The affiliates went 0-4 last night. However, a successful Litsch debut makes it a good night.
Indy 8 @ Syracuse 5
Ty Taubenheim had a rough outing giving up 5 runs in 5 innings (4 earned).
Olmedo, Mottola and Thigpen each had two hits. Olmedo's making a case to be the Jays utility infielder with Smith being DFA'd. He's at .303/.378/.336 now. He's showing no power, but if he has a good glove and some speed he can be useful.
Old friend Howie Clark got the start at 2b.
New Hampshire 6 @ Reading 7
David Purcey got the start for the Fishercats. It's tough to evaluate his start as there were 5 New Hampshire errors last night. So Purcey gave up 4 runs, but only 1 was earned. He walked only one batter in 5.2 innings.
Sergio Santos and Ryan Patterson each had HRs for NH. Santos still has more doubles (14) and HRs (10) than singles (9). Patterson seems to still his power after recovering from his spring training injury as he's hitting .282/.300/.513.
Tampa 6 @ Dunedin 1
The D-Jays couldn't touch Ian Kennedy last night getting just three hits - all singles.
Aaron Tressler started, going 4 innings and giving up 2 runs. Yesson Berroa was the High Class A recipient of poor defense as he allowed 4 unearned runs.
South Bend 5 @ Lansing 3
Graham Godfrey had a successful second start of the year. He pitched 6 innings with 6 Ks, 2 BBs, and 6 hits, allowing 2 runs (1 earned).
Travis Snider had a single, double and 3 RBIs. Chris Emanuele also had 2 hits.
3 Stars!:
3 - Travis Snider
2 - Ryan Patterson
1 - Sergio Santos