Iowa Cubs 3 @ Alburquerque Isotopes 8
There’s not a whole lot to like about the Iowa pitching staff. Brooks Raley threw 4 innings, allowed 7 hits and 4 runs. He struckout 3 and walked 2. Soon to be 29 year old Yoanner Negrin struckout 3 and walked 1 over 2 innings of work. Zach Putnam pitched 1.2 innings, allowed 3 hits and 3 runs while Rafael Dolis recorded an out and gave up 2 hits and a run.
Logan Watkins has gotten off to a good start this season. He hit very well the first couple games and last night he was 1-4 with a walk. Brett Jackson’s new swing was 1-4 with a strikeout and I’m not exactly sure why, but he was taken out of the game late. Ryan Sweeney was 3-3 with a walk.
That’s about all that happened for Iowa. They’ve started their season 0-3.
Tennessee Smokies 9 @ Pensacola Blue Wahoos
When I went to bed this game was 1-1 in the 9th inning so I thought the score was a misprint. Turns out the Smokies scored 8 runs in the top of the 12th inning.
Eric Jokisch pitched 6 strong innings. He allowed 3 hits and a run while striking out 7 and walking 2. The Smokies got 6 shutout innings from their bullpen. Kevin Rhoderick pitched 1 inning, Marcus Hatley 2, Frank Batista 2 and Brian Schlitter 1. Only Hatley’s performance is worthy of noting. He struckout 4 and walked 1. The Smokies gave up only 5 hits all night and walked 4 batters.
3 position players had performances worth noting. Matt Szczur was 2-7 with 3 RBI. Jae-Hoon Ha was 3-5 and Christian Villanueva was 2-5. Other than those 3, nothing really happened. Those 3 are also the ones who have been consistently hitting for the Smokies the first 3 games of the year.
Brevard County Manatees 2 @ Daytona Cubs 4
The Cubs had 3 pitchers pitch 3 innings apiece. Austin Kirk started, allowed 4 hits and a couple runs on 2 walks and 2 strikeouts. Yao-Lin Wang replaced him and struckout 4. Frank Del Valle finished the game and struckout 6 and walked 1.
Frank Del Valle was signed in June, 2011 and has been OK so far. His control has been good, but he hasn’t struckout a lot of batters. Maybe last night was the start of an improvement for him, but probably not.
Jorge Soler was 2-3 with a walk and his first home run of the year. He’s gotten off to a fantastic start so far. Stephen Bruno was 2-3 and Tim Saunders was 3-4. Javier Baez was 0-4 and has struggled a bit in this first series.
Quad Cities River Dogs 13 @ Kane County Cougars 10
Jose Arias put this game out of reach early, but somehow the Cougars came back to tie it. Arias allowed 7 hits and 7 runs in 1.2 innings. Nathan Dorris allowed a run in 2.1 innings while striking out 3 and walking 2. Then Ian Dickson mostly kept the game where it was as he threw 5 relief innings and allowed 2 runs, which allowed the Cougars to come back from down 8-1 to tie it in the 9th 10-10. They’d lose in the 13th. Steve Perakslis threw 2 innings, allowed 3 runs on 3 hits.
Rock Shoulders was 4-6 last night. The big game belongs to outfielder Oliver Zapata who was 3-6 with a triple and a home run and 5 RBI. Pin-Chieh Chen, Gioskar Amaya and Jeimer Candelario were each 2-6. Dan Vogelbach was 3-6 with a double. Catcher Willson Contreras was 3-5 with a double and a walk. Poor Marco Hernandez. Guy has been odd man out in this lineup a couple times already. He was 0-6.
Comments
GBTS wrote:
As I pointed out, it wasn’t about Marmol per se, it was about whether a few batters should change your mind on a pitcher. If pulling Marmol after a few batters was the right decision, he probably shouldn’t have been out there in the first place.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I mean, if the question is whether Marmol is good enough to be a closer, I think we’re all in agreement.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Yesterday, WaLi and I were discussing decorating the twins’ nursery a Cubs theme. Last night, we realized it would be too depressing every time we walked in there.
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Aisle424Quote Reply
@ Rizzo the Rat:
Yeah I was just making a funny. I know what you’re saying.
I liken the situation to this: let’s say you’re a father and you’re building a garage. You have two sons who are helping. The older one is probably more equipped for the job, but the younger one has had it rough lately and you want to build his self-esteem. You’re not a bad parent for handing him the nail gun and saying “Son, why dont you give it a try?” but you do have to take it from him once he puts the first nail into his own foot.
GBTSQuote Reply
@ Rizzo the Rat:
I get your point but I think when you have a lot of mediocre options you probably don’t have any other choice but “let’s see who’s got it today. ”
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@ GBTS:
(dying laughing)
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