05.09.2008 AA

Double A
Midland Rockhounds [3rd 3.5 back, Tex South Division 20-15]
Last game 05/09/2008
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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
Webb         R   2 1   37.1   3.86  2.25  4.62  1.55  26  14   .260   .310
Simmons      R   2 1   35.2   2.02  2.51  1.69  1.04  31   8   .208   .220
Bailey       R   1 1   30.1   4.75  7.04  3.97  1.38  26  17   .267   .221
H Rodriguez  R   1 2   15.1   5.87  9.00  4.35  2.35  18  16   .348   .250
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Webb also had a dandy night.  He went 7 innings allowing only 1 earned run, the
defense let him down as total runs scored was 2.  He struck out 3 and walked
2 while throwing 100 pitches, 61 for strikes.  I can only assume by the 3 K's
his *stuff* wasn't overpowering, but he kept the batters off balance as 18
of the outs recored were ground outs.  The Rockhounds beat San Antonio 9-3.  When
you score 9 runs there's usually lots of heros so lets begin.  Donovan in the lead
off spot scored a run, got a hit and drove in two, Pennington scored and walked,
Cunningham had a single and hit his first homer of the season, while driving in two. 

Zeringue DH'd and scored... but I'm not sure how.  He had no hits or BB, must have
reached on an error.  Recker had an rbi on two hits and scored two.  Everidge hit
his seventh! homer, drove in two and scored a run.  And finally Massaro had two hits,
scored a run and drove in one.  The boys in Midland need to be a bit more patient as
overall they walked but twice, but k'd 6 times.

05.09.2008 A+

Class A Advanced
Stockton Ports [1st, Cal North Division 24-9]
Last game 05/09/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Cahill       R   5 0   42.0   2.14  1.74  2.53  0.83  56  10   .141   .208
Anderson     L   5 2   39.1   3.43  3.18  3.48  1.09  39   9   .292   .213
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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Stockton's game just ended so overall stats haven't been updated, however the
boxscore is available.
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Wow.  What can you say about Cahill?  Dandy, dandy night!  He pitched 6 innings,
struck out 8 and walked 3 allowing one earned run.  Leon, who is only 19!, pitched
two scoreless and got the hold, Demel had a perfect 9th, struck out 2 and notched
his 3rd save, as the Ports beat Bakersfield 4-1.  If I had one gripe looking at
the box is that the Ports had 11 hits and only converted  them to 4 hits.  And
yes I realize how that sounds, some people are never happy! :)  Anyway to the
boys swinging the lumber... Mitchell scored a run, walked and got a hit,  Horton
hit a double and walked, Doolittle had 2 rbi's and hit his 9th homer of the young
season.  Carter had a double, Morris walked and singled and Slu hit a homer, scored
and drove in two.

05.09.2008 A

Class A
Kane County Cougars [2nd - 2 back Mid Western Division 22-10]
Last game 05/09/2008
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Pitcher      T   W L     IP    era   vLH   vRH  whip  so  bb  avgLH  avgRH
Richmond     R   3 2   36.0   3.75  4.05  3.86  3.68  22   4   .321   .247
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
Mitchinson   R   3 0   28.1   2.54  2.63  2.45  1.13  28   6   .268   .212
Hodsdon      R   0 4   23.1   6.17  3.38  9.90  2.01  14   6   .390   .360
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Richmond had a dandy night, throwing 5.2 innings of shut out ball, while
striking out 5 and walking 1.  Friend pitched in relief and finished the
game for his 3rd save as the Cougars beat the Quad City Bandits 4-1.  The
Cougars only had five hits but apparently made the most of them.  Ray and
Smith both had triples.  Fosse would be proud since Smith is the catcher..

Btw I failed to mention that in last night's game Italiano and Moore combined to
strikeout 14 hitters... I *heart* Italiano!

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

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080508&content_id=396229&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp

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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:)