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Drew Stubbs went 2-4 with 2 singles in the game. Stubbs is now batting .290 on the season. Drew Sutton went 2-4 as well with a double. EE went 0-4.
Despite the loss, Matt Maloney tossed a complete game. Matt allowed 3 runs on 7 hits with no walks. He struck out 3 and is now 4-4 with a 2.15 ERA in Louisville.
Double – A
Chris Denove and Sean Henry each had 2 hits with a homerun. For Denove, the homerun was his 2nd of the season while Henry belted number 7 on the year. Todd Frazier went 3-4 with a double, run scored, rbi, and a walk. Frazier is now batting .326 on the season. Chris Heisey went 2-4 with a run scored and a walk and now posts a .346 batting average.
Travis Wood threw 6 scoreless innings in the start. Wood allowed 4 hits and walked 2 while striking out 3. He lowered his ERA to 1.27 on the season. He is now 8-3 on the year and has not lost a game in his last 11 outings.
Class A Advanced
Justin Reed went 3-4 with a triple and an rbi in the loss. Neftali Soto had just 1 hit, but it was his 6th homerun of the season.
Justin Freeman picked up the loss in relief by allowing a run in the 8th and another 1 in the 9th. Freeman pitched 1.2 innings, allowing the 2 runs on 3 hits to fall to 0-2 on the season.
Single – A
The Dayton Dragons are enjoying the All-Star Break.
Rookie League
Not a great start for the Rookie League Reds. SS Cristobal Rodriguez, a free agent signing back in ‘07, went 3-4 to lead the Reds in hits. LF Theodis Bowe, a 21st round pick in the ‘08 draft, went 2-4 with a double. SS Billy Hamilton, the Reds 2nd round pick in this past draft, also went 2-4,
Marcos Molina, a non-drafted free agent, allowed 4 runs in the 4th inning for the loss. Molina pitched just 1 inning, allowing the 4 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks.
Efrain Contreras, a non-drafted free agent, went 2-4 in the game with a triple and 4 rbis. Shane Carlson went 2-3 with a double and 2 rbis. Yen-Wen Kuo, another non drafted free agent, went 3-5 with a run scored. Tony Brown, a 23rd round pick in 2006, went 2-3 with a triple, run scored, and an rbi.
Leonardo Astorga pitched 5 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 5.
I was at the MWL all star game last night in not so lovely Clinton Iowa. Coddington and Fairel were fairly unimpressive compared to the other talent on display. I wouldn’t bet the ranch on those two saving the franchise. There were 32 roster spots for each team, it was a nonstop merry go round of pitching changes.
My camera died, otherwise I would’ve had pictures.
What’s the scoop on Heisey? I don’t remember him ever projecting as an everyday big leaguer before this season.
Another thing, a lot of baseball publications ranked our farm system as kind of middle of the road now that Cueto, Votto, and Bruce have arrived. But unless I am underestimating their actual big league prospects, our system actually seems to be pretty loaded right now.
I think of guys like Alonso, Bailey, Stubbs, Frazier, and Soto and it seems like we have a bunch of full time MLB players in the system. And then we have a whole lot more “might be” guys like Valaika, Francisco, and Heisey. And then after reading BBA’s article on Travis Wood and Zach Stewart, I start feeling like the Reds had a pretty rosy future if they can overcome the Dusty factor.
The Stubbs OBP is particular impressive, and if he was playing in Cincinnati with Dusty he would bat lead-off since he is a CF. He’s Dusty’s chance to look like a genius.
Also nice to see Maloney rebound from his first MLB stint. He’ll be back at some point.
Travis Wood is a stud. Hard to believe that by simply replacing his slider with a cutter his ERA has dropped from over 7 to under 1.50.
He also credits finding his control. Just 7 walks in his last 7 games after issuing 27 walks in his first 8 starts.