Miranda stars on Opening Day

Happy Minor League Opening Day Day. One of my most favorite days of the year. Full lineups and pitching stats in honor of the start of the season, enjoy.

Oh, and check out that Ohlendorf kid. Good for him.

Triple-A Scranton (11-3 win over Lehigh Valley) it’s too bad Eric Duncan has been relegated to bench duties these days
Kevin Russo: 1 for 5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
John Rodriguez: 0 for 3, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 E (fielding)
Todd Linden: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
Shelley Duncan: 2 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Juan Miranda: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI – hit a three run homer off a lefty … boost that trade value baby!
Austin Jackson: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K – first career at-bat in AAA resulted in an RBI single
Justin Leone: 0 for 5, 1 K
Angel Berroa: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 BB – after his hot spring, he just keeps on hitting
Kevin Cash: 2 for 3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 PB
Jason Johnson: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 9-1 GB/FB – 46 of 78 pitches were strikes (60.0%)
Anthony Claggett: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GB/FB – 11 of 20 pitches were strikes
Mark Melancon: 2 IP, zeroes, 3 K, 1-2 GB/FB – 19 of 26 pitches were strikes … mark it down, he’ll be up no later than May 15th
Steven Jackson: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0-3 GB/FB – 7 of 10 pitches were strikes

Double-A Trenton (5-3 win over Binghamton in 14 innings, walk-off style) nothing like burning out your bullpen in the second game of the year
Eduardo Nunez: 3 for 6, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, 1 CS, 2 E (both fielding) – scored the winning run
Reegie Corona: 1 for 3, 2 BB, 1 E (fielding) – throwing error in the top of the 12th allowed the B-Mets to take the lead
Colin Curtis: 2 for 5, 2 BB
Edwar Gonzalez: 0 for 3, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K – tied the game in the bottom of the 12th with a bases loaded hit by pitch
Marcos Vechionacci: 1 for 6, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K – walk-off single
Frankie Cervelli: 0 for 6, 1 K, 1 E (catcher interference)
Seth Fortenberry: 1 for 6, 1 R, 1 K
Chris Malec: 2 for 3, 1 BB
Kevin Smith: 0 for 4, 1 K
Justin Snyder: 0 for 2, 1 R – pinch ran for Smith in the bottom of the 9th … stayed in the game to play first
George Kontos: 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 2-5 GB/FB – rock solid
Kanekoa Texeira: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 4-0 GB/FB – love the groundballs, can live with the hits
Wilkins Arias: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Jose  Valdez: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 WP
Eric Wordekemper: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 2-2 GB/FB
Josh Schmidt: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 3-1 GB/FB

High-A Tampa (6-4 loss to Lakeland)
Austin Krum: 1 for 5, 2 K
Eric Fryer: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 K – you remember him, he’s the guy they got from the Brewers for Chase Wright
Jesus Montero: 0 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K – drove in the first run of the year with a groundout
Brandon Laird: 0 for 4, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Damon Sublett: 1 for 3, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing) – let’s hope he can stay healthy this year
Austin Romine: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 3 K – DH’ed while Montero caught
Wady Rufino: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 K
Mitch Hilligoss: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K – moved over to first after playing on the left side of the infield for most of his career
Addison Maruszack: 0 for 3, 2 BB
Jason Stephens: 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 5-4 GB/FB – one of the walks was intentional
Noel Castillo: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 3-2 GB/FB
Grant Duff: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing)

Low-A Charleston (8-2 loss to Rome)
Carmen Angelini: 3 for 5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 E (throwing, fielding) – here’s to hoping this is the start of big things, at least offensively
Ray Kruml: 2 for 5, 1 K
David Adams: 1 for 5, 1 2B, 2 K
Brian Baisley: 1 for 4, 1 K, 1 E (pickoff)
Abe Almonte: 1 for 4, 2 K – threw runner out at home and second from CF
Melky Mesa: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B
Garrison Lassiter: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) – played third base, like I suspected he might
Chase Weems: 1 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K
Dan Brewer: 1 for 4, 1 K
Andrew Brackman: 5 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 8-1 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) – he was cruising along just fine until the wheels kind of came off in the 4th, when he walked two batters, uncorked two wild pitches, and was the victim of two errors … don’t forget about the Brackman Watch
Hector Noesi: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-2 GB/FB
Brad Rulon: 2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 3 WP, 1-2 GB/FB – picking up right where he left off with the strikeouts