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River Ave. Blues ยป Kroenke strong in latest spot start

Kroenke strong in latest spot start

August 3, 2009 by Mike 62 Comments

Open Thread: Who have been the most valuable Yankees? (Part II)
Assessing possible waiver pickups

Josh Towers was named International League Pitcher of the Week, while David Adams and Adam Warren were named Hitter and Pitcher of the Week in their respective leagues. Paul Bush also ended up on the disabled list with who knows what.

Triple-A Scranton (2-1 win over Pawtucket)
Ramiro Pena: 1 for 2, 1 2B, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 CS
Colin Curtis, John Rodriguez & Eric Duncan: all 0 for 3 – Curtis drew a walk & K’ed … J-Rod walked … Duncan K’ed
Austin Jackson: 0 for 4, 1 K – 7 for his last 34 (.206) … another game or two like this, and his avg will drop below .300
Shelley Duncan: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB
Juan Miranda: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K – 6 for his last 13 (.462)
Yurendell DeCaster: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 E (fielding)
Frankie Cervelli: 0 for 2, 1 BB
Zach Kroenke: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 7-5 GB/FB – 42 of 64 pitches were strikes (65.6%)
Mike Dunn: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 19 of 33 pitches were strikes (57.6%)
Edwar Ramirez: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-2 GB/FB – 12 of 15 pitches were strikes (80%)
Jon Albaladejo: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB.FB – 11 of 20 pitches were strikes (55%)

Double-A Trenton had a scheduled off day, as did the rest of the Eastern League.

High-A Tampa had a schedule off day.

Low-A Charleston
Game 1
(3-1 loss to Lexington in 7 innings) makeup of yesterday’s rain out
Jose Pirela: 0 for 1 – left the game for an unknown reason after grounding out in the first
Addison Maruszak & Taylor Grote: both 1 for 2 – Grote walked, scored a run & K’ed
Abe Almonte, Melky Mesa & Tommy Baldridge: all 0 for 3 – Almonte & Mesa each K’ed once
Corban Joseph, Garrison Lassiter & Jeff Farnham: all 1 for 3 – Lassiter committed a fielding error … Farnham K’ed
Manny Banuelos: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 3 WP, 6-1 GB/FB – picked a runner off first
Dan Kapala: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 4-2 GB/FB
Edwin Walker: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB
Game 2 (6-5 win over Lexington in 7 innings)
Jose Pirela: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI – well I guess he isn’t hurt
Abe Almonte: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 SB, 1 E (throwing)
Corban Joseph: 1 for 4, 2 RBI – 4 for his last 21 (.190) since hit little hot streak
Melky Mesa: 0 for 4
Addison Maruszak & Ray Kruml: both 1 for 3, 1 R – Kruml K’ed
Taylor Grote: 2 for 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing)
Neal French: 2 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K
Mitch Abeita: 1 for 2, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB
Cory Arbiso: 6 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 12-4 GB/FB – how about this stat: in 76 IP this year, he’s issued … SEVEN walks (0.83 BB/9)
Jon Ortiz: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB

Short Season Staten Island (1-0 loss to Aberdeen in 10 innings, walk-off style)
Zoilo Almonte: 1 for 5
Kyle Higashioka, Luke Murton, Kelvin Castro & Carmen Angelini: all 0 for 4 – Higashioka walked, K’ed twice & allowed a passed ball … Murton & Angelini each K’ed twice, Castro once
DeAnglo Mack, Neil Medchill & Mike Lyon: all 1 for 3, 1 K – Mack was hit by a pitch … Medchill drew a walk & stole a base
Hector Rabago: 1 for 4, 1 K
Francisco Rondon: 5.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 7-5 GB/FB
Gavin Brooks: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3-0 GB/FB – love the 26 K in 23 IP, but not the 18 BB
Ryan Flannery: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 3-0 GB/FB – seems like he’s out there every day
Ronny Marte: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 1-1 GB/FB – one of the walks was intentional

Rookie GCL Yanks (8-3 win over GCL Phillies)
Ramon Flores & Kevin Mahoney: both 1 for 5, 1 R, 2 K – Flores drove in three … Mahoney hit a grand slam
Jose Toussen: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 BB
Francisco Arcia: 0 for 5, 2 K
Kelvin DeLeon & Mitch Delaney: both 0 for 4, 1 K – DeLeon drew a walk, drove in a run & scored another
Jose Mojica: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K
Isaiah Brown: 0 for 1, 2 R, 3 BB, 1 SB
Judd Golson: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Alan Horne: 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 5-7 GB/FB – another encouraging outing
Manny Barreda: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Wilton Rodriguez: 2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-2 GB/FB

Open Thread: Who have been the most valuable Yankees? (Part II)
Assessing possible waiver pickups

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