The farm went 2-2 on a night when Springfield provided the only real offensive output, though they did it in a loss. Batavia kicked off the season though it didn’t go well for the Muckdogs.
Hitting:
- Jim Rapoport, Matt Carpenter (1 R), Donovan Solano, Freddie Bynum (1 RBI), and Brandon Dickson all singled
- Bryan Anderson went 1-for-3 w/ 1 2B
Pitching:
- Brandon Dickson was superb: 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, and 4 K (groundout to flyout of 9-6)
- Bryan Augenstein vultured the win with 2.0 scoreless innings that included 1 H and 1 K
Hitting:
- Steven Hill went 2-for-5 w/ 1 HR, 1 RBI, and 2 R
- Alex Castellanos went 2-for-5 w/ 1 2B
- Zack Cox went 1-for-2 w/ 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 R, and 1 fielding error (his seventh of the year)
- Domnit Bolivar and Charlie Cutler both went 2-for-4, Bolivar contributed 2 R and Cutler contributed 2 RBI and 1 R
- D’Marcus Ingram went 3-for-3 w/ 1 2B, 1 RBI, and 1 BB
Pitching:
- Kevin Thomas was not superb: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 8 R, 5 BB, and 0 K
- Richard Castillo came in for 2.1 IP and allowed 1 unearned run on 1 H and 1 BB, he also had 2 K
- Nick Greenwood\ replaced Castillo and gave up 6 R in 1.0 IP
- Sam Freeman finally shut the door (he didn’t slam it shut) with 1.0 scoreless inning that included 2 H and 2 K
Hitting:
- Michael Swinson went 0-for-1 in the lead off spot though he did draw 3 BB
- Oscar Taveras and Nick Longmire (1 R) both went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B
- John Rodriguez went 2-for-2 w/ a solo shot
Pitching:
- Zach Russell went 5.2 innings that included 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, and 4 K
- Ryan Copeland relieved Russell and went 2.1 perfect innings that included 3 K
- Aiden Lucas pitched a shutout inning, he gave up 1 H and got 1 K
- Apologies to Aide(a)n, I am not sure if it is Aidan or Aiden as fangraphs and MILB have it differently
Hitting:
- Kevin Moscatel had the only XBH tonight, he went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B and 1 RBI
- Just to get their names out there, Mike O’Neill, Daniel Stienstra, Romulo Ruiz, and Nick Martini all singled
Pitching:
- Hector Hernandez looked promising but was pulled after 4.0 innings of 4 H, 2 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 7 K ball
- Sean Watson made his debut and was shelled in his 1.1 IP, he gave up 4 H and 3 R
- Ricky Martinez went 1.2 IP and gave up 3 H and 1 R, he also had 1 K
- Jose Almarante was much better in his debut going 1.0 IP w/ 3 K
- Javier Avendano tried to match him but put up 1.0 IP with only 2 K
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Why is Javier Avendano relieving?
I’ll second that and why isn’t Bryan Martinez at least on the JC roster.
Interesting that Batavia played Stienstra at 2B. He had an error, but it makes sense to try him at a more valuable position. I’m curious how he ended up at 1B at all, given that his skills (good glove, high-average hitter) profiled better at a non-corner position.
Looks like Cox also had a throwing error, putting him at 8 on the year.
After a crappy day (0-5), Ryan Jackson is still hanging on to relevancy… 97 wRC+ for the season according to FG. He needs to start taking some walks again. Also, I have no idea where to get any defense stats on him. I’m very curious how effective he is at SS.