially for a
couple of Toronto
starters.
Syracuse 4 @ Pawtucket
10 - Box Score
I think the less said about the starting
pitching in this game the better. Josh Banks, still trying to prove he's worthy
of a shot in the Blue Jays rotation during this injury-filled season, had an
outing that assured his year-end statistics will look much worse than he
pitched. Here is how the first inning for Pawtucket unfolded: single; double;
RBI groundout; double; single; double; run-scoring wild pitch; double; single;
strike out; double; single and fly out. When all was said and done Banks gave
up eight runs on ninet hits. He came out to start the second and promptly gave
up a single and home run. At that point Banks departed with a final line that
read: ten runs on eleven hits in one inning. Jordan DeJong pitched four scoreless
innings of relief and struck out three before turning it over to James Crowell
and Blaine Neal who combined to pitch the final three innings.
Offensively, no Chief had more than one hit. The highlights were a pair of
two-run homers by Erik Kratz in the second and Kevin Barker in the sixth. John
Hattig continued a tough year, as not only as he had difficulty at the plate,
but he also made his eleventh error of the year last night. Curtis Thigpen,
Chad Mottola and Russ Adams were the only Chiefs in the starting lineup without
a hit.
New Hampshire 2 @ Binghamton
5 - Box Score
Yusaka Iriki continued to struggle for New Hampshire and has not been impressive since joining
the Mets organization from Japan
during the 2005-2006 offseason. Iriki gave up four runs over 4.2 innings, but
allowed six hits and three walks and only struck out one batter. His ERA rose
to an even 8.00 for New Hampshire.
Jean Machi struck out the next batter and stranded runners at first and third
and pitched another 2 scoreless innings on top of that. Jo Matumoto pitched the
eighth inning and gave up a run.
New Hampshire had a 1-0 lead and a runner on second before Binghamton recorded an out. Juan Peralta and
Robinzon Diaz hit leadoff doubles to begin the game and later in the inning Rob
Cosby had an RBI groundout to give the Fisher Cats a 2-0 lead. Furthermore,
Ryan Patterson and Chip Cannon added singles with two out, but both were
stranded on the base paths. However, by
the end of the game, New Hampshire
hadn’t scored again and only had four more hits over the last eight innings. Diaz
had a pair, David Smith and Sergio Santos put up 0-fers and the rest of the
lineup each managed a single hit. Peralta, Diaz and Dustin Majewski each had a
two-bagger and Peralta and Diaz were the recipients of New Hampshire’s two free passes. Also,
Majewski picked up an assist in the outfield.
St. Lucie 11 @ Dunedin 3 - Box Score
Aaron Tressler didn’t make it out of the
second, falling to 1-3 on the season. Tressler gave up four runs on five hits
and two walks. Danny Core didn’t make it out of the third, as he gave up three
on four hits and two walks. Sean Stidfole gave up three, two earned, over two
innings and his ERA rose to 1.46. Daryl Harang and Seth Overbey each pitched a
scoreless inning. Harang hasn’t allowed a run in 14.1 innings for Dunedin, while Overbey has now gone 26.2 scoreless this
year between Lansing and Dunedin.
The star offensive performers for Dunedin
were Anthony Hatch, who had two hits, drove in one of Dunedin’s runs and scored
another, and Cory Patton. Patton had a double in three at-bats, but also drew a
walk, scored a run and drove in another. Dunedin’s
bats scattered eight hits and there’s nothing else notable to write about.
Great Lakes 13 @ Lansing 8 - Box Score
This was another game where Toronto
pitchers struggled on the mound. Kyle Ginley fell to 0-4 after giving up eight
runs, five earned, over 3.2 innings. Ginley allowed eight hits, one walk and
struck out five batters. Ginley's ERA rose to 7.07 and Chris Reddout's rose
almost a full run, jumping from 1.96 to 2.84 after he allowed 3 over 2.1
innings. Of note, Reddout struck out two batters and got all of his other outs
via the ground ball. Benjamin Harrison gave up 2 runs over two innings and then
Paul Phillips had the equitable inning, with a grounder, a fly out and a
strikeout. For Great Lakes, a pair of famous
sons who have been struggling this year each went 3-5. Preston Mattingly and
Scott Van Slyke, batting in the six and seven hole, combined for 4 runs and 4
RBIs and Mattingly finished a single shy of the cycle.
Lansing scored
six runs on eight hits. They were led by leadoff hitter Yuber Rodriguez, who
also went 3-5, with a double, homer, run and RBI. Chris Emanuele hit his second
triple of the year for his only hit of the night and Joey Metropolous went 2-4
with a BB. Josh Bell went 1-4 with a walk and his 20th RBI of the year and the
Loons' Josh Bell also went 1-4, but is hitting .287, compared to .187 for his
counterpart on Lansing.
3 star selection
3rd star – Joey Metropolous, 2-4, R, 2B, BB, 3 TB
2nd star – Jordan DeJong, 4 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
1st star – Yuber Rodriguez, 3-5, R, 2B, HR, RBI, 7 TB
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