7/22/10 Minor League Report – Dean is Double Trouble for Raptors

AAA – Claudio Vargas started for Albuquerque and did OK, but the Isotopes offense could only muster 5 hits and the result was a 5 to 2 loss.  Vargas allowed 3 runs in 5 innings, and later in the game Josh Lindblom gave up 1 run in 2 innings of work while striking out 3.  Aussie Trent Oeltjen was the only Isotope batter with an extra-base hit, and he actually had two of them as he doubled and tripled.  Elian Herrera collected both RBI’s in this game and reached base 3 times.

AA – The Lookouts were up 4 to 3 after 7 innings, but the Mobile Bay Bears roared back for 4 runs in the

8th to collect the 7 to 4 win.  Tim Sexton was the starting pitcher for Chattanooga and allowed 3 runs in 6 innings, but he also gave up 8 hits and struck out just 2 batters.  Reliever Eric Krebs was the one who allowed most of the runs in that tough 8th inning, and then Justin Miller pitched a scoreless 9th.  At the plate, Dee Gordon went 3 for 3 to raise his average to .287, and Jerry Sands hit a solo homer for the 2nd consecutive day.  Jaime Pedroza also homered and has stayed hot in July after having an excellent June.

High A – Starting pitcher Will Savage had a solid night for Inland Empire on Thursday, throwing 7 innings in which he allowed just 4 hits and 1 run.  Brandon Mann finished off the 66ers’ 4 to 1 win with 2 perfect innings.  At the plate, shortstop Chris Gutierrez tripled and picked up 2 of the 4 RBI’s for Inland Empire.  Travis Denker and Alfredo Silverio had the only other extra base hits as they both doubled.  Ramon Jean went 2 for 4 and boosted his average to .313 for the season.

A – Postponed

Rookie Ogden – The Ogden offense put on an awesome display of dominance as they obliterated the Helena Brewers 18 to 2.  Blake Dean was the star of the show as he crushed 4 doubles and knocked in 7 runs.  Several other Raptors also had great games, including the white hot Nick Akins who homered in his 4th straight game.  Shortstop Jake Lemmerman also put on a show with a 2 for 4 effort and 4 runs scored.  Lemmerman is now hitting .372 for the season.  Jonathan Garcia, Jessie Bosnik, Steven Dosecus, and Casio Grider all also had multi-hit games.  The pitching was led by starter Greg Wilborn who threw yet another strong game.  Wilborn struck out 9 through 6 innings while allowing just a single run.    

Rookie Arizona – The Arizona Dodgers pitching staff put on a show on Thursday night in their 3 to 1 win, throwing 8 shutout innings of 2 hit ball before finally allowing a run in the 9th.  Soon to be 20 year old Arismendy Ozoria threw the first 6 innings of the game and allowed just the 2 hits while striking out 4 and walking none.  Brandon Martinez then took over for 2 innings and was perfect, striking out another 4 batters in the process.  Yimi Garcia, who is normally a starter, came out of the pen for some reason and was the one to allow the run, but he did pick up the save in the end.  The most exciting news on offense was the Jeff Hunt finally made his 2010 debut.  He played 3rd base and picked up a hit in 2 official at bats.  Enlly Morales and Beau Brett both went 2 for 5.

DSL – Off day

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Inland Empire 66ers Box Score

Ogden Raptors Box Score

Arizona Dodgers Box Score

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