Gwinnett 2, Syracuse 1 - Finaly 10 Innings
- B. Canizares 1-5 HR(8), K
- T. Redmond 8IP 5H 1R 0BB 9K
- L. Valdez 1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K
Man we have had some pretty great starts this week from our minor league pitchers. It sucks that Redmond couldn't get the win out of this but at least the team pulled it out. Luis Valdez picked up his 10th Save of the season and has only allowed runs in two games this season. I suspect we will see him in Atlanta about 3 seconds after the next meltdown.
Mississippi 5, Birmingham 4
- E. Campbell3-5 2B, 2 RBI
- W. Cabrera 2-3 2B, RBI, BB
- D. Heath 6IP 6H 4R 1BB 6K
Eric Campbell is slowly climbing his way back to mediocrity. I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see him smashing the ball next month simply because he doesn't work much in the off season, so he takes 2 months to get into playing shape. He still isn't hitting for much power, but he's a really nice guy so I am rooting for him real hard.
Myrtle Beach 6, Wilmington 8
- F. Freeman 1-3 2BB, K
- D. Linares 4-5 3B, 2 RBI
- C. Johnson 3-4 2B, HR(17), 2RBI, BB, K
- J. Locke 0.2IP 4H 7R 2BB 1K
Jeff Locke? More like John Locke, cause he looked lost out there tonight! (Anyone get that?) Anyways, Locke's rough month got a little worse tonight as he couldn't make it out of the 1st inning. I pray nothing is wrong with him. On the flip side, Donell Linares has posted a .779 OPS this month and has only 9 strike outs in 173 ABs. Someone get him on the phone with Jordan Schafer now! Freddie Freeman has hit no homers on the month but hit .341 with a .438 OBP. Quite impressive for the kid. Cody Johnson was actually better this month than last adding .024 to his OPS and continuing his baseball jihad. I don't know what is up with Jason Heyward other than maybe he just takes a series off every now and then.
Rome 11, Bowling Green 2
- J. Sucre 3-5 2B, 2K
- C. Culver 3-4 2B, RBI
- S. Sime 3-5 2B, HR(2), 4RBI, SB(4)
- B. DeVall 6IP 4H 1R 3BB 3K
Keep an eye on Calvin Culver. He is off to a hot start in Rome and is a toolsy OF that we picked up late in the 2008 draft. If I remember correctly he came from a third tier college in California and no one was sure how good he really was. He is only 20 at this point and hasn't put his tools to good use yet, but they are there. Braeden Schlehuber also hit a homer in this game, his first of the season. Schlehuber's bat is supposed to be pretty good but so far he hasn't impressed. Luckily Rome has another catcher hitting .340.