Posted by Jeremy on April 28, 2009 under Minor League Ball today | 
Birmingham’s beefy duo of Brandon Allen and Dayan Viciedo hit back to back jacks yesterday and the struggling Greg Halman hit HR number six. Juan Francisco’s bat seems to be heating up as his 3-4 day raised his average to .224. On the mound, Josh Lindblom got back into the win column by tossing five innings of four hit, one run ball for his second win and Birmingham’s Kyle McCullough pitched well over seven innings to earn his third win.
Today’s top youngster is a repeat offender as Tampa Bay’s young outfielder Desmond Jennings displayed some of his promising power potential by hitting his third HR of the season, driving in three and scoring twice. The 22 year old Jennings has boosted his average to .338 with 13 RBI and 6 SB, giving ample reason to be excited about the awesome numbers that he could put up over a full (and hopefully healthy) season.
AA Player of the Day—DESMOND JENNINGS
Other Notable Performances
Hitting:
- Brandon Snyder—2-4 2B R RBI
- Miguel Abreu—3-4 HR(1) 2 RBI 2B 3R SB(2) BB
- Alex Avila—2-4 2B 3B 2R BB
- Juan Francisco—3-4 R RBI SB(3)
- Chris Heisey—3-4 2B 2R
- Logan Parker—4-5 2B 2 RBI R
- Steve Clevenger—3-4 2B 3B 2 RBI
- Josh Bell—2-4 3B R
- Brandon Allen—1-5 HR(3) RBI
- Dayan Viciedo—3-4 HR(1) RBI SB(2)
- John Shelby Jr.—1-3 2B BB SB(4)
- Mark Hallberg—3-4 R
- Desmond Jennings—2-5 2R HR(3) 3 RBI
- Kody Kirkland—1-4 HR(2) RBI
- Adam Moore—2-4 2 2B R RBI
- Greg Halman—2-4 HR(6) 3 RBI
- Drew Locke—2-4 HR(4) 3 RBI
- Josh Horton—3-4 2B RBI R
- Adrian Cardenas—1-3 2B R 2 RBI BB SB(2)
- Daryl Jones—2-4 2B 2R RBI BB SB(4)
- Brett Wallace—2-4 R RBI
- Dan Delasco—2-5 2 3B RBI R
- Jose Duarte—2-5 2R RBI
- Mario Lisson—2-4 2R 2 RBI BB SB(2)
- Joe Dickerson—1-3 2B 2R RBI BB
- Ryan Mount—2-5 RBI
- Mark Trumbo—2-5 R
- Mike McKenry—2-3 3B 2R RBI
- Eric Sogard—1-3 R 2 BB
- Mitch Canham—1-2 R 2 BB
Pitching:
- Will Inman—6 IP 4H BB 7K W(1-1)
- Wilfredo Perez—1.1 IP 4K Sv(4)
- Josh Lindblom—5 IP 4H ER 4K W(2-2)
- Kyle McCullough—7 IP 7H 2 ER 2 BB 2K W(3-1)
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Posted by Jeremy on April 24, 2009 under Uncategorized |
Michael Taylor had a big day at the plate belting two HR, driving in three and scoring three times. Detroit Tigers shortstop prospect Maxwell Leon, who had zero homeruns last season, blasted his third and drove in six. Collin DeLome hit HR number six and drove in three and Justin Smoak hit his second HR of the season, driving in three.
Today’s top player was Chicago White Sox top hurler Aaron Poreda. The tall lefty surrendered just four hits over seven innings striking out 11 en route to his first victory of the season. Once rumored to be a part of Chicago’s bullpen out of spring training, it appears that the Sox would much rather feature his 98 MPH fastball for more than one inning in a game. AA should be a good fit for him right now as he needs to develop greater command of his slider and change in order to reach his potential as a frontline starter. At 22 years old, there is plenty of time for the youngster to develop.
AA Player of the Day—AARON POREDA
Other Notable Peformances
Hitting:
- Mike Mooney—1-4 GS HR(2) 4 RBI
- Michael Taylor—4-6 2 HR(2) 3 RBI 3R
- Maxwell Leon—3-5 HR(3) 6 RBI 3B
- Jim Negrych—2-5 2B 2 RBI R
- Pedro Lopez—2-4 HR(1) RBI 2R
- Joshua Rodriguez—3-3 3R RBI BB SB(1)
- Brandon Allen—1-4 HR(1) 3 RBI
- Mark Hallberg—4-5 2B R
- Gerardo Parra—2-5 2B R
- Tony Thomas—3-5 HR(4) 2 RBI 3R SB(3)
- Jose Vallejo—3-5 2B 3B 2R 2 RBI
- Johnny Whittleman—3-4 2B R RBI
- Collin DeLome—3-5 HR(6) 3 RBI 3R SB(3)
- Mitch Einertson—2-5 HR(3) 3 RBI
- Drew Locke—3-5 HR(3) 4 RBI 2R
- Chris Carter—2-4 2 2B 2 RBI BB 3R
- Adrian Cardenas—2-5 2B RBI
- Mitch Canham—3-4 2 2B RBI R
- Peter Bourjos—2-4 2B 2R SB(5)
- James Rapoport—3-5 GS HR(1) 5 RBI 2R
- Daryl Jones—3-4 2R
- Chris Nelson—2-4 2B 2R HR(3) 3 RBI
- Justin Smoak—2-5 HR(2) 3 RBI
Pitching:
- Troy Patton—5.1 IP 2H ER 3 BB 1K
- Alfredo Figaro—6 IP 3H 2 ER BB 8K W(2-0)
- Zach McAllister—7 IP 2H ER 4K W(1-0)
- Aaron Poreda—7 IP 3H ER BB 11 K W(1-2)
- Bryan Augenstein—7 IP 3H ER BB 4K W(3-0)
- Casey Coleman—6 IP 6H 2 ER 3 BB 5K W(3-0)
- Travis Banwart—5.2 IP 3H 2 BB 5K W(2-0)
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