Alternate title: The Showchinko. The Showchinkshow?
Reno 8 at Las Vegas 4
What a boring box score. Snider didn't play, Cooper, Thames and Loewen didn't do much, and Scott Richmond pitched. Must I recap this? Sigh.
Actually, Cooper and Loewen each had a hit and a walk, which is pretty good, I just kind of assume that kind of production from them at this point. A bunch of journeyman minor leaguers had two hit nights. Chris Woodward even hit a homer. I guess Wil Ledezma deserves a mention too, having struck out five in three innings, allowing no earned runs.
Still, pretty boring game prospectly.
New Hampshire - scheduled day off
Brevard County 10 at Dunedin 8
Dunedin got off to a great start in this game. Before recording an out, the D-Jays had scored four runs: Justin Jackson reached on an error, Kevin Ahrens doubled, and then Sean Ochinko brought them (and himself) home with a three-run bomb. Not to be outdone, Brad Glenn followed with a solo shot.
Unfortunately, Asher Wojciechowski couldn't hold the lead and was out of the game before the fifth inning, having given up seven runs on 11 hits. Woj has had some good starts, but on the whole his season line is ugly: 73 IP, 90 H, 22 BB, 55 K. It's certainly far too early to worry, but it looks like we should start settling in for a long development process.
Dunedin made this one close by scoring three in the seventh - guess what, on another three-run blast from Ochinko. For those playing at home, that's six RBIs. Were it not for the DH, this would have been a laugher.
Lansing didn't play Monday as their all-star game is scheduled for Tuesday.
Yakima 2 at Vancouver 3
Like Dunedin, Vancouver started the game well, getting two runs right off the bat. Unlike Dunedin, the Canadians got enough pitching (Ben White, 5 IP, 1 ER, the bullpen (Shane Davis, Phillip Brua, Drew Permison), scoreless the rest of the way) to hold the lead.
Jonathan Jones was the spark-plug at the top of the line-up, reaching base thrice including on a triple and stealing a base. Shane Opitz and Pierce Rankin each had two hits.
Bluefield will start their season on Tuesday night against the Elizabethton Twins.
GCL Pirates 5 at GCL Blue Jays 3
In the Baby Jays' first game of the season, 18-year-old Venezuelan Deivy Estrada got the call and pitched quite well. Estrada allowed just a single run in his five innings, allowing seven runners to reach base while striking out four. Estrada also induced 8 GBs to 3 FBs.
Estrada's offensive compadres didn't help out much, though, so the young righty couldn't pick up his first win of the season. Kevin Patterson doubled and scored twice, and Jorge Vega-Rosado, who entered the game for Dickie Thon, hit a solo homer.
MILB doesn't seem to have the DSL score, but the DSL website does. Check it out here (scroll down near the bottom): DSL Tigers 2 at DSL Jays 1
Jairo Labourt (that t at the end really seems wrong to me, but we'll go with it) was great, pitching four innings of one-hit, one-walk ball, striking out five. Doesn't look like Gabriel Cenas played.
Three Stars!
3. Jairo Labourt: 4 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 5 K
2. Deivy Estrada: 5 IP, 1 ER, 4 K
1.Sean Ochinko: 2 HR, 6 RBI
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