Last Night in the Minors

Getting swept by the Brewers was inevitable...did anybody really believe this team could head into the sold out weekend series against the Red Sox and upcoming 3-game set versus the first place Mets at Shea with any kind of momentum? On to the minor leagues...

AAA Scranton-WB

• Josh Kroeger: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R
• Danny Sandoval: 0-4, E (3)
• Brennan King: 1-3, 2B, R, SB, HBP, K
• Angel Chavez: 1-3, BB
• Chris Coste: 1-4, R
  
  
• Ryan Cameron (L, 2-1): 2.1 IP 1 H 1 ER 1 BB 5 K

Sandoval, King, Chavez, Coste...who gets the call when the Phillies finally decide to end the Alex Gonzalez era? Here are the season stats of the four candidates (only with the Red Barons and only as of May 17th):

Sandoval: .265/.308/.337 - .645 OPS
King: .273/.339/.436 - .775 OPS
Chavez: .239/.280/.375 - .655 OPS
Coste: .163/.223/.215 - .438 OPS

AA Reading

• Michael Bourn: 1-3, R
• Tim Moss: 1-3, 2B, RBI, K
• Jason Jaramillo: DL
  
  
• Daniel Haigwood (L, 1-2): 3.1 IP 11 H 6 ER 1 BB 2 K

Ugly performance for Haigwood...

High A Clearwater

• Mike Costanzo: 1-4, 2 K
• Brad Harman: 1-3, BB, K, 3 E (17)
• Bryan Hansen: 1-4
• Tuffy Gosewisch: 0-1
  
  
• Jeremy Griffith (L, 3-3): 7 IP 5 H 1 ER 4 BB 7 K

17 errors for Harman!

Low A Lakewood

• Greg Golson: 2-5, 2B, RBI, R, 2 K
• Welinson Baez: 0-4, 2 K
• Lou Marson: N/A
• Jeremy Slayden: N/A
• Clay Harris: 2-3, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R, BB
• Sean Gamble: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 3 K, E

• Matt Maloney (W, 4-3): 6 IP 2 H 1 ER 5 BB 7 K
• Brett Harker: 1.1 IP 4 H 3 ER 0 BB 1 K
• Patrick Overholt (S, 2): 1.2 IP 2 H 1 ER 1 BB 3 K

Not a pretty night for the BlueClaw bullpen, but the lineup provided enough support to get Maloney a win...