Down On The Farm Minor League Report 7/23/08 Pt 1

Triple A

Scranton/WB POSTPONED: RAIN

Double A

The Trenton Thunder won a close scoring game over the New Hampshire Fisher Cats by a score of 3-1. Starting for the Thunder was Chase Wright and he gave up 1 earned run on 5 hits in 7 innings of work for the no decision. Replacing Wright to start the 8th inning was Mark Melancon and he pitched 2 scoreless innings giving up 1 walk for the win. His era is 1.93. The hitting stars of the game for Trenton worth mentioning were first baseman Chris Malec who went 1 for 3 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi and DH Colin Curtis who went 2 for 3 with 2 rbi’s.

• Trenton Thunder Recap - Trenton Thunder Official
• Trenton Thunder Box Score - Trenton Thunder Official

A Adv.

The Tampa Yankees won a close scoring game over the Brevard County Manatees by a score of 6-4. Starting for Tampa was Ryan Pope and he gave up 3 earned runs on 4 hits in 7 innings of work for the no decision. Replacing Pope to start the 8th inning was Wilkins Arias and he pitched 2 innings giving up 1 earned run on 2 hits for the blown save and the win. The hitting stars of the game for Tampa worth mentioning were second baseman Luis Nunez, short stop Eduardo Nunez, DH Josh Kreuzer and catcher Kyle Anson. L Nunez went 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 1 rbi. E Nunez went 1 for 3 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s. Kreuzer went 1 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 rbi’s along with a home run and Anson went 2 for 2 with 1 run scored. Josh Kreuzer won the game with a walk off home run in the bottom of the 9th inning.

• Tampa Yankees Recap - Tampa Yankees Official
• Tampa Box Score - Tampa Yankees Official

Class A

The Charleston RiverDogs won a close scoring game over the Greensboro Grasshoppers by a score of 4-3. Starting for the RiverDogs was Wilkins De La Rosa and he gave up 2 earned runs on 5 hits in 5.2 innings of work for the no decision. Replacing De La Rossa was Ryan Zink and he pitched 1.1 scoreless innings giving up 1 hit. Following Zink to start the 8th inning was Jonathan Ortiz and he gave up 1 earned run on 1 hit in 2 innings for the win. The hitting stars of the game for the RiverDogs worth mentioning were second baseman Justin Snyder who went 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 2 rbi’s along with a home run and catcher Jeff Nutt who went 2 for 4 with 1 rbi.

• Charleston RiverDogs Recap - Charleston RiverDogs Official
• Charleston RiverDogs Box Score - Charleston RiverDogs Official