June 2, 2009

Great Lakes Loons – Low A

Kyle Russell hit his 14^th HR and Devaris Gordon sole his 29^th base as the Loons won 8-7.  Russell was 2-4 with 2 RBI (he has 42), and also hit his 13^th double.  Javy Guerra pitched the final inning to notch his 13^th save (1.82 ERA). Read the full story

MINOR LEAGUE REPORT:

LAS VEGAS won 6-2.

Highlights:

• Jon Meloan pitched 6 string innings allowing only 3 hits and 1 run. He struck out 6 while walking 3. It appears his conversion to starting is beginning to work.
• Terry Tiffee continues to hit like he’s out of his mind. He was 3-3 last night and is now 19-31 on the season, bringing his BA to .617
• Jason Repko was 2-4 with a double, triple and 3 runs scored
• BOXSCORE

The Jacksonville Suns lost 2-0.

Highlights:

• Clayton Kershaw is now 0-2 as he pitched 5 innings allowing 7 hits while striking out 8. He allowed 2 runs
• Mitchell was 2-4 – this guy can hit
• Hammes pitched another scoreless inning
• BOXSCORE

The Inland Empire 66′ers lost 11-10.

Lowlights:

• Bell, Santana and Pedroza all had 2 hits
• Bell hit a HR and a triple and is hitting .343 – big diffeenece from last yera when he struggled at this level
• All the 66′ers pitchers got lit up. James Adkins started and pitched 4 innings allowing 3 hits, 3 ER and striking out 3
• BOXSCORE

The Great Lakes Loons did not play due to rain, in fact 6 out of 8 teams in that league were rained out as well.