05.08.2008 AAA

Triple A
Sacramento Rivercats [1st, Pacific South Division 19-15]
Last game 05/08/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Gonzalez     L   0 2   33.0   5.18  1.93  6.46  1.67  26  18   .270   .297
Meyer        L   3 1   28.0   5.46  1.08  7.32  1.25  24  13   .080   .233
Borrell      L   2 1   23.2   4.18  5.79  3.14  1.39  12   6   .353   .268
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Game 1:  Gonzalez continues to struggle.  Giving up 4 earned runs in 6
innings while striking out 5 and walking 2.  He allowed 2 homers and threw
92 pitches.  Ziegler pitched 2.2 shutout innings and got the win as the Cats
beat Oklahoma 6-4.
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Leading off Buck also continued to struggle.  In four AB he had no hits or
walks.  His BA is .125.  Powell hit a solo homer, Cargo, playing center, got
a hit and walked once. Melilo had two hits and scored a run.
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Game 2:  Saarloos pitched 6, one run ball and notched his 4th win.  He struck
out 5 and walked 2.  Wing threw one scoreless inning as the Cats beat Oklahoma
7-1 in a 7 inning game.
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Petit hitting leadoff got 3 hits and scored once and banged home a run.  Cargo
had two hits and an RBI.  Putman scored 3 times, hit a homer and a double.  Gaetti
scored once, knocked in one on a homer and hit a single.

05.08.2008 AA

Double A
Midland Rockhounds [3rd, Tex South Division 19-15]
Last game 05/08/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Mazzaro      R   3 2   40.2   2.43  2.53  2.40  1.20  27  11   .255   .257
Simmons      R   2 1   31.0   1.45  2.31  0.93  0.90  28   4   .239   .183
Webb         R   1 1   30.1   4.45  1.86  5.66  1.55  23  12   .268   .296
Bailey       R   1 1   25.0   5.40  8.10  4.42  1.34  22  14   .208   .250
H Rodriguez  R   1 2   15.1   5.87  9.00  4.35  2.35  18  16   .348   .250
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Please note, stats haven't been updated completely.  But Simmons struggled
with his control for what seems like the first time.  He pitched 4.2 innings
and gave up 3 earned runs, striking out 3 and walking 4.  Jay Marshall followed
in relief and got the win, throwing 2.1 shutout innings.  Carignan pitched
the 9th as the Rockhounds beat San Antonio 11-6.
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The offense was quite efficient with 11 runs on 11 hits.  Leading off, Donovan
walked 3 times, scored 2 runs and hit his first homer of the season, at a most
auspicious time... the bases were loaded.  Hitting second Pennington got 3 hits
and scored twice.  Guzman walked 3 times and scored once.  Zeringue went hitless.

05.08.2008 A+

Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [1st, Cal North Division 24-9]
Last game 05/08/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Cahill       R   4 0   36.0   2.25  2.20  2.29  0.81  48   7   .157   .200
Anderson     L   5 1   33.1   2.43  4.15  2.17  1.02  36   7   .278   .204
Heuser           2 1   26.1   6.49  5.06  6.86  1.71  28  16   .348   .269
Godfrey      R   0 0   22.1   4.43  6.52  2.84  1.21  18   6   .297   .217
Fernandez    R   3 1   22.0   3.68  7.11  2.30  1.41  16  10   .429   .170
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Game currently in progress.  The Ports scored 4 in the first but haven't crossed
homeplate since. Unfortunately Visalia has since scored 8
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Updates as they become available.
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Error on Sulentic, leading to one unearned runs, for a total of three on the night.
Now it is 10-4 (good buddy??).

Sean Doolittle's Journal

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05.08.2008 A

Class A
Kane County Cougars [2nd - 2 back Mid Western Division 21-10]
Last game 05/08/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Banwart      R  2 2   35.0   2.31  1.84  2.66  1.20  32   9   .351   .178
Italiano     R   4 0   34.0   1.06  0.00  2.00  1.00  48  13   .098   .225
Richmond     R   2 2   30.1   4.45  4.05  4.76  1.19  17   3   .321   .254
Mitchinson   R   3 0   28.1   2.54  2.63  2.45  1.13  28   6   .268   .212
Hodsdon      R   0 4   17.1   6.75  3.38 12.15  2.25  11   6   .370   .410
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The postponed game didn't seem to bother Craig Italiano as he pitched five
innings and improved his record to a perfect 4-0.  Italiano struck out 7,
walked 3 and only allowed one hit.  Moore came in and pitched 4 innings
allowing a run as the Cougars beat the Bandits 11-1.  Matt Smith, C, had
five rbis and raised his OPS to .900, scored twice and threw out a runner. 
In the lead off position, Keough walked 4 times and scored trice.  Dowling
scored twice and hit a homer.  Correa, the shortstop hit his first homerun.
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Obviously the baseball gods that follow the A's read my snarky comment about no
A's shortstop hitting a homer at any level.  Now that's two in just about as many
games.  Now if Pennington jacks one, we'll know for sure there was devine
intervention.
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:)