A few interesting reading items today. Bryan Anderson is excited about his selection to the Futures Game. MiLB allows us to meet the Futures, with a focus on the catchers. Anderson is noted as the pick of the litter, but he still has work to do on his plate blocking skills. Brian Burwell floats the idea of trading Reyes and John Rodriguez for Mark Buehrle, and thinks giving up Anderson could tip the scales in favor of the Cardinals. No thanks, Burwell.
Chris Perez hopes to follow in Huston Street’s and Chad Cordero’s path.
Blake Hawksworth laments over his lost confidence as of late, and is looking to rebound.
- Rick Ankiel went deep for the 21st time this year.
- Travis Hanson went 2 for 2 with a HR.
- Jolbert Cabrera rejoined the team off the DL, going 1 for 3.
- Randy Keisler pitched 6 scoreless frames, then suddenly crumbled. He allowed 4 runs in the 7th, then Mark Worrell and Kelvin Jimenez allowed 2 more for a 7 run inning for the Zephyrs. Yeesh.
North All Stars 4, South All Stars 5
- Colby Rasmus went 1 for 2 with a walk, a steal and a strikeout.
- Sean Danielson went 1 for 2 with an RBI and a steal.
- Jarrett Hoffpauir and Bryan Anderson went 0 for 2 each.
- Jaime Garcia, Mitch Boggs and Chris Perez all did not allow a run in the innings they pitched.
- Allen Craig went 2 for 4.
- Starter Robert Ransom allowed 4 runs on 8 hits and walk, and didn’t strike out anyone.
- Trey Hearne allowed a solo HR and walked a couple of batters, while striking out 2 in relief.
- Donovan Solano went 2 for 4.
- Newcomer Tim Dorn went 0 for 3 but drew two walks and scored a run.
- Luke Gorsett went 2 for 4 with a double.
- Brad Furnish got knocked around a bit, allowing 3 runs on 7 his while striking out 4. He gave up 2 homers.
- Tyler Herron only struck out 1 batter, but allowed no runs on 3 hits and a walk.
- Kenny Maiques picked up his 17th save.
- Clayton Mortensen struck out 3 and walked 3 and allowed no runs on 1 hit over 3 innings, getting 5 ground ball outs.
- Thomas Eager got lit up, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits. He did strike out 6 over 3 innings.
- Oliver Marmol went 2 for 5 with 2 errors.
- Daniel Descalso went 2 for 4 with a stolen base.
- 2nd baseman Jose Garcia went 2 for 4 with a HR.
- Beau Riportella went 0 for 4 with 3 K’s. Beau apparently has a huge fan club because he’s in the lead for the best name poll we have on the sidebar. It’s a cool name, but it doesn’t beat Doggnt Bolivar.
- Mark Diapoules pitched 4.1 innings while allowing 2 runs on 2 hits and a walk, striking out 4. He was only charged for 1 earned run.
- As much as I’ve decried the nepotism of the Chuckie Fick pick, thus far he’s struck out 7 in 6.1 innings and is keeping it on the ground. He pitched 1.2 innings and allowed a walk and struck out 1 and getting 4 ground outs. He has a GO/AO rate of 7.00.
- On a rehab assignment with the kids, Gary Daley got HAMMERED. He pitched 1 inning and allowed 7 earned runs on 6 walks, 2 hit by pitches, 2 wild pitches and 2 hits. Me thinks he’s headed back to the DL.
- 18 year old Joseph Hage is really having a nice debut. He went 4 for 6 with a triple and a HR today. He’s 11 for 25 so far.
- Arnoldi Cruz went 3 for 4 with 2 doubles.
- Romulo Ruiz went 2 for 5 with a double and a triple.
- Frederick Parejo went 3 for 6 with a double.
Future Redbirds 