Games Played on 4/25/2013
Minor League Player of the Day: Beau Amaral was 3-for-5 with a two-run homerun and three runs scored.
Chad Reineke threw 7 shutout innings, giving up just 5 hits, 1 walk while striking out 4. Reineke has allowed just 1 run over 21.2 innings with a 5/15 BB/K ratio this season.
Curtis Partch gave up the lone run in the top of the 9th for the loss.
The Bats offense mustered just 3 hits. Denis Phipps (1-for-2, BB) and Neftali Soto (1-for-3, BB) each reached base twice.
Ryan Dennick (1-1, 2.74 ERA) allowed both runs on 5 hits and 2 walks over 6 innings. He struck out 4. Loek Van Mil faced just one batter over the minimum in his two shutout innings. Van Mil struck out 3 batters.
Ryan LaMarre (2-for-4, 2B, SB) scored the only Blue Wahoo run.
(Former Reds prospect Ronald Torreyes was a perfect 3-for-3 with a walk as Tennessee’s leadoff hitter.)
High A
High Desert 9 – Bakersfield 3
Marquez Smith homered for the second consecutive night. Kyle Waldrop also hit a solo homerun. Juan Silverio and Chris Berset each collected a pair of hits.
Tanner Robles (0-4, 10.42 ERA) allowed 6 runs (4 earned) over 4 innings of work. He allowed 7 hits and 4 walks while striking out 2.
Low A
Dayton 11 – Peoria 5
Sal Romano gave up just 1 run on 6 hits over 5 innings. He walked 2 and struck out 3.
Beau Amaral was 3-for-5 with a two-run homerun. Amaral scored three times. Zach Vincej, Junior Arias, and Robert Ramirez had two hits each. Arias also stole a pair of bases, scored twice and had two RBI.
It should be pointed out in the LOuisville game that Billy Hamilton through a perfect one bounce strike to nail a runner at home from centerfield. He also had his 14th stolen base (the Reds entire team has 8).
Only two players in Louisville (Phipps and Felix Perez) are currently rocking an OBP north of .300. Gulp.
Did I miss when Reineke becoming awesome or is it just happening now?
@TC: That would be a very welcome surprise for the Reds farm system. The Reds had Reineke pegged for the bullpen until Gallaraga went down, but he has really stepped his game up this season. Let’s hope it continues.