Monday, April 7, 2014
At The Plate:
The bats were making noise in the early going, but the production, and the lead disappeared in this one, as Daytona dropped a close one to Brevard County, 5-4. Albert Almora is settling into a grove after starting the season slowly, he was 1-for-4 with a run scored in this one, and is now hitting .316 on the season. Dan Vogelbach is still sluggish with the bat, but had a decent game tonight, he went 1-for-3 with a walk. One guy who has been locked in at the plate is Jeimer Candelario, he was 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI, a run scored, and committed two errors (oops). The man with the “best name in the minors” had a solid game, Rock Shoulders was 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI’s, and a run scored.
On The Mound:
Exciting night for the Cubs organization as Rob Zastryznyy made his Daytona debut tonight, and had moments of brilliance in the no decision. Zastryzny worked four innings, giving up four runs on six hits, while walking two, and striking out six. The D-Cubs bullpen was solid once again in this one as the quartet of Yao-Lin Wang, Zach Cates, Arodys Vizcaino, and Austin Reed combined to work five innings only yielding one unearned run which proved to be the difference tonight.
At The Plate:
Another light night at the dish for the Smokies as they fell to Pensacola for the fourth time in five games, 3-2. Dustin Geiger has had a solid start to 2014, especially in the power department, Geiger was 2-for-4 with his second home run of the season, an RBI, and a run scored. Jeudy Valdez was the only other Tennessee player to make a difference with the bat, he went 2-for-3 with a double, and an RBI in the loss.
On The Mound:
It wasn’t a bad night at all for Tennessee pitching, especially out of the bullpen, still not good enough for a win. Matt Loosen got the start tonight, he worked five innings, giving up three runs on six hits, while walking three and striking out two. Ryan Searle, Hunter Cervenka, and Tony Zych combined to toss three scoreless, hit-less innings out of the pen, they didn’t even walk anyone, and struck out five.
At The Plate:
Not a whole lot going on for the Iowa hitters, but they made the most of their opportunities and beat Nashville 4-1. Brett Jackson, who has had a rough start to the season, had a tremendous game. B-Jax was 2-for-2 with a triple, an RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base. As a team, the Iowa Cubs had four stolen bases in this one, saw an opportunity and exploited it. Christian Villanueva had the big hit in this one, he was 1-for-4 with his first home run of the season, three RBI’s, and a run scored.
On The Mound:
All sorts of good things from the Iowa Cubs staff tonight. Tsuyoshi Wada started tonight, and took home the win, he worked 6.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits, while walking one, and striking out eight. Working as the setup man, Neil Ramirez worked 1.1 scoreless innings, he didn’t walk anyone, and struck out two. Blake Parker worked the ninth for the save, he flirted with danger but got the job done, he worked a scoreless inning, giving up two hits, and striking out two.
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