Future Redbirds

New Orleans (Affiliate of the Mets) 5 , Memphis 2

• Lead off man Brendan Ryan went 1 for 2 with 2 walks.
• Ryan Ludwick and John Nelson both homered.
• Mark Worrell pitched a scoreless inning in relief with a walk and a K and didn’t allow a hit.
• Dennis Dove pitched 2 scoreless innings, while fanning 2.
• Blake Hawksworth was bad in his AAA debut, allowing 5 runs (4 earned) in 5 innings, allowing 8 hits which included a HR, while striking out 2 and allowing a walk.
• Tagg Bozied went 0 for 4 with 3 strikeouts.

Springfield 6, Frisco 2

Plenty good here, after a rough start to the season the bats broke out tonight:

• Jon Jay went 2 for 4 with a double, a walk, a stolen base and a runs scored.
• Reid Gorecki went 1 for 3 and drew a couple of walks and stole a base.
• Colby Rasmus went 2 for 4 with a double and a pair of RBIs.
• Bryan Anderson doubled and tripled and knocked in 2 runs.
• Tyler Greene went 1 for 4. His 1 hit was a HR.
• Jaime Garcia made his AA debut and was decent, striking out 5 in 5 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks, one of those hits was a homer.
• Chris Perez, with something to prove after his last poor outing struck out all three batters he faced.

Jupiter 5, Palm Beach 4

• Shortstop Jose Martinez went 2 for 4 with a triple, hitting 2 RBIs and a run scored. He also stole a base.
• Catcher Brandon Yarbrough went 2 for 4.
• Adam Daniels high A debut was pretty rough, allowing 5 earned runs in 5 innings. He allowed 9 hits and walk, striking out 4.
• Nate Southard went 0 for 4 with a strikeout. As did Mike Ferris. Both have had their struggles thus far.

Cedar Rapids (Affiliate of the Angels) 5, QC 1

Despite 10 hits, the Swing only scored a run.

• Daryl Jones went 1 for 4 with a double.
• Mark Shorey and Omar Falcon went 2 for 4.
• Luke Gorsett went 1 for 3 with a double and a walk.
• I never heard of Mike Schellinger until now, his start was a good one. He struck out 6 in 3 innings, his only hit allowed was a HR.
• Shaun Garceau had an interesting outing. He struck out 5 in 2 and 2/3rds. He allowed 2 runs, 1 earned. He gave up 2 hits and a walk.

Player(s) of the Day: Anderson and Schellinger.

Amaury Marti update: Or Cazana….whatever his name is now. He has 11 total bases 22 plate appearances. In 5 games, he’s a red hot .389/.522/.611 for the Minatitlan Oiler Tankers.