Brackman rebounds from control issues, kinda

One year ago today on DotF, Zach McAllister made his High-A debut.

Triple-A Scranton (7-5 loss to Louisville)
Reegie Corona: 1 for 5
Austin Jackson: 1 for 4, 2 RBI, 2 K – 60 hits in 46 games
Todd Linden: 0 for 2, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 SB
Shelley Duncan: 1 for 3, 2 RBI – leads the league with 49 RBI, the guy in second has 42
Juan Miranda: 0 for 4, 1 E (fielding)
John Rodriguez: 1 for 4, 1 R, 3 K – can you quitely OPS .934?
Justin Leone: 0 for 2, 2 BB, 1 K – picked off first
Eric Duncan: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 E (throwing)
PJ Pilittere: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 RBI
Josh Towers: 3.2 IP, 9 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 5-4 GB/FB – 52 of 81 pitches were strikes (64.2%) … 10 ER allowed in his last 8.2 IP after allowing just 4 in his first 17.1 IP
Paul Bush: 3.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 2-3 GB/FB – 29 of 39 pitches were strikes (74.4%) … just signed out of indy ball
Edwar Ramirez: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 2-1 GB/FB – 19 of 28 pitches were strikes (67.9%) … that’s vintage Edwar right there

Double-A Trenton (4-1 win over Altoona)
Justin Snyder, Edwar Gonzalez, Jose Gil & Marcos Vechionacci: all 0 for 3 – Snyder drew a walk & scored a run … Vech drove in a run
Colin Curtis: 0 for 4
Chris Malec: 1 for 3, 1 R, 2 RBI – hitting .358 since the demotion
Jorge Vazquez: 1 for 2 – left the game in the sixth for an unknown reason
Kevin Smith: 1 for 1, 1 RBI
Noah Hall: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 SB
James Cooper: 0 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
Zach McAllister: 6.2 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 K, 3-7 GB/FB – drops his ERA to 1.84, second lowest in the league amongst pitchers with at least 50 IP
Kanekoa Texeira: 2.1 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 1-3 GB/FB – nice job slamming the door

High-A Tampa (3-2 win over Charlotte)
Austin Krum, Eric Fryer & Damon Sublett: all 1 for 4 – Krum drove in a run … Fryer drew a walk & scored a run … Sublett doubled & K’ed
Jesus Montero & Austin Romine: both 2 for 4, 1 RBI – Romine doubled & K’ed … Montero is 15 for his last 28 (.536)
Brian Baisley: 0 for 4, 1 K – hitting just .209 with Tampa
Wady Rufino & Mitch Hilligoss: both 0 for 3 – Hilligoss K’ed twice
Walt Ibarra: 2 for 3, 2 R, 2 2B
Jason Stephens: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 4-8 GB/FB
Lance Pendleton: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 2-3 GB/FB
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB

Low-A Charleston (4-1 loss to Greenville)
Abe Almonte & Dan Brewer: both 1 for 3 – Almonte drew a walk, scored a run & K’ed … Brewer was hit by a pitch
David Adams: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Everyone else: combined 0 for 19, 2 BB, 7 K – Corban Joseph drew a walk & was picked off first … I guess that’s what happens when a bunch of kids run into a future Hall of Famer
Andrew Brackman: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 6 K, 2 WP, 1 HB, 6-2 GB/FB – well, at least it looks like the control issues that plagued his last start aren’t something unfixable
Dan Kapala: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 3-0 GB/FB
Jon Ortiz: 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 1-0 GB/FB – man, what happened to this guy?
Brad Rulon: 1 IP, zeroes, 2-1 GB/FB