7/2 Games

[NorthSideSox72]

Charlotte lost 8-6 to Durham. Marquez got rocked (5 IP, 10 H, 8 ER, 3 HR), Negron and Armstrong homered for the Knights (Armstrong hitting .314 with 4 HR and 10 RBI in his last 10 games).

 

B-Ham lost to Mobile, 6-2. McCulloch pretty crappy - 6.1 IP, 9 H, 6 ER. Gartrell 3-4 with a HR (now has a .918 OPS on the season).

 

W-S won a barn-burner, 11-10, on a Logan Johnson 2-run walk-off HR. Johnson went 5-5 on the day with 2 doubles and 2 HR, has an .854 OPS on the season, and is hitting .441 in his last 10 games. This from a guy who was just transferred to catcher this year, as I recall. If Flowers gets promoted or called up, look for Logan to go to B-Ham. A Carter had started and got rocked in this game.

 

Kanny swept a double-header with 5-1 and 4-0 wins. More great pitching in Kanny as usual... Leesman 7 inning CG in game one, 1 R (none earned) on 5 hits, 1 walk, 5 K. Game 2, Kevin Asselin made his first start, threw 5 scoreless. All runs in that game came on a Jorge Castillo grand slam.

 

Great Falls had an 8-1 lead in the 7th, blew it and lost 14-9. Four bullpen pitchers gave up the big bad innings, ruining a decent 3 inning first start by Justin Collop.

 

Bristol lost 5-4.

 

[ThunderBolt]

Kyle McCulloch just has no out pitch. I don't know if Perdew can really do anything with him, he has a dead fastball. The cutter could help, but not much if he has no fall-back option.

[Cali]

Gartrell is a prospect that just screams mid-season trade bait...

 

And like, he'll come up for whomever we traded him to in Sept. have one good week and Soxtalk will have a collective s*** fit....