Monday, May 3, 2010

Minor League Look

The Minor Leagues took center stage today, and the outcomes were not good for the teams, but more encouraging for the top prospects.
First, Altoona, Bradenton, and West Virginia all lost, but Indy won. 1-3.

Second, Bradenton should have won, but they blew it. The final score was 1-0 so it is hard to blame pitcher Nathan Adcock. He pitched well. The bottom of the first saw Quincy Latimore strike out with runners on second and third. The sixth inning ended on Robbie Grossman getting thrown out stealing. The seventh started with Marte and Sanchez getting back to back singles (which would have scored Grossman in the sixth), but that threat ending because Marte got picked off of second. The ninth inning ended with Grossman standing on second while Tony Sanchez struck out. A game where the Mauraders could have won it. Grossmann, Marte, and Sanchez all got hits.

Third, Pedro Alvarez appears to be finding his stride in Indy. He is slowly getting better. In today's win he walked in the first, singled in the third (but was thrown out at home on a hit by Pearce), doubled in two runs in the fifth, grounded out in the seventh, and was hit by a pitch in the ninth. A good solid day for the top prospect.

Fourth, Tim Alderson went five innings, but allowed five runs, not all earned. However the good news in this is that he did not get the loss, and that he struck out 8. 7 of those 8 were swinging. Jim Negyrch continues his good play with a pinch hit RBI double. Daniel Moskos walked one, struck out one, and retired one more. He did not allow any runs. D'Arnaud got a hit and scored a run. Mercer had no hits, but got an RBI and a walk.

So not a bad night for some prospects. Alderson did give up a lot of runs, but that is more strike outs than he has had all season long.

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