Mariners Minor League Game Action Recap for August 1
AAA -- Omaha 4, Tacoma 2 -- Box
Just when we thought "Puzzling Pax" might be taking an extended leave, he's baaaaaack.
3.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
And, of course, he had to be victimized by He For Whom We Coughed Up Shin-Soo Choo, sometime-musician, sometime-ballplayer Ben Broussard, who got a two-run single in the 1st.
On offense, Jesus Montero had a double and two walks, as Biogenesis continues to loom.
AA -- Jackson 5, Huntsville 2 -- Box
Another double and two walks for our man Ji-Man Choi (Talk40 #19). You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him, as they say.
Veteran Joseph Dunigan got his first homer since returning from the disabled list.
Trevor Miller (26intheMix) had a strong start: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K.
And The Carson Show! concluded the evening's programming for the 11th save for Carson Smith (Talk40 #13): 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K.
High-A -- Stockton 8, High Desert 7 -- Box
The Ports jumped out to an early lead off of Stephen Landazuri (Talk40 #24), despite an otherwise-intriguing 0-walk, 7-strikeout performance.
The Mavericks rallied, with Steven Proscia (26intheMix) nabbing two doubles in a 4-for-5 night, and red-hot Kevin Rivers getting two doubles of his own.
Jamal Austin had two hits and a walk, and swiped his 32nd base of the year.
Low-A -- Clinton 15, Beloit 6 -- Box
The LumberKings exercised plenty of LumberAuthority over the hapless Snappers.
Deeeeeej!
D.J. Peterson: 3-for-5, triple, home run
In three games since taking a day off, he has two homers, a double and a triple.
Overall: .289/.358/.542
And Jordy Lara also homered (and had two singles and a walk)
And Janelfry Zorrilla had two doubles plus a single.
And Ketel Marte (26intheMix) had four more hits to bring his average up to .281.
All of the offense made a winner out of Charles Kaalekahi (26intheMix) despite giving up five earned runs.
Short Season-A -- Everett 5, Boise 1 -- Box
Thyago ("Brazilian for Tyler") Viera had a strong, but brief-ish outing: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K.
He was relieved by Tyler ("American for Tyler") Smith, who got the win with 1.1 IP of perfect work.
Carlton Tanabe homered, and Chantz Mack had a double, a single and a walk. It was Mack's 11th double in 29 games.
Rookie -- Pulaski 5, Danville 4 [10 innings] -- Box
The P-Mariners got three in the top of the 10th to take a 5-2 lead, but barely held on in the bottom of the frame.
Kristian Brito (Watch List) had a double for the key hit in the 10th, and Isaiah Yates (Talk40 #39) had a double and two singles.
AZL Rookie -- Mariners 8, Rangers 6 -- Box
The youthful M's fell behind 5-0, but rallied to vanquish the youthful Rangers.
The Tank Tyler O'Neill had a triple and a walk, and stole a base. Then he was replaced in a defensive substitution. Hoping it was just that.
Luis Caballero had a double and two singles.
Looking Ahead
Victor Sanchez (Talk40 #12) is set for Clinton. Strikeout whiz Eddie Campbell for Pulaski.