Down on the Farm

Just to keep you updated on an old friend: CJ Henry is hitting .182-.243-.379 with 80 K in 57 games for Low-A Lakewood.  

Triple-A Scranton (8-0 win over Syracuse)
Justin Christian: 1 for 4, 1 R
Kevin Reese: 2 for 2, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB
Shelley Duncan: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – in other news, Andy Phillips struck out agai…no wait, he actually got a hit today…
Bronson Sardinha: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 K
Eric Duncan: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – second straight day with a double
Juan Francia: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SB
Chase Wright: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 8-12 GB/FB – 5th time in 15 starts this year he’s had more walks than strikeouts…in case you’re baseball illiterate, that’s WAY too many…
Edwar: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K – in other news, Kyle Farnsworth allowed 3 runs in 0.1 innings today…

Double-A Trenton (5-3 loss to Erie)
Brett Gardner: 0 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 K – ends his modest 8 game hit streak
Cody Ehlers: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 2 K – DHing him is a mistake, he’s gotta play first everyday in the minors if they expect him to play there in the bigs
Colin Curtis: 0 for 4
Aarom Baldiris: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Jeff Marquez: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 3 K,, 1 WP, 1 E (throwing) – ERA over 3 for the first time all year
Scott Patterson: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K – not exactly a young guy, but how about 34 baserunners and 42 K in 40.2 IP…

High-A Tampa (7-6 win over Daytona in 11 innings)
Reegie Corona: 3 for 6, 1 R, 3 K – 9 K in last 6 games
Austin Jackson: 3 for 3, 3 R, 1 BB – 5 for 7 with Tampa
Jose Tabata: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HB
Edwar Gonzalez: 1 for 6, 2 RBI
Marcos Vechionacci: 0 for 5, 1 BB, 2 K
Chris Malec: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – 4 for 8 with 4 RBI with Tampa
Tim Battle: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI
Frankie Cervelli: 0 for 5, 1 K – BA slipping further and further away from .300
George Kontos: 4.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 E (throwing) – kinda sorta outpitched a guy who got one of, if not the largest bonus in draft history
Wilkins Arias: 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Jose Valdez: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K – 43 K in 35.1 IP
Josh Schmidt: 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Low-A Charleston (2-0 win over Rome)
Mitch Hilligoss: 0 for 5,1 K
Seth Fortenberry: 1 for 4, 1 R, 2 K
Kevin Smith: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B – third straight 2-fer game
Josue Calzado: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 CS
Chris Kunda: 2 for 3, 1 2B, 2 RBI – 5 for his last 28
Mike Dunn: 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, 7-5 GB/FB – third straight start with 2+ walks after 1 or fewer starts in his previous 8 starts
Ferdin Tejeda: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K – 12-0 K/BB ratio in his last 17 IP

Short Season Staten Island (9-1 win over Aberdeen)
Austin Krum: 0 for 5, 2 K
Damon Sublett: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) – 4 errors in 4 games
David Williams: 2 for 3, 2 BB, 1 K – first K of the year
Justin Snyder: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – .364 BA and 1.000+ OPS in his short pro career
Frank Lonigro: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Dellin Betances: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 7-4 GB/FB – made the start on 3 days rest…
Craig Heyer: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 6-1 GB/FB

Rookie GCL Yanks had a scheduled off day.

Oregon State is leading UNC 5-2 in the 5th inning of Game 2 of the CWS Finals (OSU leads the best-of-3 series 1-0) as of this writing. OSU fell behind for the first time in Omaha in the bottom of the 1st, but that lasted all of half-an-inning. UNC head coach Mike Fox had to bring in closer Andrew Carignan with 2 outs in the 2nd to keep the game close after starter Luke Putkonen stunk up the joint (1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP). Shoulda started Woodard.

UNC had the bases loaded with no outs against OSU starter Mike Stutes in the 3rd, but managed to only push 1 run across. Carignan is still in the game; I’ll update this post after the game.

Update: OSU wraps up their second straight CWS Title with a 9-3 win. They’re the first team to repeat since LSU 10 years ago, and also the first team ever to win the Championship after a losing record in conference play (they went 10-14 in the Pac-10). Freshman pitcher Jorge Reyes took home Most Outstanding Player honors, the first freshman to win the award since Huston Street in 2002. Getting to Omaha 2 years in a row is tough enough, let alone getting to the Title Series in consecutive years, as both OSU and UNC did.