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River Ave. Blues ยป The Pope has arrived (no not that one)

The Pope has arrived (no not that one)

April 16, 2008 by Mike 31 Comments

Who's booing now?
As pitching falters, offense comes alive

Triple-A Scranton (4-2 win over Charlotte)
Brett Gardner: 0 for 3, 2 R
Bernie Castro: 2 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing)
Juan Miranda: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI – reached base safely in his last 9 games
Jason Lane, Eric Duncan & Nick Green: all 0 for 4 – Lane K’ed twice … Duncan & Green each K’ed once
Justin Christian: for 3, 1 2B, 1 CS – 5 of his last 7 hits have been doubles
Darrell Rasner: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, 7-2 GB/FB – 65 of 103 pitches were strikes (63.1%)
Heath Phillips: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Scott Patterson: 1 IP, zeroes, 2 K
Jose Veras: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HB – 8 K in his last 4 IP

Double-A Trenton (8-7 loss to Altoona)
Reegie Corona: 0 for 3, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 CS – .171-.292-.220
Austin Jackson: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 K – 14 for his last 36 (.389) & 9 for his last 20 (.450)
Jose Tabata: 2 for 5, 1 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI
Colin Curtis 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K – threw a runner out at second from LF
Chris Malec & Cody Ehlers: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K
Marcos Vechionacci: 1 for 2, 2 BB – quietly having himself a very good start to the year
Phil Coke: 5 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Bo Hall: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Mike Gardner: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Eric Wordekemper: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

High-A Tampa (6-1 in over Dunedin)
Damon Sublett: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 E (fielding)
Eduardo Nunez: 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI
Mitch Hilligoss: 2 for 5, 1 RBI
Kyle Anson: 0 for 2, 3 BB, 1 K – on base 25 times in 11 games
James Cooper: 3 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB
Kevin Smith: 2 for 3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Tim Battle: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS – picked off first
Ryan Pope: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 1 HB, 5-2 GB/FB – 23-4 K/BB ratio in 19 IP
Mark Melancon: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HB
Grant Duff: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 5-0 GB/FB – I wonder if he’s upset about not getting a rotation spot this year?

Low-A Charleston (6-5 win over Savannah) heading into this game, they were batting .313-.376-.438-.815 as a team … they were leading the league in BA by 34 points, OBP by 22 points, SLG by 14 points, and OPS by 37 points … hot damn
Abe Almonte & Wady Rufino: both 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K – Almonte’s 3 for his last 25
Justin Snyder: 2 for 3, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 E (throwing) – on base 27 times in 12 games
Jesus Montero: 2 for 4, 1 RB, 1 HBP – 5 straight games with a RBI … leads the organization (big league level included) in that category
Brandon Laird: 0 for 4, 1 RBI, 2 K
David Williams: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Austin Romine: 2 for 5, 1 2B, 1 K – started behind the plate … he’s 9 for his last 18 with 3 doubles
Carmen Angelini: 0 for 3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB – 5 SB in his last 3 games
Austin Krum: 2 for 4, 1 2B, 1 3B,
Noel Castillo: 7 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 14-4 GB/FB
Craig Heyer: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Jonathan Ortiz: 0.1 IP, zeroes, 1 K

Who's booing now?
As pitching falters, offense comes alive

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