In case you missed it, Chris Garcia had his second Tommy John surgery. Also, scroll down for tonight’s open thread.
Triple-A Scranton (5-4 win over Lehigh Valley)
Kevin Russo, 2B: 2 for 4, 2 R, 1 3B, 1 BB, 1 K – just his fourth extra base hit of the year … all the others are doubles
Colin Curtis, RF: 1 for 3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB
Eduardo Nunez, 3B: 4 for 4, 2 2B, 3 RBI – he’s 16 for his last 33 (.485) with more walks (fours) than strikeouts (one)
Juan Miranda, 1B: 0 for 2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
David Winfree, LF: 1 for 4, 1 K
Jesus Montero, C: 0 for 4, 2 K – he’s just 2 for his last 19 (.105) … don’t worry, Jesus’ bat with resurrect soon enough
Jon Weber, DH & Reegie Corona, SS: both 0 for 3, 1 BB – Corona scored a run & committed a throwing error
Greg Golson, CF: 0 for 4
Romulo Sanchez: 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 2 WP, 7-2 GB/FB – 54 of 88 pitches were strikes (61.4%) … picked an old friend off first … finally brings his season K/BB ratio up over 1.00
Kevin Whelan: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB – seven of his ten pitches were strikes
Royce Ring: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K – six of his 11 pitches were strikes
Mark Melancon: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-3 GB/FB – 13 of 17 pitches were strikes (76.5%)
Jon Albaladejo: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 0-2 GB/FB – 12 of 22 pitches were strikes (54.5%)