Brandon Laird was named not only the MVP of the Double-A Eastern League today, but also the Rookie of the Year as well. Pretty big day in the Laird household, so congrats to him. He was quiet awesome (.371 wOBA) with the Thunder this season.
Meanwhile, Gary Sanchez, Ramon Flores, and Anderson Feliz were named to the Rookie level Gulf Coast League postseason All Star team.
Triple-A Scranton (9-2 win over Buffalo)
Reid Gorecki, CF: 0 for 5, 1 K
Kevin Russo, 2B: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 HBP
Jesus Montero, C: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2 K – 11 for his last 34 (32.4%) with three doubles and three homers
Robby Hammock, C: 0 for 1 – replaced Montero with SWB up by 9th in the late innings … they had a doubleheader yesterday, nothing wrong with giving the kid a little rest
Juan Miranda, 1B: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K – just six hits in his last ten games, but five of them have gone for extra bases (three doubles, two homers)
Jorge Vazquez, DH: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K – nine of his 17 walks have come in the last eight games
Colin Curtis, RF: 0 for 3, 1 HBP
Chad Huffman, LF: 2 for 4, 1 R
Brandon Laird, 3B: 3 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 E (fielding) – breaks out of his slump of his big day
Eric Bruntlett, SS: 3 for 4, 3 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI – big night
The Ghost of Kei Igawa: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 6-5 GB/FB – 65 of 94 pitches were strikes (69.1%) … two runs or fewer in six of his last seven starts
George Kontos: 2.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 4-0 GB/FB – 19 of his 30 pitches were strikes (63.3%)
Double-A Trenton (3-2 win over Akron)
Justin Christian, LF: 3 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K – make that a 16 game hit streak … dude’s got five homers in his last five games … he hasn’t hit more than six homers in a season since 2005
Austin Krum, CF & Marcos Vechionacci, 1B: both 1 for 4, 1 K – Krum doubled & came around to score … Vech swiped a bag
Dan Brewer, RF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI – 14 for his last 41 (.341)
Austin Romine, C: 1 for 3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – 12 for his last 38 (.316)
Corban Joseph, 2B & Justin Snyder, 3B: both 0 for 3, 2 K, 1 E (fielding)
Rene Rivera, DH: 0 for 4, 3 K
Luis Nunez, SS: 0 for 1, 2 BB
Manny Banuelos: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 6-2 GB/FB – hit 91-92 on the gun … based on those at the game, he ran his pitch count up pretty good, hence the early exit
Adam Olbrychowski: 2.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP, 2-0 GB/FB
Pat Venditte: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB – his long awaited AA debut
Ryan Pope: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2-0 GB/FB
High-A Tampa (13-6 win over Brevard County)
Ray Kruml, CF & Myron Leslie, 1B: both 3 for 5 – Kruml drove in a run, scored twice & K’ed twice … Leslie homered, drove in five & scored three times
Jose Pirela, SS: 0 for 4, 2 R, 1 BB
Bradley Suttle, DH: 1 for 3, 1 R, 2 BB – let’s see if he can carry the hot August over into September and the playoffs
Addison Maruszak, SS & Anderson Feliz, 2B: both 0 for 3, 1 R – Maruszak walked, drove in two & K’ed twice … Feliz drew a pair of walks & stole a base
Zoilo Almonte, RF: 1 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB
Jack Rye, LF: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – threw a runner out at the dish
Jose Gil, C: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 SB
Craig Heyer: 5 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 10-2 GB/FB – down to a 0.59 BB/9 on the season … that’s six walks in 92 IP
Ryan Flannery: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Preston Claiborne: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HB, 0-2 GB/FB
Nathan Forer: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0-2 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (1-0 loss to Greenville)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 0 for 4, 4 K – ouch
Kelvin Castro, SS & Rob Lyerly, 1B-3B: both 1 for 4 – Castro got caught stealing … Lyerly K’ed three times
Luke Murton, DH: 2 for 4
Taylor Grote, RF: 2 for 2, 1 BB
Emerson Landoni, 2B & Hector Rabago, C: both 0 for 3 – Landoni walked & K’ed … Rabago allowed a passed ball
Neil Medchill, LF: 0 for 4, 1 K
Kevin Mahoney, 3B: 0 for 2, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 CS – left the game after getting caught stealing … not sure if he hurt himself or what
Ramon Flores, 1B: 0 for 1
Michael Solbach: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 5-3 GB/FB
Kelvin Perez: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 3-1 GB/FB
Gabriel Tatis: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 1 HB, 1-2 GB/FB – very nice job out of the pen by he and Perez
Short Season Staten Island
Game One (2-1 loss to Hudson Valley in 7 innings) makeup of a July 21st rain out
Shane Brown, LF, Kelvin DeLeon, RF & Jose Mojica, SS: all 0 for 3, 1 K – DeLeon threw a runner out at second … Mojica committed a fielding error
Rob Segedin, 3B: 1 for 3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 E (throwing) – three straight games with a two-bagger
Kyle Roller, 1B & Casey Stevenson, 2B: both 1 for 3 – Roller struck out
Gary Sanchez, C: 2 for 3, 1 K – eight for his last 30 (.267) with two doubles and two homers
Kelvin Duran, CF: 1 for 3, 2 K, 1 SB
Nik Turley: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 2 K, 8-6 GB/FB – picked a runner off first … 11 strikeouts, 12 walks in his last 16 IP
Game Two (15-1 loss to Hudson Valley in 7 innings)
Shane Brown, LF: 1 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Jose Mojica, SS: 1 for 3, 1 K – oh by the way, Cito Culver didn’t play today after getting hit by a pitch yesterday
Everyone Else: combined 0 for 16, 1 R, 4 BB, 6 K – Rob Segedin & Kyle Roller drew walks … Mike Ferraro left the game after getting hit by a pitch
Bryan Mitchell: 4 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 WP, 2 HB, 4-4 GB/FB
Freddy Lewis: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1-0 GB/FB
Dan Burawa: 0 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 0 K – so that sucks
Michael Recchia: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 1 BB, 2 K – that sucks too
Gavin Brooks: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GB/FB – well check this guy, nice of him to make his season debut with less than a week left in the season … in all seriousness, he’s coming back from shoulder surgery, so it’s good to see him get some reps before the year let out
The Rookie GCL Yanks season is over. The GCL Phillies won the league championship.
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