Sorry about missing yesterday’s DFR. It was certainly not planned. The devastation from my food alergy not only cost me the joy of writing for a few hours last night but cost me the first 3 hours of The Open Championship I planned to get up and watch. Thank goodness for DVRs.

As many of you know, I’m a sports broadcast collector.  Today was a bizarre cross-convergence of information in that arena (sort-of) when NASA announced that the original lunar landing tapes had been erased and dubbed over much like baseball broadcast prior to 1975.  They had to compile footage for a restoration from CBS archives and kinescopes (which is what most baseball games survive on).  In that same vein, the BBC chose to broadcast Wimbledon in full HD this year, leaving them broke and out of position to provide feeds for The Open in HD to the USA.  In 2009, we still have not had The Open transmitted in HD.  It’s the only major sporting event done that way.  Anyways, enough with that chatter.

As for the farm, I’d like to try a little something tonight I like to call ‘offense’. It’s fun, and it’s all the rage on the East Coast. Here have some offense after the break.

Memphis 11, Omaha Persei Eight 6

• Jon Jay was 2-for-6 with an RBI.
• Tyler Greene continued to show signs (did he just put the hit-and-run on?) going 2-for-5 with a walk.
• Allen Craig went 3-for-5 falling the HR short of the cycle.
• Brian Barden had himself a day, 4-for-5 with 2 doubles and 4 RBI.
• Donovan Solano was 2-for-4 and so was Matt Pagnozzi. Pags had a double and 4 RBI.
• Blake Hawksworth only threw 62 pitches in 4 innings. He allowed 2 ERs on 6 hits, striking out 1.
• Kat Maekawa walked 3 and gave up 1 ER in his 1.2 innings.
• Matthew Scherer gave up an unearned run in 0.2 IP, with a walk and a strikeout.
• Every reliever in this game gave up 2 hits and a run, Royce Ring was no exception. He pitched 1.2 innings and struck out 2.
• Pete Parise’s run was earned in his 1.0 inning.

Springfield 4, The Man In Lincoln’s Nose Arkansas 3

• James Rapoport picked up 2 hits and an RBI.
• Andrew Brown hit a triple.
• Tyler Desperado Henley went big fly, picking up 2 RBIs.
• Scott Gorgen picked up the win with 5.2 innings of 3 run (2 ER) ball. He struck out 6 but walked 5!
• Fernando Salas struck out 2 in 1.1 innings.
• Eduardo Sanchez struck out 2 in 1.0 innings. Deal with it, Fernando.
• Francisco Samuel picked up the save walking 1 in his inning. It was like Top Cardinals Reliever Prospect night at the ballpark. The firehose give away was nice, but how am I going to find an adapter to use my firehose on my outside spicket?

Palm Beach 5, St. Lucie 4

• Adron Chambers was 2-for-4 with a triple.
• Jermaine Curtis was 2-for-3 with 2 RBI.
• Troy Glaus had a hit, playing 1B.
• Curt Smith didn’t want to disappoint, hitting a double.
• Tommy Pham was 1-phor-4 with a triple and 2 RBI, but took the triple K’s as well.
• Domnit Bolivar was 2-for-4.
• George Brown pitched 4 scoreless innings, striking out 5, walking 1 and giving up 2 hits.
• Blake King pitched 2.1 innings, walking 3 and striking out 2. He gave up 1 ER for the win.
• Casey Mulligan was unscored upon in his 1.2 innings. He walked a batter and struckout 2.
• Adam Reifer tried to see the whole thing go up in smoke, giving up 3 ERs in the 9th but preserved the lead.

Batavia 5, Hudson Valley 6

• D’Marcus Ingram was 2-for-5.
• Devin Goodwin hit a double.
• Xavier Scruggs was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI.
• Ryde Rodriguez was 2-for-5 with a triple and 1 RBI.
• Nico Vasquez, defender of the Bats of Avia, was 2-for-5.
• Tyler Leach pitched 4.2 innings striking out 3 and walking 1. He gave up 2 ER on 6 hits.
• This game went into a rain delay, so these pitching lines may look weird.
• Andres Rosales struck out the only batter he faced.
• Christopher Corrigan faced no batters.
• Daniel Richardson took the loss giving up 4 R (1 ER) in 1.1 IP. He walked 4 batters, so maybe he deserved a few more earnies.
• Santo Maertz struck out 1 in 0.2 IP.
• LaCurtis Mayes struck out 1 in his inning.

Johnson City 8, Greeneville 7

• Yunier Castillo was 2-for-4.
• Richard Racobaldo was 2-for-4 with a HR.
• Matthew Adams was 2-for-5 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI.
• Audry Perez went big fly as a pinch-hitter, with 2 RBI. It was a 2-run walkoff with JC trailing by 1.
• Ross Smith was 2-for-3 and Ted Obregon Trail was 2-for-4 with a double.
• Justin Smith struck out 7 in 4.1 innings of 2 run ball.
• Aaron Terry gave up a homerun and struck out a batter in 0.2 innings.
• Chris Notti gave up 3 runs (2 ER) and still picked up the hold.
• Travis Lawler gave up no earned runs and took the blown save, striking out 3 in 2 IP.
• David Kington picked up the win despite walking a guy and giving up an ER and a hit in his 1 inning.

Quad Cities 5, Dayton 3

• Osvaldo Morales was the hero today. He was 2-for-4 with a double and a homerun, driving in 4. He tied and took the lead for the QC.
• Alex Castellanos hit a double.
• Jose Garcia was 2-for-4.
• Jason Stidham Transported 2 hits in his 3 at-bats, one of which he Cranked for a double.
• Travis Mitchell hit a double.
• Hector Cardenas started and went 2 innings, giving up an unearned run. He walked 1 and struckout 1.
• Miguel Chinese Tapia followed him for 4 innings, picking up the win. He gave up 2 ERs on 3 hits and a walk. He struck out 2.
• Ramon Delgado gave up a hit and struck out a batter in his 2 innings.
• David Carpenter got the save with a strikeout.

Whew.  That offense stuff was intense!

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