Posted by Jeremy on April 13, 2009 under Minor League Ball today | 
At last! I am able to cover the action from the South Atlantic and Midwest Leagues. The Sally League played last night, but the Midwest had only one game on their schedule. We’ll start with the Midwest and cover their Saturday results. Eric Hosmer had a couple of hits as did Blake Tekotte. Drew Cumberland blasted a double and triple while driving in two and scoring twice. On the bump, Dodgers young star Ethan Martin threw a gem allowing just two hits over five shutout innings and the Mariners’ Aaron Pribinac was even more effective allowing one hit and one walk over six innings, striking out five.
Midwest League Player of the Day—AARON PRIBINAC
Other Notable Performances:
- Billy Nowlin—2-3 2B RBI R
- Mauricio Robles—5 IP 2H BB 8K W(1)
- Sawyer Carroll—1-4 2B 2 RBI
- Blake Tekotte—1-3 2R 2 BB
- Drew Cumberland—3-4 2B 3B 2 RBI 2R BB
- Allan Dykstra—1-3 2R 2 BB
- Simon Castro—4.1 IP H 5 BB 3K
- Michael Marseco—1-2 2B R 2 BB SB(1)
- Nick Romero—2-4 R BB SB(1)
- Tyson Auer—2-5 2B 2R HR(1) RBI SB(3)
- Bobby Lanigan—5 IP 3H 2 ER 2 BB 5K
- Devaris Gordon-Strange—1-4 R SB(2)
- Austin Gallagher—2-4 RBI
- Ethan Martin—5 IP 2H 2 BB 4K W(1)
- Curtis Partch—5 IP 7H 2 ER 6K L(1)
- Maximo Mendez—2-4 3B R
- Luis Cota—5 IP 3H ER 2 BB 8K L(1)
- Aaron Pribinac—6 IP H BB 5K W(1)
- Eric Hosmer—2-4 2B
- Dusty Coleman—1-3 R 2 BB
- Ryan Flaherty—2-4 R BB
- Chris Archer—3 IP 0H 4 BB 5K
In the Sally League, Anthony Rizzo belted his first HR of ‘09 as did Travis D’Arnaud. Michael Almanzar had two RBI and big Joe Mahoney had an even bigger day going 4-5 with a triple, six RBI and two stolen bases. However, his career day was not enough to unseat Rockies first rounder Christian Friedrich who tossed six one-hit innings walking two and striking out nine en route to his first win of the new season.
South Atlantic League Player of the Day—CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH
Other Notable Performances:
- Steven Souza—2-4 2 RBI R BB
- Stephen Englund—1-3 2B R 2 RBI 2 BB
- Joe Mahoney—4-5 3B R 6 RBI 2 SB(3)
- Ronnie Welty—3-5 2B 3R RBI BB
- Travis D’Arnaud—1-5 HR(1) 3 RBI
- Charlie Culberson—2-4 3R
- Josh Mazzola—3-4 2 RBI 2R BB
- Wilmer Flores—2-5 2B R
- Jacob Jeffries—2-4 R
- Jeremy Beckham—2-4
- Mike Sheridan—1-4 HR(1) RBI
- Carlos Pimentel—6 IP 7H 2 ER 6K
- Edward Martinez—1-2 2B 2 RBI R
- Michael Bianucci—1-3 2B 2 RBI R
- Anthony Rizzo—2-4 HR(1) 3 RBI 2R BB
- Tim Federowicz—1-4 HR(2) 3 RBI BB
- Oscar Tejeda—2-5 2R
- David Mailman—2-5 R
- Michael Almanzar—1-3 2 RBI
- Mitch Dening—2-4 R
- Peter Hissey—2-4 R
- Casey Kelly—5 IP 4H BB 4K W(1)
- Joeseph Massey—2-4 R RBI
- Carlos Martinez—2-4 R
- Christian Friedrich—6 IP H 2 BB 9K W(1)
- Garrison Lassiter—3-4
- David Phelps—5.2 IP 3H 4K W(1)
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Let’s start with the Florida State League which played no games on Sunday, but had a full docket of games on Saturday. Jesus Montero went yard for the first time this season but Ben Revere upstaged him going 3-6 with his first HR, three RBI and two runs scored.
Florida State League Player of the Day—BEN REVERE
Other Notable Performances:
- Justin Reed—2-3 HR(1) RBI 2R SB(1)
- Greg Veloz—2-5 2B R SB(3)
- Reese Havens—1-4 2B RBI
- Carlos Guzman—2-4
- Scott Shaw—5 IP 4H Er 5K
- Zach Stewart—4 IP 6H ER BB 3K
- Jesus Montero—2-4 HR(1) RBI BB
- Brandon Laird—3-5 2B RBI
- Charlie Furbush—4 IP 5H 6K
- Andy Dirks—2-5 RBI R SB(3)
- Michael Stanton—2-4 RBI
- Matt Dominguez—1-3 BB R
- Alejandro Sanabia—5.2 IP 3H BB 4K W(1)
- Pete Kozma—2-4 2B
- Shane Peterson—2-4 RBI
- Justin Jackson—2-5 2R SB(2)
- Kevin Ahrens—2-4 2R RBI BB SB(1)
- Eric Thames—1-2 2B R 2 RBI BB SB(1)
- Dominic Brown—1-3 2R 2 BB
- Tim Kennelly—1-5 2B 3 RBI
- Derrick Mitchell—2-4 2B R
- Dan McDaniel—6 IP H BB 3K W(1)
- Nate Samson—1-3 R RbvI
- Russ Canzler—2-3 RBI
- Evan Anundsen—6 IP 6H ER BB 3K L(1)
- Ben Revere—3-6 HR(1) 3 RBI 2R
- Joe Benson—2-5 2B 2R 2 RBI
- Deibinson Romero—3-5 2B 3 RBI
- Chris Parmelee—1-4 HR(2) RBI 2R BB
- Ryan Royster—2-4 2B RBI BB R
Sunday’s action in the Carolina League saw Freddie Freeman rack up three hits and two RBI while Ryan Kalish and Derrick Robinson each had a couple of hits and a stolen base. On the mound, excellent pitching performances from Tim Bascom and Zach Putnam resulted in winning results, but Cole Rohrbough trumped them all with a five inning, four hit, six strikeout performance against Wilmington.
Florida State League Player of the Game—COLE ROHRBOUGH
Other Notable Performances:
- Matt McBride—2-4 2 2B 2R 2 RBI
- Lonnie Chisenhall—2-5 R RBI
- Tim Fedroff—0-2 3 BB R 2 SB(2)
- Zach Putnam—5 IP 5H Er 2 BB 5K W(1)
- Ryan Adams—2-5 2B
- Brandon Waring—2-4 RBI
- Billy Rowell—1-3 2B BB
- Tim Bascom—5 IP 4H BB 2K W(1)
- Ryan Kalish—2-3 R SB(2) BB
- Eddie Prasch—1-1 2B R 2 RBI
- Chi-Hung Cheng—4 IP 2H 2 BB K
- Derrick Robinson—2-4 R RBI BB SB(4)
- Mike Moustakas—1-4 2B RBI
- Cole Rohrbough—5 IP 4H ER BB 6K W(1)
- Freddie Freeman—3-4 2B R 2 RBI
- Jason Heyward—1-5 2B R
Buster Posey and Alex Liddi blasted their first California League HR’s while Roger Keischnick and Conor Gillespie rapped three hits each. The top player award goes to Brandon Crawford for his perfect 3-3 day that included his second HR of the year, two RBI and two runs scored.
California League Player of the Day—BRANDON CRAWFORD
Other Notable Performances:
- Mitch Moreland—1-4 2B R RBI
- Willin Rosario—2-3 2B
- Mike Kirkman—7 IP H 3 BB 8K W(1)
- Bruce Billings—6 IP 2H 4 UER 2 BB 7K L(1)
- Brandon Crawford—3-3 HR(2) 2 RBI 2R
- Nick Noonan—2-4 2R RBI BB
- Buster Posey—2-4 HR(1) 2 RBI
- Conor Gillespie—3-5 2B RBI R
- Roger Keischnick—3-4 R RBI
- Collin Cowgill—1-2 2R 2 BB
- Sean Coughlan—2-4 HR(1) 2 RBI 2R BB
- Kyle Greene—3-5 2B 2 RBI
- Taylor Harbin—2-4 BB
- Patrick McAnaney—5 IP 4H ER BB 5K W(1)
- Jason Castro—2-4 R
- Jonathan Geston—1-4 HR(1) 2 RBI 2R
- Alex Liddi—1-4 HR(1) RBI
- Joe Dunigan 2-3 3B RBI R BB
- Chris Hicks—5 IP 4H 2 ER BB 6K W(1)
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I hope all of you had a blessed Easter weekend! After taking a day off, let’s jump back into things with reports from the Sunday’s Internantional League action. Michael Brantley, Juan Miranda, Jason Donald and Neil Walker continued to look like major league hitters and Nick Evans hit his first HR of the year. On the mound, Phil Hughes and Clay Buchholz had so-so outings, but their future closers, Mark Melancon and Daniel Bard respectively, were completely dominant. However, it was a non-prospect that took home top player honors as the Braves’ Charlie Morton tossed six one-hit innings striking out 12 in a winning effort.
International League Player of the Day—CHARLIE MORTON
Other Notable Performances:
- Nick Evans—1-7 HR(1) 2 RBI
- Clay Buchholz—3.2 IP 3H ER 4 BB 3K
- Daniel Bard—2 IP 2K
- Michael Brantley—2-4 BB
- Wes Hodges—2-5 2B R
- Wellington Castillo—2-3
- Chris Tatum—2-4 HR(1) 3 RBI
- Chris Valaika—1-4 HR(1) 2 RBI
- Phil Hughes—6 IP 6H 3 ER 2 BB 6K W(1)
- Mark Melancon—1.2 IP 4K
- Jason Donald—2-4 2 2B R
- John Mayberry Jr.—1-3 2B R BB
- Kevin Russo—2-6 3 RBI 2R
- Juan Miranda—3-6 2 RBI
- Austin Jackson—2-4 2R RBI 2 BB SB(1)
- Jusitn Maxwell—1-4 HR(1) 3 RBI
- Luke Hughes—2-4 2B R 2 RBI
- David Winfree—1-4 2B R RBI
- Brent Duglach—3-4 HR(1) RBI BB
- Andrew McCutchen—1-5 5 R 2 BB SB(2)
- Neil Walker—2-6 2B RBI BB SB(2)
- Daniel McCutchen—5 IP 3H 2 ER 3 BB 7K
- Brandon Jones—1-3 2B RBI BB SB(1)
- Adam Russell—3 IP 5K
In the PCL, Sean Rodriguez, Brandon Wood, Chad Huffman, and Brad Snyder all went deep, but it was Florida’s Gaby Sanchez that took home top player honors with his 3-6 performance logging in his first HR with two runs batted in and two scored.
Pacific Coast League Player of the Day—GABY SANCHEZ
Other Notable Performances:
- Manuel Mayorson—3-6 2B 2R 3 RBI SB(2)
- Gaby Sanchez—3-6 HR(1) 2 RBI 2R
- Chris Coughlan—1-4 2 RBI BB
- Alcides Escobar—2-5 R
- Mat Gamel—1-3 R RBI BB
- Brad Snyder—2-4 GS HR(1) 4 RBI
- Jake Fox—1-3 R RBI 2 BB
- Tommy Manzella—3-5 R RBI
- Mitch Maier—3-5 RBI R
- Chris Lubanski—2-4 2R BB SB(3)
- Luis Hernandez—2-5 2B R RBI
- Chin-Lung Hu—2-4 R
- Chris Pettit—2-4 R
- Sean Rodriguez—2-4 HR(1) RBI
- Matt Brown—1-3 HR(1) RBI
- Brandon Wood—1-3 HR(1) RBI
- Freddy Sandoval—1-4 2B R
- Mike Carp—2-3 2B R 2 BB
- Chad Huffman—2-4 HR(1) 2 RBI
- Matt Downs—2-4 HR(1) RBI
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