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6.2 innings pitched. 3 hits. 2 walks. 7 strikeouts. 0 RUNS! That was the line for Redleg Nation Spotlight Player Matt Klinker in this win over the Mudhens. Matt is now 2-2 with the Bats in 5 starts. He posts a 2.48 ERA. He had to watch nervously as the bullpen was shaky, but they held on for the win. Logan Ondrusek recorded his 8th save of the season by pitching 2 scoreless innings.
Todd Frazier has played in only 4 games at AAA, but he has managed to now hit 2 homeruns. Todd was 1-4 with a homerun and 2 rbis in this game. Chris Heisey was 2-3 with a triple and a walk.
Double – A
Kris Negron went 3-4 with 2 homeruns, 4 rbis, and 3 runs scored to help lead the Mudcats to a win. Jose Castro went 3-4 with 3 singles while Jake Long went 2-3 with a double, rbi, and 2 runs scored.
Camilo Vazquez allowed 3 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks over 5.2 innings pitched to pick up the win. Vazquez improved to 5-4 on the season with the victory.
Class A Advanced
Palm Beach 5 – Sarasota 4; final 10
Neftali Soto and Dave Sappelt were each 2-5. Soto scored twice while Sappelt scored once and had a double. Kyle Day had 2 rbis and went 1-4 in the loss.
Curtis Partch pitched 7 innings, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits and 4 walks while striking out 4. Pedro Villarreal picked up the loss by allowing a run on 4 hits in 2.2 innings of relief.
Single – A
Donnie Joseph gave up 2 runs in the 9th inning on 2 hits while recording only a single out to pick up the loss for the Dragons. The loss was his first of the season.
Carlos Mendez had 2 singles and drove in a run in 3 at-bats. Alexis Oliveras went 2-4 with a double and a run scored.
Rookie Leagues
The GCL Reds did not play.
Mariekson Gregorius went 3-6 with a double, rbi, and 2 runs scored. In Billings, Gregorius is batting .318/.369/.400 in 170 at-bats. Trey Manz, William Stramp, and Joshua Garton had 2 hits each while Yorman Rodriguez and Yen-Wen Kuo had 2 rbis each.
Oscar Castro failed to make it through 3 innings pitched before allowing 8 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks. In 2 rookie league starts, Castro is now 1-1 with a lofty 9.35 ERA.
Great game by Klinker!
Where’s Dan Dorn? Is he hurt?
Carson Cistulli, whose writing conjures up unpleasant masturbatory metaphors, has some kind words to say about Chris Heisey at FanGraphs:
Heisey has steadily received more recognition as he’s continued to perform through the various levels. It was, in fact, a feature about him in Baseball America that first called my attention to him. Regardless of his recent press, however, the fact remains that Heisey was a 17th-round pick from a college most notable for its tradition of throwing newly engaged students into the nearby Yellow Breeches Creek. Heisey has a skill set faintly reminiscent of Curtis Granderson at the same age: a decent mix of speed, power, plate discipline, and Can-Do Spirit, but without any real hype to surround them. He posted a park- and luck-adjusted line of .315/.398/.538 in 314 PA at Double-A Carolina this season with as many walks as strikeouts. Despite only drawing 12 BB in PA at Triple-A Louisville, he’s hitting well there, too.
Greg – help me out… I’m looking at Dorn’s numbers and they aren’t impressive this season. I know he is a board favorite, but I can’t see anything in his line that makes me play him in front of Stubbs, Heisey or even MacD (with how he was playing in AAA).
Since Stubbs was called up, Dorn has started 3 of the 8 games. They’ve been playing infielders in the corner outfield spots.
Bolivar? .246avg/.652ops
Griffin? .208avg/.541ops
Last night it was Bolivar and recently acquired from Japan, Lew Ford.
Last year, Dorn hit .277avg/.906 ops in AA
This year he is at .278/.800 in AAA with better numbers in the 2nd half.
1st half .250/.747
2nd half .360/.950
Looking at it by month, looks like the turnaround started in June after a bad first two months:
April .207/.543
May .213/.682
June .338/1.024
July .291.799
August .377/.978
Went to the Bats game in Toledo last night. Matt Klinker pitched a great game. He had control trouble early, but really pitched a great game. Bats win 3-2. Matt is 2-2 with a 2.48 ERA. Sat right next to the bullpen, Ted Power threw a ball to my 4 year old son. My family and I had a great time and enjoyed watching Matt Klinker pitch.