8/4 MiLB Gameday: Zeke, Trey, Jake, Mike and Ben

[Cuzittt]

Today's Games:

IL:Pawtucket (Zeke Spruill) @ Syracuse (AJ Cole) [7:05pm]
EL:Portland (Mike McCarthy) @ Erie (Joshua Turley) [7:05pm]
CL:Salem (Trey Ball) vs. Frederick (Mikey O'Brien) [7:05pm]
SAL:Greenville (Ben Taylor) @ West Virginia (Stephen Tarpley) [7:05pm]
NYPL:Lowell (Jake Cosart) vs. Brooklyn (TBD) [7:05pm]
GCL:GCL Sox @ GCL Rays [12:00pm]
DSL:DSL Sox vs. DSL Mariners1 [10:30am]
DSL:DSL Sox 2 @ DSL Brewers [10:30am]

Notes:

7/31 Minor League Report

GCL will attempt to complete the game from yesterday (no score, 2nd inning) before starting up the regularly scheduled game.

Scoreboard:

Boston Red Sox Minor League Scores

Media:

MiLB TV
MiLB Radio

Local Media:

Pawsox:

Providence Journal
Pawtucket Times

Seadogs: Portland Press Herald

Salem: Roanoke Times

Greenville: Greenville Online

Lowell: Lowell Sun

 

[Cuzittt]

GCL Sox win the suspended game 10-2.

Boxscore

Jalen Williams went 2 innings (yesterday), giving up a hit. Pat Goetze went 4 innings, allowing a run on 5 hits, a walk and a HBP; striking out 4. Algenis Martinez went 3 innings, allowing a run on a HR; striking out 5.

Tyler Hill went 3/4 with a double and a SB. Jerry Downs went 2/3 with a double, 2 walks and a SB. Luis Alejandro Basabe went 2/4 with a walk, SB and CS. Trent Kemp and Yoan Aybar each went 2/4; Kemp with a double. Andrew Noviello went 1/3 before being replaced by Tyler Spoon who went 0/1. Roldani Baldwin and Sean Coyle each went 1/5, Coyle with a double. Isaias Lucena went 0/4 with a walk.

 

[Cuzittt]

GCL Sox win the regularly scheduled game 2-1.

Boxscore

Josh Pennington went 4 innings, allowing an unearned run on a hit, 4 walks and a WP; striking out 2. Yankory Pimentel went 3 innings, giving up a hit and striking out 6.

Yomar Valentin and Jagger Rusconi each went 1/2 with a walk; Rusconi with a triple, Valentin adding a sacrifice. Chris Madera, Yoan Aybar and Darwin Pena each went 1/3. Rafael Oliveras went 1/4 with a double. Trent Kemp went 0/2 with a walk. Devon Fisher went 0/3. Roldani Baldwin went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

DSL2 wins 9-0.

Boxscore

Darwinzon Hernandez went 6 innings, giving up 2 hits, a walk and a WP; striking out 4. Jervis Torrealba went 3 innings, giving up 2 hits and a HBP; striking out 3.

Lorenzo Cedrola went 4/5. Rafael Toribio went 3/5 with a SB. Freiberg Marin went 2/3 with a double and a walk. Juan Barriento went 2/3 with a CS before being replaced by Marcos Martinez who went 0/2. Juan Hernandez went 2/5 with a SB. Stanley Espinal went 1/5. Gerardo Carrizalez went 0/3 with 2 walks and a CS. Imeldo Diaz went 0/3 with a walk before being replaced by Jose Lozada who went 0/1. Carlos Pulido went 0/4 with a walk.

 

[Cuzittt]

DSL2 wins 4-3.

Boxscore

Christopher Acosta went 4 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and a HBP; striking out one. Nicolo Clemente went 3 innings, allowing an unearned run on a hit, a HBP and a WP; striking out one. Francisco Tena went 2 innings, striking out 4.

Eddy Reynoso went 3/4 with a HR. Willis Figueroa went 1/4 with a triple and a SB. Hemerson Serven went 1/4. Elwin Tejeda went 0/3 with a walk. Pablo Urena went 0/2 with a HBP. Reinaldo Ugueto went 0/2 before being replaced by Luis Benoit who went 0/1. Luis Yovera, Marino Campana and Keibert Petit each went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Sea Dogs lose 3-0.

Boxscore

Mike McCarthy went 7 innings, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 6 hits and a walk; striking out one. Heri Quevedo went an inning, allowing a run on a hit; striking out one.

Carlos Asuaje, Tim Roberson, Sam Travis and Henry Ramos each went 1/4; Travis and Ramos each with a double. Luis Martinez went 0/2 with a walk. Tzu-Wei Lin and Oscar Tejeda each went 0/3 with a walk. Manuel Margot went 0/3 before being replaced by Keury de la Cruz who went 0/1. Aneury Tavarez went 0/3.

 

[Cuzittt]

Drive win 3-2.

Boxscore

Ben Taylor went 5 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks; striking out 4. Kuehl McEachern went 4 innings, giving up 4 hits, a WP and a walk; striking out 4.

Mike Meyers went 1/3 with a walk. Yoan Moncada, Michael Chavis, Deiner Lopez and David Sopilka each went 1/4; Chavis with a double. Bryan Hudson went 0/2 with a HBP, sacrifice and SB. Joseph Monge went 0/3 before being replaced by Cisco Tellez who went 0/1. Danny Mars and Nick Longhi each went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Pawsox lose 3-1.

Boxscore

Zeke Spruill went 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits (2 HRs) and 2 walks; striking out 4. Jonathan Aro went 2 innings, walking one and striking out 3.

Garin Cecchini went 3/3 with a double and a walk. Marco Hernandez went 2/4. Allen Craig and Sandy Leon each went 1/4. Jeff Bianchi went 0/3 with a walk and a SB. Jemile Weeks, Deven Marrero, Humberto Quintero and Mike Miller each went 0/4.

 

[Cuzittt]

Salem loses 8-4.

Boxscore

Trey Ball went 5 1/3 innings, allowing 5 runs (4 earned) on 5 hits and 5 walks; striking out 3. Kyle Kaminska went 2 2/3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits (1 HR); striking out 3. Chandler Shepherd went an inning, allowing a run on a hit and a WP; striking out one.

Wendell Rijo went 3/4 with a walk. Kevin Heller went 2/4 with a walk. Jordan Procyshen went 2/4. Mario Martinez, Cole Sturgeon and Jordan Betts each went 1/4. Forrestt Allday went 1/5. Mauricio Dubon and Yoilan Cerse each went 0/4 with a walk, Dubon with a SB.

 

[Cuzittt]

Lowell wins 5-1.

Boxscore

Jake Cosart went an inning, striking out the side and then leaving the game. Enfember Martinez went 4 2/3 innings, allowing a run on 5 hits, 4 walks and a WP; striking out 4. Edwar Garcia went 3 1/3 innings, giving up 3 hits and a walk; striking out 6.

Luis Alexander Basabe went 2/3 with a double and a walk. Chad de la Guerra and Mitchell Gunsolus each went 1/4. Tucker Tubbs, Austin Rei and Brandon Magee each went 0/3 with a walk; Tubbs with a SB. Andrew Benintendi went 0/3 with a SF. Josh Ockimey and Hector Lorenzana each went 0/3 with a HBP.

 

[wade boggs chicken dinner]

Ball's final line = five runs, four earned, on five hits and five walks with three strikeouts in 5.1 innings pitched.  Other than the walks, he might have pitched better than his line as first three innings he reached the minimum (with a pickoff), but according to this article - http://augustafreepress.com/crooked-numbers-push-frederick-keys-past-salem-red-sox-8-4/ - the fourth went:   
 

Ball ran into trouble in the fourth, though, as the first four Frederick batters reached base. Tanner Witt walked, Chance Sisco singled, Jeff Kemp walked then Yaisel Mederos bounced an infield single to the right side. Mario Martinez fielded the grounder and tried to throw across his body to Ball covering at first base, missing wide. Witt scored on the single and Sisco followed on the throwing error, making it 2-0.
Wynston Sawyer lifted a sacrifice fly in the next at bat, deep enough to score Kemp from third base. Connor Bierfeldt followed with an RBI double, scoring Mederos and pushing to Frederick lead to 4.

 
Ball had a clean fifth but he left after walking a batter in the sixth, who came around to score.

 

[Plympton91]

Ball's final line = five runs, four earned, on five hits and five walks with three strikeouts in 5.1 innings pitched.  Other than the walks, he might have pitched better than his line as first three innings he reached the minimum (with a pickoff), but according to this article - http://augustafreepress.com/crooked-numbers-push-frederick-keys-past-salem-red-sox-8-4/ - the fourth went:   
 
 
Ball had a clean fifth but he left after walking a batter in the sixth, who came around to score.

Depressing.

 

[chrisfont9]

BALL IS A BUST! I can't believe he gave up a single to that guy! He'll never amount to anything!
 
Bill Lee and Bruce Hurst were both 23 when they made their debuts. Randy Johnson made his ML debut right around his 25th birthday. Not everybody rockets through the system, but sometimes the guys who need time are awesome anyway.

 

[Troy O'Lovely]

BALL IS A BUST! I can't believe he gave up a single to that guy! He'll never amount to anything!
 
Bill Lee and Bruce Hurst were both 23 when they made their debuts. Randy Johnson made his ML debut right around his 25th birthday. Not everybody rockets through the system, but sometimes the guys who need time are awesome anyway.

I like that he is working on a slider early, giving him four pitches to work with/on before AA. For comparison Owens didn't learn a fourth (also a slider) until AAA.

 

[LuckyBen]

BALL IS A BUST! I can't believe he gave up a single to that guy! He'll never amount to anything!
 
Bill Lee and Bruce Hurst were both 23 when they made their debuts. Randy Johnson made his ML debut right around his 25th birthday. Not everybody rockets through the system, but sometimes the guys who need time are awesome anyway.

P91 probably also looked at the box score of the sox game and said Owens start was depressing. 5 innings and he gave up 3 runs!!!

 

[chrisfont9]

I like that he is working on a slider early, giving him four pitches to work with/on before AA. For comparison Owens didn't learn a fourth (also a slider) until AAA.

Exactly. Work on evolving your body, command, repertoire and confidence. It's a short trip to the show once you get yourself sorted out. Results are of limited value along the way.

 

[Quintanariffic]

I like that he is working on a slider early, giving him four pitches to work with/on before AA. For comparison Owens didn't learn a fourth (also a slider) until AAA.

 
Then again, when Owens was Ball's age he put up a 2.69 ERA at Salem and Portland, striking out 169 batters in 135 IP along the way.
 
He was doing just fine w/o his 4th pitch.

 

[chrisfont9]

 
Then again, when Owens was Ball's age he put up a 2.69 ERA at Salem and Portland, striking out 169 batters in 135 IP along the way.
 
He was doing just fine w/o his 4th pitch.

That's great. Why do they have to be the same?

 

[Quintanariffic]

They don't, of course. I was simply adding color to someone else's comparison of the two. But that should have been obvious if you read the thread.

 

[Cesar Crespo]

Trey Ball has been a disappointment. He's too young to call him a bust but saying it's been depressing is accurate.