Saturday, April 25, 2009

The NSI Minor League Report: April 24th

Scranton, Trenton and Tampa all won behind solid pitching efforts by Alfredo Aceves, Ivan Nova and Lance Pendelton respectively. Austin Jackson had a triple and two RBI's and has gotten a hit in every game that he's gotten an at bat. Ajax is hitting .405, but hasn't regained his stroke since sitting for 4 games.

Jesus Montero went 3 for 4 in Tampa, and has his batting average up to .396. Brandon Laird finally got his first home run of the year, hitting a 3 run blast. In Charleston, Brett Marshall got rocked, giving up 10 hits and 6 earned runs in 5 innings.

Scranton def Rochester 6-2
Todd Linden 3-5, R, RBI, K
Shelley Duncan 2-5, R, RBI
Juan Miranda 1-4, 2 R, RBI, BB, K
Austin Jackson 1-4, R, RBI, 3B, 2 RBI - .405
Alfredo Aceves 6.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 K - That's the pitcher we saw last year
Anthony Clagett 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 0 K

Trenton def New Britian 6-3
Colin Curtis 1-4, R, K
James Cooper 1-2, 2 R
Jorge Vazquez 1-4, K
Frankie Cervelli 1-3, 2 R, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Chris Malec 2-2, 2B, RBI, BB
Ivan Nova 7 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Kevin Whelan 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K - Two 4 pitch walks
Jose Valdez 1 IP, 0's, 1 K - SV (4)

Tampa def Clearwater 6-1
Eric Freyer 1-3, 2 R, BB,
Jesus Montero 3-4, R - .396
Brandon Laird 1-4, HR (1), 3 RBI
Austin Romine (C) 2-4, RBI - 1/2 with runners attempting to steal
Lance Pendelton 7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Jon Heyer 1 IP, 0's

Charleston lost to Augusta 8-4
Dan Brewer 2-5, 2B, K
David Adams 2-5, R, RBI
Mitch Albeita 1-3, RBI, 2 BB, K
Garrison Lassiter 1-4, 2 RBI
Brett Marshall 5 IP, 10 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
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