Down on the Farm

According to Pete Abe, ESPN will televise Roger Clemens’ Friday start with High-A Tampa. I’m sure you’ve seen Rocket pitch countless times over the last 24 years, but if you wanna grab a look-see at guys like Jose Tabata, Juan Miranda, Colin Curtis and Frankie Cervelli (OMG, he’s like, sooooooo hot), just tune in. If we’re lucky, Alex Smit will be pitching for Fort Myers, and we’ll get to see his underhanded knuckle curveball.

Triple-A Scranton
Game 1 (2-1 win over Norfolk in 7 innings) makeup for an April 8th rainout
Kevin Reese: 1 for 3, 2 K – threw a runner out at home from RF…
Andy Phillips: 1 for 3, 1 K – playing lots of second base down there…
Bronson Sardinha: 0 for 3, 1 K
Shelley Duncan: 1 for 2, 2 R, 1 BB – first XBH-less game since last Friday
Eric Duncan: 2 for 2 – having his first good game in over a week, and he gets himself ejected in the 5th…
Alberto Gonzalez: 0 for 0, 1 BB, 1 SB – he was sittin’ on the bench until Duncan got kicked out (picked off second)
Kevin Thompson: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Colter Bean: 5.1 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K – way to go Beanbag!
Jim Brower: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-3 GB/FB

Triple-A Scranton
Game 2 (1-0 loss to Norfolk)
Kevin Reese, Andy Phillips, Alberto Gonzalez: all 1 for 3 – Phillips K’ed
rest of lineup: 1 for 17, 4 K – Omir Santos picked up the hit…
Justin Pope: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – last started a game in 2004…
Chris Britton: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Double-A Trenton (4-2 win over Erie) this offense couldn’t get any more boring
Ramiro Pena: 2 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 BB
Noah Hall: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Shawn Garrett: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 2 K – first XBH in 6 games
PJ Pilittere: 1 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 K
Jeff Marquez: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 6-7 GB/FB – I dunno, if his sinker was as good as advertised, wouldn’t his GB/FB stats be better? 
Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

High-A Tampa (6-1 win over Dunedin)
Reegie Corona: 0 for 3, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 SB
Jose Tabata: 1 for 5, 1 K, 1 E (fielding) – has reached base in 29 of 32 games…
Juan Miranda: 1 for 5, 1 R, 3 K – ever so slowly, his BA is becoming respectable…
Edwar Gonzalez: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 SB
Colin Curtis: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 K
Grant Plumley: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Frankie Cervelli: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HR, 5 RBI- just when you though he couldn’t do any better, he goes and hits a grannie for his first homer of the year
Mini-Moose Kennedy: 6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 11 K – more strikeouts (47) than baserunners allowed (44)
Anthony Claggett: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 5-0 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (6-5 loss to Asheville)
Mitch Hilligoss: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) – 22 game hit streak is the longest in baseball, majors included…
A-Jacks: 2 for 5, 2 R, 2 2B, 1 K  – don’t be hatin’, you know you dig the nickname…
Seth Fortenberry: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 K
Chris Kunda: 1 for 2, 1 BB – I said earlier this year that he should be playing everyday, looking at his numbers, I take that back...
Grant Duff: 5 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
David Robertson: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 Balk, 4-0 GB/FB – phew, he’s not hurt…but balked in the winning run and has given up 7 H in last 6 IP, which isn’t so hot when you consider he gave up only 5 H in the previous 17.1 IP