It was also the All-Star break in the minors and yesterday saw the Triple-A and Double-A All-Star Games, with several Las Vegas and Fisher Cats players in action. They all went home losers, but that’s not what’s important now, is it? Meanwhile, Auburn got blown out and a ninth inning error cost Dunedin. The only victory was in the Gulf Coast League, where one man’s long journey back began to the majors began successfully.
Pacific League All-Stars 1 @ International League All-Stars 2 – Boxscore
It was a pitcher’s affair in the Triple-A All-Star Game, as the International League won 2-1. Both runs were scored off former Blue Jays prospect Josh Banks, who gave up 3 of the International League’s 5 hits. Thomas Diamond started for the PL and gave them 2 scoreless innings with 2 strikeouts. Carlos Torres started for the IL and gave up 1 run over 2 innings. Atlanta pitching prospect Mike Dunn struck out three batters in the 8th inning. JP Arencibia was 0-2 with 2 strikeouts, while Jarrett Hoffpauir was 1-for-3 with a walk and demonstrated his versatility by playing both 3B and 2b.
EAS East All-Stars 3 @ EAS West All-Stars 10 - Boxscore
Australian Drew Naylor did not have an All-Star game to remember as he allowed 6 runs in 0.1 innings to open up the game in the 7th inning and send the Fisher Cats in the game home disappointed. The New Hampshire players did their team proud, as Kyle Drabek started and pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit. Trystan Magnuson came in to clean up Naylor’s mess and pitched 0.2 scoreless innings.
Darin Mastroianni led off for the East and went 1-for-4 with a strikeout and a run scored. Brian Jeroloman came in to relieve Austin Romine and went 1-for-2 with an RBI. Eric Thames went 1-for-4 with three punchouts. Only two batters, one for each team, had perfect batting averages at the end of the game. Altoona’s Josh Harrison went 2-for-2 for the West, while Adam Loewen was 1-for-1 for the East.
Dunedin 3 @ St Lucie 4 – Boxscore
It was 3-2 for Dunedin after 1 inning, but St. Lucie tied the game in the 3rd. It remained scoreless until the bottom of the ninth, when an unearned run scored of Dumas Garcia on Justin McClanahan’s second error of the day and sent the D-Jays home without a win. Chad Jenkins started and allowed 3 runs, 2 earned, on 7 hits in 5 innings. Chad Beck and Evan Crawford combined for 3 scoreless innings of relief.
In the first inning, John Tolisano walked and moved to second on a Travis d’Arnaud single. Michael McDade singled him home and then Mark Sobolewski doubled home d’Arnaud. After Brian Van Kirk walked McClanahan hit a sacrifice fly, scoring McDade. Sobolewski reached base three times, going 2-for-4 with a walk. Tolisano, Van Kirk and McClanahan also drew free passes.
Lansing @ Wisconsin – Postponed
Tri-City 11 @ Auburn 2 – Boxscore
Oscar Dominguez, Lance Durham and Carlos Perez each pounded out two hits, with the latter two also picking up Auburn’s two RBI. Perez and Dominguez scored the team’s two runs. Yeico Aponte went 1-for-4 and Marcus Knecht was 0-for-2 with a walk. Gustavo Pierre also added a single.
Jesse Hernandez gave up half of the runs over 4 innings. Hernandez gave up 8 hits and walked 1, while striking out 5. Tyler Powell fared no better, giving up 5 runs over 2.1 innings. Drew Permision and Zach Anderson combined for 1.2 innings of scoreless relief.
GCL Phillies 2 @ GCL Blue Jays 7 – Boxscore
The long trek back to the major leagues began on a positive note for Shawn Hill, as he went 5 scoreless innings with 3 strikeouts. It may be only the Gulf Coast league and six levels below where he’d like to be, but the first step couldn’t have been much more positive. Daniel Barnes struck out 4 in 2 scoreless innings of relief. Alex Pepe gave up 2 runs in the top of the ninth, but got out of the inning without further damage.
Carlos Ramirez went 2-for-4 with a run and a walk and fellow outfielder Jake Marisnick went 1-for-4 with a run scored. Michael Crouse went 1-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a stolen base and two runs scored. K.C. Hobson was 2-for-4 with an RBI and run scored. Pierce Rankin was 2-for-3 with a run scored, a 2-run homer and 4 RBI.
Three Stars:
3rd Star – Carlos Perez, 2-2, R, RBI, 2 TB
2nd Star – Pierce Rankin, 2-3, R, HR, 4 RBI, 5 TB
1st Star – Shawn Hill, 5 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
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