Batter's Box Interactive Magazine - Nolin and Hollon Debut for New Teams

On Sunday the affiliates were 2-4. Vancouver had a night to forget. Lansing won in extra innings. Sean Nolin made his debut for Buffalo. New Hampshire won in the bottom of the 9th inning, and Clinton Hollon made his debut for Bluefield.

Buffalo 1 – Pawtucket 3

Sean Nolin had his first AAA start since recently being promoted from New Hampshire. Sean pitched 5 innings giving up 2 runs on 7 hits, 4 walks, and 4 strikeouts. Joel Carreno gave up a solo home run in the 7th inning to Jackie Bradley Jr.

Clint Robinson had his second HR for Buffalo in the 6th inning off of knuckleballer Charlie Haeger.

New Hampshire 2 – Trenton 1

Austin Bibens-Dirkx was given Sean Nolin’s spot in the rotation and had a fantastic start. Austin pitched 7 scoreless innings only giving up 2 hits, with 2 walks, and 6 strikeouts.

Kenny Wilson had his second HR of the year, and his 14th stolen base. Adam Loewen and Amadeo Zazueta each had a double.

Dunedin 6 – Clearwater 7

Casey Lawrence had a rough outing in which he gave up 5 earned runs on 11 hits over 5 innings. Blake McFarland got roughed up in the 9th inning, as he gave up 2 runs, of which 1 was earned and before being credited with the loss.

KC Hobson had a double and his team leading 18th HR of the year while scoring two runs. Marcus Knecht scored two runs as well.

Lansing 7 – Lake County 6 (12 Innings)

Taylor Cole started for the Lugnuts, and threw 5 innings giving up 4 earned runs. Efrain Nieves, Ian Kadish and Arik Sikula pitched the remaining 6 innings, with Arik Sikula getting the win.

Dwight Smith Jr was 3-6, with a double, and two RBI’s. Daniel Klein singled home Kevin Patterson in the bottom of the 12th for the game winning run.

Salem-Keizer 15 – Vancouver 5

Nothing was clicking for Vancouver’s pitching as they gave up 15 runs of which 11 were on 14 hits. Colton turner was charged with 7 runs (3 earned) over 4.1 innings. Drew Permison gave up 3 runs in .1 innings pitched. Brandon Dorsett gave up 5 runs in the 9th inning.

On the offensive side the Canadians scored 3 runs in the 4th inning, and 2 in the 9th inning. Seth Conner and Christian Vazquez each had 2 runs batted in.

Bluefield 2 – Pulaski 5

In Clinton Hollon’s first start for Bluefield he gave up 4 runs over 4.1 innings on 4 hits, 2 walks, and 5 strikeouts.

Matt Dean scored DJ Davis in the first inning on a ground out. The other run was scored in the third inning when Mitch Nay drove home Tim Locastro on a sac-fly.

Three Stars

3-Kenny Wilson

2-KC Hobson

1-Austin Bibens-Dirkx

Posted by tercet on Sunday, August 18 2013 @ 10:41 PM EDT.

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#2JBrumfield - Monday, August 19 2013 @ 04:13 AM EDT (#278217) #

Sloppy defence really burned the C's. Dawel Lugo booted one at short in the first, leading to two unearned runs. He made a throwing error two innings later by drawing Justin Atkinson off the bag. He has a strong throwing arm and did make a couple of nice plays, making a nice pick on a sharp grounder and starting a 6-3 double play. Lugo came up empty at the dish in the fourth with the bases loaded and the game tied at 3-3 after the C's rallied to tie it.

Brenden Kalfus played one like a bag of toys in right field to help start a Salem-Keizer rally. Colton Turner walked in the go-ahead run and Joe Spano let all three inherited runners to score, uncorking a wild pitch. Drew Permison was not sharp and Brandon Dorsett was bludgeoned to death by giving up a grand slam. He also plunked two hitters, one after the slam. The Volcanoes retaliated in the ninth when Matt Hitt took one for the team, leading to a warning to both teams from the home plate ump. He had replaced LB Dantzler in the three-spot a little bit earlier in the game. Hitt saw his batting average fall from .042 to .040 after a soft pop up in the infield. I'm sure he appreciated getting on base, boosting his OBP to .226 and his OPS to .266. The C's left 13 men on base, made four errors and uncorked three wild pitches. Worst game I have seen since the 10-1 Home Opening debacle against Spokane.

Richard S.S. - Monday, August 19 2013 @ 04:40 AM EDT (#278219) #

Thanks #2.
A bonus to hear from someone who saw the game.

jayBlue - Monday, August 19 2013 @ 09:14 PM EDT (#278231) #

Matt Dean seems to have figured out Rookie-Ball. Another HR tonight. Hitting .330.

ayjackson - Monday, August 19 2013 @ 09:16 PM EDT (#278232) #

Davis, Barreto, Dean, Nay. YAY! Position Prospects!!!

ayjackson - Monday, August 19 2013 @ 09:17 PM EDT (#278233) #

Davis, Barreto, Dean, Nay. YAY! Position Prospects!!!

ayjackson - Monday, August 19 2013 @ 09:19 PM EDT (#278234) #

Worth noting that Andy Burns is pretty hot at AA too. OPS well into the mid-.900s for August.

bball37 - Monday, August 19 2013 @ 10:56 PM EDT (#278235) #

Lawrence's outing at Dunedin wasn't rough if you were at the game. Ground balls bouncing off of bases and pop flies falling harmlessly onto the grass do not make up a rough outing, but an unlucky one. Lawrence was sharp with his pitches thru his rehab start of 65 pitches.Fly balls have to be caught, pop flies usually find a place to drop.If this team is gonna make a run in the playoffs, somebody better start playing some defense and making some plays. They've got good pitching but that can only take you so far. Better base running and more aggressive defense wil lbe needed to make a playoff difference.

finch - Monday, August 19 2013 @ 11:49 PM EDT (#278236) #

Dawel Lugo, Gabriel Cenas and Richard Urena would count as prospects in my books. I've been quite high on Matthew Dean for a while. Call it a gut feeling. When he was drafted, he was comped to Bryant (the one that got away).

jerjapan - Tuesday, August 20 2013 @ 03:27 PM EDT (#278242) #

Austin Bibens-Dirkx is a 28 year old whose struggled in AAA, but man he's having a great season. Any chance he's turned a corner?

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