717 SUNDAY MINORS FINAL: Allard still superb

[rico43]

MOVES:

GWINNETT: Landoni to DL; Herandez and Kotteras signed

ROME: Fried (blister) back on DL; Kevin Josephina promoted from Danville; Castro to DL



SUNDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE THREAD

CLASS AAA

Scranton/WB 4, Gwinnett 3

SP: Whalen 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
LP: Wooten (2-3) 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Weber 2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K

Castro 3-5, R, RBI
Lipka 2-4
Mustelier 3-3, 2 BB
Rojas 1-5, 2 RBI, 3 K

CLASS AA

Jackson 4, Mississippi 2

LP: Sims (1-3) 5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER(3R), 4 BB, 5 K, 3 E
Kent 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K
Morris 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Peterson 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Peterson 2-4
Camargo 2-3, RBi
Odom 1-4, 2B, R
Albies 1-4, R
Hyams 1-3, RBI

ADVANCED CLASS A
Game One
Frederick 4, Carolina 3 (7)

SP: Withrow 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
LP: McLaughlin (3-4) 2.1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Sobotka 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

Obregon 3-4, 3B, R, RBI, SB
Curcio 2-3, 2 R, BB, SB
Tejeda 1-3, 2 RBI
Davidson 0-3, 2 K (.224)

Game Two
Carolina 7, Frederick 5 (7)

SP: Navarro 3.1 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 5 BB, 1 K
WP: Lewis (3-1) 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Pfeifer 1 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Curcio 1-4, R, SB
Tejeda 1-4, HR (4th), 4 RBI
Edgerton 2-3, HR (4th), 2 RBI
Davidson 0-2, R, BB (.223)

CLASS A

Rome 5, Columbia 3

SP: Sanchez 5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Custred 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 3 K
WP: Clouse (2-0) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Watts (Save, 1) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Ellison 2-3, 3B, 2 R, 2 RBI
Riley 2-4, 2 R, HR (7th), RBI
Morales 3-4, 2B, RBI

SHORT-SEASON

Danville 5, Bristol 0

WP: Allard (3-0) 6 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K, E
Matos 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
McCreery 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Cockrell 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Mooney 2-5, R , RBI
Cumberland 2-5, 2 2B, R, RBI
Keegan 1-3, R
O'Malley 2-3, 2 R, HR (4th), RBI


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DSL All-Star Game
American 4, National 3

[msstate7]

Stretching touki out, eh? He pitched 5 innings yesterday

[50PoundHead]

I totally missed the Whalen promotion. Congrats to him.

[50PoundHead]

Decent AAA debut for Whalen. Struggled in the 4th inning, giving up 2 runs, but struck out 6 and allowed 6 baserunners (4 hits, 2 BB) in 5 innings.

[rico43]

Apparently swapped Whalen for Banuelos, but the announcement was not well-done. Glad to see someone handle a AAA promotion for a change.

[DaneHill]

Braxton with a grand slam.

[msstate7]

Now through 6. 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K.

Pretty clear he's too good for rookie ball.

Still baffled why we dropped him down after a great start

[smootness]

Still baffled why we dropped him down after a great start

We probably planned to send him to Danville all along but let him pitch a few times in Rome once he was ready to get him on the mound before Danville's seasons started.

I think we read too much into guys changing levels sometimes.

[msstate7]

We probably planned to send him to Danville all along but let him pitch a few times in Rome once he was ready to get him on the mound before Danville's seasons started.

I think we read too much into guys changing levels sometimes.

Once he was there though and showed he belonged, why drop him down a level that he's too good for?

[smootness]

Once he was there though and showed he belonged, why drop him down a level that he's too good for?

They stuck with the plan. I'm sure there's a reason in their minds they wanted him in Danville.

[zbhargrove]

Once he was there though and showed he belonged, why drop him down a level that he's too good for?

He didn't show he belonged at Rome... He struggled

[50PoundHead]

He didn't show he belonged at Rome... He struggled

Unless we are at the games, we only see things in two dimensions. As long as they were upfront with Allard about their plans, I don't think we (or he) should take too much issue with where he's playing. From the milb.com interview published earlier in the week, Allard didn't seem at all out-of-joint with how things have unfolded.

[msstate7]

He didn't show he belonged at Rome... He struggled

He had 3 starts... His first starts of the year. He did struggle in the first 2, but was very solid in the 3rd (5.0 ip 3 h 1 er 0 bb 5 k). Since those first 2 bad starts to the year, here's his totals...

32.1 ip 21 h 4 er 5 bb 38 k 1.12 era

So, while I guess it's technically true allard struggled at Rome, he's been a totally different pitcher since his 3rd start that was at Rome

[dak]

LP: Sims (1-3) 5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER(3R), 4 BB, 5 K, 3 E

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen that. 3 Errors from a starting pitcher in one game.

[50PoundHead]

Wow, I don't think I've ever seen that. 3 Errors from a starting pitcher in one game.

All throws--2 attempted pick-offs and 1 attempted assist--so it looks like home plate isn't the only thing he has trouble locating.

Don't know why they are resting Swanson, but Camargo is hitting .450 over his last ten games (in some of which he's played 3B) so he's taking advantage of it.

[Enscheff]

Another day off for Swanson?

[msstate7]

Another day off for Swanson?

Seems he's been off a lot. I know he had the AS game, but still seems like more than a few days off lately

[cajunrevenge]

This is his first full season. Might want to keep him fresh for September call up.

[UNCBlue012]

Allard is so good. I really think he's going to be really good for us for a long time.