MINORS FINAL 5/26: Memorial Monday rallies

[rico43]

After eight games for the Seibu Lions, Ernesto Mejia is hitting .438 (14-32) with two homers and five RBIs. I remain incredulous that the Braves' brass were so thickheaded not to have his bat on the bench the last two seasons.



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CLASS AAA

Pawtucket 3, Gwinnett 2

LP: Rodriguez (4-5) 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K.
La Stella 1-4, 2B. (DH)
Salcedo 2-3, 2 2B, RBI.
Constanza 1-4, RBI, SB.

CLASS AA

Mississippi 6, Pensacola 3

5-run 8th!
SP: W. Perez 7 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 7 K.
WP: Hoyt (2-2) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K.
Simmons (Save, 14) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
Kleinknecht 2-5, R, 2B.
Kennelly 2-3, 2B, R, RBI.
Kubitza 1-4, 2B, R.
Rohm 1-4, 2 RBIs.
Leonard 1-1, RBI. (PH)

ADVANCED CLASS A

Lynchburg 7, Winston-Salem 6

Walk-off error. Bases loaded 1B by Peraza, 2 RBIs, E7.
SP: J. Miller 4 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K.
WP: Pruneda (1-2) 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K.
Odom 1-2, HR (2nd), 3 RBIs.
Peraza 2-5, 2 RBIs.
Hyams 1-1, 2B, R. (PH)
E. Garcia 2-3, 2B, R.

CLASS A

West Virginia 14, Rome 6

R-Braves allow 16 hits, 37 in last 2 games!
LP: Salazar (1-6) 2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 1 K.
Vail 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K.
Schrader 3-4, 3 R, 2B, HR (5th), 2 RBIs.
V. Reyes 1-4.
Lien 1-4, HR (1st), 3 RBIs.
Franco 1-4, 2B, RBI.

[50PoundHead]

rico, I get it. You liked Mejia. I liked Hessman and thought he should have been able to find his way on a major league bench (and periodically he did). But who do you leave off the team if you keep a one-position guy like Mejia. Further, if anyone else in the bigs had wanted him, the Braves would have likely found a trading partner before they sold his contract to the Japanese.

Some late game heroics in both Lynchburg and Mississippi.

[Tapate50]

Some Gwinnett hitters seem to be finding their stroke.