The system went 2-and-4 tonight as Memphis’ game was rained out. Palm Beach won the first game of their double-header despite being the victim of a one-hitter in a shortened game. The pitching performance of the day belonged to Batavia’s Kyle Helisek, who was perfect for 6 innings. C.J. McElroy and Lance Jeffries ran wild for Johnson City. Details after the jump…
Memphis, Albuquerque: Postponed
- Adam Melker was 2-for-4 with a HR.
- Kolten Wong was 2-for-5 with a double.
- Oscar Taveras was 1-for-4 with a double and walk.
- Jamie Romak was 2-for-5.
- Greg Garcia was 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Chris Swauger singled. Jermaine Curtis walked.
- Richard Castillo was hammered for 11 hits (2 HR) that produced 5 runs in 5 innings. He struck out 3.
- Justin Wright gave up 1 hit in 1 scoreless inning.
- Jorge Rondon struck out 1 and walked 1 in 1 inning.
- Michael Blazek allowed a run 1 hit, 1 walk, and 2 strikeouts in 1 inning.
Game 1: Palm Beach 1, Lakeland 0 (7 innings)
- Alan Ahmady‘s double was Palm Beach’s only hit of the game, but it went for an RBI and that was all they would need.
- Mike O’Neill, Chris Edmonson, and Geoffrey Klein walked once.
- Chris Corrigan pitched 4.2 scoreless innings that included 3 hits, 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts.
- Iden Nazario struck out 1 batter in 1.1 perfect innings.
- Dean Kiekhefer earned his 11th save by striking out 1 and allowing 1 hit.
Game 2: Palm Beach 3, Lakeland 6 (9 innings)
- Mike O’Neill had a double and 3 walks.
- James Ramsey hit his first professional HR.
- Geoffrey Klein doubled and walked.
- Chris Edmondson singled.
- Nicholas Longmire was 2-for-4 with a double.
- Neal Pritchard walked.
- Kevin Siegrist labored through 4.2 innings in which he allowed 3 hits, 4 walks, and 3 strikeouts, but only 1 of the 3 runs against him was earned.
- Travis Miller walked 1 in 0.1 innings.
- Aidan Lucas struck out 5 in 3 innings and was only reached for 1 hit.
- Chase Reid gave up 3 runs on 3 hits, 1 walk, and 2 strikeouts in 1 inning.
- Stephen Piscotty singled.
- Anthony Garcia and David Medina each went 1-for-3 with a walk.
- Sam Gaviglio surrendered 5 runs on 8 hits, 2 walks, and 5 strikeouts in only 4.2 innings.
- Ricky Martinez pitched 2.1 innings and allowed 1 run on 1 hit, 1 walk, and 2 strikeouts.
- Ethan Cole struck out 3 in 2 innings but allowed 4 hits that produced 1 run.
- Alex Mejia hit his 1st HR.
- Breyvic Valera singled and walked.
- Jordan Walton doubled and walked.
- Matthew Young and Jonathan Keener singled while David Washington walked.
- Kyle Helisek pitched 6 perfect innings. He struck out 2 batters and coaxed 9 groundouts against 3 flyouts.
- Brandon Creath gave up 2 hits and struck out 1 in 2 innings.
- Lee Stoppelman surrendered 2 runs (1 earned) on 1 hit, 1 walk, and 1 strikeout in 0.2 innings.
Johnson City 6, Elizabethton 4
- C.J. McElroy was 1-for-2 with 3 walks batting leadoff. He stole 3 bases and now has 14 on the season.
- Lance Jeffries also walked 3 times. He stole his 6th and 7th bases of the season but was also caught stealing for the 3rd time.
- Ildemaro Vargas had doubled and walked.
- Bruce Caldwell was 2-for-5 with his first SB of the season.
- Carson Kelly doubled.
- Cesar Valera singled and walked.
- Ronard Castillo singled. Jeremy Schaffer walked.
- Nicholas Gillung pitched 5 innings; he allowed 2 runs on 7 hits, 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts.
- Jeffrey Rauh allowed 1 run on 1 hit and 1 walk in 1 inning.
- Mariano Llorens struck out 6 in 2 innings and only walked 1. In 9 innings pitched this season, he has struck out 17 and walked 5.
- Ronald Shaban allowed 1 run on 3 hits (1 HR) but was credited with his 7th save. He struck out 2.
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Good to see James Ramsey showing some power potential. Also good to see Alex Mejia hitting for power still love his defense he brings at SS.
Talk about two athletic prospects with tremendous speed. McElroy, and Jeffries.
Jeffries has some really odd numbers. He seems to have a great batting eye as he has drawn 13 walks in around 80 plate appearances. Yet he has struck out an ugly 34 times. The only time I recall seeing both walks and K’s together like that is with power guys. But his game is more small ball and speed. Very strange.
Jim, I see where McElroy has 11 walks and 14 strikeouts in 98 at bats. He’s hitting close to .300 and has stolen 14 bases in 15 attempts.
More good news: Carson Kelly had a base on balls last night.
Steve Bean struck out two more times (24 strike outs in 59 at bats) and is hitting .119.
Kelly and Bean seem to be very raw explained by the slow starts. Kelly is starting to make adjustments and showing more power potential. Bean has struggled in his transition from HS to pro ball it will take him time to adjust he’s 7-for-59 this season small sample that’s a .119 AVG. He’s raw but has a lot of upside.
Since adding a cutter to his repertoire of the straight mid 90s, and changeup. Jorge Rondon has a 1.35 ERA in his past 10 outings.
Mike O’Neil owns a .447 OBP this season.
Good news on Jorge Rondon. With Reifer not back to form, Sanchez scuffling this season and Swagerty having undergone TJ, our great depth of right handed relief pitchers has somewhat dried up. The door is open.
LH pitcher Dewen Perez who was one of the top international signings last season is armed with a low 90s fastball. Pitch for DSL 5 innings 3H 2R 2ER 1BB 4K 6 groundouts to 3 flyouts. 2.25 ERA in 6 starts 8BB/33 K has held opponents to a .194 AVG this season.
Were any readers at that Memphis-Albuquerque game? Did they try to start it before it was scrubbed? One of the most awesome thunderstorms I’ve ever seen in my life was at Isotopes Park, the night Barry Bonds hit homer number 755 (curse him) — parts of the sky turned an eerie lime green just before it hit, not like the green you get in Illinois or Missouri when there may be a tornado lurking in the vicinity, but a bright green. It was like a window on heaven, one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen in my life. I’ve never seen anything like it. If people at this non-game got anything similar, they were better off than if they’d got the game in, particularly considering what a crummy team Memphis has had this year. (Although it would have been fun to see how many dingers Adams could hit out of that launching pad.)
Here’s an article about Kyle Helisek’s near-perfect outing:
http://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120718&content_id=35172320&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb
Going to the Batavia game against Auburn tonight. Looking forward to seeing Alex Mejia and Breyvic Valera!
KBF, We’ll expect a full report from you tomorrow. Be interested to know what you think of Patrick Wisdom as well.
Several moves yesterday. ferrara to springfield, Hald and Miller to PB, and Barraclough to QC. roberto de la cruz finally demoted tol Batavia with Bergin to QC. Hopefully de la cruz has some success. It is still a promotion over last year at JC.
Ramsey has a .710 OPS. Did he start at too high of a level?
Huh? Can someone say “small sample size”?
Anyway, what were you expecting? A .350/.450/.650 line?
BTW, Baseball Reference currently has his line as .271/.348/.407.