Future Redbirds

Huge night for the offenses.

Quad Cities 6, Cedar Rapids 0:

• Brandon Buckman, 1st baseman and 19th round pick out of Nebraska last year hit 2 homeruns.
• 19 year old SS Christian Lopez went 2 for 4 in his A ball debut, striking out twice.
• Blake King struck out 3 in 5 innings, allowing 4 hits, 2 walks and no runs.

Palm Beach 14, St. Lucie (Mets’ affiliate) 1

• Scrappy Leadoff hitter and left fielder Sean Danielson went 4 for 5 with a double and 3 runs scored.
• 3rd baseman Allen Craig went 3 for 5.
• Mike Ferris drove in 5 runs, he went 2 for 3 with a homer and a walk.
• Jose Martinez went 2 for 4 with a double.
• Gary Daley threw 4.2 scoreless innings, allowing 2 hits, 1 walks and striking out 2. He also had 10 ground outs to 2 fly outs.
• Reliever Luke Gregerson struck out 4 batters in 2 innings, allowing a hit and a walk.

Springfield 11, Frisco 9

The S Cards overcame 7-0 deficit.

• First baseman Joe Mather went 3 for 4 with a HR and a double, driving in 2.
• Catcher Bryan Anderson went 3 for 4 with a double, also driving in 2. One of Anderson’s RBIs came with two outs. He also allowed a passed ball.
• Rasmus’s lone hit was a double and it drove in a run with 2 outs.
• Tyler Greene went 1 for 3 and drew 2 walks.
• Cory Rauschenberger couldn’t get out of the first inning, allowing 6 runs on 4 hits.
• Chris Perez struck out 2 and allowed a hit and no runs, picking up his 2nd save.

Memphis 14, New Orleans 3

Rain shortened game and another high scoring one. This time much of the damage was done against Met prospect Phil Humber.
• Rick Ankiel had a big night, going 3 for 4 with a homer and a double. He also drew a walk and had 4 total RBIs.
• Brendan Ryan went 3 for 5 with a stolen base and had 2 RBIs.
• Travis Hanson went 2 for 3 with a walk and a steal.
• Mike Parisi took Randy Keisler’s spot in the rotation and pitched well, allowing an unearned run in 5 innings, striking out 2 while giving up 3 hits and a walk. He had 10 ground outs to 3 fly outs.