Rochester 2 Toledo 4
Wilkin Ramirez and Clete Thomas both had doubles and singles. Ryan Roberson was 3 for 4 with a homer. Ruddy Lugo fanned 8 in 7 innings with 2 runs allowed on 6 hits and a walk. Fu Te Ni pitched a scoreless inning, as did Casey Fien despite the latter allowing 2 hits and a walk.
New Hampshire 2 Erie 5
Deik Scram and Cale Iorg went 2 for 3 with homers. Jon Kibler allowed 2 runs in 6 innings on 7 hits, 1 walks, and 2 K’s. Zach Simons fanned 5 with just one hit allowed in 3 innings.
Sarasota 1 Lakeland 7
Audy Ciriaco and Adrian Cassanova each had 2 hits including homers. Lauren Gagnier struck out 9 in 7 innings with 1 run allowed on 5 hits and 2 walks.
South Bend 4 West Michigan 6
Brent Wyatt homered and drove in 3. Brandon Hamilton fought his was through 4 innings with 3 walks and 7 hits allowing 4 runs in 4 innings. Jared Gayhart fanned 2 in a scoreless inning.
Some DSL and VSL coverage
Not included in the wrap on a regular basis due to player obscurity and time limitations here are some stats of note from the Dominican and Venezuelan teams.
DSL
Juaner Aguasvivas – 1B, 19 years old – 310/383/548 in 11 games
Emmanuel Del Orbe – RHP, 19 years old – 10/1 K/BB, 0.67 WHIP in 2 games and 9 innings
VSL
Gilbert Gomez – 1B, 19 years old – 237/370/605 line in 15 games.
Luis Sanz – C, 18 years old – 313/422/418 with 12 walks and 5 K’s in 20 games
Yorfrank Lopez – RHP, 18 years old – 17/5 K/BB, 0.92 WHIP in 20.2 innings
Josue Carreno – RHP, 17 years old – 18/3 K/BB, 1.18 WHIP in 18.2 innings
One question I am hoping someone can answer. Why are we letting Diek Scram toil in AA? The guy has been nothing but solid with the bat (according to his stats) Isn’t he kind of what the Tigers are looking for – a LH bat with some pop and a good eye?
I wish we could see some of Scott Sizemore and Ryan Strieby – but Polanco seems to be heating up a bit and I don’t see who Strieby would take the place of.