Appalachian League
- The Bluefield Orioles beat the Kingsport Mets 5-2 Friday. 6 2009 draftees played. LF John Semel went 0 for 4. 3B James Schroeder had an RBI ground out in the 3rd inning as part of his 0 for 5 game. C John Freeman singled in the 8th to go 1 for 4. DH Joseph Bonfe singled in the 4th, singled in the 6th and singled again in the 8th to go 3 for 4. Bonfe is batting .342 for Kingsport this season. 2B Ryan Mollica hit his 5th double of the season in the 5th and in the 7th he had an RBI ground out as part of his 1 for 4 game. See the box score and recap for more.
New York-Penn League
- The State College Spikes beat the Brooklyn Cyclones 8-0 Friday. 5 2009 draftees played. P Lance Hoge threw 3 relief innings. He allowed 3 runs on 5 hits while striking out 2. P Wes Wrenn threw 3 innings of scoreless relief, allowing 1 hit and 2 walks while striking out 3. SS Robbie Shields was 0 for 2. 1B Sam Honeck and LF Alex Gregory were both 0 for 4. For more see the box score and recap.
South Atlantic League
- The Savannah Sand Gnats beat the Augusta GreenJackets 16-5 Friday. 2 2009 draftees played. P John Church threw the final inning, allowing 2 runs on 2 hits. RF Joseph August hit a 2-run double in the 2nd inning, an RBI single in the 3rd, a sacrifice fly in the 4th inning and a double in the 6th to go 3 for 5. See the game story, box score and recap for more.
Hitting as well as he spells
A TRDMB tip of the cap to reader WannyBackstra who alerted us to the fact that St. Lucie OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis was #2 on the latest Baseball America Prospect Hot Sheet.
4 comments
rustyjr
8/22/2009-11:27am at 11:27 am (UTC -4)
first off – FREE ZAPATTA !!! secondly is matz gonna pitch at all this season ? and I hope Molica moves up quickly
GravediggerHebner
8/22/2009-2:21pm at 2:21 pm (UTC -4)
I’m so new to this level of observation of the minor leagues that I have no idea if Matz will pitch or not. All I can say is that to the best of my knowledge he hasn’t “pitched in competition” since his HS season ended, and the GCL season (where they sent him) ends on 8/30. Including today’s game, they have 8 games left, so time is running out.
whataputz
8/22/2009-3:54pm at 3:54 pm (UTC -4)
Point being…I wouldn’t focus too much on Matz, because even if he is going to be a difference maker, when he is actually ready this team will be totally different.
GravediggerHebner
8/22/2009-6:52pm at 6:52 pm (UTC -4)
If that’s the way you prefer to regard minor leaguers in your favorite team’s organization that’s totally cool. For me though, when the major league team is as uninspiring and irrelevant as this 2009 Met team has become, I look to the minor leagues more than ever. I’ll be paying much more attention to September callups this season than I would if the team were in the pennant race. To me, any good performance from a minor leaguer right now is a ray of sunshine poking through the dark cloud of this major league season.