08.08.2008 AAA

Sacramento Rivercats - Triple A
South, Pacific Coast League
68-51, 1st place
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Line Up:
                AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Murphy        2B 6 3 3  1  0  1   1  0  1 .236
Denorfia      CF 6 2 4  1  0  0   1  0  1 .264
Murton        LF 6 2 2  1  0  0   1  0  0 .288
Conrad        DH 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .240
Powell         C 3 0 0  0  0  0   1  1  1 .227
Bankston      1B 5 0 3  0  0  0   2  0  2 .273
Cunningham    RF 3 1 2  1  0  1   1  2  0 .667
Pennington    SS 2 1 2  0  1  0   0  3  0 .284
Petit         3B 5 0 0  0  0  0   1  0  2 .279
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Recap:
Eveland started and got the win, but his outing was a mixed bag.  He had a scoreless
first, only giving up a soft single.  But in the second things don't go so well.
Angel Chavez walks.  On a sequence that I'm finding hard to understand the Paul (the
batter) reaches first on a throwing error by Murphy - playing 2nd, Chavez scores.
Paul then reaches 3rd on a missed catch by leftfielder Murphy.  Maybe he was covering
third?  The next batter hits a run scoring single to right fielder Cunningham (yeah

Cunningham!)  The next batter strikesout.  Eveland gets two more groundouts to end
the inning.  In the 3rd Eveland gives up back to back homers.  He doesn't give up
another run and is relieved by Kilby in the 7th.  So mixed bag.  Shafer pitches the
8th allowing one unearned run and Marshall tossed a scoreless 9th.
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Apparently the promotion did nothing to mess with Cunningham's confidence as he
continued right where he left off at Midland with a homer and double. Murphy also
hit a solo homer in the 8th.

08.08.2008 AA

Midland Rockhounds - Double A
MID Western, Texas League
27-20, 2nd place, 2 games back
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Line Up:
                AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Donovan, T    CF 4 0 1  0  0  0   0  1  3 .257
Sellers       2B 4 0 1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .251
Herrera, J    DH 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .276
Everidge      1B 4 1 1  0  0  1   1  0  1 .278
Doolittle     RF 4 0 1  1  0  0   0  0  2 .239
Zeringue      LF 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .260
Recker         C 4 0 1  0  0  0   0  0  3 .276
Leslie, M     3B 4 0 2  0  0  0   0  0  2 .251
Cardenas      SS 4 0 2  0  0  0   0  0  0 .250
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Recap:
Windsor started the game and got lit. Up.  Ouch.  He got through the first unscathed
but ran into trouble in the second.  Windsor walks the lead-off batter (that is never
good).  Next up, homer run.  Next, single to left.  In the next AB, Windsor throws
one WP, runner advances to second.  Then he throws another WP, runner advances to
third.  Not surprisingly he ends up walking the batter.  Next batter pops out to
Sellers.  Next batter gets a bunt hit, runner scores, runner advances to second. 
Next batter singles on a soft groundball to first, runners advance to second and
third.  Next batter out Sacfly to right, runner on third scores, runner on second
advances.  Andrew Bailey relieves Windsor and gets the final out of the inning. 
The Hounds go on to lose 9-1.
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Everidge scored the only run, on a solo homerun in the 4th.

08.08.2008 A+

Stockton Ports - Class A Advanced
CAL South, California League
21-25, 3rd place, 5.5 games back
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Line Up:
                AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Mitchell      LF 5 0 2  0  0  0   0  0  1 .239
Horton        SS 5 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .280
Martinez, F   2B 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .281
Carter        DH 3 1 2  0  0  1   1  0  1 .267
Spencer       RF 3 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .377
Donaldson      C 3 0 0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .396
Brown, C      CF 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .231
Padron, R     1B 3 0 1  0  0  0   0  1  0 .258
Valdez, A     3B 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .292
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Recap:
Banwart had a very strong game going 7 innings and only allowing 1 earned run while
striking out 8 and only walking 1. He was relieved by Italiano who tossed a scoreless
8th.  Time will tell if this is just a temporary move until he can regain some
confidence.  Heuser pitched a scoreless 9th but wasn't so lucky in the 10th.  With
the game tied 1-1, the inning started well with a ground out to first.  One out, two
to go.  The next hitter walked.  Followed by another walk and then a HPB.  Bases
loaded on 2 walks and hbp.  Apparently feeling the pressure Hueser walked the next
batter, score 2-1, bases still loaded one out.  Demel replaced Heuser and gives up a
single to the first batter he faces.  Score 3-1, still only one out.  The next batter
grounds out 4-3, the runner on third scores.  The inning ends with a strikeout
swinging.  The Ports get two on in the 10th but the game ends on a gidp by Horton.
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Carter scored the only run for the Ports, a solo shot in the 4th, running
his HR total to 32 and RBI to 92, good for first and second in the league.  

08.08.2008 A

Kane County Cougars - Class A
MID Western, Midwest League
18-23, 7th place, 8 games back
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Line Up:
                AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Klein         RF 5 0 1  0  0  0   0  0  2 .247
Frash         3B 5 0 3  1  0  0   1  0  1 .284
Cobb          2B 4 0 1  0  0  0   1  1  1 .288
Johnson       DH 4 0 1  0  0  0   0  1  1 .278
Smith, J       C 3 0 1  1  0  0   0  0  1 .289
Dowling       1B 5 0 1  0  0  0   0  0  2 .261
Ray           SS 2 0 1  1  0  0   0  1  1 .235
Richard       PH 1 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .322
Hollingsworth LF 3 1 1  0  0  0   0  2  1 .254
Keough        CF 4 1 1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .259
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Recap:
Richmond pitched very well until the 8th where the wheels literally fell off for the
Cougs.  The inning started with an error.  He promptly stole second, staying out of
the doubleplay on the grounder to pitcher the next hitter hit.  1 IBB and PHB later,
Richmond was pulled.  Hertzler relieved Richmond and based on this outing isn't going
to be get many votes for Fireman of the Year... he gave up a two run single to the
first batter he faced.  Then threw the ball away on a pick off attempt.  Now with a
runner on third he balks him home.  A bit too little, too late, he strikes out the
next two batters, finally getting out of the innings.  But the damage was done as
the Cougs lost to Beloit 6-2
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The offense wasn't very productive, getting 11 hits but only scoring 2 runs.
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The Cougars committed 2 errors, unfortunately as stated above they were both in the
same inning.

08.08.2008 A Short

Vancouver Canadians
NOR West, Northwest League
20-31, 4th place, 8 games back
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Line Up:
Tirado     3B
Luis       DH
Thomas, Da PH-DH
Christian  SS
Barfield   RF
Napoleon   1B
Lissman    LF
Gil        2B
Rivera      C
West       CF
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Recap:
Get out the Olympic size fireworks the Canadians won!!  Yeah! Moria had what I
suppose could be considered a quality start, throwing 4 IP and allowing 6 hits 3
runs - 2 earned, while K'ing 5 and walking none.  He was relieved by Hornbeck,
Tejeda, Garcia and Guzman.  Garcia got the W throwing 1 innings of scoreless ball
and Guzman collected his 10th save of the season tossing a scoreless 9th as
Vancouver beat Spokane 4-3.
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The shuffling of the lineup continued as Thomas was benched until he came in to PH. 
Barfield whent 1/5 with a double.  Christian went 1/4.  West hit his second homer in
as many games..
Vancouver only committed 3 errors.

08.07.2008 AAA

Sacramento Rivercats - Triple A
South, Pacific Coast League
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No games scheduled.

08.07.2008 AA

Midland Rockhounds - Double A
MID Western, Texas League
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Line Up:
                AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Donovan, T    CF 5 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .257
Herrera, J    DH 5 2 2  1  0  0   0  0  1 .283
Cunningham    LF 3 0 0  0  0  0   0  1  1 .317
Everidge      3B 4 1 2  0  0  0   1  0  2 .278
Leslie, M     3B 0 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .248
Doolittle     1B 3 1 1  0  0  0   1  1  0 .239
Zeringue      RF 3 0 1  0  0  0   1  1  1 .263
Recker         C 4 1 1  0  0  1   1  0  2 .277
Sellers       2B 3 0 1  0  0  0   0  1  1 .251
Cardenas      SS 4 0 1  0  0  0   1  0  0 .125
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Recap:
Outman started the game and got the win.  He continues to impress throwing 5
scoreless innings with 2 k's.  He was relieved by Sharpe and Lansford pitched a
scoreless 8th & 9th.  Looks like the move to the bullpen is not temporary.
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Cardenas got his first hit since the promotion (and it "only" took him until his
second game).  Herrera continues to hit, which really would be a great boost to the
farm.  Not sure if he's unable to play the OF or they just rather have him DH while
the kids play the field.  Recker hit his 8th homerun, a solo shot in the 6th.

08.07.2008 A+

Stockton Ports - Class A Advanced
CAL South, California League
19-22, 3rd place, 5 games back
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Line Up:
                AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Gilbert       LF 3 1 1  1  0  0   0  1 0 .273
Horton        SS 3 2 0  0  0  0   1  1 0 .284
Martinez, F   2B 3 1 1  1  0  0   1  0 0 .284
Carter        DH 4 1 2  0  0  1   4  0 0 .264
Spencer       1B 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0 2 .392
Donaldson      C 4 1 1  0  0  1   1  0 1 .409
Brown, C      CF 4 1 1  0  0  1   1  0 1 .240
Mitchell      RF 3 1 0  0  0  0   0  1 2 .237
Valdez, A     3B 3 1 1  0  0  0   0  0 1 .350
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Recap:
In his first start of the season, Gordon had a pretty uneven outing.  He did fine the
first two throwing two 1-2-3 innings.  Not sure if he started to tire but things got
a little rocky after that.  2 runs scored on a single, sb, double, single (in that
order).  Another runner stole a second base, but did not score.  The fourth inning
was one of "those" innings... it started off with the lead-off batter getting aboard
via a walk.  The next batter KS, good sign, perhaps Gordon will get out of it.  Er no.
The next batter reaches on an error (missed catch by Spencer) advancing the runner to
third.  Donaldson drops a ball in foul terriroty extending the AB of Haley who is
willing to give himself up with a sacbunt, but he reached on the third error of the
inning another missed catch by Spencer.  Two runners score and Haley, who remember was
trying to give himself up, ends up on third and should have been out anyway.  Spencer
also had a throwing error in that same sequence for good measure.  Jackson, the next
hitter hits a FC, Haley scores, BUT Donaldson taking his cue from Spencer has a catching
error, so Jackson ends up on second.  He steals third and scores on.... (wait for it)
a WP.  The batter ends up striking out and the next hitter grounds out 4-3. Spencer
does not miss the ball...  I don't even want to figure out the blunders in that inning.
And to think it all started with a walk.  Order is restored as Dewing relieves Gordon
throwing 2 scoreless.  Benacka comes in 7 and is charged with his first blown save,
but ends up getting the win as he goes 2 allowing 1 earned run on a solo homer, while
striking out 5.  Currin pitched a scoreless 9th getting this 6th save of the
season as the Ports rally for a 9-7 victory.
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Carter, DH'ing hit his 31th homer; we'll have to see if it is a permanent move with
Valez (who had been playing second) moved to third and Martinez, demoted from Midland,
played second.  Donaldson trying to make amends hit his 5th, Brown hit his 8th.

08.07.2008 A

Kane County Cougars - Class A
MID Western, Midwest League
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Line Up:        AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Richard       SS 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0 1 .323
Frash         3B 3 1 1  0  0  0   0  1 0 .276
Cobb          CF 4 1 1  0  0  1   2  0 0 .289
Johnson       RF 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0 1 .279
Smith, J      1B 4 0 1  0  0  0   0  0 1 .288
Dowling       DH 4 0 2  1  0  0   0  0 1 .262
Paramore       C 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0 2 .176
Ray           2B 3 0 1  0  0  0   0  0 0 .233
Hollingsworth LF 3 1 0  0  0  0   0  0 2 .250
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Recap:
Deal started again and had a quality start.  Throwing 7 innings, he allowed 2 earned
runs on 4 hits, striking out 5 and walking nobody.  Friend came in the 8th and got
the L and his 5th blown save, allowing 3 runs with 2 walks and 1 K in 1 IP.  Kerfoot
righting himself, tossed a scoreless ninth.
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Cobb hit his 11th homer of the season.

08.07.2008 A Short

Vancouver Canadians - Class A Short
NOR West, Northwest League
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Line Up:
Thomas, Da LF
Gil        2B
Christian  SS
Barfield   RF
Napoleon   1B
Lissman    DH
Rutherford 3B
Rivera      C
West       CF
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Recap:
Haviland started the game and got the loss, going 3.2 IP and giving up 2 hits and 1
run whilst K'ing 3, but walking 4.  He was relieved by Tacker, Tejeda, Smalley and
Gomez.  Smalley was the only one to have a scoreless outing and I'm sure Tacker would
rather forget his 1.1 IP of 3 run, 2 K, 1BB effort.
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Wow I guess it isn't a glitch as West hit a homer his first of the season.  Barfield
was moved up in the lineup I'm sure in the hopes of generating some offense.  He went
1/4 with a K.  Christian 1/3.
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Vancouver only committed ZERO errors.  Sweet.  Small steps, small steps.

08.06.2008 AAA

Sacramento Rivercats - Triple A
South, Pacific Coast League
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Line Up:
                  AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Patterson       2B 4 0 1  0  0  0   1  0  1 .321
Denorfia        CF 4 2 0  0  0  0   1  1  2 .240
Rogowski, C     1B 4 1 3  1  0  0   1  1  0 .282
Conrad          3B 4 1 1  0  0  1   2  1  0 .243
Putnam          LF 2 1 0  0  0  0   1  2  1 .262
Bankston        DH 4 0 1  0  0  0   0  1  1 .268
Gaetti, J       RF 4 1 1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .263
Pennington      SS 4 1 1  0  0  0   1  1  1 .278
Knoedler         C 4 0 2  0  0  0   0  0  0 .188
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Recap:
Foulke started the game and if he throws another pitch in Oakland I'd be pissed but
not really surprised.  He gave up 3 in the first on back to back homers (a two run
and solo variety).  He "rebounded" in the second, tossing a 1-2-3 inning.  Knox
relieved Foulke and struggled also, allowing 3 earned runs on 6 hits, with 2
strikeouts and a walkd in 5 innings.  Gray thew two scoreless innings and got the
win as the Cats won 7-6, with the winning run scoring in the 9th.
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Conrad got the scoring going in the first hitting a 3 run homer in the first, his
23rd of the season.  It's a shame he can't transfer that talent to the next level.

08.06.2008 AA

Midland Rockhounds - Double A
MID Western, Texas League
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Line Up:
                  AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Donovan, T      CF 4 1 1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .263
Herrera, J      DH 4 1 1  0  0  1   1  0  1 .279
Cunningham      LF 4 1 1  0  1  0   0  0  1 .320
Everidge        3B 3 0 2  0  0  0   2  0  1 .276
Doolittle       1B 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .236
Zeringue        RF 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .262
Recker           C 4 1 1  1  0  0   0  0  0 .277
Affronti        2B 3 0 1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .274
Cardenas        SS 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000
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Recap:
Webb started the game and got rocked and the L as the Hounds lost 9-4  to NW  Arkansas. 
He didn't pitch particularly well but was also betrayed by the defense behind him. 
Only able to go 4.2 IP he gave up 7 hits, 6 runs, 3 earned striking out 3 and walking 2. 
Disaster pretty much hit in the 5th.  The lead off batter reaches on a single to
third.  Next batter pops out to Cardenas (yes that Cardenas, he was promoted to AA).  Next batter single to right. 
Next batter singles to center scoring one and advancing the runner to third.  Next
batter reaches on a fielding error by Doolittle, runner scores, runner advances to
third.  Next batter out FC 4-6, runner on third scores, but reaches first on a
throwing error by Cardenas.  Bailey replaces Webb and gets a ground out to end the
innings. 
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Herrera hit his 4th homerun.  A solo shot in the 1st.
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Hounds committed 3 errors all on the infield: Affronti, Doolittle and Cardenas.

08.06.2008 A+

Stockton Ports - Class A Advanced
CAL South, California League
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Line Up:
                AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Gilbert       LF 4 1 1  0  0  0   0  1  2 .272
Horton        SS 5 0 2  0  0  0   0  0  1 .286
Martinez, F   2B 5 0 1  0  0  0   1  0  0 .284
Carter        1B 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  1  3 .262
Spencer       RF 4 1 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .414
Donaldson      C 2 0 2  0  0  0   1  1  0 .416
Brown, C      CF 3 0 3  0  0  0   0  1  0 .240
Massaro       DH 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .333
Valdez, A     3B 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .353
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Recap:
Godfrey pitched fairly well outside of a hiccup in the 6th.  In this case the hiccup
= 3 runs.  Down 1-zip the inning started, as these things often do, with the lead off
runner getting abroad, this time via a HBP.  The next batter sacrifices him to second. 
This is followed by a run scoring double.  And this is followed by a homer.  Lead
gone, a lead the Nuts would not relinquish as the Ports fell 6-2.  Henry Rodgriguez
relieved Godfrey, and now pitching out of the bullpen, struggles continued.  He gave
up 3 runs, 2 earned in 2 IP with no walks and 4 strikeouts.  He's still such an
intriguing prospect... you just hope at some point it all starts to click for him.
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Donaldson and Spencer continue to hit the cover off the ball both still clocking in
BA's of over .400.  Valdez continues to hit well since his promotion from Arizona
on 8/1.

08.06.2008 A

Kane County Cougars - Class A
MID Western, Midwest League
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Line Up:
Richard       SS
Frash         3B
Cobb          CF
Johnson       RF
Smith, J      DH
Dowling       1B
Paramore       C
Keough        LF
Ray           2B
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Recap:
The Cougs got out their hitting sticks pounding the Beloit to the tune of 8 runs on
6 hits.  Okay maybe that's not quite "pounding" but a win is a win is a win...
Hernandez, raising his record to a perfect 3-1 went 5, giving up one run and striking
out 3, but walking 3 too.  Once he gets his control, well under control, I'd think
he's be the next in line for a promotion (which perhaps won't come until next year) 
He was relieved by Lysander who got his third hold and Walters.
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Frash moved up in the batting order to the 2-hole, responded by going 2/4 with a
double, rbi and run scored.  Cobb went 3/1 with a run scored and 1 rbi, Dowling at
1 hit in 2AB with a rbi.

08.06.2008 A Short

Vancouver Canadians - Class A Short Season
NOR West, Northwest League
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Line Up:
Thomas, Da LF
Gil        2B
Christian  SS
Lissman    DH
Napoleon   1B
Barfield   RF
Rutherford 3B
Rivera      C
West       CF.
Recap:


Barham started the game and got the loss.  Allowing 5 runs, 4 earned in 3IP with
2 K's and 2 BB's and one homerun allowed.  He was relieved by Garcia and Hornbeck. 
No Vancouver pitcher left the game unscathed as the Canadians dropped another one
8-3 to Spokane.
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Another homerless game, I beginning to wonder if maybe the box for the Canadians
doesn't have some type of glitch, because there's always zeros in that column. 
Anyway, Barfield had one hit in 4 AB's and Christian had a double and run in 3 AB's.
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Vancouver only committed 2 errors, so at least that's an improvement.

08.05.2008 AAA

Sacramento Rivercats - Triple A
South, Pacific Coast League
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Line Up:
                AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Patterson     2B 3 0 0  0  0  0   0  1  1 .322
Denorfia      CF 4 1 1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .250
Rogowski, C   1B 3 0 2  0  0  0   0  1  1 .277
Murton        LF 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .286
Conrad        DH 3 0 0  0  0  0   1  0  2 .243
Powell         C 3 0 1  0  0  0   0  1  0 .229
Murphy        3B 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .212
Pennington    SS 3 0 1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .279
Robnett       RF 3 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .236
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Recap:


Mazzaro made his debut and pitched better than his line would indicate. 
Perhaps showing his nerves he led the game off with hitting the first
batter he faced.  He gave up a single then walked the next batter.  Then
struck out the next 3 batters.  Had a 1-2-3 second inning.  In the third
the lead off batter reached base on a Mazzaro throwing error.  During the
next ab he steals seconds and the batter walks.  Next batter hits an RBI
single.  Mazzaro bounces back nicely by getting a FO, KS and another fly
out to end the innings.  He had a 1-2-3 4th.  And only allowed a single in
the 6th.  The 6th is where he came undone.  The leadoff batter doubles to
start the inning.  Next batter hits an rbi single.  Next batter sacrifices
the runner to second.  Next batter reaches on a walk.  Next batter singles,
scoring one runner as the next advances to third.  Next batter has a sacfly
to right, runner advances to third.  Kilby replaces Mazzaro who gets the final
out.  Overall you have to be pleased with Mazzaro's outing, especially
considering how young he is.  He ended up throwing 101 pitching, 67 strikes. 
I'm sure now that his debut is out of the way, he'll pick up right were he
left off in AA.  Marshall relieved Kilby and threw a one scoreless inning
with 1 K and 2 BB.  Prinz allowed one earned run, no allowing a hit, but
walking 3 as Memphsis beat the Rivercats 7-1.
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The Cats didn't score until the 9th on a sacfly by Conrad.

08.05.2008 AA

Midland Rockhounds - Double A
MID Western, Texas League
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No game scheduled.

08.05.2008 A+

Stockton Ports - Class A Advanced
CAL South, California League
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Line Up:
                AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Gilbert       DH 4 0 1  1  0  0   1  0  0 .273
Mitchell      LF 4 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .239
Horton        SS 4 0 1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .285
Carter        3B 4 1 2  0  0  1   1  0  1 .265
Spencer       1B 4 1 1  0  0  1   1  0  0 .439
Donaldson      C 4 0 3  1  1  0   0  0  0 .402
Martinez, F 1 PR 0 0 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .285
Brown, C      CF 4 0 1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .215
Massaro       RF 4 1 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .343
Valdez, A     2B 4 0 2  0  0  0   0  0  0 .462
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Recap:
Moore who has pitched in Midland, Kane County and now Stockton started the game.
He gave up 3 runs all in the second, where he certainly didn't help his cause.
The inning started with a single to left.  The next batter is called out on strikes.
Next batter singles to left.  Moore then throws a WP and both runners move up 90
feet.  After the WP the batter singles and runner on 3rd scores, runner on second
advances to 3rd.  Moore throws another WP, runner on 3rd scores, runner on second
advances.  A double scores the running on 3rd and that's how the Nuts scored their
first 3 runs.  They wouldn't score until the 9th where the Nuts once again helped
by the Ports.  Heuser walks the lead off hitter, the runner advances on a failed PO
attempt, and by that time was there any doubt he'd end up scoring the winning run?
Nope, I guess that's just baseball as the Ports fell 4-3 to Modesto.
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Carter hit his 30th homerun... man if he can ever get his glove work straigtened out
he could be the answer to the A's 3rd base woes.  But until that happens, he'll be in
line for the DH spot.  Spencer hit his 6th since coming over in the Blanton trade.
Donaldson hit a triple!  Cardenas was promoted to Midland.

08.05.2008 A

Kane County Cougars
MID Western, Midwest League
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Line Up:
Hollingsworth LF
Richard       SS
Cobb          2B-CF
Johnson       CF
Smith, Jake   DH
Dowling       1B
Paramore       C
Frash         3B
Ray           2B
Keough        PH-RF
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Recap:
Capra was the hard-luck loser as the Cougs lost 5-1 to Beloit.  He went 6
innings and allowed 2 runs, while K'ing 4 and walking 2.  He was relieved by
Hodsdon and Kerfoot.  Looks like Hodsdon maybe have been demoted to the bullpen.
He threw 2 scoreless innings.  Kerfoot had his first real struggle, facing
8 batters and surrendering 3 runs, 2 earned and 4 hits and a homer in 1 IP.
.
Richard continues to hit well, but his fielding is what I'd imagine is holding
him back from a promotion to Stockton.  Hollingsworth scored the only run.  Cobb
and Dowling each had one hit.
.
Cobb committed his 14th error of the season.

08.05.2008 A Short

Vancouver Canadians
NOR West, Northwest League
.
Line Up:
Thomas, Da LF
Tirado     3B
Christian  SS
Lissman    DH
Napoleon   1B
Barfield   RF
Love        C
Luis       2B
West       CF
.
Recap:
Hart continues to pitch well in limited doses.  Throwing 4
scorelss innings, he allowed 2 hits, no runs while striking
out 3 and walking one.  He was relieved by Gomez, Fitts,
Thomas and Guzman.  Thomas had the blown save and got the loss
allowing 2 earned runs on 3 hits in 1 IP.  Guzman had an
outing I'm sure he'd rather forget, givning up 5 runs, 3
earned on 4 hits in 1 IP as they lost 9-3 to Everett.
.
Another game, another homerless drought.  Barfield went 2/4
with a double.  Christian went 4/1 continues to be the only
other player beside Luis with a BA over .300.
.
Vancouver committed 4 errors.

08.04.2008 AAA

Sacramento Rivercats - Triple A
South, Pacific Coast League
.
Line Up:
                 AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Patterson     CF  5 1 2  0  0  1   1  0  0 .325
Pennington    SS  5 2 3  0  0  0   0  0  0 .278
Murton        LF  5 3 3  0  1  1   2  0  0 .291
Conrad        2B  5 2 3  0  1  1   3  0  1 .245
Murphy        3B  5 1 1  0  1  0   0  0  3 .226
Putnam        RF  3 1 1  0  0  0   0  2  1 .264
Bankston      1B  4 0 2  1  0  0   1  0  0 .268
Robnett       DH  3 0 0  0  0  0   0  1  3 .239
Knoedler       C  4 1 1  0  0  1   3  0  2 .180
.
Recap:
Gissell, I guess making a spot start had a quality one.  He sprayed 6
hits, but only 2 runs, with 3 strikes and no balls over 5 IP.  Shafter
threw 1.2 scoreless innings.  Wing allowed 2 hits and one earned with 2
K's and 2 BB over 1 inning.  Gray pitched 1.1 scoreless innings as
the Rivercats crushed Memphsis 11-3.
.
The Rivercats swung some lumber as Patterson, Knoedler, Conrad and Murton all
homered.  Murphy, Murton and Conrad also all hits triples and Bankston hit a
double.  Over all the Cats had 16 hits and worked 3 walks.
.
An update on the Buck situation.  The beat writer for the SacBee said he was
DL'd due to issues related to his concession.  Slusser had since written that
he has been DL'd due to an inner ear problem.  No word if the two problems are
related or if the A's are just pumping out different information to different
beat writers.

08.04.2008 AA

Midland Rockhounds - Double A
MID Western, Texas League
.
Line Up:
                AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  AVG
Herrera, J    DH 4 1 1  1  0  0   0 0   1 .280
Sellers       2B 2 1 0  0  0  0   0 2   0 .251
Cunningham CF-LF 3 1 1  0  0  0   0 1   1 .321
Everidge      1B 3 0 0  0  0  0   1 0   2 .273
Donovan, T    CF 0 0 0  0  0  0   0 0   0 .263
Doolittle  RF-1B 4 0 1  0  0  0   1 0   0 .245
Zeringue   LF-RF 4 0 1  0  0  0   1 0   1 .265
Morris         C 3 1 0  0  0  0   0 1   0 .232
Leslie, M     3B 3 0 1  1  0  0   1 0   0 .248
Martinez, F   SS 3 0 0  0  0  0   0 0   0 .260
.
Recap:
Fernandez started the game and went 5.2 scattering 3 runs, 2 earned over
3 inngins on 5 hits.  He struck and walked 4 each.  He was relieved by
Michalak who had a perfect .1 IP.  Sharpe pickd up his first win, tossing
2 scoreless innings.  Carignan pitched the 9th and earned his 19th save.
.
The Hounds rallied for 3 in the 8th as with one out Herrera doubles.  Sellers
follows with a walk.  Cunningham singles to right loading the bases.  Everidge
hits a sacfly scoring Herrera.  Doolittle singles on a soft line drive to left
scoring Sellers.  Zeringue (Midland's player of the week) singles to center,
Cunningham scores.  Morris grounds out to end the innings.
.
Martinez had a throwing error.

08.04.2008 A

Kane County Cougars
MID Western, Midwest League
.
No games scheduled.

08.04.2008 A Short

Vancouver Canadians
NOR West, Northwest League
.
Line Up:
Thomas, Da LF
Tirado     3B
Napoleon   1B
Lissman    DH
Christian  SS
Barfield   RF
Love        C
Luis       2B
LeVier     PR
West       CF
.
Recap:
The Canadians scored a few more runs (4) but still in a losing effort. 
Either by design or result the starting pitcher had a short outing. 
Figueroa went 4.1, surrendering 4 runs, 3 earned, while striking out
5 and walking 2.  He was relieved by Gomez, Tejeda. Smalley and Tacker.
Only Tejeda and Tacker had scoreless sets.
.
Barfield went 2/4 with a double, a run and rbi.
.
Vancouver committed 4 errors.  Ouch.

News & Notes

Cahill picked up the win for USA baseball in a warm up game before the Olympics. He worked four scoreless innings as USA beat Canada 7-2.

Robert Swindle, the Phillies reliever has been promoted to AAA where's he's struggled just a little. Giving up 7 runs in 29 innings his era has "ballooned" to 2.17. He pretty much can get either righties or lefties out, and still making hitters work for their runs. K'ing 40 and only walking 6. Though he will give up hits, 27 in 23 games. He's sort of a fun guy to watch, at least he is for me.

08.03.2008 AAA

Sacramento Rivercats - Triple A
CAL North, Pacific Coast League
26-18, 2nd place, 1 games back
.
Line Up:
Patterson     2B
Denorfia      CF
Rogowski, C   1B
Murton        LF
Powell         C
Knoedler      PR
Conrad        3B
Bankston      DH
Robnett       RF
Pennington    SS
.
Recap:
Saarloos had an excellent start, tossing 8 inning one run ball, while
striking out 9.  Marshall pitching the 9th and vultured the win as the
Cats rallied for 3 in the 9th.
.
Murton, Bankston and Robnett all had rbi's.  Outside of Patterson,
who is currently hitting .324 there's not much hitting in Sacramento.
.
Buck update:  According to the Rivercats beat writer, Buck has been placed
on the DL with symtoms associated with his earlier concussion.

08.03.2008 AA

Midland Rockhounds - Double A
CAL North, Texas League
26-18, 2nd place, 1 games back
.
Line Up:
Donovan, T    CF
Herrera, J    DH
Cunningham    LF
Everidge      3B
Leslie, M     3B
Doolittle     1B
Zeringue      RF
Recker         C
Sellers       2B
Martinez, F   SS
.
Recap:
The Hounds scored 3 in the first and that was all they needed to win
their 10th game in a row.  Simmons went 6.1, surrounding 2 runs, while
giving up 7 hits, striking out 3 and walking 2.  Simmons seems to give
up hits, but has the ability to get out of jams.  Lansford pitching the final
2.2 innings earning his second save of the season.  I guess Jared is the new
closer.
.
Martinez hit a the only homer of the game.  Herrera continues to show improvement.
If he can comeback and contribute, it would be a big boost to the A's farm system.
He went 2 for 3, scoring 2 with a walk and a strikeout.  Cunningham also went 2/3
scoring 2 with a double along with a walk and a strikeout.  Doolittle had a double
and 2 rbi's.
.
>>Tommy Everidge received the Texas League Player of the Week award for July 27th -
August 2nd.  Everidge helped lead the RockHounds to a perfect 7-0 record with 11
RBI's a pair of homeruns and a .469 batting average.  Tommy Everidge's feat is
even more remarkable, since he has been thrusted into playing third base for most
of the week due to a shortened roster.<< .

And for rumvee (if you're reading this) Brett Wallace was the Midwest League player
of the week posting a line of:
429 (12-28), 6 R, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 1 BB, 6 SO, 2 SB, .714 SLG

08.03.2008 A+

Stockton Ports - Class A Advanced
CAL North, California League
20-22, 3rd place, 4.5 games back
.
Line Up:
Gilbert       LF
Mitchell      DH
Cardenas      SS
Carter        1B
Spencer       RF
Donaldson     3B
Brown, C      CF
Padron, R      C
Valdez, A     2B
.
Recap:
Banwart could not get out of the 5th, only going 4.2 innings while
allwoing 4 runs, 3 earned with 4 K's and 3 walks.  He was relieved
by Benacka who got the win win the Ports rallied in the 7th to take
the lead, which they never relinquished.  Demel pitched the 9th and
got his 16th save.
.
Spencer continues his torrid hitting, his BA is still over .400  He
and Brown both went yard.  Donaldson walked and scored.  Cardenas got
a hit and scored a run.
.
Carter commited his 20th error of the season.

08.03.2008 A

Kane County Cougars - Class A
MID Western, Midwest League
19-23, 7th place, 6 games back
.
Line Up:
Hollingsworth LF
Richard       SS
Cobb          CF
Johnson       RF
Keough-PH     RF
Smith, J       C
Dowling       1B
Paramore      DH
Frash         3B
Ray           2B
.
Recap:
Richmond started for the Cougars and if not his best outing, one
of them.  He went 7.2 innings and allowed 1 run, which was unearned,
striking out 6 and walking 1. Walters got the final out of the 8th
and Espinal pitched a perfect 9th as Kane County beat West Michigan 7-1.
.
Richard continues to be the best hitter on the team but cannot field,
committing his 20th error of the season and leading to the only Whitecaps'
run.  Both Cobb and Dowling had sacrafice flies.
.
No homeruns were hit in the game.

08.03.2008 A Short

Vancouver Canadians - Class A Short Season
NOR West, Northwest League
19-27, 3rd place, 5 games back
.
Line Up:
Thomas     LF
Tirado     2B
Napoleon   1B
Lissman    DH
Christian  SS
Barfield   RF
Love        C
Gil        3B
West       CF
.
Recap:
The Canadians finally had an offensive breakout, scoring 6 runs
in route to beating Everett 6-5.  Moria who had been pitching
quite well, started the game and struggled.  Going 4 he gave up
6 hits, 5 runs (4 earned) and surrending 2 homeruns.  Silver-lining:
he didn't walk anybody and had 5 strikeouts.  Moria was relieved byHornbeck who went a perfect 4 while striking 6 and got the W.  Smalley
pitched the 9th and got his first save.
.
Barfield is heating up, gathering 6 hits and driving in 2, Thomas had
2 hits and 2 rbis also.
.
Nobody commited an error, but Love had a passed ball, leading to an
unearned run.

New Look and Content

Hello All or to the two peeps who actually visit this site. :-)

I was informed that the site was a little boring... so I decided that maybe it was time to try something different. I'm going to start posting the lineups and the players will be linked to their MilB page. I usually try to list all the pitchers and just the "future stars" in terms of offense.

And by "future stars" I mean anybody who (hopefully) doesn't turn into more "soft-swinging pansies".

And speaking of soft-swinging pansies I've added something I think is kind of cool. Over at BP they've generated a report on all the minors. Unfortunately because of formatting difficulties or limitations of the blogger platform I can't really make it any easier to read. In the chart below (Rivercats post) I have gathered information from BP Prospectus that lays out what our prospects are projected to do. The first 5 columns (position, age, hits, homeruns, rbis) are all actuals. Then in the next 4 groups of columns (Batting Average, On Base Average, Slugging Average, Equivalent Average) the first column in the group is the player's actual numbers/stat, the second is adjusted for the league and stadium they play in, and the final column is what they are projected to do at the major league level. That projection probably gets a bit looser as a prospect is farther away from actually getting to the majors, but if you're interested in what someone at Sacramento may do in Oakland, here you go.

I'll be posting this information for both our hitters and pitchers. Hitting wise in the PCL we don't really have much. Patterson and Linden (who isn't even in our system anymore) and both old(er) for AAA grade out to be our besting hitting prospects. That's not good. But not that big of a surprise, as anybody who has watched the A's offense this year can attest.

08.02.2008 A+

Stockton Ports - Class A Advanced
CAL South, California League
19-22, 3rd place, 5 games back
.
Line Up:
Gilbert       DH
Massaro       RF
Cardenas      SS
Carter        3B
Spencer       1B
Donaldson      C
Brown, C      CF
Mitchell      LF
Valdez, A     2B
.
Recap:
Well, not sure what Stockton is doing with their starting pitching for this game.
I suppose they are getting inventive with Cahill and Anderson promoted to Midland.
Currin started but only got through 1.2 IP.  He gave up 6 hits, 7 runs, struck
out 1 and walked 2.  He was relieved by Dewing who threw 2.1 scoreless innings.
Dewing was relieved by H-Rod who continues to struggle.  In 2.1 innings he gave
up 3 earned, stuck out only 1 and walked 3.  Heuser got the a BS and the W and
Demel got his 15th save, with a perfect 9th, as the Ports beat the Visalia 12-11.
.
Brown hit his 5th and 6th homer, with 4 rbis, Spencer hit his 2nd a two run shot
in the 5th.  Donaldson had 3 hits and 1 rbi.  Carter drove in 1 on 3 hits, including
2 doubles.  

08.02.2008 AAA

Sacramento Rivercats - Triple A
South, Pacific Coast League
63-50, 1st place
.

Line Up:
Patterson     2B
Denorfia      CF
Murton        LF
Powell         C
Murphy        3B
Gaetti, J     DH
Bankston      1B
Rogowski       C
Putnam        RF
Pennington    SS
.
Recap:
So still no Buck, but it looks as if Mazzaro has been added to the roster.
He's just a baby so it will be interesting to see how he fares against more
mature hitters.  Good luck Vince.
.
It took 13 innings but the Cats finally prevailed over Nashville.  Knox was
the hardluck pitcher, throwing 7 innings and only allowing 1 earned run.  He
struck out 2 and didn't walk anybody.  Foulke came in and gave up 2 earned in
one inning and got the blown save.  Wing and Prinz both threw 1.1 scoreless
innings each.  Vulturing a W, Kilby pitched a scoreless 13th.
.
4 runs in 13 innings, there's not going to be a ton of offense but Denorfia
had 2 rbis on a double and Rogowski drove in one.  It's looking as if Buck
has to be out with some type injury as Knoedler, a catcher(!), came in as a PR.
.
As discussed above here is the new content to the site (doesn't that sound formal?)
Unfortunately until I can figure out how to copy/paste or somehow copy a chart with
it's formatting I'll probably only be able to update these numbers one, maybe twice
a week.
.
Hope all of the two readers that visit this site enjoy:...

       Pos Age   H HR RBI         BA             OBA              SA             EQA
Penning SS  24  56  2  14  .273 .272 .257  .395 .327 .372  .366 .411 .343  .271 .255 .262
Petit   SS  23  65  0  25  .285 .263 .258  .336 .310 .303  .342 .306 .355  .231 .214 .228
Rogowsk 1B  27  95  3  57  .271 .252 .265  .351 .365 .360  .446 .338 .383  .273 .257 .264
Banksto 1B  24  77 15  53  .272 .255 .201  .312 .309 .307  .491 .353 .363  .263 .233 .237
Conrad  2B  28  88 21  67  .242 .253 .261  .320 .290 .345  .484 .442 .261  .265 .247 .250
Patters 2B  25  23  3  13  .343 .290 .323  .400 .353 .364  .612 .548 .581  .333 .298 .310
Murphay 2B  25  11  6  10  .224 .245 .245  .309 .315 .315  .653 .505 .505  .298 .275 .275
Baisley 3B  25  66  8  40  .289 .263 .200  .375 .340 .273  .491 .448 .560  .288 .269 .271
Guzman  3B  24  14  2   9  .237 .217 .194  .281 .262 .262  .373 .350 .374  .212 .204 .219
Murton  OF  26   2  0   0  .125 .125 .125  .125 .125 .125  .188 .188 .188  .000 .000 .000
Putnam  OF  25  67 14  48  .268 .244 .285  .361 .329 .351  .504 .453 .430  .286 .267 .269
Robnett OF  24  48  3  18  .246 .196 .234  .317 .267 .303  .369 .387 .345  .238 .224 .229
Gaetti  OF  26  49 14  33  .271 .200 .267  .350 .273 .344  .575 .560 .457  .298 .271 .272
Buck    OF  24  46  2  17  .289 .265 .277  .386 .357 .314  .403 .377 .495  .276 .261 .269
Denorfi OF  27  22  1   9  .268 .226 .250  .303 .273 .292  .341 .323 .383  .229 .205 .226
Powell   C  26  62 14  46  .232 .227 .275  .350 .301 .327  .431 .370 .392  .265 .239 .246
Knoedler C  27  28  6  22  .178 .229 .229  .233 .261 .261  .369 .289 .289  .203 .198 .195

08.02.2008 AA

Midland Rockhounds - Double A
MID Western, Texas League
24-18, 2nd place, 1 game1 back
.
Line Up (First Game):
Donovan, T    CF
Herrera, J    DH
Cunningham    LF
Everidge      3B
Leslie, M     3B
Zeringue      RF
Doolittle     1B
Recker         C
Affronti      SS
Sellers       2B
.
Recap:
Outman started the game.  He went 4 innings, allowing 4 hits, 1 earned run and
2 K's.  Bailey came in and pitched 2 innings and got the win in his first relief
appearance of the season, I believe.  He gave up two hits and one earned run as
the Rockhounds beat Corpus Christi 7-3 in 7.
.
Zeringue hit his 20th homer tying him for second in the league;  a 3 run shot
with 2 outs.  Everidge had an rbi as did Cunningham.
.
.
Line Up (Second Game):
Herrera, J    DH
Sellers       2B
Cunningham    CF
Everidge      1B
Doolittle     RF
Zeringue      LF
Morris         C
Leslie, M     3B
Martinez, F   SS
.
Recap:
Windsor (remember him?) started the game for the Cougs and did okay.  Not quite
a quality start he pitched 5 innings and gave up 7 hits, but only two earned run
while striking out 2.  He also had a balk and HBP.  Farley got his 5th hold and
Carignan continues to impress, notching his 18th save throwing a scoreless 7th,
as the Hounds beat the Hooks 7-4 in the second game, sweeping the double header.
.
Cunningham hit a 3 run dinger in the 5th.  Both Zeringue and Morris had a rbi each
to finish the scoring.
.
Doolittle committed his 4th error.  The Rockhounds turned 1 doubleplay. 

08.02.2008 A

Kane County Cougars
MID Western, Midwest League
18-23, 7th place, 6 games back
.
Line Up:
Klein         LF-RF
Hollingsworth LF
Richard       SS
Cobb          2B
Johnson       CF
Smith, Jake   DH
Dowling       1B
Paramore       C
Frash         3B
Keough        RF
.
Recap:
Sewel had a quality start going 6.1 innings.  He allowed 7 hits but but only one
earned run, while striking out 5 and walking 1.  Kerfoot got his second hold
pitching 1.2 innings.  Friend recorded his 9th save by pitching a perfect 9th, as
Kane County beat West Michigan 5-2.
.
Dowling hit his 11th homer a two run shot and good for second on the team.  Smith
had two hits and drove in 1.
.
Richard committed his 19th error, though the Courgars turned 3 double plays.

08.02.2008 A Short

Vancouver Canadians
NOR West, Northwest League
18-26, 3rd place, 5 games back
.
Line Up (First Game):
Thomas     LF
Tirado     2B
Napoleon   1B
Lissman    DH
Christian  SS
Barfield   RF
Love        C
Rutherford 3B
West       CF
.
Recap:
Barham started the game throwing 3 innings, giving up one earned run. 
According to the boxscore he got the loss, as the Canandians once again
struggled to score and dropped another game, losing 3-1 in 7 innings to
Salem-Keizer.  However I believe the box is incorrect as Fitts threw 2
innings and allowed 5 hits and 2 earned runs. Thomas threw 2 shut out
innings to finish up the game.
.
Barfield drove in the only run on a double in the 4th.
.
Tirado committed his 15th error.

08.01.2008 AAA

Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [1st, Pacific South Division 62-50]
.
Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Meyer        L  10 5  122.2   4.48  3.86  4.70  1.35 109  52   .264   .237
Gonzalez     L   7 7  115.0   4.54  5.16  4.32  1.44 119  58   .218   .251
.
Gio found his groove against Nashville going 8 innings, allowing only 2 hits,
striking out 9 and walking 3.  Marshall finished the game pitching a scoreless
9th as the Rivercats shutout the Sound 6-0.
.
Resembling the A's, the Cats scored all their runs in the 6th on 7 consecutive hits.
Patterson, Denorfia, Rogowski, Powell, Murton, Putnam and Murphy all contributed;
with Murton through Murphy all getting doubles.  Buck did not play.  I've emailed
both Susan Slusser and Ken Armbrust to see if they knew why Buck isn't playing.
.
File Under: Interesting Tidbits of former A's players:  John Wasdin (remember him?),
now pitching for the Memphis Red Birds in the PCL had a perfect game going into
the 8th on 07/21/2008.  He lost it by giving up a homerun to Chris Shelton
(remember him??).

08.01.2008 AA

Double A
Midland Rockhounds [2nd 1.0 back, Tex South Division 22-18]
.
Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Mazzaro      R  12 3  137.1   1.90  2.45  1.67  1.10 104  36   .244   .222
Webb         R   7 6  102.0   5.03  4.62  5.26  1.57  81  35   .264   .321
Simmons      R   6 6  100.1   2.76  4.19  1.69  1.25  91  20   .230   .292
Cahill       R   6 1   37.0   1.23  2.82  3.97  1.16  33  19   .245   .156
Anderon      L   2 1   25.0   1.80  1.13  2.12  1.04  29   8   .179   .213
.
Game postponed due to rain.

08.01.2008 A+

Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [3rd, 5 games back, Cal North Division 18-21]
.
Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Fernandez    R   9 5  109.2   3.36  4.53  2.47  1.41  77  51   .303   .213
Godfrey      R   5 4   93.2   5.48  4.30  6.52  1.48  83  31   .344   .232
Rodriguez    R   2 3   64.2   3.90  4.46  3.22  1.35  91  35   .265   .171
Banwart      R   1 2   28.1   3.49  2.19  4.50  1.55  27  20   .208   .233
Italiano     R   0 3   19.1  11.17 10.61 11.70  2.43  17  15   .341   .378
.
Yikes Italiano struggled again.  Only going 2.2 innings and facing 17 batters,
he allowed 6 hits, 3 earned runs, walked 4 and stuck out 4, allowed a homer and
raising his era to 11.05 as the Ports fell to Visalia 5-4.  Stockton made it
interesting scoring late in the 7th, 8th and 9th but they couldn't quite get
it done. Gordon pitched 3.1 and saved the bullpen giving up only one homer. 
Benacka finished it, going 2 innings with 2 K's and one run on 4 hits.
.
A's fan hide your eyes as the Ports decided to do their best A's impression...
striking out 15 times to only 6 hits.  Though they were pretty efficent with those
4 hits - scoring 4 runs and only leaving 4 on base.  Spencer "only" had a double with
2 K's, Cardenas was hitless with 3 K's, Carter had a solo solo homer with 3 K's,
Donaldson scored a run, had a single and K'd twice.  Brown had a double, with 2 K's.

08.01.2008 A

Class A
Kane County Cougars [7th - 6.0 back Mid Western Division 17-23]
.
Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Richmond     R   6 8  115.1   4.60  6.13  3.56  1.21  72  19   .310   .227
Deal         R   6 3   99.0   4.18  3.95  4.34  1.29  67  31   .255   .256
Hodsdon      R   5 8   95.0   3.41  2.16  4.39  1.45  67  21   .339   .269
Mitchinson   R   5 3   71.0   1.90  1.35  2.39  0.92  70  11   .218   .197
Hernandez    L   2 0   12.2   3.68  3.60  7.20  1.38  11   3   .250   .300

.
With the promotion of Italiano, Deal apparently is making a bid to be a starter.
He had a quality start, pitching 6 innings, allowing 5 hits, 4 runs, 3 earned,
walking 4 and striking out 1 with two homers.  But the Cougs prevailed 7-6 over
the Whitecaps. Hertzler got his 3rd hold eventhough he allowed 2 runs, and Espinal
though getting his first BS, got the win as the Cougs scored a run in the 9th. 
.
The Cougars continue to struggle in the field committing 3 errors. Keough had 2 and
Deal, not exactly helping his cause, also had one.
.
Richard had 2 hits and 2 runs, Dowling went hitless, Jake Smith had two RBI's and a hit.
Cobb had a single, double, two runs and 1 rbi.

08.01.2008 A Short

Class A Short Season
Vancouver Canadians [3rd - 4.0 back NOR West 18-25]
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Moria        R   1 3   45.1   4.57  6.75  3.52  1.50  43  19   .339   .250
Hernandez    L  2 0   39.2   2.31  0.00  7.20  0.98  38   7   .000   .364
Figueroa     R   0 3   36.0   4.25  3.00  4.67  1.56  38  23   .219   .252
Garcia       R   1 3   29.2   4.25  3.55  4.76  1.72  21  18   .171   .319
Tacker       R   0 5   23.1   9.31  6.00 11.65  2.31  28  19   .295   .351
Hart         R   0 0   14.0   1.93  1.59  2.16  0.79  18   4   .158   .143
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Game postponed.

07.31.2008 AAA

Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [1st, Pacific South Division 62-50]
Last game 07/31/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Meyer        L  10 5  122.2   4.48  3.86  4.70  1.35 109  52   .264   .237
Gonzalez     L   7 7  115.0   4.54  5.16  4.32  1.41 119  58   .218   .251
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Devine started the game and this rehab start went much better than his previous
one(s).  Throwing one innings on 12 pitches (9 strike), he allowed no hits or walks
while K'ing 1.  Gissell took over in the second and I guess had a quality start (??)
going 6 allowing 5 hits but 3 earned runs, striking out 3 and walking 3, as the
Rivercats fell to Nashville 4-2.  Wing came in and pitched for .1, allowing an
earned run, raising he era to a whooping 1.45 (unless the stats page hasn't been
updated yet, in which case his era may be 1.65).
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Patterson, proving he's a fabulous AAAA player got a hit and rbi, Pennington and Petit
were both hitless, Barton had a solo homer in 4AB's, hopefully that is a portent of
good things to come.  Buck did not play (again).

07.31.2008 AA

Double A
Midland Rockhounds [2nd 1.0 back, Tex South Division 21-18]
Last game 07/31/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Mazzaro      R  11 3  132.1   1.97  2.61  1.72  1.10  99  33   .245   .225
Simmons      R   6 6  100.1   2.76  4.19  1.69  1.25  91  20   .230   .292
Webb         R   6 6   97.0   5.01  4.93  5.05  1.56  75  33   .248   .325
Cahill       R   6 1   37.0   1.23  2.82  3.97  1.16  33  19   .245   .156
Anderon      L   2 1   25.0   1.80  1.13  2.12  1.04  29   8   .179   .213
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The Rockhounds gained another game on league leading Frisco as they beat the
Riders 9-6.  Webb started the game buw was only able to go 5, while allowing 5 runs
(3 earned) with 6 strikeouts and 2 walks.  Fernandez pitched 2 innings
and got his first hold, allowing 1 earned run on 1 hit, 3 walks and 3 k's,
Carney's son got his first save of the season going two with 4 k's, 1
walk and no hits.  ....
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Doolittle continues to get more comfortable at AA, with 2 hits including a
2 run homer, Cunningham had 3 hits, Herrera DH'ing had 2 hits and a run.  Still
only 23, though probably a bit old for AA, it will be interesting to see if he
can finally put it all together.  Once considered a top prospects in the system,
injuries have derailed a once promising career.  But in the last two games he's
shown flashes of why the A's once thought so highly of him.

07.31.2008 A+

Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [3rd, 5 games back, Cal North Division 18-21]
Last game 07/31/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Fernandez    R   9 5  109.2   3.36  4.53  2.47  1.41  77  51   .303   .213
Godfrey      R   5 4   93.2   5.48  4.30  6.52  1.48  83  31   .344   .232
Rodriguez    R   2 3   64.2   3.90  4.46  3.22  1.35  91  35   .265   .171
Banwart      R   1 2   28.1   3.49  2.19  4.50  1.55  27  20   .208   .233
Italiano     R   0 3   19.1  11.17 10.61 11.70  2.43  17  15   .341   .378
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Godfrey had a quality start, though allowing 10 hits, only two scored.  He struck
out 4 and walked 2.  Demel came in the 8th with the basesloaded and didn't
allow a run.  Unfortunately he didn't fare so well in the 9th.  In a tie game he
gave up a double and a sacfly as the Ports lost 5-4 to the Nuts.
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Cardenas and Carter both had one hit in 5ABs, Spencer continues to hit the cover
off the ball, gathering 3 hits including a double, Donaldson had a single, scored
a run along with a walk and strikeout.