Future Redbirds

It was bring-your-run-scoring-bat night in Springfield and Quad Cities as you’ll see in a moment. On to the report!

Memphis 6, New Orleans 7 (Mets Affiliate)

The Good

• Rick Ankiel goes 2-for-4 and NEITHER was a homerun.
• Ryan “I could help the Cardinal’s bench now” Ludwick goes 3-for-4 with 2 HRs.
• Troy Cate pitched 2 scoreless innings with 1 K.
• Andy Cavazos pitched a scoreless inning with 1 K

The Bad

• Journeyman Matt Ginter should not get a whiff of the majors this year as he gives up 5 ER and 10 hits in 2.2 IP.
• Brendan Ryan is 4-for-31 in his last 8 games and went 1-for-4 today.
• Tagg Bozied goes 1-for-4 and is batting a woeful .170 thus far in Memphis.

Springfield 13, Tulsa 1 (Rockies’ Affiliate)

The Good

• Colby Rasmus goes 3-for-5 with a HR.
• Joe Mather goes 2-for-4 with a walk.
• Every position player except for 2B Juan Lucena recorded an RBI in todays game.
• Eric Haberer goes 5 IP with 1 ER (but walks 4 and hits 2).
• The defense turned 4 double plays.

The Bad

• They won 13 to 1 — what more do you want?

Palm Beach 1, Brevard County 3 (Brewer’s Affiliate)

The Good

• Adam Daniels was excellent going 8 IP with 1 ER, 7Ks, 0 BBs and 13 of his outs on balls in play were on the ground. This builds off his last outing which was 7 IP with 1 ER, 7Ks and 0BBs.
• Allen Craig goes 3-for-4.

The Bad

• The offense couldn’t string hits together tonight and cost Dainels the victory (for whatever reason this reminds me of Clemens and the Astros offense from the last few years).
• Also appearing in the “why we didn’t win” column reliever Michael Cooper who is charged with the loss after allowing 2 runs in relief.

Quad Cities 15, Dayton 4 (Red’s Affiliate)

The Good

• Brandon Buckman (his 4th), Christian Lopez and Jaime Landin (who was a single short of the cycle) all go deep.
• The offense draws 10 BBs on the night and forces Dayton (who was previously unbeaten) to use 6(!) different pitchers.
• Brandon Dickson pitches 4 innings with no earned runs (1 unearned) for the win.

The Bad

• Blake King has had better days - 3.1 IP,3 ER, 6K, 2BB
• Ummm they won 15-4. Not much complaining here.

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Apologies again for the break in posts this weekend — I’m off to University of Arkansas on Friday to watch a bunch robots move soda cans. No, seriously.

We’ll be back soon with your Daily Prospect Reports.