7/21 MINORS THURSDAY FINAL: Walkoff slam in Danville!

[rico43]

THURSDAY'S MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS

CLASS AAA

Gwinnett 3, Buffalo 2
Gwinnett breaks tie in 9th

SP: Blair 7 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
WP: Wooten (3-3) 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

Bonifacio 3-5, 2B
Mustelier 1-4, RBI (GWRBI on bases loaded walk)
Lalli 2-4, RBI
Rojas 2-3, SB

CLASS AA

Mississippi 5, Tennessee 3

SP: Bradley 5.2 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
WP: Morris (3-0) 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Peterson 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
Younginer (Save, 12) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K

D.Peterson 2-4, 2B, R, 2 RBI
Swanson 1-4, R, BB
Meneses 2-3, 2B, R
Camargo 1-3, 2B, RBI


ADVANCED CLASS A

Lynchburg 3, Carolina 0

LP: Franco (5-8) 6 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
McLaughlin 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Murphy 2-3
Davidson 1-4
(Only 3 hits)

CLASS A

Lexington 9, Rome 1

LP: Toussaint (2-7) 4 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 11 K
Caicedo 1 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Kennedy 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
G. Jones 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 B, 1 K
Custred 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

Didder 1-3, RBI, HBP
Herbert 1-4, R

SHORT-SEASON

GCL Blue Jays 3, GCL Braves 2

SP: Muller 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Parsons 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (rehab)
Taveras 3 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Suarez (BS) 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
LP: Schlosser (0-2) 1.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Cruz 1-3, RBI
Ventura 1-3
Boeldak 1-2, 2B
Pache 1-4

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Danville 6, Pulaski 2

SP: Stanton 4 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
Cockrell 2 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Rice 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
Matos 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
WP: B.S. White (1-0) 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K

O'Malley 3-4, HR (5th), 4 RBI, BB
Cumberland 2-3, 2 R, HR (2nd), 2 RBI, 2 BB
Wilson 1-4, 2B, OF assist
Moss 1-4, 2 R, BB
***O'Malley has 3 HR in his last 5 games ... was in 1-for-32 slump beforehand

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Suspended Games
DSL Braves 4, DSL Yankees 3 (8)

SP: Julian 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K
WP: F. Sanchez (1-0) 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K

J.C. Encarnacion 1-3, 2 RBI
Bermudez 1-2, 2 RBI
Y. Lopez 1-3, R, SB

Scheduled Game
DSL Yankees 3, DSL Braves 1 (7)

LP: Joaquin (1-2) 3.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER(2R), 3 BB, 4 K
Rodriguez 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K

Ovando 2-4, 2B, RBI
Lora 1-2, 2B, BB

[SJ24]

Brett Cumberland is heating up. Just hit a two-run dinger for Danville.

[zbhargrove]

Touki started off rough with a 3 run first... 2 walks and a homer I believe... but he's now gone 3 and struck out 8 without giving up anymore runs.

EDIT: 9 strikeouts now

[Hudson2]

10ks thru 3.1 ip. All outs by strikeout! Has that been done before? That's insane.

[zbhargrove]

If only he could trust his stuff more and stop walking so many.

[IslandBrave]

Peterson 2-3 with a 2B and 2 RBI. Hitting close to .290 now in a rough hitters park.

[zbhargrove]

Peterson 2-3 with a 2B and 2 RBI. Hitting close to .290 now in a rough hitters park.

Peterson has a real shot to fly under the radar and be quite a bit better than most are thinking... his frame still has projectable game power

[zbhargrove]

Quietly, before tonight, Peterson has increased his OPS to .770+... closing in on .800 is a pretty significant stride for him.

[nsacpi]

Quietly, before tonight, Peterson has increased his OPS to .770+... closing in on .800 is a pretty significant stride for him.

He's doing it in one of the tougher hitting environments in the minors.

[50PoundHead]

Ryan O'Malley with a walk-off grand slam in Danville's 6-2 win.

[zbhargrove]

He's doing it in one of the tougher hitting environments in the minors.

And he's younger than almost all of the pitchers he's been playing against

[Southcack77]

Peterson has a real shot to fly under the radar and be quite a bit better than most are thinking... his frame still has projectable game power

He's got big doubles power, which might play as is, but could well develop into hr power as he matures. Still don't understand why some are so low on him. Seems like a snap judgment.

[cajunrevenge]

I dont care how many runs Touki gave up, the k's are a good sign.

[jpx7]

He's got big doubles power, which might play as is, but could well develop into hr power as he matures. Still don't understand why some are so low on him. Seems like a snap judgment.

I really haven't seen a lot of people "so low on him"? Seems to have plenty of proponents.

[smootness]

If only he could trust his stuff more and stop walking so many.

That's likely oversimplifying. It was said when we got him that his issue is the ability to repeat his mechanics. But he's a good enough athlete that I think he'll get there.

[UNCBlue012]

I dont care how many runs Touki gave up, the k's are a good sign.

That's why I'm not worried about Sims. His stuff is so dominant.

[auyushu]

I dont care how many runs Touki gave up, the k's are a good sign.

Agreed, I was really happy to see that. His problems seem to be more of the letting innings get away from him variety right now, the stuff seems to be coming along nicely.

[auyushu]

I really haven't seen a lot of people "so low on him"? Seems to have plenty of proponents.

Some people are just super extremist on this site. Enscheff and I have said a couple times that we think he'll be a decent major league regular type but that we need more than that in LF for our team because our offense has so many of those players in the lineup already. Basically he's a useful piece that's not a great fit for our team.

I think he's got a great shot to be a .750-.780ish OPS/1.5-2 WAR guy in the majors myself, but we need more than that to develop a decent offense and make our team competitive. Someone made a Matt Diaz comparison in another thread, and I think that's a good one. Apparently that makes me "super low on him".

Hopefully he continues to develop well and surpasses my expectations, we could definitely use a nice corner OF prospect close to the majors. Worst case scenario (both for him and Mallex) he seems like he could make a really nice platoon partner for Mallex in one of the corner spots.

[msstate7]

Much better start for Blair... Really hope he can get it going now

[Tapate50]

Much better start for Blair... Really hope he can get it going now

I know I've hit on it a few times, but it's far more likely that he lost something small at the mlb level and just needs to get back on track. A lot of folks already writing him off already. I haven't seen someone go from no hitting AAA to getting lit up in MLB like that before. And his results got worse, so I think he didn't realize the issue.