Get ready for some offensive stats. Memphis had an offensive explosion but the pitching staff could not hold up their end of the bargain. Springfield lost despite a decent but abbreviated start by Carlos Martinez. The rest of the teams won their contests including Quad Cities who got a promising start from Tyrell Jenkins and a lot of offense from Steven Piscotty and company. On to the good stuff….
Hitting
- Adron Chambers went 4-for-6 w/ 1 BB, 1 R and 2 RBI
- Lou Montanez went 3-for-6 w/ 1 BB, 1 R and 1 RBI
- Cedric Hunter went 2-for-6 w/ 1 2B, 2 R, and 1 RBI
- Zack Cox went 3-for-6 w/ 1 R, 1 RBI and 1 SB
- Mark Hamilton went 2-for-3 w/ 1 HR, 2 BB, 1 R and 4 RBI, his homerun was of the 3-run variety
- Scott Gorgen got in on the action (he needed to given how well he pitched) and went 1-for-1 w/ 1 2B
- Ryan Jackson went 1-for-2 w/ 1 2B, 1 BB and 1 R
Pitching:
- Scott Gorgen was not good: 4.0 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 5 BB and 5 K
- Nick Greenwood pitched 1.1 scoreless innings that included 1 BB
- Chuckie Fick (2 H, 1 BB, 2 K) went 2.0 scoreless
- Eduardo Sanchez continue to struggle, he gave up the walk off 2-run homer in the bottom of the tenth and took the loss
Hitting:
- Kolten Wong went 1-for-3 w/ 1 BB and 1 R
- Chris Swauger went 3-for-4 w/ 1 R and 2 RBI
- Jamie Romak went 2-for-4 w/ 1 3B and 1 RBI
- Travis Tartamella went 1-for-3 w/ 1 BB and 1 R
Pitching:
- Carlos Martinez was limited to 82 pitches and was not as efficient with those as one might like, though he did maintain his stellar K/9: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R (2 ER), 1 BB and 7 K
- Justin Wright struck out the side in his 1.0 inning, he also gave up 1 H and 1 BB
- Deryk Hooker (1 H, 1 BB) pitched 1.0 scoreless inning
Hitting:
- Mike O’Neill went 4-for-5 w/ 2 2B and 3 RBI
- Luis De La Cruz went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B and 1 R
- Nicholas Longmire went 2-for-3 w/ 2 R and 1 RBI
- Jeremy Patton went 1-for-4 w/ 1 R and 1 RBI
- Tyler Rahmatulla went 1-for-3 w/ 1 RBI
Pitching:
- Ryan Sherriff kept his team in the game: 5.2 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 1 BB and 1 K
- Zach Russell (1 H, 1 BB, 1 K) pitched 2.1 scoreless
- Aidan Lucas recorded the save with a perfect ninth
Hitting:
- Matt Williams went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B, 1 R and 1 RBI
- Steven Piscotty went 3-for-3 w/ 3 2B, 1 BB, 1 R and 2 RBI
- Anthony Garcia went 1-for-2 w/ a 2-run homer and 1 BB
- Neal Pritchard (1 R) and Casey Rasmus (1 R, 1 RBI) both went 1-for-4
Pitching:
- Tyrell Jenkins went a solid 4.0 innings, they included 4 H, 1 R, 1 BB and 4 K
- Robert Stock was by far the worst performing pitcher on the night but was the one credited with the “Win”: 1.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 2 BB and 1 K
- Danny Miranda (2 H, 1 BB, 3 K) went 1.2 scoreless
- Ricky Martinez pitched 0.2 innings worth of perfect ball
- Heath Wyatt recorded his 13th save with a perfect 9th
Hitting:
- Breyvic Valera went 2-for-5 w/ 1 R
- Jacob Wilson went 1-for-3 w/ 1 BB, 1 R and 1 RBI
- Matthew Young went 1-for-3 w/ 1 3B, 1 R and 2 RBI
- Patrick Wisdom (1R, 1 RBI), Jesus Montero and Jordan Walton (1 RBI) all went 2-for-4
- David Bergin hit a solo shot in 4 AB
Pitching:
- Ben O’Shea got the start for Batavia: 5.1 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 0 BB and 2 K
- Kevin Jacob pitched 1.2 perfect innings that included 1 K
- Yunier Castillo (1 H, 1 BB, 1 K) pitched the final 2.0 innings in scoreless fashion
Hitting:
- C.J. McElroy went 2-for-5 w/ 3 R, 3 RBI and 1 SB
- Ildemaro Vargas went 2-for-5 w/ 2 2B and 3 RBI
- Trevor Martin and Carson Kelly (1 R) both went 1-for-5
- Gerwuins Velazco went 1-for-3 w/ 1 BB and 1 R
- Cesar Valera went 1-for-2 w/ 1 BB and 2 R
Pitching:
- Bryan Martinez had a good showing as the starter: 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 R (0 ER), 1 BB and 4 K
- Cesar Aguilar (1 BB, 3 K) went 2.0 scoreless
- Jacob Booden (1 BB, 2 K) and Michael Aldrete (1 K) both pitched 1.0 scoreless inning
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Is Matt Adams injured?
I think I saw where he had an issue with an elbow — it didn’t sound too serious though
Somebody tweeted that he went on the DL with the elbow injury.
Adams is on the DL.
Garcia to Memphis.
Rosenthal on the DL as of 7/2. No reason given.
Albitz to Springfield.
Siegrist to Springfield.
Will be interesting to see how Siegrist pitches in the Texas League. One thing holds Siegrist back and that’s his health. He has all the ingredients to be an effective starter he really does have good stuff didn’t realize he was 6-foot-5. He could be a late sleeper out of that bad 2008 draft class.
Concur. Siegrist only had 6 starts or so in PB this year but he kicked butt in 4 of them (5 total hits). I saw him pitch in ST and he did a fine job. I’d love to see him succeed.
reoccurance of previous elbow issue from earlier in season
McElroy has been looking swole of late. How close is Deryk Hooker to AAA?
Something isn’t right with Sanchez. I wonder if he is not communicating pain / injury to the training staff? He hasn’t been right since being shut down at the end of the 2011 season.
That makes a lot of sense
Is Aaron Luna out for the year? I don’t remember what happened to him
Piscotty hit three doubles last night. He’s got a sweet line drive swing that will produce a ton of doubles get used to them.
Piscotty and Garcia are becoming a good 1 2 punch and when Walsh is back that quad cities lineup is going to even better
Garcia now has a .915 ops and almost at .300 batting, now at .296..very impressive year for a 20 year old in low A
Don’t forget about Anthony Garcia’s defensive ability’s as well good strong throwing arm very good defender only committed 1 error in 79 chances that’s a .987 Fld%. He’s a young hitter with some tools.
Nice bounce back start for the young raw power arm Jenkins. Hope that will translate to more consistency.
Some interesting stats. O’Neil batting .353 .439 OBP he hasn’t even hit a HR this season and he’s still maintaining a solid .857 OPS.
Adron Chambers is now 14-for his last-24 AB that’s a .583 clip sample of 6 games. Chambers .325 AVG .393 OBP has 55 hits in 46 games continuing to be a solid catalyst to the top of that lineup.
Cox is batting .390 .405 OBP while Slugging .561 and a .966 OPS in his past 10 games 16-for-41. He’s been a double machine this season he has hit 22 doubles that’s tied for 11th in the PCL.
Cedric Hunter continues to be a solid minor league FA signing. Is batting .295 .791 OPS. Is batting .455 in his past 10 games .472 OBP 576. SLG and 1.048 OPS.
Not that it matters, but we got Cedric Hunter in a trade from the A’s for future considerations.
Luna has had foot surgery, it’s not a common condition, may or may not return the same.
Rosenthal back strain, caused by lifting?
Sometimes the cardinals don’t really give the most logical reasons, just the ones that make sense at that point in time.
I mentioned that he had put in significant time way before season ever began. Factor that along with all of the things expected from a NL pitcher, plus lifting for pitchers which isn’t necessary in season and there ya have it.
I saw Sanchez a few times last year and this, he has good stuff, I think he has shoulder issues. Sometimes there is nothing much you can do with shoulders but live with it or surgery.
Adams has issue with elbow, he’s a beast though, and smart, he knows when to take a rest. Probably didn’t need to play last fall.