Ryan Jackson had a perfect night at the plate for Memphis, notching a couple of extra base hits in the process. Springfield had a strong showing in the Texas League All-Star Game… one hitter in particular stole the show. Can you guess who? Sam Gaviglio pitched well for Quad Cities. After 17 innings, Batavia outlasted its opponent thanks to relief pitcher Corey Baker. Johnson City’s pitching staff had a forgettable day. Details after the jump…
Memphis 8, Albuquerque 10
- Ryan Jackson did a little bit of everything in a 4-for-4 effort. He homered, doubled, and stole his 1st base of the season.
- Lou Montanez had a double and walk.
- Mark Hamilton, Pete Kozma, and Eugenio Velez all walked. Nick Derba drew 2 walks.
- Cedric Hunter was 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Adron Chambers and Matt Adams both came through with singles in pinch-hit appearances.
- Scott Gorgen struggled tonight but limited the opposition to 2 runs in 4 innings that included 4 hits, 5 walks, and 3 strikeouts.
- Barret Browning gave up 1 unearned run on 2 hits in 2 innings. He also struck out 2.
- John Gaub couldn’t retire anyone and was charged with 4 runs on 3 hits and a walk.
- Chuckie Fick gave up 2 runs in 2 innings on 4 hits and a strikeout.
- Adam Reifer surrendered a HR in 1 inning.
TEX North All-Stars 3, TEX South All-Stars 1
- Oscar Taveras was 3-for-4 with a HR and double.
- Kolten Wong was 1-for-2.
- Jermaine Curtis was 0-for-1 but reached base via the walk.
- Trevor Rosenthal struck out 1 and walked 1 in 1 inning pitched.
- Keith Butler pitched a perfect inning.
- Chris Edmonson was 1-for-5 with a HR (5th of season).
- Nicholas Longmire was 1-for-3 with a double and 2 walks.
- Geoffrey Klein was 2-for-4 with a double.
- Mike O’Neill drew 2 walks. Starling Rodriguez walked once and stole his 11th base.
- Ronny Gil had a hit and walk.
- Luis De La Cruz had two singles. Jeremy Patton did the same but also walked once.
- Chris Corrigan lasted 6 innings but gave up 4 runs on 3 hits, 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts.
- Nicholas Gillung struck out 3 in 2 innings; he also allowed a hit and walk.
- Chase Reid struck out 2 in the final inning.
- Nick Martini was 2-for-4 with a double leading off.
- Colin Walsh was all over the bases, as he went 2-for-2 with 2 walks.
- Anthony Garcia singled and walked.
- Luis Mateo also singled.
- Sam Gaviglio was brilliant for 7 innings: 4 hits, 8 strikeouts, and twice as many groundouts (8) as flyouts (4).
- Ricky Martinez struck out 1 in 1 inning. Heath Wyatt struck out 2 on the way to his 12th save.
- Oh, and Hacksaw Jim Duggan was there… if you’re into that sort of thing.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan on Bandits Gameday!!! twitter.com/QCRiverBandits…
— QC River Bandits (@QCRiverBandits) June 28, 2012
Batavia 5, Jamestown 4 (17 innings)
- Steven Ramos was 3-for-9 with 2 doubles.
- Matthew Young was 4-for-7 with a walk.
- Garrett Wittels tripled and walked after entering the game as a pinch-hitter.
- Breyvic Valera and David Bergin each singled and walked.
- Patrick Wisdom, Jesus Montero, Jonathan Keener, and Gary Apelian all singled.
- Kyle Barraclough allowed 1 run on 2 hits and 2 strikeouts in 5 innings.
- Ben O’Shea struck out 2 and walked 1 in 2 innings.
- Brandon Creath and Matt Rein pitched scoreless innings.
- Yunier Castillo gave up 1 run in 1 inning while Joseph Scanio allowed 2 runs in 2 innings.
- Corey Baker was fantastic in relief, striking out 6 batters in 5 innings while only allowing 1 hit and 1 walk.
- C.J. McElroy, Lance Jeffries, Trevor Martin, and Cesar Valera all had singles.
- Jeremy Schaffer was 2-for-4 with a double.
- Ildemaro Vargas had a hit and walk.
- Stalyn Lopez had a miserable day. 8 runs on 6 hits, 4 walks, and 1 strikeout in only 2.1 innings.
- Jared Springer was only charged with 1 run but allowed 3 to score in the 3rd inning when he replaced Lopez. 2 of those runs scored on a bases-loaded walk and wild pitch. He walked 5, allowed 2 hits, and only struck out 1.
- Thomas Lee fared better, allowing only 1 run in 3 innings that included 2 hits and 3 strikeouts.
- Jacob Booden was tagged for 4 runs in 2 innings. 3 of the 4 hits he allowed were HRs. He struck out 2 and walked 1.
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Taveras was 3-4 with a HR, single, and a double was a triple away from the cycle pretty impressive in a All Star game.
Should also be noted that Stephen Piscotty made his debut today. 0-4 with a strikeout.
Good to see Jackson continuing to hit now batting .291 and hit for surprising power tonight. Showing he can handle the bat in the pitcher friendly PCL impressive hope that translates to the big leagues.
Gorgen struggled locating his Fastball and getting ahead in the count tonight command was not that good threw 95 total only 49 for strikes not a good ratio.
*Hitters friendly league.
Good to see Gaviglio starting to command and control his pitches more effectively he hasn’t walked a batter in three starts he’s getting that control pitcher mentality back. Good to see him get back on track after struggling some in May he’s an interesting prospect. Walsh continues to get on base his OBP is now .426 and his OPS is still 1.013.
In DSL. Issac Silva had a nice outing 7 IP 5 H 1R 1ER 0BB 5K 6 groundouts to 3 flyouts got a no decision. Note he’s a Lefty too. Anyone got an information on him?
FREE COLIN WALSH
Colin Walsh ISO .262. They better promote him before he gains super power status in the Midwest League and destroys everyone in three states.
He will destroy everything in THE TRI-STATE AREA.
Yes, I think many women, children, and tiny kittens of the midwest are in imminent danger of destruction. I’m not sure if Walsh will go puppy kicker on them though … but one should never underestimate the destructive power of a player given up for dead in the midwest league who is trying to regain prospect status.
I’m sure he’s already injuring Fish out in the Mississipi River when he hits his homeruns left handed.
Perhaps they will enlist Colin Walsh to destroy the Asian carp menace! Yes, a fighter for truth, justice, and the American carp.
Clip of Walsh’s last HR : http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?content_id=22656653&sid=milb
First time I’ve seen his swing. Pretty obscured by the pitcher in the clip but you can tell he turned on that mofo.
Gotta bump Taveras to Memphis after that all star appearance and should bump Walsh up to Springfield as well.
Thanks for the link. Only problem was that the next video was of Albuquerque’s Alex Castellanos hitting a deep jack to the opposite field.
As if it wasn’t obvious, The Big O was MVP of the game. And his homer was a hard liner that he absolutely smoked to right center
Did DT just call the PCL a pitcher friendly league??? You have been severely misinformed on that. In fact, the PCL and the Cal league are hands down the best hitters leagues. Not to take anything away from Jackson at all, he’s had a great year. But that comment had to be addressed.
Ryan Jackson’s impressive night also included 5 rbi, but oddly enough, only 1 on his homer. Jackson’s not going away any time soon. This guy is a gamer and should at least be backing up Furcal next year.
Kudos to Taveras, who owned the Texas League All-Star game. In fact all our boys showed well.
You won’t see this often, but our GCL Cards sweep a double-header by equal scores of 2-1 and in the process racked up only 6 hits in 13 innings. That’s maximizing production.
Someone please find Colin Walsh a position to play so he can move up. Surely we can teach him left field. His hitting abilities have long surpassed the Midwest League.
Sam Gaviglio, great game, now more of the same on a consistent basis.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh………………………Thumbs up.
Interesting contrast of organizational philosophies:
In the JC game, the Royals played Kenneth Diekroeger, the infielder they just drafted from Stanford in the 4th round.
The Cards started our new Stanford draftee, Piscotty, in the Midwest League, 2 levels higher.
Their Stanford infielder had 3 hits (including 2 HRs), a walk, and 5 RBI, while our Stanford infielder went 0-4.
Yesterday’s JC game was also the debut for Bubba Starling, last year’s 5th overall pick. He went 0-5 w. 3 K. (For the Royals’ sake, I hope he doesn’t have many more games like that.)
I don’t get the Jim Duggan gag.
What do you mean gag? Minor Leagues have different promotions. I believe there is a TNA wrestling event after a Memphis game this week. The picture is from the Bandits pregame show they have every home game.
Nice write-up on Carlos Martinez from JD Sussman at Fangraphs:
http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index.php/32914/
I watched the same game Sussman did and I disagree with him. Martinez only started to lose his mechanics some in the 4th and 5th inning and again that was in 100 degree heat when he hadn’t thrown that many pitches in over a month.
How high can OT rise up prospect lists? I am betting he is sitting top 10 on nearly all of them right now.
He’s sticking in CF…I think he will get props as top position prospect in all of baseball
I would think if he hits the rest of the year like this (169 wRC+ at AA as a 19/20yo), and sticks in CF for the whole season, showing promise with the glove…. Jeez, it’s hard to think who’s going to be ahead of him, at least in terms of position players. Maybe Profar? 8 months younger, hitting well (but not quite as dominant as OT) in AA, and a SS who may stick there?
I think I’d probably swap OT for Profar right now, but if the lines are the same at the end of 2012, maybe not…
Profar will be the top position prospect. He plays a premium position and will stick there. Most view OT as a RF, not a CF. He will be downgraded for position. Machado might be listed ahead of him as well, based on ceiling. If Myers doesn’t lose eligibility, he should be the top position prospect. Regardless of rankings, OT is a stud.
Myers will get top billing position prospect, but it sounds like he may graduate this year. If so, OT could move into the top slot.
I 2nd Jackson off the bench in STL next year. We’ve seen it takes him a bit to get his footing as he moves up, but in the end he could be a guy that hits .270 and 5 to 10 HR’s per year while playing very good D. If Wong takes over at 2nd and Freese continues as he has we can live with a good defensive SS who hits not great but can hold his own
Off topic… But does anyone having any scouting information on Barret Browning impressive numbers at Memphis this season as a LOOGY?
As bad as the cards need an effective loogy hope BB is the guy..
Browning has been our top lefty in Memphis and I can’t for the life of me understand why they haven’t given him a shot yet. 40 man roster is not an issue either; there are a number of guys who could be optioned without being claimed. Right now both lefties in St.L have eras over 6.00. Surely Browning can do better then that and should be purchased asap. Dickson should be brought back up too.
I wonder if Jackson’s solid Memphis season might make Tyler Greene into an add-on trade chip for someone.
Why did Taveras have to make an out in the All-Star game? Ruined my night.