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Minor League Baseball News & Notes For Games Of Saturday April 14th 2012
#SFGiants Justin Christian was at it again for AAA Fresno. Went 2-3, 2B, 2BB to raise his average to .529 (18-34)
#Royals Mike Montgomery got knocked around at AAA Omaha. 3.1IP, 5ER, 7H, 4BB, 2K
#Royals Clint Robinson and Terry Evans each hit Home Runs in the 13th inning to help Omaha pick up a 14-10 extra inning win
#Royals Wil Myers went 4-5, 2B, HR, 5RBI as part of a monster night at AA Northwest Arkansas. Hitting .333 on the year
#Astros George Springer has blasted his 2nd Home Run for High-A Lancaster
#Mets fans will like seeing this Domingo Tapia went 7IP, 0ER, 3H, 0BB, 8K, WIN for Low-A Savannah
#Orioles Tyler Wilson went 6IP, 0ER, 2H, 2BB, 3K WIN for Low-A Delmarva
#Braves Carlos Perez got roughed up at Low-A Rome. 3.2IP, 6ER, 9H, 3BB, 3K, LOSS
#Yankees Dante Bichette Jr had 2 hits a walk and a RBI for Low-A Charleston tonight. Hitting .324 on the year
#Yankees Mason Williams went 2-5, 3B tonight to run his average to .308
#Yankees Huge night for Tyler Austin at Low-A Charleston. 4-4, 2(2B), BB to run his average to .429
#Rangers Jurickson Profar went 3-4, HR, 2RBI tonight. He had 2 hits on the season entering tonights game
#SFGiants Joe Panik is 3-4, 2(2B), RBI so far tonight at High-A San Jose. Hitting .333 on the year.
#SFGiants Jarrett Parker has blasted his 4th Home Run at High-A San Jose
#Dodgers Leon Landry has just hit his 2nd Home Run at High-A Rancho Cucamonga
#WhiteSox Pedro Hernandez who I liked when I watched him pitch 4 #Padres AA San Antonio last year went 6IP, 1ER, 7H, 1BB, 4K, WIN for B-Ham
#Royals Christian Colon has hit his first Home Run for AA Northwest Arkansas
#Mariners Jesus Montero has hit his 1st Home Run as a Mariner
#Padres Reymond Fuentes has hit his first Home Run for AA San Antonio
#Cubs Brett Jackson has hit his 2nd Home Run at AAA Iowa
#Phillies Scott Elarton seems to have found the fountain of youth. 6IP, 1ER, 6H, 1BB, 1K, for AAA Lehigh Valley. 0.82ERA in two starts
#Phillies Domonic Brown went 2-4, 3B, 2RBI, SB for AAA Lehigh Valley. Hitting .273 on the year
#Reds After looking awesome in his first start, Andrew Brackman reverted to the one #Yankees fans remember. 0.2IP, 5ER, 4H, 2BB, 1K, LOSS
#Reds Todd Frazier hit his 1st Home Run for AAA Louisville
#Indians Cord Phelps went 4-5, 2B, 2RBI for AAA Columbus tonight
#WhiteSox Trayce Thompson hit his 2nd Home Run in his last 3 games at High-A Winston Salem.
#Orioles Ronnie Welty went 2-4, 2(2B), RBI tonight for High-A Frederick. Hitting .313 thus far
#Nats David Freitas went 2-4, 2(2B), 2RBI for High-A Potomac. Hitting .409 on the year.
#RedSox Xander Bogaerts hit his first Home Run of the year for High-A Salem
#Brewers Austin Ross went 5IP, 0ER, 2H, 1BB, 4K at High-A Brevard County
#BlueJays Today’s great organizational pitching performance comes from High-A Dunedin where Sam Dyson went 5IP, 0ER, 3H, 0BB, 4K
#Phillies Brandon Tripp (who is way old for High-A) went 3-4, 3(2B), 2RBI today for High-A Clearwater
#Yankees Zachary Nuding went 5IP, 0ER, 3H, 1BB, 6K, WIN for High-A Tampa
#Cubs Matthew Szczur who lit up the Florida State League last year is back for an encore and is hitting just .125 thus far.
#SFGiants Michael Kickham went 6IP, 0ER, 3H, 3BB, 6K, WIN tonight for AA Richmond
#Reds Juan Carlos Sulbaran has not allowed a hit through 4IP for AA Pensacola
#Dodgers Nate Eovaldi went 6IP, 2ER, 5H, 1BB, 9K and got a no decision after Luis Vasquez came in & got lit for 5ER in 0.2IP #BlownSaveLoss
#Marlins Kyle Skipworth with a solid day for AA Jacksonville. 3-4, HR, 2RBI. Hitting .241 on the year.
#Dodgers Kyle Russell who should be in AAA went 3-4, 2B, HR, RBI, BB for AA Chattanooga. Hitting .375 there in his 3rd season in AA
#Dodgers Brian Cavazos-Galvez with a monster day at AA Chattanooga. 4-5, 2(2B), 2HR, 4RBI
#Rockies Nolan Arenado just hit another Double. In other news the sky is blue. #ExtraBaseHitMachine
#Rockies Ben Alsup improved to 2-0 with 6IP, 2ER, 6H, 1BB, 8K, WIN for Low-A Asheville
#Rangers Jeremy Williams blasted 2 Home Runs tonight for Low-A Hickory
#Rockies David Kandilas went 2-4, HR, 4RBI tonight for Low-A Asheville
#Phillies Maikel Franco went 3-5, 2B, HR, 3RBI for Low-A Lakewood
#Brewers John Dishon hit a Walk Off RBI Double in the Bottom of the 9th to win it for Low-A Wisconsin
#Cubs Zeke DeVoss went 2-5, HR, 3RBI today for Low-A Peoria
#Dodgers Scott Schebler went 2-3, 2B, 3B, RBI, SB for Low-A Great Lakes
#BlueJays Another nice go for Aaron Sanchez at Low-A Lansing. 3IP, 0ER, 1H, 2BB, 3K in the start.
#Tigers Aaron Westlake pushed his average to .361 with a 3-6 day at Low-A West Michigan
#Tigers Steven Moya had a 4 hit day for Low-A West Michigan
#Rays Ryan Carpenter went 5IP, 3ER, 8H, 0BB, 7K, WIN for Low-A Bowling Green tonight
#Indians Another 3 Hit Night for Francisco Lindor at Low-A Lake County. Also drove in a run. Hitting .349 on the year. #STUD
#Rays Taylor Motter went 3-5, 2B, HR, 3RBI tonight for Low-A Bowling Green
#LAAngels Jario Diaz went 7IP, 0ER, 4H, 1BB, 1K, WIN tonight for Low-A Cedar Rapids
#LAAngels Kaleb Cowhart blasted his 1st Home Run of the year at Low-A Cedar Rapids
#STLCards Minor League Guy On Third has hit his 2nd Home Run for AA Springfield
#Rangers Jurickson Profar now has 3 hits on the season. 2 of the 3 are Home Runs.
#Royals Wil Myers has blasted his 3rd Home Run of the year for AA Northwest Arkansas
#Cubs Nice start for Brooks Raley. 7IP, 2ER, 7H, 0BB, 1K, WIN at AA Tennessee
#Cubs Michael Burgess with a solid night for AA Tennessee. Went 3-4, 2B, HR, 2RBI. The former #Nats draft pick is hitting .357 on the year
#Twins Great start for Logan Darnell at AA New Britain. He went 5IP, 0ER, 3H, 2BB, 1K. Improves to 2-0 with a 0.90ERA
#BlueJays Brett Cecil got beat up at AA New Hampshire. 5IP, 6R, 5ER, 7H, 3BB, 4K and picked up the Loss
#BlueJays Justin Jackson having a whale of a first week and a half for AA New Hampshire. Went 2-3, RBI, BB and stole his 4th base of the yr
#Twins Aaron Hicks continues to rake went 2-4, 2B, RBI, BB, SB today for AA New Britain
#Tigers Big day for Tony Plagman at AA Erie. He went 3-5, 2B, HR, 4RBI and stole his 3rd base of the year
#Orioles Tyler Townsend blasted his 4th Home Run of the year at AA Bowie
#Yankees Melky Mesa went 3-4, HR, 2RBI today for AA Trenton
#RedSox Bryce Brentz went 2-4, 2B, RBI, BB today for AA Portland. He’s gained about .50 points on his average in the last two games
#Rockies DJ LeMahieu went 3-4, 2B, RBI for AAA Colorado. Hitting .350 so far on the season
#Braves Joey Terdoslavich has blasted his second Home Run of the year for AAA Gwinnett
#RedSox Alex Wilson picked up the win for AAA Pawtucket with 5IP, 3R, 1ER, 8H, 1BB, 3K.
#Mets Jordany Valdespin went 2-4, 2B, RBI, BB today for AAA Buffalo. Hitting .273 on the year.
#Mets Bobby Scales went 4-5, 2B, HR, 2RBI today for AAA Buffalo
#RedSox Jose Iglesias went 2-3, with a RBI and SB for AAA Pawtucket. Average up to .241
#RedSox Will Middlebrooks blasted his 3rd Home Run of the year as part of a 2-4, HR, 3RBI, BB day at AAA Pawtucket. Hitting .359 on the year
#Nats Bryce Harper went 1-4 with a Double. He was also picked off first base following reaching on a fielders choice. Season average is .222