Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - Minor League Update: August 24

Pitching & Defence wins in Charleston but not in Dunedin or Auburn; Arena Baseball wins in Syracuse but not in Pulaski.

Rochester 6 @ Syracuse 13

Syracuse laid a good old-fashioned pounding on the Red Wings, leading 12-2 by the end of the 3rd inning. Eric Crozier (3 hits, 2 doubles, 4 RBI) and Guillermo Quiroz (3 hits, 1 double, 1 homer, 3 RBI) swung the heaviest lumber. 4 other SkyChiefs had two hits apiece (Adams, Matos, Clark, Sanders). Leadoff man Anton French was content with just one hit, reaching base 3 other times via the base on balls.

Gustavo Chacin was reasonably effective in his Triple-A debut, going 5 innings and allowing 3 runs (1 unearned) on 7 hits. Very nice to see in his line is 6 strikeouts against 1 walk. The Severe Beating Of Adam Peterson continued as he gave up 2 hits, 2 walks, and 2 runs in… zero innings. Talley Haines had a nice 3-inning stint, 3 hits and a run, 3/0 K/BB.

Boxscore - MinorLeagueBaseball.com.

New Hampshire – Off Day

Dunedin 1 @ Clearwater 3

A solid start for Ismael Ramirez against the Threshers as he went 6 innings allowing 3 runs, 4 hits, no walks, 4 Ks. Felix Romero followed with 2 shutout innings of relief. LF Jayce Tingler (double & walk) and 3B Carlo Cota (single & double) were the best Jay hitters on a night when the lineup was good for only 5 hits.

Boxscore - MinorLeagueBaseball.com.

Charleston 5 @ Lakewood 3

A big night for DH Joey Reiman against the BlueClaws as he rattled off 4 hits including a double and a triple. CF David Smith and RF Rodney Medina each chipped in with 2 singles. C Robinzon Diaz had an off night, taking an oh-fer.

Erik Rico had an effective but short start, going 4 innings and allowing 2 unearned runs. Jeremy Harper turned in 3 innings of 2-hit relief and was rewarded with a W.

Boxscore - MinorLeagueBaseball.com.

Auburn 1 @ Batavia 2 (11 innings)

Only 6 hits for the Doubledays off Muckdog pitching. 2B Brian Hall led the way with a double and 2 walks, while 1B Joey Metropoulos was the only Auburn player with 2 hits. Chip Cannon pinched but didn’t hit, while Curtis Thigpen stayed on the pine.

Chris Leonard got the start and went a strong 5 frames, allowing just a solitary, unearned run on 4 hits and 2 walks. Leonard punched out 4 Batavia batters. Danny Hill was the best of 3 relievers, going 2 innings and allowing only one hit while striking out 2.

Boxscore - MinorLeagueBaseball.com.

Pulaski 15 @ Bristol 16 (10 innings)

Lots of offence in a wild & woolly one at Bristol, as the Blue Jays and White Sox scored in 15 of 20 half-innings. This included 4 runs for the White Sox in the bottom of the 9th to tie it up at 14 and send the game to extras. Pulaski recaptured the lead with a run in the 10th, but Bristol bounced back with a deuce for the win.

DH Nick Thomas, C Brian Bormaster, and LF Luke Hetherington all homered and singled for Pulaski. 1B Dave Hicks and C Joshua Lex also had two hits each. LF Jon Ashford tripled and walked. The defence was porous, as SS Eugenio Velez and CF Yuber Rodriguez each committed errors and 3B Anthony Garibaldi was charged with 2. Bristol added 3 miscues.

Ben Harrison was the only Pulaski pitcher to not give up multiple runs, as he held the Sox to 1 hit and 1 walk in his inning of work. The key to his success was in not trusting the defence; he got all three of his outs by strikeout. Russ Savickas, Raymon Sanchez, Edwards Rodriguez, Mike Rider, and Bryan Gale were all knocked around as the staff conceded 8 walks and 3 dingers while striking out 7.

Boxscore - MinorLeagueBaseball.com.

Three-Star Selection!

The Third Star: Eric Crozier, Syracuse. 5 bases on 3 hits.

The Second Star: Guillermo Quiroz, Syracuse. 7 bases on 3 hits.

The First Star: Joey Reiman, Charleston. 7 bases on 4 hits.

Posted by Jonny German on Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 07:45 AM EDT.

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_jsoh - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 08:20 AM EDT (#39780) #

I just need to say it. 'Muckdogs' is a great name for a team. Cant you just see Thigpen or Chip Cannon being a muckdog - in the figurative sense, of course.

Pistol - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 08:29 AM EDT (#39781) #

I'm not sure that there's such a thing as a 'Muckdog' but Batavia is known for a type of soil called muck.

Muck is a dark soil made up primarily of organic soil materials that are highly decomposed from drained swampland, used for growing specialty crops such as onions, carrots, celery, and potatoes.

Craig B - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 08:37 AM EDT (#39782) #

Cue more wailing about Adam Peterson in 3.. 2.. 1...

Craig B - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 08:44 AM EDT (#39783) #

Gustavo Chacin is the front-page feature at Baseball America today...

Pistol - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 08:52 AM EDT (#39784) #

The story also discusses Tablado.

_Marc - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:10 AM EDT (#39785) #

It's nice to see some Jays' prospects getting some press. After the season that Tablado and Chacin have had, they deserve it.

_Paul D - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:38 AM EDT (#39786) #

Craig, you beat me to it.
:)

I don't want to wail about whether or not he was promoted to soon or anything like that. My question is, why is he in AAA? Wouldn't it be better for everyone if he was in AA?

Craig B - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:45 AM EDT (#39787) #

Paul, I'm not sure it matters where he is right now. Peterson needs to rediscover his form, and I'm not sure where it's best fo him to do that. AA hitters, I'm sure, would hit him as hard as AAA guys have.

_Jordan - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:48 AM EDT (#39788) #

And cue the inevitable Baseball America shot at the Ricciardi regime:

Both Chacin and Tablado are holdovers from the previous Blue Jays regime, and as a Venezuelan and high school draftee, it's unlikely either would have been signed by the organization under its current leadership.

So I guess Chacin learned the cut fastball entirely on his own in the off-season, while Tablado decided to try plate discipline only after reading Moneyball. The point that needs to be made, consistently, is that players like Tablado and Alex Rios became prospects only when the new administration assigned minor-league coaches who would give them the skills and training they lacked. It doesn't work for every toolsy prospect -- Miguel Negron appears to have peaked at High-A -- but it's amazing it works at all. If the organization is going to take a hit for avoiding toolsy projects, it should receive credit for turning some of those projects into legitimate prospects.

Interesting to read that Tablado projects more likely as a 3B than a SS; none of the Jays' best shortstop prospects (Adams, Hill, Tablado) is considered a natural at the position. The exception would be Juan Peralta in Charleston, who has a great glove and who has the skills and tools to be an offensive force, but he's very young and still learning.

_Jordan - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:49 AM EDT (#39789) #

I have no idea about Peterson, but something is seriously out of whack. Either mentally or physically, he's not right, and I see no point in continuing to send him out there until they figure out what's ailing him. Ugly stuff.

Craig B - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:51 AM EDT (#39790) #

And cue the inevitable Baseball America shot at the Ricciardi regime

I didn't think it was that bad. BA aren't anti-Blue Jays; they say lots of nice things about them (and some unkind things, too).

I actually think BA may be correct in some ways; the tremendous success that the Riccardi group has had in teaching skills to their high school and overseas signees may make them rethink an "all-college" draft strategy. That doesn't have to be a bad thing! Smart organizations don't blindly stick to a plan, they adapt as circumstances show them where the strengths of their organization is.

_Sneeps - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:58 AM EDT (#39791) #

Someone needs to take Peterson to a dark alley and give him a severe beating.

_Kevin Pataky - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:06 AM EDT (#39792) #

Wow, Chacin is on the front page of Baseball America! Nice photo they got there of him (oh, yeah I took that).

_Paul D - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:08 AM EDT (#39793) #

Maybe Peterson needs the Halladay treatment. Send him to A ball, let him dominate some hitters while he gets things back on track, then get ready for next year.

Craig B - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:17 AM EDT (#39794) #

Someone needs to take Peterson to a dark alley and give him a severe beating.

Oh for God's sake shut up.

Mike Green - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 11:07 AM EDT (#39795) #

I am quite sure that Peterson has the stuff to be a fine reliever, and that a good part of his current troubles is "nerves". In the old days, Leo Durocher slipped a nervous pitcher Tom Seats a couple of fingers of brandy before a game, much to the dismay of Branch Rickey.

What would be the modern equivalent? Well, if the marijuana legislation does eventually get passed, I'd say that a $150 ticket would be a small price to pay for a calm reliever. *) It would also open up a world of possibility for entrance music.

For those opposed to intoxicants, there are alternative methods to assist in relaxation- yoga, meditation. Whatever works.

_lurker - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 11:08 AM EDT (#39796) #

Yeah Peterson's problem is obviously mental and caused by the early callup. Nobody gets hammered that badly after pitching as decently as he did in AA and with his arm. Just seems like in his head he doesn't believe he has enough talent to get big leaguers out and it's snowballing for him.

Do organizations employ full time shrinks? Sorry sports psychologists. So many teams have talent like an Aquilino Lopez that rots because of mental barriers..you'd think having a roving guy in the minors to talk to the kids would be a good investment.

_Marc - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 11:14 AM EDT (#39797) #

A lot of players do visit sports psychologists in the off season, and if I were Peterson and the Jays I would be making an appointment now. And then I would teach him the cutter. Hey, it worked for Chacin, Loazia, etc...

On a somewhat related note, if there is a new manager named in the off season I really hope that Gil Patterson and Brian Butterfield are able to retain their jobs. They don't get enough credit for what they do!

_Bryan501 - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 11:16 AM EDT (#39798) #

"maybe peterson should get the halladay treatment"
uh, peterson is no halladay.

_Paul D - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 11:22 AM EDT (#39799) #

I think that Halladay credits a psychologist for helping him out.

uh, peterson is no halladay.

Yeah, probably not. However, when Halladay was sent to A ball he was coming off the worst season in major league history for a starting pitcher. (Min 50 innings, obviously depends on the metrics you use).

Maybe Peterson is Duane Ward or Eric Gagne. Maybe his peak is Jose Mesa. I'd still take that. He doens't have to be Halladay for the Halladay treatment to work. (I'm not saying it would work, I really have no idea. It worked once with pretty good results though).

Craig B - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 11:28 AM EDT (#39800) #

Yeah Peterson's problem is obviously mental and caused by the early callup.

We don't know that; it could just as easily be a physical problem, or even mechanical. When Peterson came back from his shoulder injury, he had to drop his arm angle down to accomodate the muscle tear and "slap lesion" that he had. Could it be that he's wavered with his arm angle, causing him to reinjure the shoulder, or maybe even lose his ability to control? He's walking tons of guys, leading me to believe that it could just as easily be mechanical as mental.

I'm not saying it isn't mental; it could very well be. But you can't write off a physical problem.

_Blue Jay fan fr - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 11:52 AM EDT (#39801) #

At the end of last year in New Haven, Peterson took a line drive off the chest and wasn't the same the rest of the season. He had a hideous large black and blue and he couldn't raise his arm to his proper slot for pitching, however, he didn't want to be put on the DL and miss the playoffs that were up and coming so he said he was fine and pitched through it. He blew several saves and his ERA went up by more than 1.00 after that, but the brass was never informed about the injury.

Mike Green - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 12:03 PM EDT (#39802) #

On sober second thought, I'm not so sure that sending Peterson to the AFL is such a good idea. Whether the problem is physical or stress-related, or a combination of both, it might help him to work on things outside a game situation to begin with.

Mike Green - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 12:09 PM EDT (#39803) #

Dave Gassner starts for Rochester against Cam Reimers of Syracuse tonight. Gassner and Reimers were New Haven teammates last year, so it should be interesting.

_Kevin Pataky - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 12:36 PM EDT (#39804) #

Not only were Reimers and Gassner teammates, but roommates for years and great friends.

_Scott Levy - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 12:50 PM EDT (#39805) #

And cue the inevitable Baseball America shot at the Ricciardi regime:

Both Chacin and Tablado are holdovers from the previous Blue Jays regime, and as a Venezuelan and high school draftee, it's unlikely either would have been signed by the organization under its current leadership.

Well, they're right, aren't they? That's not a shot at Ricciardi's regime, it's the truth. Ricciardi wouldn't have drafted Rios, Wells, Halladay, or McGowan either.

_Nigel - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 12:58 PM EDT (#39806) #

Scott- I agree with you that that comment is not a shot it is the truth. However, I would say that to date JP hasn't drafted that type of player. Now that the minors have been restocked (at least at AA and below) I have a feeling (its a feeling only until JP's next draft) that he will begin to take some more high school players in the first few rounds.

_Sneeps - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 01:11 PM EDT (#39807) #

Hey Craig, why don't you shut up?

Take a pill man. I was just kidding.

Pistol - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 01:13 PM EDT (#39808) #

I read it as a shot mostly because it was tacked on the end of the article and didn't have much to do with the topic (Chacin and Tablado), but I could see how it's not a shot too. To me it was saying that the Jays don't optimally draft under JP because they ignore non-college players for the most part.

_DJ - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 01:14 PM EDT (#39809) #

Well, they're right, aren't they? That's not a shot at Ricciardi's regime, it's the truth. Ricciardi wouldn't have drafted Rios, Wells, Halladay, or McGowan either.

Are they right? Do the Jays really not do anything in Latin America any more? I don't think that's accurate.

As for McGowan, he was drafted in 2000 and won't see the big leagues until at least 2005, maybe 2006. And he might not be any good until after that. I wouldn't lump him with the other three guys.

Pistol - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 01:16 PM EDT (#39810) #

Take a pill man. I was just kidding.

Well your side splitting hilarity doesn't come across as joking when one reads it.

_Sneeps - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 01:20 PM EDT (#39811) #

Yikes. You guys must have had a rough monday. I'm sorry ok?

I'll try to come up with something more politically correct in the future.

Mike Green - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 01:23 PM EDT (#39812) #

Here's the full BA quote:

Both Chacin and Tablado are holdovers from the previous Blue Jays regime, and as a Venezuelan and high school draftee, it's unlikely either would have been signed by the organization under its current leadership. When J.P. Ricciardi became the general manager, he took the organization 180 degrees from its Pat Gillick roots, emphasizing performance-based scouting and trying to minimize risk. High school players are considered too risky an investment for the most part, and Latin American players require too much development time.

Perhaps Chacin and Tablado will change that.

It's a significant overstatement. It was not a 180 degree turn from the Gillick philosophy. Many of Gillick's finest drafts (Olerud, Shawn Green) were collegians. As for the suggestion that Ricciardi's group has concluded that Latin American players require too much development time, the Jays have a thriving DSL team (with a .700 plus winning percentage). I don't know the players, but I'm quite sure that most are post-2002 signings.

These implied criticisms would be received more warmly if BA faced up to its failings. BA talked up Francisco Rosario at the beginning of this year, before he'd seen any game action after his surgery, and expressed much skepticism about Dave Bush because of his hit rate in Syracuse. Performance matters.

_Rob - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 01:45 PM EDT (#39813) #

http://www.battersbox.ca/archives/00001723.shtml#comments_51
I was just sitting here, thinking about how BBRadio got started. I forgot the when and where, so I found this thread from May 4 (COMN), where the whole enterprise began. Also, the minor league update from May 6 has a hilarious account of the bar life in Daytona from Gideon.

The May 2 update had a bunch of us listening to a McGowan start, which is actually why I started doing BBRadio -- to follow the top pitching prospects.

Interesting to see how BBRadio started, actually. Steve Z had the idea first, I believe: we need to establish a system whereby at least one Bauxite listens to each minor league game, giving us the updates.

_Jordan - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 02:05 PM EDT (#39814) #

Ah, the Crazy Coyote. Those were the days....

_MatO - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 02:16 PM EDT (#39815) #

The Jays are heavily into Venezuela so I don't know where that comes from. They just won't be handing out big bonuses like they used to. Shawn Green was a high school pick Mike.

_Dean - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 02:34 PM EDT (#39816) #

BA does not need to apoligize to anyone, especially "experts" at this site. JP has a long way to go before he can be mentioned in the same breath as Gillick.

Mike Green - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 02:47 PM EDT (#39817) #

Thanks, MatO. Failing memory strikes again.

No one is criticizing Pat Gillick. To the contrary, I have nothing but admiration for the man. He took a nuanced approach, and he was a fine judge of talent. The funny thing is that when he left the Toronto job, I remember him saying words to the effect that the game was changing and a more "money-conscious" approach seemed inevitable. His words have proved, unfortunately, prophetic.

For myself, I prefer the combined performance/tools analysis that John Sickels does to the tools-centred approach of BA or the performance-centred approach of BP. But, that's just me. I suspect from radio interviews that I have heard that both JP and Gillick might be in this same camp.

Craig B - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 02:49 PM EDT (#39818) #

BA does not need to apoligize to anyone, especially "experts" at this site. JP has a long way to go before he can be mentioned in the same breath as Gillick.

I hope no one is suggesting that they apologize to anyone, especially us.

As for the word "expert" in quotation marks, that's an unfair shot. No one here holds themselves out as an "expert".

Craig B - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 02:52 PM EDT (#39819) #

the tools-centred approach of BA

I have to admit, I don't think BA have a tools-centered approach. They pretty much hug the middle of the road as far as scouting "philosophy" goes, taking as agnostic a view as they can between tools and performance. It's appropriate for a publication that seeks nothing more than to parrot the consensus and the status quo. BA is an invaluable source of information, the best out there on prospects and the minor leagues, but analytically it's about as cutting-edge as potato pancakes.

_Sneeps - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 03:04 PM EDT (#39820) #

Heh. And how does one become an "expert" in something as subjective as talent evaluation anyways?

Craig B - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 03:07 PM EDT (#39821) #

Sneeps, I don't know. If the BA guys, or major league scouts, or John Sickels want to call themselves "Experts", they can knock themselves out. They are, after all, professionals.

In the end, "expert" is always a self-applied term that says "I know more than you". I hope I never fall into the trap.

_Jabonoso - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 03:40 PM EDT (#39822) #

May we get a scout report on both Chacin and Tablado? (from Kevin, NH fan or the boot guys and any Dunedin observer out there )
-Chacin pitched 90 to 92 fastballs well into the 6th/7th in Venezuela.
He did tired, after a dozen or so, of starts. Did they correct it for a longer season?
His best pitch ( strikeout wise ) was his change up. Is the cutter the "thing" now?
-Tablado's meal ticket used to be his fielding and strong arm, he lost it with his weight gain?

One thing that worries me quite a bit is the bad communication between players and the brass guys. It has been reported frequently.
Like Chacin not knowing when he was going to pitch in AAA, for how long he was staying up there, etc.
Being back as starter was a decision taken by his Lara coach. Maybe he could end the year as a reliever, in order to avoid too many innings pitched for the year ( i am worried for his arm health ).

Venezuelan operations are over. there is a JP press declaration saying that it was imposible to have a good scouting during winter and in general so far. It used to be very strong ( moneywise ) and having a very strong parternship with Lara Cardinals

Pistol - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 03:42 PM EDT (#39823) #

Yikes. You guys must have had a rough monday. I'm sorry ok?

Yeah, it's just an odd comment to leave out there on it's own.

I'm in a bit of a cranky/jaded mood at work today too so that didn't help.

Pistol - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 03:51 PM EDT (#39824) #

I don't think BA have a tools-centered approach. They pretty much hug the middle of the road as far as scouting "philosophy" goes

I put BA in the tools first camp, likely wrongly, mostly because they seem to be anti-Moneyball.

Mike Green - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 03:57 PM EDT (#39825) #

Jabonoso,

I missed the story about the Jays ending their relationship with Lara. Do you, or anybody else, have a link to the story? I'm not sure that I understand why that happened.

_Jabonoso - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 04:18 PM EDT (#39826) #

i think i remember it was said the first winter in JP's tenure in a BJ mlb site release. The reasons explained were: no money for activities that could not be monitored closely.
from my point of view, it was also a poor PR thing with so many baseball people out there in Venezuela that had the BJ logo in their hearts and not really worried by the paycheck.
i may try to retrieve the story...

Craig B - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 04:24 PM EDT (#39827) #

At any rate, as I recall the substance of Jabonoso's comment is correct. There is certainly no team in the VSL now; players signed out of Venezuela are sent to then Dominican Summer League.

robertdudek - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 04:30 PM EDT (#39828) #

Sneeps,

I suggest you use some kind of punctuation such as ;-) or :-) to indicate joking or an ironic comment. Tone of voice, which would normally communicate this, doesn't come across well in this forum.

_R Billie - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 04:31 PM EDT (#39829) #

The comment about the 180 degree turn is of course overstated but the basic idea is true. International scouting has probably been 'streamlined' to the extent that North American amateur scouting has. Despite this the Jays are still signing international free agents.

The main difference now is that the days of giving guys like Guillermo Quiroz and Josephang Bernhardt contracts over a million dollars when they're 15 or 16 years old are probably gone. As has been mentioned their latin clubs are still producing some interesting players like Edward Rodriguez who is having a rough go in his first exposure to North America but has the tools to be a legitimate prospect.

I don't think there was ever an intention to shut down or make international scouting irrelevant but they are going to add the same preferences and risk management when choosing who to sign.

If Peterson's problems aren't physical then I think going down to AA might be the mental break he needs. Once a player is in such a bad rut it's usually a good idea to give them a change of scenery or a break from playing altogether to see if it clears their head. Although if as someone mentioned above he has a history of hiding injuries then that's definately the first area to examine.

_Sneeps - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 04:33 PM EDT (#39830) #

Point taken. =)

I didn't really mean what I said of course, I'm just completely flaberghasted (did i just say that) at Peterson's performance since he got called up to the bigs.

I mean, it's not exactly rocket science out there is it? I hope he figures it out soon, because i was/am really excited about his potential.

_greenfrog - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 05:30 PM EDT (#39831) #

I wonder whether Peterson has caught the Rick Ankiel bug (aka Steve Blass disease).

_Jabonoso - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 05:44 PM EDT (#39832) #

I could not retrieve the story from the official site. Googling around i found a 09-02 story from Elliott ( www.canoe.com/slam020914/col_elliott-sun.html ) critizing the move.
Having a working relationship with a winter league team ( implying both player develpoment and scouting-signing prospects ) may be a positive thing. All the coaching and around 70% of the players at Lara were from the BJs. The end was abrupt and one question lingers:
are the BJ going to ask their players to avoid winter ball or if this is not possible, that will be done at their own risk and hopefully benefit?.

Mike Green - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 07:20 PM EDT (#39833) #

The Elliott link unfortunately didn't work for me.

These questions are good ones for Dick Scott. We'll have to remember them when the time comes for an interview.

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 08:40 PM EDT (#39834) #

At the end of 5 innings - New Hampshire 5 Portland 1 - all runs coming in the 5th inning.

Top 6th - New Hampshire batting, Juan Perez pitching for Portland

* Singleton strikes out swinging, throw to first to complete the play after a breaking ball in the dirt 1 out
* Chiaffredo strikes out on another breaking ball in the dirt, couldn't check his swing 2 out
* Snyder struck out swining 3 out

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base

Portland Sea Dogs fan Karen Reed has won $90 in the strike out the side inning on the Portland Sea Dogs radio broadcast. Now if a Sea Dog homers in the bottom of the 6th - she'll win 2 seasons tickets for the Sea Dogs in 2005. Everyone at the Batters Box is pulling for you Karen :)

Mike Green - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 08:43 PM EDT (#39835) #

Great, #2JBrumfield. Who had the big hits in the 5th?

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 08:48 PM EDT (#39836) #

Bottom 6th - New Hampshire 5 Portland 1 - Chris Baker pitching for New Hampshire

* Ramirez fouls out to 1st 1 out
* Lockwood grounds out to 2nd 2 out
* Perez singles to centre
* Bailey grounds out to 3rd, Hattig makes a fine pick on the play to retire Bailey 3 out

No Sea Dogs season tickets for Karen Reed. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on

At the end of 6 - New Hampshire 5 Portland 1

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 08:58 PM EDT (#39837) #

Top 7th - New Hampshire 5 Portland 1, Juan Perez pitching for Portland

* Leadoff hitter strikes out swinging, throw to first to complete the play 1 out
* Rich taps out to the mound, 1-3 on the put-out 2 out
* Hill doubles off the right centre field wall
* Griffin singles to centre, Hill scores from 2nd - New Hampshire 6 Portland 1
* Hattig infield hit to the pitcher's mound, Perez gloved it but couldn't right himself to make a throw in time

Pitching change for Portland

Bryan Hebson's numbers

0-0 2 SV 3.07 ERA 14 2/3 5BB 11K OBA .148

* Jova pops out to the 2nd baseman 3 out

1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base

After 6 1/2 innings - New Hampshire 6 Portland 1

Eastern League scoreboard update.....
Binghamton leads Norwich 2-1 in the Top of the 5th (New Hampshire's magic number to clinch the EL North Division is 7)

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 08:59 PM EDT (#39838) #

Hi Mike. I haven't heard yet other than Justin Singleton tripling and scoring the first run.

Mike Green - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:02 PM EDT (#39839) #

* Hill doubles off the right centre field wall

Music to my ears.

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:03 PM EDT (#39840) #

Bottom 7th - New Hampshire 6 Portland 1, Baker pitching for New Hampshire

* Headley pops up to 1st 1 out
* Fulse called out on strikes 2 out
* O'Keefe strikes out swining 3 out

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on

After 7 - New Hampshire 6 Portland 1

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:09 PM EDT (#39841) #

Top 8th - New Hampshire 6 Portland 1, Hebson pitching for Portland

* Singleton called out on strikes - 1 out - 23 K in his last 68 AB for Singleton - EEK!
* Chiaffredo lines out to left - 2 out
* Snyder called out on strikes - 3 out - That's the 10th K for the F-Cat offence on the night

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on base

After 7 1/2 innings - New Hampshire 6 Portland 1

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:16 PM EDT (#39842) #

Bottom 8th - New Hampshire 6 Portland 1, Baker pitching for New Hampshire

* Chauncey strikes out swinging on a high fastball - 1 out
* Nieves bounces out to the pitcher, 1-3 on the put-out - 2 out
* Ramirez walks on 5 pitches
* Lockwood grounds out to first, unassisted - 3 out

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on base

After 8 innings - New Hampshire 6 Portland 1

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:25 PM EDT (#39843) #

Top 9th - New Hampshire 6 Portland 1, Hebson pitching for Portland

* Hassey draws a lead-off walk
* Rich hits into a fielder's choice 6-4, Hassey out at 2nd - 1 out
* Hill flies out to right on a 3-1 pitch - 2 out
* Griffin - 2 RBI on the night with a run scoring double and single - walks, Rich advances to 2nd
* Hattig - who has singled, doubled, walked, and a sac fly - flies out to shallow centre field - 3 out

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on base

After 8 1/2 innings - New Hampshire 6 Portland 1

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:31 PM EDT (#39844) #

Bottom 9th - New Hampshire 6 Portland 1 - Pitching change - Jamie Vermilyea on in relief of Chris Baker

Chris Baker's line - 8 IP 6H 1 R 1ER 1BB 8K

Vermilyea's numbers....

17 appearances 3-2 4 SV 2.79 ERA .217 OBA

* Perez flies out to the warning track in left - 1 out
* Kilburg pinch hitting for Bailey grounds out to 2nd 2 out
* Headley strikes out swinging - 3 out

Vermilyea retires the side on 10 pitches

FINAL SCORE - NEW HAMPSHIRE 6 PORTLAND 1

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:31 PM EDT (#39845) #

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:37 PM EDT (#39846) #

Sorry for the double post

Game Notes

* In the season series, Portland won 6 of first 7 but New Hampshire has rebounded to win 6 of next 7 to even the season series at 7 games apiece.
R H E
New Hampshire 6 10 0 - 8 LOB
Portland 1 6 1 - 4 LOB

WP - Chris Baker (5-1), 7th quality start in 8 starts
LP - Greg Montalbado (0-2)
HR - NONE
Attendance - 6,307

Both starters celebrated their 27th B-Day today. Go figure.

New Hampshire's magic number is now 5 according to the Portland broadcast

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:44 PM EDT (#39847) #

The Portland announcers said the Sea Dogs failed to make 2 or 3 plays in the field that helped lead to the F-Cats big 5 run inning.

The offensive highlights........

* John Ford Griffin, RBI double, RBI single
* John Hattig, single, double, walk, SAC FLY RBI
* Justin Singleton - triple, run scored
* Aaron Hill - double, run scored

Eastern League Scoreboard Update - Binghamton 3 Norwich 2 FINAL

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 09:50 PM EDT (#39848) #

Minor League Scoreboard Update

Rochester 3 Syracuse 1 FINAL

WP - Dave Gassner LP - Cameron Reimers
SV - Willie Eyre
HR - Jason Kubel

For Syracuse......
* G. Quiroz, RBI double
* A. French, 3-for-4

_Rob - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:02 PM EDT (#39849) #

Bold Ranger to the rescue!

_Rob - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:03 PM EDT (#39850) #

Let's try that again!

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:03 PM EDT (#39851) #

Florida State League

Tampa 3 Dunedin 2 FINAL

Tampa scored 3 times in the final 2 innings to pull it out

WP - B.Julianel(5-5)
LP - E.Buzachero(2-2)
SV - E.Sierra (28)
HR: TAM- None DUN- R.Davenport (15)

South Atlantic League

Charleston 6 Lakewood 3 FINAL

Mike Green - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:15 PM EDT (#39852) #

Thanks #2JB, with an assist to Rob.

Shaun Marcum pitched 7 scoreless innings for the D-Jays, but walked a batter and struck out only 4. Call the pitching doctor! Tom Mastny started for Charleston and went only 4 innings, despite giving up only 1 run and striking out 7. I wonder why.

_Jonny German - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:22 PM EDT (#39853) #

For anybody reading this thread after the fact, Rob's not going nuts... there was some runaway boldness which he put a stop to, but I've since gone and fixed it at the source.

_#2JBrumfield - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:24 PM EDT (#39854) #

Caught tail end of Auburn game, sorry I did. Doubledays lose 3-2 in the bottom of the 9th to Vermont. Esposito's throwing error leads to the winning run scoring from 2nd.

Vermont 3 Auburn 2 FINAL

Mike Green - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:26 PM EDT (#39855) #

We join the Auburn game at Vermont. It's 2-2 in the bottom of ninth.

Dewon Day on to pitch for the Doubledays.

Jose Contreras (not that Jose Contreras) singles infield (the Expos 4th infield hit on the night) off SS Klosterman's glove. Ditter shows bunt twice, but takes 2 strikes. He grounds the ball to 3B Vinnie Esposito, who throws wild to first (Esposito's 2nd error of the game). The ball goes way into foul territory down the right field line and the speedy Contreras comes all the way round to score.

3-2 Vermont final. Casey McKenzie pitched a brilliant 4 innings.

_Rob - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:33 PM EDT (#39856) #

Weird. BA has Josue Matos playing 2 games at shortstop and 1 at third base. Is there something I'm missing here?

_Rob - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 10:34 PM EDT (#39857) #

Sorry. Make that 2 @ SS, 1 in the OF.

Craig B - Tuesday, August 24 2004 @ 11:23 PM EDT (#39858) #

Rob, those are mistakes. Those games should be credited to Julius Matos.

_Rob - Wednesday, August 25 2004 @ 10:59 AM EDT (#39859) #

Yeah, I figured that.

Thinking about it, I actually made a mistake on my scorecard in Rochester the other day...I had Josue playing third and Julius pitching. So I guess my question could have been self-answered.

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