4/18 games

[Gene Honda Civic]

Boxscore Toledo vs. Charlotte   Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Toledo « 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 7 10 0 Charlotte 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 8 1 Log | Wrap | Box W:P.Ahearne(1-0) L:J.Rauch(2-1) HR: TOL- A.Barkett (2) CHR- M.Bell (2)   Toledo AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Nook Logan cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Warren Morris 2b 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 .356 Joe Vitiello dh 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .111 Andy Barkett 1b 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .268 Marcus Thames rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Jason Smith 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Danny Klassen ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .227 Mike DiFelice c 3 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 .273 Rich Gomez lf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .152 Totals 37 7 10 3 1 1 7 3 8 &nbsp &nbsp Charlotte AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Bryant Nelson 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .349 Ryan Hankins c 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Jeremy Reed cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .364 Mike Bell 3b 4 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 .229 Joe Borchard rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Bobby Smith 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Scott Bikowski dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .174 Mario Valenzuela lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Kelly Dransfeldt ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Totals 34 3 8 1 0 1 3 0 5 &nbsp   E_E. Pacheco. LOB_Toledo 6, Charlotte 4. 2B_W. Morris (5), J. Smith (3), M. DiFelice (1), R. Hankins (1). 3B_W. Morris (1). HR_A. Barkett (2) off J. Rauch, M. Bell (2) off P. Ahearne. RBI_W. Morris 2 (9), J. Vitiello (1), A. Barkett 2 (9), M. DiFelice 2 (2), M. Bell 3 (4). SB_N. Logan (5). CS_M. Thames. GIDP_J. Borchard. DP_Charlotte 1.   Toledo IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Pat Ahearne (W 1-0) 9.0 8 3 3 0 5 1 2.11 &nbsp Charlotte IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Jon Rauch (L 2-1) 6.0 6 5 5 1 5 1 4.08 Enemencio Pacheco 2.0 3 2 1 2 3 0 7.36 Dave Sanders 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00   T_2:10. A_2541.

[Gene Honda Civic]

Boxscore Kannapolis vs. Lake County   Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Kannapolis « 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 6 11 1 Lake County 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 1 Log | Wrap | Box W:M.Moat(1-0) L:K.Martin(0-2) S:E.Wasserman (2) HR: KAN- A.Gonzalez (1), C.Lisk (3) LCO- R.Goleski (4), T.Encarnacion (1)   Kannapolis AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Chris Young cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .188 Andy Gonzalez ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .152 Robert Valido 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Thomas Brice lf 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .429 Micah Schnurstein 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .345 Clinton King dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Charlie Lisk c 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 .167 &nbsp Antoin Gray pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 &nbsp Gustavo Molina c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chris Kelly 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 Seth Morris rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .200 Totals 38 6 11 2 0 2 6 1 7 &nbsp &nbsp Lake County AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Ricardo Rojas cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .341 Brandon Pinckney ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .357 Ryan Goleski rf 5 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 .395 Kevin Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .270 Ryan Mulhern 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .367 Javier Herrera c 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .346 Teodoro Encarnacion lf 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 .278 Chris De La Cruz dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Luis Cotto 2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .250 Totals 36 5 12 2 1 2 5 4 5 &nbsp   E_M. Schnurstein, B. Pinckney. LOB_Kannapolis 6, Lake County 8. 2B_T. Brice (4), S. Morris (2), B. Pinckney (2), K. Kouzmanoff (2). 3B_J. Herrera (1). HR_A. Gonzalez (1) off S. Roehl, C. Lisk (3) off J. Warden, R. Goleski (4) off D. Haigwood, T. Encarnacion (1) off D. Haigwood. RBI_A. Gonzalez 2 (3), M. Schnurstein (3), C. Lisk 2 (9), S. Morris (7), B. Pinckney (3), R. Goleski 2 (13), K. Kouzmanoff (7), T. Encarnacion (2). CS_R. Valido, T. Encarnacion.   Kannapolis IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Daniel Haigwood 4.0 8 5 5 3 1 2 6.00 Michael Moat (W 1-0) 4.0 3 0 0 1 4 0 1.00 Ehren Wasserman (S 2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.25 &nbsp Lake County IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Jim Ed Warden 5.0 4 2 2 1 5 1 3.38 Scott Roehl 2.2 5 2 2 0 1 1 7.20 Kevin Martin (L 0-2) 1.1 2 2 0 0 1 0 7.71   T_2:28. A_4924.

 

Chris Young with the dreaded sombrero.

[Chisoxfn]

Gonzalez had a nice game. Haigwood a rough one, but I'm just glad he's pitching again.

 

Rauch was rolling with 4 shutout innings and then hit his funk in the 5th and 6th. Borchard is struggling.

[Cali]

Why do they keep switching Gonzalez and Valido around? At this point is Valido the better prospect and better all around SS than Gonzalez?

[Chisoxfn]

He is, but I think they want to let Gonzalez still get shortstop time in because defensively he's pretty damn good. He has an amazing arm and solid range. Valido is good and projects to be pretty good (He makes his fair share of errors now though) but I just think they want to get both of them playing time their.

 

Personally I want to see more Antoin Gray and Valido.

[Gene Honda Civic]

Boxscore Lynchburg vs. Winston Salem   Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Lynchburg « 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 7 10 2 Winston Salem 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 6 0 Log | Wrap | Box W:J.Guerrero(1-0) L:D.Pollok(0-1) HR: LYN- None WS- None   Lynchburg AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Rajai Davis cf 5 1 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 .419 Chaz Lytle rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .333 Jorge Cortes lf 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 .385 Brad Eldred 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Victor Mercedes 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .250 Travis Chapman c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Taber Lee ss 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 .276 Chase Voshell dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .118 &nbsp Manny Ravelo ph 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Ryan Newman 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 &nbsp Avelino Asprilla ph/3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .097 Totals 33 7 10 5 2 0 7 2 9 &nbsp &nbsp Winston Salem AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Ricardo Nanita lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .185 Pedro Lopez ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .152 Ryan Sweeney dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Brian Becker 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .310 Brian Anderson cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 &nbsp Mike Myers pr/cf 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .200 Normand Martel rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Troy Cameron 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .269 Carlos Lee c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Tommy Nicholson 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Totals 34 3 6 1 0 0 3 4 6 &nbsp   E_R. Newman 2. LOB_Lynchburg 4, Winston Salem 8. 2B_R. Davis 2 (5), B. Eldred (3), T. Lee (3), A. Asprilla (2), B. Becker (2). 3B_R. Davis (1), J. Cortes (1). RBI_R. Davis 2 (6), J. Cortes (1), V. Mercedes (9), C. Voshell (2), A. Asprilla 2 (4), B. Becker (3), M. Myers (1), T. Cameron (3). SF_V. Mercedes. S_C. Lytle. SB_V. Mercedes (3), C. Voshell (1), R. Sweeney (1), T. Cameron (1). DP_Winston Salem 2.   Lynchburg IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Alex Hart 5.2 3 3 2 3 3 0 3.38 Julio Guerrero (W 1-0) 2.1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1.08 Joshua Higgins 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 &nbsp Winston Salem IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Nik Lubisich 6.1 7 3 3 1 5 0 3.65 Dwayne Pollok (L 0-1) 2.1 1 2 2 1 3 0 4.15 Brad Murray 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2.25 Julio Castro 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 7.71   IBB_off D. Pollok (T. Lee). HBP_by B. Murray (M. Ravelo). WP_A. Hart. T_2:38. A_849.

[Gene Honda Civic]

Boxscore Birmingham vs. Carolina   Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Birmingham 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 7 0 Carolina « 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 X 5 9 1 Log | Wrap | Box W:C.Sodowsky(1-0) L:W.Allen(0-2) S:K.Cave (2) HR: BIR- D.Blakely (1), A.McNeal (4) CAR- J.Stokes (2)   Birmingham AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Ruddy Yan 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .207 Josh Shaffer 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Darren Blakely lf 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 .231 Aaron McNeal 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .286 Rob Sasser dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .240 Carlos Maldonado c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .188 Micah Franklin rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .107 Nate Murphy cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .226 Guillermo Reyes ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Totals 33 4 7 1 1 2 4 3 5 &nbsp &nbsp Carolina AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Eric Reed cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .359 Josh Wilson ss 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .276 Josh Willingham dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .208 Jason Stokes 1b 3 2 3 1 0 1 4 1 0 .367 Joe Dillon 3b 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 .500 Pat Magness lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 Chip Ambres rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .182 Dennis Anderson c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 Jimmy Goelz 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .296 Totals 30 5 9 4 0 1 5 4 7 &nbsp   E_J. Stokes. LOB_Birmingham 6, Carolina 5. 2B_J. Shaffer (1), J. Wilson (2), J. Stokes (2), J. Dillon 2 (7). 3B_D. Blakely (1). HR_D. Blakely (1) off J. Fuell, A. McNeal (4) off C. Sodowsky, J. Stokes (2) off W. Allen. RBI_R. Yan (4), D. Blakely 2 (3), A. McNeal (8), J. Stokes 4 (12), J. Dillon (12). SB_E. Reed (4). CS_E. Reed, J. Dillon. DP_Birmingham 1.   Birmingham IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Tetsu Yofu 5.0 5 2 2 1 4 0 1.80 Wyatt Allen (L 0-2) 0.0 3 3 3 1 0 1 11.37 Dennis Ulacia 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.00 Jim Bullard 1.2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1.59 Matt Smith 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.38 &nbsp Carolina IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Peter Bauer 5.0 4 1 0 1 3 0 0.00 Clint Sodowsky (W 1-0) 2.0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3.00 Jerrod Fuell 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 1 7.71 Kevin Cave (S 2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9.00   HBP_by P. Bauer (M. Franklin). T_2:30. A_5232.

[Nokona]

Jeremy Reed....is....mortal?

[WHarris1]

Bullard with 1.2 shutout innings.

 

Good job, Bull!

[ChiSox_Sonix]

not a great day down on the farm for the most part

[southsider2k5]

Bullard with 1.2 shutout innings.

 

Good job, Bull!

[Gene Honda Civic]

Jeremy Reed....is....mortal?

The must have been testing that new Kryptonite™ core ball in Charlotte today.

[danman31]

Jas no comment on your boy Chris Young?

[Gene Honda Civic]

Jas no comment on your boy Chris Young?

I didn't want to have to use it for one of our guys....

 

But...

 

 

 

 

 

[Jordan4life_2007]

I'm gettin worried about, Borchard. Will this guy ever figure it out?

[MnSoxFan]

I'm gettin worried about,  Borchard.  Will this guy ever figure it out? 

Just getting worried??? He is toast, he will never be even an average big leaguer, swing is way too long and not quick either.

[DBAHO]

Just getting worried??? He is toast, he will never be even an average big leaguer, swing is way too long and not quick either.

So in ur opinion we should ship him out while his value as a prospect is not toast?

[MnSoxFan]

I would unload him if we could get anything worthwhile for his, yes.

[Guest JimH]

MN, personally, I will wait until the end of June to make a final judgement, not that my judgement matters .

 

I'm disappointed he's still striking out one every three times to the plate, even though the season is early.

 

Third go-around at AAA, can't seem to figure out how to shorten up that swing, equals bad sign.

 

I do believe the organization will give this guy every chance to succeed, even if his value diminishes to nothing.

[Chisoxfn]

I'm gonna take the 5th for the time being, but I think Young will prove me and Mn right

[Guest JimH]

We'll know alot more about Chris Young after this year. He is supposedly quite the athlete and fast, fast, fast.

 

I did not see him at all in spring, even though I made a special effort to try and get over to the back fields and see him play.

 

There is a reason why Phil Rogers (BA) had him so high on the prospect list, that means Sox brass is very high on this young man. A big plus is he's a true CF.

 

On Borchard, I'm thinking it's a mental issue more than physical. Seems like he's not able to recognize pitches, or not understand what a pitcher may be throwing on certain counts. I'm a huge advocate of on base percentage and am losing my patience with guys who are constantly striking out.

 

I guess on Joe B. all we can do is hope.

[MnSoxFan]

I agree, Young learned last year to be more patient at the plate, when he figures it out he will arrive fast with the raw talent he has.

 

Agree with OBP, that is what I look for almost more than anything, that and BB vs K ratio. Borchard has gotten worse each year, at first he was walking a decent amount, but he has regressed, thus my opinion of him has regressed.

 

 

Speaking of BB/K ratio, last I checked Anderson was 12 Ks in 22 ABs, ouch!!! I know his wrist may still be bothering him, and he seemed to be ok in ST, but man, maybe he needs to change spots with Brice. Nanita is not hitting, but he is getting on base, he was 0-2 with 3 walks yesterday, I can live with that.

[Chisoxfn]

Too me Young is as gifted speed wise as Anthony Webster. The difference between Young and Webster is that Young has some pretty damn good power potential as well, imo.

 

I think with Anderson, Sweeney and all the other young outfielders the Sox just have to be patient. Some heavy expectations have been put on a lot of them and they are facing much tougher competition.

 

As far as I'm concerned, I don't mind seeing them struggle early. I'd like to see them face a little challenge, adjust and start raking once again.

 

Oh ya and Reed is just awesome