Both 1B Mark Teixeira and RHP Derek Lowe were elected to the Arizona Fall League Hall of Fame today, so congrats to them. This year’s AzFL roster should be out in a few weeks, by the way. I’m thinking C Austin Romine and OF Slade Heathcott will head out to the desert to catch up on some of the at-bats they missed this year due to injury.
Triple-A Empire State (9-7 loss to Pawtucket) they were down 9-0 at one point
3B Kevin Russo: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
2B Corban Joseph: 1-3, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 2 BB — 58/57 K/BB on the year
DH Eduardo Nunez & LF Ronnie Mustelier: both 0-4, 1 K — Nunez drove in a pair … Mustelier walked
1B Brandon Laird & C Frankie Cervelli: both 1-4, 1 HBP — Cervelli scored a run and struck out
RF Kosuke Fukudome: 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB
CF Darnell McDonald: 0-3, 2 R, 2 BB
SS Ramiro Pena: 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — second straight three-walk game
RHP John Maine: 4 IP, 9 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 6/0 GB/FB — 58 of 94 pitches were strikes (62%)
LHP Lee Hyde: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 21 of 35 pitches were strikes (60%)
RHP Kelvin Perez: 3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 3/0 GB/FB — 30 of 46 pitches were strikes (65%) … picked a runner off first