Montero MIA

Triple-A Scranton (6-4 loss to Indianapolis)
Wilson Betemit & Justin Christian: both 1 for 4, 1 BB – Betemit drove in a run, K’ed twice & committed an error when he missed a catch while playing short … Christian scored a run & K’ed
Brett Gardner: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Jason Lane: 2 for 5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 K
Eric Duncan: 0 for 5, 1 K
Cody Ransom: 0 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K
JD Closser: 2 for 4
Jeff Marquez: 6 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 14-2 GB/FB, 1 E (pickoff) – not the greatest outing, but it’s progress
Heath Phillips: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Chris Britton: 1 IP, zeroes – 10 pitches, 8 strikes … behold the power of Britton

Double-A Trenton (1-0 win over Altoona)
Ramiro Pena, Colin Curtis, Jose Tabata & PJ Pilittere: all 0 for 4 – Curtis scored a run & K’ed … Tabata K’ed
Austin Jackson: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 BB – 12 for his last 26 with 4 doubles, a triple, 3 homers, and 13 RBI
Edwar Gonzalez: 2 for 4, 2 2B, 1 RBI – leads the organization with 26 XBH … Jason Lane, Jesus Montero & Cody Ransom are tied for second place with 20 XBH … yes, that includes the big league roster
Cody Ehlers: 1 for 4, 1 K
Al Aceves: 9 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 13-8 GB/FB – is it time to start taking this guy seriously, or he just an older pitcher taking advantage of young & inexperienced hitters?

High-A Tampa (3-2 win over Daytona)
Damon Sublett: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB
Mitch Hilligoss: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K
James Cooper & Andres Perez: both 1 for 4 – Cooper scored a run … Perez drove one in
Kyle Anson: 0 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 PB – batting avg down to .280 with a sub-.400 SLG
Seth Fortenberry: 0 for 1 – threw a runner out at home from CF, but he later left the game after hurting his arm trying to make a play on a deep fly
Tim Battle: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
Kevin Smith & Luis Nunez: both 0 for 3, 1 K
Ivan Nova: 6 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 7-3 GB/FB – ERA down to 3.64
Kevin Whelan: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-4 GB/FB – 2 earned runs allowed in the 10 innings he’s pitched since returning from the elbow/shoulder troubles
Josh Schmidt: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Low-A Charleston (9-4 loss to Augusta) Jesus Montero didn’t play after leaving yesterday’s game early after running out a ground ball … I’ll keep you posted once I find out what’s up
Austin Krum: 0 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB – the offense just hasn’t been the same since Abe Almonte got hurt
Justin Snyder: 2 for 5, 1 2B, 2 K – on base 78 times in 49 games
Brandon Laird: 0 for 5, 3 K, 2 E (throwing, fielding) – 0 for 9 since posting 4 consecutive 2 hit games
Austin Romine: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 HBP
Braedyn Pruitt: 2 for 3, 1 BB
Carmen Angelini: 0 for 4, 1 K – .236-.297-.285
Taylor Holiday: 1 for 4, 2 R
Walter Ibarra: 2 for 4, 1 R, 2 2B, 1 RBI
Zach McAllister: 5.1 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 6-6 GB/FB – 2 stinkers in 10 starters this year … I’ll take that pace
Craig Heyer: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K