Jesus Montero was only the third hottest prospect in the minors this week. Zach McAllister and DJ Mitchell each got an honorable mention.
Make sure you vote for the Double-A Eastern League All-Star Team.
Triple-A Scranton (8-3 win over Syracuse)
Cody Ransom: 0 for 3, 2 K
Austin Jackson: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K – got a nice little seven game hit streak going
Todd Linden: 4 for 5, 3 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB – 40 RBI good for 3rd in the league
Shelley Duncan: 2 for 4, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – leads the league HR (by 8pts), RBI (by 10), SLG (by 62), and OPS (by 22) … holy schnikees
Juan Miranda: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI
John Rodriguez, Eric Duncan & Kevin Cash: all 1 for 4 – J-Rod drew a walk … E-Dunc scored a run & drove one in … Cash K’ed three times
Justin Leone: 3 for 4, 2 RBI, 1 K
Josh Towers: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 8-5 GB/FB – 58 of 91 pitches were strikes (63.7%)
Anthony Claggett: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 5-1 GB/FB – 12 of 18 pitches were strikes (66.7%)
Mark Melancon: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB – 8 of 11 pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton (5-3 win over Portland)
Reegie Corona, Edwar Gonzalez, Kevin Smith & Justin Snyder: all 2 for 4 – Corona doubled, drew a walk & K’ed … Edwar was picked off first & scored a run … Smith doubled, scored two runs, drove one in & K’ed … Snyder doubled, scored a run, plated two & K’ed twice
Colin Curtis: 0 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Chris Malec: 0 for 5, 1 K – 6 for his last 38 (.158)
Noah Hall: 0 for 1, 3 BB
Jesus Montero: 0 for 3, 1 K – threw out a runner attempting to steal 2nd … left the game in the bottom of the 8th after a collision at the plate … the good news is that the collision took place in the 6th, so Montero stuck around to catch two innings afterward … don’t have any other info than that
Kyle Anson: 0 for 0, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 PB, 1 E (catcher interference) – replaced Montero & allowed a stolen base
James Cooper: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K – threw a runner out at home from LF
Zach McAllister: 7.2 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 5-10 GB/FB – drops his ERA to 1.61 … 48-18 K/BB ratio in 61.1 IP
Kevin Whelan: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GB/FB
Amaury Sanit: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 0-1 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (2-1 win over Jupiter)
Austin Krum: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 K
Eric Fryer: 0 for 4 – threw a runner out at second from LF
Austin Romine: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K – tied with three others (including Montero) for the league lead with 16 doubles
Damon Sublett, Brandon Laird, Mitch Hilligoss & Brian Baisley: all 1 for 4 – Laird drove in a run … Hilligoss swiped a bag … Baisley doubled & K’ed twice
Wady Rufino & Jack Rye: both 0 for 3 – Rufino drew a walk, stole a base & scored a run … Rye K’ed twice
Jason Stephens: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 2 HB, 4-2 GB/FB – he’s pitched at every level by Lo-A this year
Lance Pendleton: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 2-4 GB/FB
Jon Hovis: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (5-3 win over Savannah)
Jose Pirela: 2 for 3, 1 R, 2 BB
Dan Brewer: 0 for 2, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 E (fielding) – threw a runner out at third from RF … 5-7 K/BB ratio in his last 7 games
David Adams: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K
Melky Mesa: 1 for 4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Addison Maruszak & Neall French: both 0 for 3, 1 R – Maruszak drew two walks & K’ed twice … French did each once
Mike Lyon: 2 for 5, 1 3B, 2 K
Chase Weems: 1 for 3, 2 K – raises his avg to .229
David Phelps: 5 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 3-7 GB/FB
Dan Kapala: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 4-1 GB/FB
Jon Ortiz: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0-3 GB/FB – Hi-A Florida State League All-Star lowered his Lo-A ERA 11.57 … is that not the biggest joke of an All-Star selection ever?
Pat Venditte: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB – hasn’t allowed an ER since May 13th, 8 outings ago
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