Johnson City made a push for the playoffs by sweeping Bristol in a doubleheader. Batavia also helped their playoff standing by getting a win versus division leading Auburn. The real standout players on the night were all toeing the rubber. Thomas Lee leads those players and pulled off the rare relief appearance in game one of the doubleheader followed by a stellar 7.0 inning start in game two.
(Unfortunately, the “first” game was actually the continuation of a game suspended on the 13th so he didn’t actually pull off the feat, it just appears that way.)
Hitting
- Adron Chambers went 1-for-2 w/ 4 BB, 2 R, 1 RBI and 2 SB
- Matt Young went 2-for-5 w/ 1 2B, 2 R and 2 RBI
- Steven Hill went 1-for-3 w/ 1 2B, 2 BB and 2 R
- Eugenio Velez went 1-for-2 w/ 3 BB, 2 R, 2 RBI and 2 SB
- Bryan Anderson went 3-for-5 w/ 1 R and 2 RBI
- Pete Kozma contributed with 3 RBI, he went 1-for-5 at the plate
Pitching:
- Tyler Lyons got the start and was good: 5.0 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 BB and 7 K
- Eduardo Sanchez pitched a scoreless inning that included 1 BB and 2 K
- Adam Reifer also pitched a scoreless inning, his included 1 H and 2 K
Corpus Christi 2 @ Springfield 1 (13 innings)
Hitting:
- Kolten Wong and Oscar Taveras each singled
- Greg Garcia went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B and 1 BB
- Audry Perez went 2-for-5 w/ 1 2B and 1 RBI
Pitching:
- Kevin Siegrist was outstanding: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 BB and 6 K
- Michael Blazek was equally amazing out of the pen, he pitched 3.0 scoreless innings that included 1 BB and 4 K
- Keith Butler followed that up with a scoreless inning that included 1 BB and 1 K
- Justin Wright did not pitch badly, but he gave up the winning run on a solo shot in the second of his 2.0 innings
Hitting:
- Nick Longmire went 1-for-4 w/ 1 2B and 1 SB
- Colin Walsh went 2-for-4 w/ 1 R
- David Medina went 2-for-4 w/ 1 2B and 2 RBI
- Stephen Piscotty (1 R) and Nick Martini (1 BB) both recorded a single in 4 PA, Piscotty committed his 15th error of the season
Pitching:
- Hector Hernandez only lasted for 2.2 innings, he gave up 7 R (3 ER) though he did have 5 K
- Jonathan Cornelius pitched 3.1 perfect innings that included 3 K
- Dixon Llorens continues to strike out a ridiculous amount of batters, he went 2.0 innings that included 1 H and 5 K
Batavia 7 @ Auburn 4 (10 innings)
Hitting:
- Breyvic Valera went 4-for-6 w/ 1 R and 2 RBI
- Jacob Wilson went 3-for-5 w/ 1 2B, 1 R and 2 RBI
- Matthew Young went 2-for-4 w/ 2 2B, 2 R and 3 RBI
- Danny Stienstra, Jonathan Keener and David Popkins all singled and all scored a run
Pitching:
- Corey Baker got the start a was good: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB and 1 K
- Brandon Creath was the only Muckdog reliever to hold Auburn scoreless, he went 0.2 innings that included 1 H and 2 K
- Jose Pasen got the win after pitching a scoreless tenth though he did blow the save in the bottom of the ninth
Johnson City 6 @ Bristol 3 (Game 1)
Hitting:
- Ildemaro Vargas went 2-for-4 w/ 1 R
- Jeremy Schaffer went 2-for-5 w/ 1 2B and 3 RBI
- Carson Kelly went 1-for-3 w/ 1 BB
- Gerwuins Velazco went 2-for-4 w/ 1 2B, 1 R and 2 RBI
Pitching:
- Zachary Petrick started the game and was serviceable: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 0 BB and 5 K
- Thomas Lee (2 K) and Willy Paulino (1 BB, 2 K) both pitched a scoreless inning
- Joseph Donofrio was credited with the win after pitching 3.0 scoreless innings that included 1 BB and 2 K
Bristol 1 @ Johnson City 3 (Game 2)
Hitting:
- C.J. McElroy went 2-for-4 w/ 1 R and 2 SB
- Ildemaro Vargas went 1-for-2 w/ 1 BB and 1 RBI
- Gerwuins Velazco went 2-for-4 w/ 1 R
- Carson Kelly went 1-for-3 w/ 1 2B
- Ronard Castillo went 2-for-3 w/ 1 RBI
- Dutch Deol went 1-for-3 w/ 1 2B and 1 R
Pitching:
- Thomas Lee put up the best pitching line of the night: 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB and 10 K
- Sam Tuivailala (2 H, 2 K) and Ronald Shaban (1 H, 1 K) both pitched one scoreless inning
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cool thanks
If Carson Kelly goes 1-3 with either a BB or XBH every game for the next 10, his line will look much better
Don’t know where else to put this but:
@BenBadler: Cardinals sign RHP Ronald Medrano, one of Nicaragua’s top July 2 prospects http://t.co/LKQYFhTY
Siegrist has settled in nicely at Springfield with three good outings in a row now after getting knocked around in the first two. So this is Siegrist’s fifth season in our system. I assume that the Cardinals will have to decide whether or not to put him on the 40 man roster this winter or risk losing him to the rule 5 draft.
Siegrist really has plus stuff for a southpaw that is projected at 6-foot-5 low 90s fastball with a average to slightly above average change-up with fade. He’s really refined his command more this season walking less batters than he did in the past (PMB and SPF combined 76 IP) owns a 8.9% Walk rate and a 3.17 BB/9 right now in 2011 10.2% walk rate and 3.77 BB/9 command is certainly improving.
thanx for the info. think he’d make a good lefty? and do you think we should protect him in the upcoming rule 5 draft?
can you plz provide a report like that for fornataro and butler too? both of them are also rule 5 candidates who may or may not need protecting.
there would seem to be almost zero chance of that. the cardinals’ high minors are stuffed with high ceiling pitching. siegrist is going to be lost in that mix.
i am baffled by the continuing praise heaped on castillo and siegrist and other marginal performers in the high minors. siegrist can barely manage a 2:1 K:BB ratio. he’s a tangential prospect at best. he’s barely thrown 20 innings in AA while prospects younger than him leapfrog him.
if he were on the cardinals radar sufficient to merit a 40-man spot, he wouldn’t be making his springfield debut in august of his age 23 season. who would put siegrist on their major league roster for a whole season?
Shaban picked up his 15th Appy league leading save for JC.
Shaban is intriguing relief prospect that sits consistently 91-93 tops 94 on his fastball. Shaban has struck out 28 batters in 19 IP (32.9% K rate) small sample size but intriguing.
Breyvic Valera and his consistent knack of barreling everything right handed and left handed just a pure hit machine this season now has 77 hits this season (.333 AVG) he leads the New York-Penn League in hits.
Jacob Wilson must have fixed a flaw in his swing or something because he’s 9-for his last-19 AB at the plate that’s a .473 AVG has 3 HR and 8 RBI in a 5 game span.