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The affiliates went 5-1 on the night as the Lugnuts were the lone team to lose last night.



Charlotte 7 at Syracuse 8

Luis Figueroa, DHing last night, had a single, double and triple in 4 ABs.  Sergio Santos had two doubles while Hattig and Kratz also had two hits.

Josh Banks had a Josh Banks outing.  Six Ks, no walks and 3 HRs allowed, giving up 6 in 6.  Ty Taubenheim pitched a scoreless inning while FREE JASON FRASOR retired both batters that he faced.

 

New Hampshire 7 at Akron 1

The Fishercats led 3-1 going into the 9th and David Smith provided some insurance with a grand slam in the night.  Smith had 3 hits on the night while Majewski, Klosterman and Thigpen each had two hits.

Ismael Ramirez continued his fine season limiting Akron to one run on three hits and one walk.  He struck out two hitters in his seven innings of work.  His ERA on the year is now 1.58.

 

Dunedin 5 at Fort Myers 2

Russ Savickas got the win giving up just one run in 5 innings.  However, he gave up 4 hits and 5 walks on the night.

Peralta, Dragicevich, and Butler each had two hits.

 

Quad Cities 4 at Lansing 2

Pettway, Hicks, and Kalter each had two hits.  Hicks' two hits were both doubles.  Aaron Tressler pitched 8 scoreless, one hit, innings and had 4 Ks and no walks.  Ted Serro allowed 4 runs in the ninth, the first two of which were earned. 

 

State College 1 at Auburn 4

New Zealander Scott Campbell had three hits to lead the Doubledays offense.  Ben Zeskind also had two hits.

Chris Reddout and Chase Lirette combined on the mound to give up just one run.

 

Princeton 9 at Pulaski 10

The bats were hot in Pulaski last night.  Paul Franco had a HR and double among his 4 hits.  Travis Snider was not impressed.  He had a HR (#6) and 2 doubles among his 4 hits and added a stolen base (#4).  Raul Barron had three hits.

Nathan Melek was the pitcher of the night going 4 scoreless innings.

 

3 Stars!

Honorable Mention:  Ramirez, D Smith
3 - Aaron Tressler, 8 scoreless innings
2 - Paul Franco, 4-5, 10 total bases
1 - Travis Snider, 4-5, 11 total bases, SB

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Mike Green - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 01:04 PM EDT (#152241) #
Snider also walked twice among his 7 plate appearances.  His line for the season is now .315/.384/.515.
MatO - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 01:05 PM EDT (#152242) #

With apologies to all of our New Zealander Bauxites, Scott Campbell is a Kiwi.

dan gordon - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 01:36 PM EDT (#152245) #

Ismael Ramirez continued his fine season limiting Akron to one run on three hits and one walk.  He struck out two hitters in his seven innings of work.  His ERA on the year is now 1.58

Now that Ramirez has shown that he can go a full 7 innings, I see no reason why he shouldn't be moved up to AAA.  There is time for him to get 4 or 5 starts there and see if he should be given a September callup to Toronto.

Mike Green - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 01:44 PM EDT (#152246) #
Ramirez seems to succeed on pure guile. It's been like this since low A Ball, and this year is no different.  He hasn't been particularly effective against left-handed hitters (19 walks, 16 strikeouts), but he keeps the ball in the park somehow even though he is not an extreme groundball pitcher.  The opposition BABIP of .250 is quite low. 

Intuitively, one would guess that Ramirez might struggle at higher levels, as he might face more left-handed hitters and more hitters with power.  Normally, though, there will be signs of that at double A, and in Ramirez' case there are none.

rtcaino - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 02:13 PM EDT (#152251) #
 I have a question about Lind (which I know has been covered at least four times): Is New Hampshire is tough on LHB? If it is, can we expect his adjustment to a higher level to be easier given the fact that he is going to a more neutral park


Mike Green - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 02:39 PM EDT (#152255) #
Lansing and Quad Cities are tied at 3s late.  Chi-Hung Cheng and Po-Hsuan Keng, back from a stint in Dunedin, have thrown for the Nuts.
Gerry - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 03:50 PM EDT (#152266) #

BA are running their best tools series with AAA and AA results on the website for subscribers.  In the IL Brandon League was voted as having the best fastball, Sergio Santos won for best infield arm.  In the Eastern League Adam Lind was best hitting and best power prospect.  Interestingly Curtis Thigpen was voted best defensive catcher.

 With regard to Ramirez I have seen him pitch several times and he has excellent control.  He has a pretty good fastball and he can paint it on the corners.  AAA and major league hitters can handle those pitches better than AA hitters, see Josh Banks, but Ramirez also has a good slider.  Ramirez might be another relief prospect as a fastball, slider guy but he does deserve a promotion.

Pistol - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 04:06 PM EDT (#152268) #

NH has been a pitcher's park overall.  However, given the dimensions and typical wind patterns I think it favors LH hitters compared to RH hitters.  But this is just based on my observations.  I've been to about a half dozen games and have never seen a HR to LF but have seen at least 8 to RF.

With splits becoming available someone might be able to figure out the park differences for LH and RH hitters, but I'm not that good.

Looking at Lind's splits in particular he has a home OPS of .928 and road OPS of .875 in AA.  He hit a HR every 16.5 ABs in NH and a HR every 20.3 ABs on the road.

Chip Cannon's splits are even more pronouced.  I've seen him hit a couple moon shots that looked like fly ball outs that cleared the wall in NH.

Maldoff - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 04:18 PM EDT (#152269) #
Why was I under the impression that it was Thigpen's offense that was moving him ahead, and his work behind the plate was subpar?
Mike Green - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 04:47 PM EDT (#152271) #
This year NH has played as a hitter's park, with Fisher Cats benefitting to the tune of 125 points of OPS and the opposition doing 50 points of business. The left-handed hitters (Majewski, Lind, Cannon and Davenport) have done better than the team average with only Lind having a modest home-field advantage- 50 points of OPS.
Rob - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 05:42 PM EDT (#152283) #
Why was I under the impression that it was Thigpen's offense that was moving him ahead, and his work behind the plate was subpar?

Possibly because someone wrote a New Hampshire preview that contained the line: "[Thigpen] was certainly overmatched defensively last year"? Seriously, though, Mike Murphy also said (and I didn't print this) that, "From what I saw of him, Thigpen was no slacker.  If he put in the time during the off-season to work on his defense, this could be a huge year for him." That's great news if his defense is now at such a stage that it attracts good attention...

And I am very happy to see the FREE JASON FRASOR movement gain support from Bauxites far and wide (well, from here to New England).
Pistol - Wednesday, August 02 2006 @ 11:06 PM EDT (#152305) #
And I'm just 15 minutes from Worcester so maybe the Ricciardi clan hears me!
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