Rex Hudler

Maggs and Frank's numbers are very similar. The only real differences is that Maggs is hitting 20 points higher and Frank's OBP is much higher due to 30 additional walks... The rest of the numbers are right there together.

He was removed from a game a week or two ago after being hit by a pitch. Hasn't been in the lineup since. Not sure of the specific injury.

Or his dad told him...

That begins to make some sense then. Good for him. Let him play 3 years and if he is good enough we can draft him again.

It's been awhile since I have had friends that signed, but generally the college money is for the player if he doesn't make it to the Majors within a specified time. It may be different now, I am not sure.

BRISTOL 3 AT ELIZABETHTON 14 YTD YTD BRISTOL AB R H BI AVG ELIZABETHTON AB R H BI AVG C.Young CF 2 0 0 0 .348 R.Spataro CF 5 3 2 0 .284 J.Rivera PH 1 0 0 0 .196 S.Taylor SS 5 2 2 2 .324 J.Rivera CF 1 0 0 0 .196 K.Phillips DH 4 1 1 0 .351 R.Valido SS 3 2 1 1 .342 D.Gomon 1B 4 0 1 3 .284 M.Herring DH 2 0 0 0 .281 J.Collins CAT 3 0 0 1 .282 S.Martin PH 1 0 0 0 .184 B.Peterson 3B 3 2 1 2 .227 S.Martin DH 1 0 0 0 .184 J.Sims RF 2 2 2 0 .206 T.Collaro LF 4 0 1 0 .306 J.Pospishil PH 1 0 0 0 .258 M.Perez 3B 4 1 2 1 .284 J.Pospishil LF 3 0 0 0 .258 E.Young RF 2 0 0 0 .254 R.Perodin LF 2 2 2 1 .292 E.Ramirez 2B 4 0 1 0 .450 R.Perodin RF 3 0 0 0 .292 A.Arias CAT 3 0 1 0 .355 J.Arneson 2B 4 2 1 1 .116 M.Lenderman CAT 1 0 0 0 .111 A.Garcia PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Bohlander 1B 2 0 0 0 .265 K.Culpepper PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Rodriguez PH 1 0 0 0 .160 P.Mutch PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Rodriguez 1B 1 0 0 0 .160 R.Flores PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 G.McGary PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 O.Lopez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Ortiz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Huchingson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 3 6 2 TOTALS 39 14 12 10 BRISTOL 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0- 3 6 4 ELIZABETHTON 0 3 6 0 0 1 0 4 X-14 12 4 E--M.Perez, E.Young, E.Ramirez, A.Arias, S.Taylor 3, A.Garcia. DP--BRISTOL 0, ELIZABETHTON 2. LOB--BRISTOL 9, ELIZABETHTON 14. 2B--S.Taylor (5). HR--R.Valido (2). SB--C.Young (13), R.Valido 2 (9), R.Perodin (3). CS--A.Arias. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BRISTOL R.Flores (L,1-2) 2.0 5 3 0 2 1 0 5.54 G.McGary 0.0 3 4 4 1 0 0 12.00 O.Lopez 3.0 1 2 1 3 4 0 0.48 D.Ortiz 2.0 1 1 0 2 1 0 5.63 J.Huchingson 1.0 2 4 4 5 0 0 18.00 ELIZABETHTON A.Garcia 2.1 5 2 0 5 4 0 2.11 K.Culpepper (W,2-0) 4.2 1 1 1 1 5 1 4.43 P.Mutch 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.79 PB--A.Arias 2. SO--C.Young 2, J.Rivera, M.Herring, T.Collaro, M.Perez, E.Ramirez 3, A.Arias, M.Rodriguez, R.Spataro, S.Taylor, K.Phillips, D.Gomon 2, J.Collins. BB--C.Young, R.Valido 2, M.Herring, E.Young 2, R.Spataro, S.Taylor, K.Phillips 2, D.Gomon 2, J.Collins 3, B.Peterson 3, J.Arneson. T--3:22. A--578

BILLINGS 7 AT GREAT FALLS 4 YTD YTD BILLINGS AB R H BI AVG GREAT FALLS AB R H BI AVG L.Bolivar 3B 5 1 3 1 .556 A.Gray 2B 3 1 1 0 .329 H.Hernandez 2B 5 0 1 0 .310 R.Nanita CF 4 0 2 1 .419 J.Votto 1B 4 1 1 0 .363 M.Myers SS 4 0 1 1 .329 B.Himes RF 4 1 1 1 .333 B.Bounds 1B 4 0 0 0 .367 M.Perez CAT 4 1 2 0 .379 C.Lisk CAT 3 0 0 1 .317 W.Olmstead LF 4 1 2 2 .266 S.Morris RF 4 0 0 0 .250 C.Dickerson CF 3 1 1 0 .175 C.King LF 4 1 1 0 .243 P.Gentry DH 4 1 2 3 .232 C.Kelly 3B 4 0 0 0 .194 D.Beale SS 4 0 0 0 .232 C.Lee DH 4 2 3 1 .533 D.Hawk PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Tracey PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Bohorquez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Reed PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Wells PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Little PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Ursin PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 37 7 13 7 TOTALS 34 4 8 4 BILLINGS 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0- 7 13 0 GREAT FALLS 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0- 4 8 0 DP--BILLINGS 1, GREAT FALLS 1. LOB--BILLINGS 4, GREAT FALLS 5. 2B--B.Himes (3), W.Olmstead (4), P.Gentry (4). SB--H.Hernandez (4), R.Nanita (5). YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BILLINGS D.Hawk (W,3-0) 5.1 5 2 2 1 7 0 2.82 C.Bohorquez 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 0 3.38 M.Wells 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 D.Ursin (S,4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 GREAT FALLS S.Tracey (L,3-2) 5.0 8 6 6 1 5 0 4.33 R.Reed 2.0 3 1 1 0 4 0 7.15 J.Little 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 9.00 WP--R.Reed. BALKS--C.Bohorquez. SO--L.Bolivar, J.Votto 3, B.Himes 2, M.Perez, W.Olmstead, C.Dickerson, D.Beale, R.Nanita, M.Myers 2, B.Bounds, S.Morris, C.Kelly 4, C.Lee. BB--C.Dickerson, A.Gray, C.Lisk. T--2:53. A--3856

Reynoso finally gets hit hard... Had been doing very well. CHARLESTON-WV 6 AT KANNAPOLIS 1 YTD YTD CHARLESTON-WV AB R H BI AVG KANNAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG D.Smith CF 4 0 1 0 .252 A.Webster CF 5 0 1 0 .292 B.Hassey SS 4 1 0 1 .177 P.Lopez 2B 4 0 0 0 .280 R.Medina LF 3 1 2 0 .249 T.Brice RF 3 0 0 0 .278 S.Dragevich 1B 5 1 1 1 .242 M.Christense 3B 4 0 1 0 .266 J.Yepez DH 4 0 0 0 .235 J.Terrell DH 3 0 0 0 .217 J.Schneider CAT 4 0 1 2 .199 G.Molina CAT 3 1 2 1 .256 W.Rivera 2B 4 1 1 0 .257 A.Gonzalez SS 3 0 2 0 .229 E.Arnold 3B 4 2 2 2 .222 J.Reyes 1B 4 0 0 0 .255 E.Rico RF 3 0 1 0 .184 B.Ivy LF 4 0 1 0 .107 J.Wesley PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Reynoso PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Thorpe PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Murray PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Mora PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Garza PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 35 6 9 6 TOTALS 33 1 7 1 CHARLESTON-WV 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0- 6 9 1 KANNAPOLIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0- 1 7 0 E--E.Arnold. DP--CHARLESTON-WV 0, KANNAPOLIS 0. LOB--CHARLESTON-WV 10, KANNAPOLIS 9. 2B--J.Schneider (8), E.Arnold (2), A.Gonzalez (12). HR--E.Arnold (2), G.Molina (4). HBP--B.Hassey, J.Yepez, T.Brice, G.Molina. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA CHARLESTON-WV J.Wesley (W,2-2) 6.0 3 0 0 1 7 0 2.05 T.Thorpe 2.0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2.25 R.Mora 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4.20 KANNAPOLIS P.Reynoso (L,4-7) 6.0 8 6 6 3 1 1 3.09 B.Murray 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0.00 R.Garza 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3.38 HB--J.Wesley, R.Mora, P.Reynoso, B.Murray. WP--R.Garza. SO--B.Hassey, S.Dragevich, J.Schneider, W.Rivera, E.Arnold, A.Webster 2, P.Lopez, T.Brice, A.Gonzalez, J.Reyes 3, B.Ivy. BB--D.Smith, R.Medina 2, J.Schneider, W.Rivera, E.Rico, J.Terrell, A.Gonzalez. T--2:34. A--2480

WINSTON-SALEM 2 AT KINSTON 5 YTD YTD WINSTON-SALEM AB R H BI AVG KINSTON AB R H BI AVG R.Yan 2B 4 0 0 0 .294 I.Ochoa SS 3 0 0 0 .330 M.Spidale CF 2 0 1 0 .287 J.Sherrill RF 4 0 0 0 .136 D.Holt CF 1 0 0 0 .255 W.Taveras CF 2 1 1 0 .287 N.Martel RF 4 0 0 0 .254 J.Cooper LF 4 1 1 2 .230 E.Welsh LF 3 2 1 0 .275 M.Knox 1B 3 2 1 0 .210 M.Morse SS 3 0 0 0 .239 M.Quintana DH 4 1 2 0 .303 C.Rogowski 1B 3 0 0 0 .271 A.Camacaro CAT 2 0 2 2 .223 C.Stewart CAT 2 0 1 2 .212 L.Cotto 3B 3 0 1 1 .133 D.Barnett DH 2 0 0 0 .000 E.Torres 2B 3 0 0 0 .235 B.Becker PH 1 0 0 0 .271 T.Foley PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Amador 3B 2 0 0 0 .159 C.Cooper PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Storey PH 1 0 0 0 .250 L.Grnkiewicz PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Storey 3B 0 0 0 0 .250 B.Lamura PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.O'Neal PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 28 2 3 2 TOTALS 28 5 8 5 WINSTON-SALEM 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0- 2 3 2 KINSTON 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 X- 5 8 0 E--N.Martel, B.Lamura. DP--WINSTON-SALEM 1, KINSTON 1. LOB--WINSTON-SALEM 4, KINSTON 4. 2B--M.Spidale (11), E.Welsh (12), M.Quintana 2 (12), A.Camacaro (2), L.Cotto (3). HR--J.Cooper (3). SB--W.Taveras (49). CS--W.Taveras, M.Quintana. HBP--E.Welsh, M.Morse, W.Taveras. SF-- C.Stewart, A.Camacaro. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WINSTON-SALEM B.Lamura (L,0-1) 6.0 8 5 5 2 5 1 7.50 B.O'Neal 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5.14 KINSTON T.Foley (W,6-8) 6.1 2 2 2 1 5 0 4.76 C.Cooper 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 2.25 L.Grnkiewicz (S,22) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2.61 HB--B.Lamura, T.Foley 2. SO--R.Yan 3, N.Martel, M.Morse, C.Rogowski 2, B.Becker, C.Amador, I.Ochoa, J.Sherrill, J.Cooper, L.Cotto, E.Torres. BB--D.Holt, C.Rogowski, I.Ochoa, W.Taveras, M.Knox. T--2:25. A--2796

Decent debut for Honel.... Let's keep him in Birmingham damnit!..... Big night for Gabe Alvarez 17-game hitting streak for Reed. BIRMINGHAM (4) AT MOBILE (3) BIRMINGHAM AB R H BI MOBILE AB R H BI C Durham CF 4 1 1 0 F Guzman CF 5 0 1 0 J Hamilton LF 3 1 1 0 T Donovan LF 5 0 3 0 J Reed DH 4 0 1 0 R Washington 3B 5 1 1 1 G Alvarez 1B 3 1 2 4 J Knott RF 3 0 0 0 S Bikowski RF 3 0 1 0 J Gautreau 2B 4 1 1 0 C Maldonado C 4 0 0 0 B Scales DH 3 1 1 0 T Nicholson 2B 4 0 0 0 D Bravo 1B 3 0 1 1 J Shaffer 3B 4 1 1 0 H Quintero C 4 0 1 1 G Reyes SS 4 0 0 0 J Furmaniak SS 4 0 0 0 TOTALS 33 4 7 4 TOTALS 36 3 9 3 BIRMINGHAM 001 020 010 -- 4 MOBILE 011 001 000 -- 3 E--T Nicholson. LOB--BIRMINGHAM 6, MOBILE 9. 2B--G Alvarez, D Bravo, H Quintero, J Gautreau, B Scales. HR--G Alvarez 1 (8) (off A Webb), R Washington 1 (12) (off K Honel). SB--T Donovan 2 (23), F Guzman 1 (1). CS--F Guzman. S--C Durham. IP H R ER BB SO HR BIRMINGHAM K Honel 5 2-3 6 3 3 3 5 1 M Smith 1-3 1 0 0 0 1 0 S Dunn (W,1-1) 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 J Bajenaru (S,3) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 MOBILE S Watkins 6 1-3 6 3 3 3 3 0 A Webb (L,1-3) 1 2-3 1 1 1 0 1 1 C Rojas 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 SO--BIR: G Reyes 2, T Nicholson, J Shaffer, J Reed. MOB: J Furmaniak 3, R Washington 2, H Quintero 2, T Donovan 2, J Knott 2, J Gautreau. BB--BIR: J Hamilton, S Bikowski, G Alvarez. MOB: D Bravo, B Scales, J Knott. T--2:43. A--3,651.

Stewart gets hit hard........ Hummel with a nice night... RICHMOND (7) AT CHARLOTTE (6) RICHMOND AB R H BI CHARLOTTE AB R H BI D McDonald CF 4 2 2 0 A Miles 2B 5 2 2 0 J Garcia 2B 5 1 2 1 T Hummel 3B 5 2 3 2 J Estrada C 4 1 3 3 R Gload 1B 5 0 0 0 M Hessman 1B 5 0 1 0 J Borchard CF 5 0 2 0 B Porter RF 3 0 1 1 J Burke DH 5 1 3 1 M Hubbard DH 4 0 1 0 M Rivera C 4 0 0 0 W Betemit 3B 4 2 1 1 R Hankins 1B 3 1 2 1 T Wilson LF 4 1 2 1 S Morgan RF 2 0 0 0 N Green SS 5 0 0 0 A Rios PH 2 0 1 1 J Nunez SS 3 0 1 0 N Murphy PH 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 38 7 13 7 TOTALS 40 6 14 5 RICHMOND 230 011 000 -- 7 CHARLOTTE 100 002 021 -- 6 E--A Miles, R Gload. DP--RICHMOND 1, CHARLOTTE 1. LOB--RICHMOND 11, CHARLOTTE 9. 2B--J Burke, A Miles, R Hankins, J Estrada, B Porter. HR--T Hummel 1 (7) (off S McConnell), W Betemit 1 (3) (off J Stewart). SB--J Nunez 1 (11), T Wilson 1 (2), W Betemit 1 (6), B Porter 1 (14). CS--R Gload. S--M Hubbard. SF--J Estrada, B Porter. IP H R ER BB SO HR RICHMOND S McConnell (W,3-1) 5 1-3 6 3 3 1 5 1 T Phelps 2-3 1 0 0 1 0 0 J Emiliano 1 2-3 3 2 2 0 1 0 J Dawley (S,14) 1 1-3 4 1 1 0 3 0 CHARLOTTE J Stewart (L,0-3) 4 2-3 9 6 6 1 2 1 R Kohlmeier 1 1-3 3 1 0 0 3 0 J Meyer 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 C Eason 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 WP--R Kohlmeier. HBP--D McDonald by J Stewart. BALK--J Stewart. SO--RIC: N Green 3, T Wilson, M Hessman, W Betemit, M Hubbard, B Porter. CHA: J Borchard 3, R Gload 2, M Rivera, J Burke, J Nunez, A Miles. BB--RIC: T Wilson, W Betemit, B Porter. CHA: M Rivera, R Hankins. T--3:41. A--9,117.

OK, Jason, I have two completely unrelated questions.... 1. After a player is drafted, the Major League club has to make him an offer within a specified time or the player becomes a free agent. (Travis Lee, Bobby Seay, Matt White) What if the big league club drafts a guy with the intention of him being a draft and follow? They still have to make him at least a courtesy offer to retain his rights, correct? If so, what if the player accepts the offer? They would have to take him in that instance, I would think that the Sox had just bought themselves a player. 2. Where did you get the info that Sean Gaston received a full ride to Notre Dame? The reason I ask is that it is my understanding that full rides are very rare in college baseball because of scholarship limitations. Most teams will carry 25 or even 30 players and the NCAA only allows 11.7 scholarships for baseball. If he did indeed get a full ride, then I am curious as to why he wasn't more highly regarded. Granted, he could get a combination of athletic scholarship/academic scholarship/financial aid, but you generally don't hear something like that termed "full ride". I guess my point is, if that is indeed correct, what else can we find out about him? Notre Dame is a damned good baseball school, so a full ride there would be a serious coup, I would imagine.

Basically you are gambling a draft pick that the player will improve enough in the next season that he will have value to the club and be worth signing. They often do this with guys they see potential in for big improvement. It is generally cheaper to sign a guy you drafted last year in the 30th round that could be a 5th round pick the next year, if you can sign him before the draft. You continue to scout the player to guage his improvement. There can be other reasons for draft and follows from budgets, to the number of players needed. If you sign all 50 guys, then you are going to have to do some clearing of existing players in your Minor League system. Draft and follows can occur in the upper rounds or even earlier in the draft. For example, Heath Phillips was a 10th round draft and follow. Did that make sense or did I ramble?

Jason, if he signed a professional contract, then he's done with HS ball. He would lose his amateur status just by signing it.

Great Falls gets one back from Helena..... Lots of hitting everywhere... GREAT FALLS 12 AT HELENA 7 YTD YTD GREAT FALLS AB R H BI AVG HELENA AB R H BI AVG A.Gray 3B 5 0 2 1 .329 G.Rodriguez 2B 4 0 0 0 .239 R.Nanita CF 6 0 3 1 .416 T.Trofholz CF 5 1 2 0 .314 S.Morris RF 6 2 1 0 .281 L.Palmisano CAT 4 2 2 2 .400 B.Bounds DH 6 1 3 0 .384 R.Deevers RF 5 1 2 2 .379 C.Lisk CAT 4 2 1 1 .333 V.Rottino 3B 4 1 2 0 .308 C.King LF 5 2 2 3 .243 M.Ramirez 1B 4 1 3 3 .425 M.Myers SS 5 2 3 4 .333 A.SegurCornr DH 2 0 0 0 .385 C.Kelly 1B 4 2 2 2 .206 M.Melo PH 1 0 0 0 .323 C.Haggerty 2B 4 1 0 0 .283 A.Gomez SS 3 0 0 0 .204 B.Logan PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Septimo PH 1 0 1 0 .259 J.Johnson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Septimo SS 0 0 0 0 .259 F.Hernandez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Carter LF 4 1 1 0 .276 J.Richardson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Hendrix PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Montalbo PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Durost PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.McKenna PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 45 12 17 12 TOTALS 37 7 13 7 GREAT FALLS 0 3 4 0 0 4 0 0 1-12 17 0 HELENA 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0- 7 13 4 E--R.Deevers, V.Rottino 2, P.Hendrix. DP--GREAT FALLS 1, HELENA 1. LOB--GREAT FALLS 10, HELENA 7. 2B--A.Gray (8), B.Bounds (11), M.Myers (5), C.Kelly (3), R.Deevers 2 (6), M.Ramirez 2 (8). HR--C.King (2), M.Myers (1), C.Kelly (1), L.Palmisano (4), M.Ramirez (4). SB--M.Myers 4 (8), C.Kelly (2), T.Trofholz 3 (9), L.Palmisano (5). HBP--C.Lisk, A.SegurCornr. SF--L.Palmisano. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA GREAT FALLS B.Logan 4.1 8 7 7 1 0 2 4.84 J.Johnson (W,1-1) 3.2 4 0 0 1 1 0 2.57 F.Hernandez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.23 HELENA J.Richardson 2.2 7 5 5 0 0 2 7.24 P.Hendrix 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 1 8.64 B.Montalbo (L,0-1) 3.0 5 4 0 1 2 0 0.00 K.Durost 1.1 2 1 1 2 1 0 4.32 D.McKenna 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 HB--B.Logan, J.Richardson. WP--K.Durost. SO--A.Gray, S.Morris, C.Lisk, C.Haggerty, R.Deevers. BB--A.Gray, C.Kelly, C.Haggerty, G.Rodriguez, V.Rottino. T--2:52. A--1430

Good pitching continues for Bristol....... Young and Valido keep on hitting at the top of the order. JOHNSON CITY 1 AT BRISTOL 6 YTD YTD JOHNSON CITY AB R H BI AVG BRISTOL AB R H BI AVG K.House CF 4 0 0 0 .129 C.Young CF 5 0 1 1 .356 A.Schutzenho 1B 4 0 2 0 .333 R.Valido SS 4 2 2 0 .343 C.Haerther 3B 2 1 1 1 .286 M.Herring DH 4 1 1 1 .291 L.Colina 2B 2 0 0 0 .197 T.Collaro LF 4 0 2 1 .309 L.Webber RF 4 0 0 0 .156 M.Perez 3B 3 1 1 1 .274 M.Rodriguez LF 4 0 0 0 .298 E.Young RF 4 1 1 0 .263 D.Barton CAT 3 0 0 0 .200 E.Ramirez 2B 3 1 2 2 .500 T.Wootan 2B 2 0 1 0 .280 C.Castillo CAT 4 0 1 0 .227 T.Wootan 3B 2 0 1 0 .280 M.Rodriguez 1B 4 0 1 0 .174 A.Davie DH 3 0 0 0 .253 F.DeAza PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Thomas SS 3 0 0 0 .231 J.Curreri PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Aguero PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 S.Suarez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Kopszywa PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Garcia PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 1 5 1 TOTALS 35 6 12 6 JOHNSON CITY 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 1 5 1 BRISTOL 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 X- 6 12 1 E--T.Thomas, E.Ramirez. DP--JOHNSON CITY 1, BRISTOL 0. LOB--JOHNSON CITY 7, BRISTOL 8. 2B--A.Schutzenho (3), T.Wootan (5), R.Valido (7), T.Collaro 2 (7), E.Young (4). 3B--M.Herring (2). HR--C.Haerther (1). SB--C.Young (12). CS--E.Ramirez. HBP--R.Valido, M.Perez. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA JOHNSON CITY M.Aguero (L,2-2) 6.0 10 5 4 0 2 0 4.33 N.Kopszywa 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4.66 J.Garcia 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 BRISTOL F.DeAza (W,1-0) 6.0 3 1 1 2 3 1 2.41 J.Curreri 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9.00 S.Suarez 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2.87 HB--M.Aguero, N.Kopszywa. WP--M.Aguero. SO--K.House, L.Colina, L.Webber, M.Rodriguez, D.Barton, T.Wootan, A.Davie, C.Young, M.Herring. BB--D.Barton, A.Davie, E.Ramirez. T--2:20. A--1119

Lopez keeps hitting for Kannapolis (.361 for the month of June and currently .378 for July)... Wish Andy Gonzalez would start doing the same.... CHARLESTON-WV 7 AT KANNAPOLIS 3 YTD YTD CHARLESTON-WV AB R H BI AVG KANNAPOLIS AB R H BI AVG D.Smith CF 5 2 2 1 .252 A.Webster CF 4 1 1 0 .293 W.Rivera 2B 3 2 3 0 .257 P.Lopez 2B 4 0 2 0 .284 R.Medina LF 5 1 2 2 .245 T.Brice DH 4 0 3 0 .282 S.Dragevich 3B 5 1 3 1 .243 M.Christense 3B 4 0 0 0 .267 J.Owens DH 4 0 0 0 .226 J.Acevas CAT 4 1 1 1 .100 B.Hassey SS 4 0 0 0 .181 J.Reyes 1B 4 0 0 0 .259 Z.Zinsman 1B 4 0 2 2 .214 A.Gonzalez SS 4 1 1 0 .224 D.Corrente CAT 5 0 0 0 .238 D.Cook RF 4 0 1 1 .120 E.Rico RF 3 1 1 0 .179 B.Ivy LF 3 0 0 0 .083 I.Ramirez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Miller PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Costello PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Larson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 38 7 13 6 TOTALS 35 3 9 2 CHARLESTON-WV 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2- 7 13 1 KANNAPOLIS 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0- 3 9 0 E--D.Corrente. DP--CHARLESTON-WV 0, KANNAPOLIS 0. LOB--CHARLESTON-WV 10, KANNAPOLIS 5. 2B--D.Smith (5), R.Medina (14), S.Dragevich (18), P.Lopez (18). HR--J.Acevas (1). SB--A.Gonzalez (7), D.Cook (1). HBP--W.Rivera. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA CHARLESTON-WV I.Ramirez (W,4-3) 7.0 8 3 3 0 4 1 2.81 R.Costello (S,2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.93 KANNAPOLIS B.Miller (L,7-6) 4.2 8 5 4 4 3 0 5.10 A.Larson 4.1 5 2 2 1 5 0 3.57 HB--B.Miller. WP--B.Miller. BALKS--A.Larson. PB--J.Acevas. SO-- R.Medina, S.Dragevich, J.Owens 2, B.Hassey 2, D.Corrente, E.Rico, P.Lopez, M.Christense, J.Reyes, D.Cook, B.Ivy 2. BB--W.Rivera, J.Owens, B.Hassey, Z.Zinsman, E.Rico. T--2:46. A--1673

Wing with second straight bad outing for the Warthogs.... WINSTON-SALEM 5 AT FREDERICK 6 YTD YTD WINSTON-SALEM AB R H BI AVG FREDERICK AB R H BI AVG R.Yan 2B 4 1 0 0 .297 G.Cates 2B 4 0 1 0 .322 N.Martel CF 4 0 0 1 .260 P.Shier SS 4 2 3 0 .317 N.Martel RF 1 0 0 0 .260 W.Cliffords CF 3 1 1 0 .297 B.Becker DH 2 0 1 1 .272 M.Huggins 1B 4 1 2 2 .309 E.Welsh LF 4 1 2 0 .274 T.Johnson 3B 3 0 1 1 .286 M.Spidale PR 0 0 0 0 .286 O.Rogers DH 3 0 0 0 .306 M.Spidale CF 0 0 0 0 .286 A.Gordon RF 4 0 0 0 .225 M.Morse SS 4 1 2 1 .241 O.Martinez CAT 4 1 1 0 .195 C.Rogowski 1B 4 0 1 1 .275 A.Manley LF 3 1 1 1 .177 D.Holt LF 1 1 1 1 .256 D.Crouthers PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Holt RF 3 0 0 0 .256 S.Babula PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Storey 3B 3 1 1 0 .251 S.Rleal PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Amador PR 0 0 0 0 .167 J.Sequea PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 W.Rosa CAT 3 0 0 0 .231 R.Wing PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Castro PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.O'Neal PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Stumm PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 5 8 5 TOTALS 32 6 10 4 WINSTON-SALEM 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1- 5 8 1 FREDERICK 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 X- 6 10 1 E--N.Martel, O.Martinez. DP--WINSTON-SALEM 0, FREDERICK 1. LOB-- WINSTON-SALEM 6, FREDERICK 5. 2B--E.Welsh (11), C.Rogowski (12), M.Huggins (21), O.Martinez (2). 3B--M.Morse (1). HR--D.Holt (5), A.Manley (9). SB--R.Yan (50), P.Shier (5). HBP--B.Becker, W.Rosa. SF--B.Becker. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA WINSTON-SALEM R.Wing (L,8-3) 5.0 7 5 4 2 5 1 2.50 J.Castro 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.29 B.O'Neal 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 5.54 J.Stumm 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.20 FREDERICK D.Crouthers (W,6-4) 6.0 4 4 4 2 3 0 3.21 S.Babula 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 4.15 S.Rleal 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.38 J.Sequea (S,7) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 1 5.59 HB--D.Crouthers 2. WP--R.Wing. SO--R.Yan, M.Morse 2, C.Rogowski, D.Holt 2, W.Rosa, G.Cates, W.Cliffords, O.Rogers 2, A.Gordon 2, A.Manley. BB--R.Yan, E.Storey, W.Cliffords, T.Johnson, O.Rogers. T--2:45. A--4329

Much better than Thursday night's meltdown..... Decent outing by Pacheco... perhaps he was off just enough that the Rangers scouts will pass on him, but I doubt it. He was hitting 94-95 again last night. Reed only has two hits in his last two games. Something must be wrong. LOL Congrats to Mr. Bullard on his first save. Last night was also Vida Blue bobblehead doll night. Vida was there signing them and hanging out. He was really cool. MOBILE (1) AT BIRMINGHAM (2) MOBILE AB R H BI BIRMINGHAM AB R H BI F Guzman CF 4 0 3 0 C Durham CF 4 0 0 0 B Scales DH 2 0 0 0 J Piniella LF 2 0 0 0 R Washington 3B 3 0 0 0 J Hamilton PH 1 1 1 0 J Knott RF 3 0 0 0 J Reed RF 3 0 1 0 J Gautreau 2B 4 0 0 0 G Alvarez 1B 3 1 1 1 D Bravo 1B 4 0 0 0 C Maldonado DH 2 0 1 0 V Faison LF 3 0 0 0 G Reyes SS 3 0 0 0 H Quintero C 3 1 1 0 T Nicholson 2B 3 0 2 1 J Furmaniak SS 3 0 1 0 S Morales C 4 0 0 0 J Shaffer 3B 3 0 0 0 TOTALS 29 1 5 0 TOTALS 28 2 6 2 MOBILE 001 000 000 -- 1 BIRMINGHAM 000 000 02x -- 2 E--T Nicholson 2, R Washington. DP--BIRMINGHAM 3. LOB--MOBILE 6, BIRMINGHAM 9. 2B--G Alvarez, H Quintero, J Furmaniak. CS--F Guzman. S--J Reed. SF--T Nicholson. IP H R ER BB SO HR MOBILE R Deago 5 1-3 4 0 0 3 8 0 J Trujillo 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 B Gaal (L,1-4) 1 2 2 2 2 0 0 BIRMINGHAM E Pacheco 5 4 1 0 4 1 0 R Meaux 2 2-3 1 0 0 1 2 0 M Smith (W,3-1) 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 J Bullard (S,1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 SO--MOB: J Gautreau 2, R Washington, J Knott, J Furmaniak. BIR: C Durham 3, G Reyes 2, J Shaffer 2, J Piniella, G Alvarez. BB--MOB: B Scales 2, R Washington, V Faison, J Knott. BIR: C Maldonado 2, J Piniella, G Reyes, G Alvarez. T--2:28. A--4,783.

Charlotte Box.... Good start for Yofu after the 1st inning... It would be nice to see Yofu st ay in AAA and Honel stay in AA, but doubt it will happen. Yofu deserves to be in AAA. CHARLOTTE (2) AT PAWTUCKET (3) CHARLOTTE AB R H BI PAWTUCKET AB R H BI A Miles 2B 4 1 1 0 A Brown CF 4 1 1 1 T Hummel SS 4 1 1 0 C Crespo 2B 3 1 2 0 R Gload 1B 4 0 2 0 A Abad 1B 4 0 1 0 J Borchard CF 4 0 1 0 L Collier LF 4 1 2 2 J Burke C 4 0 2 2 J Giambi DH 4 0 0 0 M Rivera DH 4 0 1 0 E Snyder 3B 4 0 0 0 R Hankins 3B 4 0 0 0 A Dominique C 3 0 0 0 S Morgan RF 3 0 1 0 K Dransfeldt SS 2 0 0 0 A Sanders LF 3 0 0 0 L Matthews RF 2 0 0 0 TOTALS 34 2 9 2 TOTALS 30 3 6 3 CHARLOTTE 000 000 002 -- 2 PAWTUCKET 300 000 00x -- 3 E--T Hummel. DP--PAWTUCKET 2. LOB--CHARLOTTE 5, PAWTUCKET 7. 2B--J Borchard. HR--L Collier 1 (11) (off T Yofu), A Brown 1 (4) (off T Yofu). SB--A Dominique 1 (2), C Crespo 1 (5), A Brown 1 (18). CS--L Matthews. IP H R ER BB SO HR CHARLOTTE T Yofu (L,0-1) 6 6 3 3 2 10 2 A Munoz 1 1-3 0 0 0 2 1 0 J Meyer 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 PAWTUCKET B Chen (W,1-3) 7 5 0 0 0 5 0 C Fossum (S,1) 2 4 2 2 0 4 0 WP--T Yofu. SO--CHA: M Rivera 3, R Hankins 2, S Morgan, T Hummel, J Borchard, A Sanders. PAW: E Snyder 3, J Giambi 3, A Brown 2, C Crespo, L Collier, K Dransfeldt. BB--PAW: A Dominique, C Crespo, L Matthews, K Dransfeldt. T--2:45. A--6,978.

Damn, why couldn't that be at home??

Hankins has dropped off slightly the last couple of days, but is still hitting well over .300.

Yofu gave up two HR's (3 runs total) in the first inning last night and then basically gave up nothing the rest of the way. Unfortunately, he was going against Bruce Chen, who also gave up nothing, so he picked up the loss in a 3-2 game. 10 K's is correct.

I thought Sweeney would get closer to a million... I know this won't be popular and I can hear everyone saying "but he could get hurt" but I am not a big fan of signing this kid before his high school season was complete. In the big picture, his professionally is definitely more important, but it still doesn't sit too well with me that he is now basically leaving his teammates high and dry who are making a run at the State Championship. To be good enough to be ranked #1 in the state, those players had to put in a lot of time and hard work. That is something that really means a lot to those kids, and should to Sweeney as well. I don't discount playing for a Championship at any level as unimportant. Sure, his teammates may "understand" and "support him" but you know damned well that deep down inside they feel somewhat betrayed. Now if I have incomplete information and his team just recently lost in the playoffs and his season is over, then someone please correct me. However, if that is not the case, then my thoughts are why in the hell could you not have let him play for 2-3 more weeks??

Because a Sac fly ties the game. If maggs gets thrown out, that can't happen anymore. You don't run yourself into an out, you tie the game before you think about winning it. Than again don't you always go for the win on the road? Detroit wouldn't risk throwing the ball down to second, if they did it has a chance of going into center. It's been done plenty of times before, I gurantee you Meares wasn't even thinking about Maggs at first base. CWSOX45 It may happen with a different base runner, but it is still not a good baseball move. No need to second guess the right move, just because of bad luck.