MINORS FINAL 6/10: Northcraft coming on strong

rico43

<B>Director of Minor League Reports</B>
Aaron Northcraft lost Monday night at Mississippi, rocked for two whole runs over seven innings. This, in fact, does quality as news, as the big right-hander out of Mater Dei had won 12 of his previous 14 decisions.

A rocky AFL aside, the 6-4 right-hander has been a workhorse as he's marched steadily up the system until this year, when he was asked to repeat Double-A.

Last year at Miss., he was 8-8, 3.42, but won his final five decisions. This year, not even halfway through the season, he's 7-3, 2.84. He's worked at least five innings in every start since April 30, and over those nine starts, he has allowed 0, 1, 3, 0, 2, 0, 4, 2 earned runs -- 4-1, 1.98 in May with a strikeout per game.

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CLASS AAA

Rochester 7, Gwinnett 4

LP: Rodriguez (4-6) 6 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 3 K.

Leonard 1-4.

Boggs 2-3, 2B, HR (3rd), RBI.

Pastornicky 2-5, 3B, R.

Terdoslavich 0-4, 4 K.

CLASS AA

Mississippi, idle.

ADVANCED CLASS A

Lynchburg 4, Myrtle Beach 3

Rally from 3-0 deficit.

WP: J. Miller (3-6) 6 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 6 K.

R. Kelly (Save, 4) 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K.

Wren 1-2, R, BB.

Peraza 1-4, R, RBI, 2 K.

E. Garcia 1-4, 2B, R.



CLASS A


Rome 6, Augusta 5

SP: Gil 6 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 4 K.

WP: Feigl (2-2) 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.

Otero (Save, 2) 1 IP, 0 H, 2 K.

Brown 1-2, RBI.

V. Reyes 3-4,3 R. (.298)

Franco 2-4, 3B, R, 3 RBIs.

SHORT-SEASON

DSL Brewers 6, DSL Braves 3

SP: Mora 5 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K.

LP: Gavidia (0-1) 1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K.

Arias 1-4, R, SB.

George 2-4.

Salazar 1-4, RBI.
 
The Bravos have a couple guys repeating in AA who should probably be in AAA. Northcraft and Mycal Jones.
 
The Bravos have a couple guys repeating in AA who should probably be in AAA. Northcraft and Mycal Jones.

Agreed. Best I can figure is that because Jones began the year on the DL, and only played five games in April. I see a callup at the midseason break to Gwinnett.

Northcraft worried everyone with such a horrible AFL. But he's thrown a lot of innings and likely needs to be resting more in the winter than that "reward" afforded him.
 
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