Charlotte beats Norfolk 4-3. Anderson 1-for-4 with a K (he's still striking out, despite his .300 average), Fields 3-for-4 with two doubles. Toby Hall went 0-for-3 with a walk. Haeger bouncing back from his rough April, going seven strong, allowing two runs on four hits, striking out four.

 

Birmy is in the ninth with Mississippi, 1-1. Kris Honel went six innings, gave up no runs while striking out five. Dewon Day continues to strike out guys while allowing runs, going two-thirds of an inning, striking out two while allowing a run on a hit and a walk. Lucy 1-for-3 with a walk, Getz had a hit.

 

Winston Salem beat Lynchburg 7-3. Cunningham 0-for-3 (did have an RBI), his average is now under .300. Schnurstein had a double and Lujan allowed a run but struck out four in two innings pitched.

Owens LF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .252

Fields 3B 4 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .254

Hall C 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000

Anderson CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .300

 

 

Haeger (W), 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K's

 

 

Honel, 6 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K's....3.34 ERA

Day gave up 2 runs in the top of the 9th to blow the lead, 2 K's but 4.74 ERA

 

2-1 Mississippi leading now going into the bottom of the 9th

Any word on Honel's velocity yet?

Fields is heating up, hitting .318 in May with a .523 slugging and currently on a 10 game hit streak.

Cunningham is 4 for his last 36.

 

Kannapolis 9, Savannah 2

Shelby 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R

Carter 3-5, 2B, HR, 2 RBI (at .336 on the year)

Long 5.1 IP, 2 R, 6 K, 1 BB, 6 hits

Long with a good K per IP ratio tonight.

 

Is the org just starting him to stretch out his arm? They don't see him as a starter but a reliever, correct?

 

Carter has been beastly, and Shelby doing better, but still has a far ways to go.

Fields is heating up, hitting .318 in May with a .523 slugging and currently on a 10 game hit streak.

Cunningham is 4 for his last 36.

 

Kannapolis 9, Savannah 2

Shelby 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R

Carter 3-5, 2B, HR, 2 RBI (at .336 on the year)

Long 5.1 IP, 2 R, 6 K, 1 BB, 6 hits

 

 

I think Shelby has a chance to be a nice player. Too bad he or Getz isn't ready to play for Iguchi right now.

 

Gonzalez profiles as a utility player, at best.

I think Shelby has a chance to be a nice player. Too bad he or Getz isn't ready to play for Iguchi right now.

 

Gonzalez profiles as a utility player, at best.

 

Shelby has been playing in CF everyday here lately, so the organization seems to be going in a different direction with him. I personally am not a fan at all, but I really like what Getz is doing.

 

Schnurstein and Carter are RAKING right now, we might want to consider sending them up another level, especially considering the lack of 1B production at Birmingham. Good to see Honel pitched so well tonight, and also good to see that Haeger and Fields appear to be awakening from their slumber.

Long with a good K per IP ratio tonight.

 

Is the org just starting him to stretch out his arm? They don't see him as a starter but a reliever, correct?

 

Carter has been beastly, and Shelby doing better, but still has a far ways to go.

 

 

If they saw him as a reliever instead of a starter then they wouldn't be moving him from reliever to starter. He was having major issues last year that he seems to be working out while starting.

Long is a reliever but they are stretching him out so he doesn't just rely on one pitch, rather he actually develops additional secondary pitches.

 

In his stint with the club last year (after being drafted) Long lost a ton of velocity and didn't have any bite on his off-speed stuff. He's been much better this year.

Fields seems like he was hitting below the Mendoza line like 3 days ago.

Edited May 13, 200718 yr by Balta1701

Fields seems like he was hitting below the Mendoza line like 3 days ago.

 

 

i think he's in the Carlos Lee "streaky hitters" club. If we just got 75% of Lee's production with Fields, we should be okay.

 

We need a swing guru (not Walker) to work on that strikeout ratio, though.

 

Maybe Butch Harmon is available.

Edited May 13, 200718 yr by caulfield12