Games Played on 9/1/2013
Minor League Player of the Day: Louisville RHP, Pedro Villarreal, threw 6 innings of shutout baseball against the Indians. He allowed only 2 hits, didn’t walk a batter, and struck out 8. That runs his record in AAA to 4-9 on the season and his ERA stands at 4.43. His WHIP is 1.30. This is his second year at AAA, last year going 3-12 with a 4.61 ERA and a WHIP of 1.421. Villarreal pitched much better in the second half of the season with the Bats (though he did spend part of that time with the Reds), with a 2.45 ERA, but he was used mostly out of the bullpen for the Bats in the 2nd half, starting only 3 games (2 in the last week). It doesn’t look like the franchise quite knows what they want to do with the 25 year old right hander at this point.
AAA
Pedro Villarreal threw 6 innings of 2 hit / shutout baseball, walking 0 and striking out 8. Kevin Whelan, Jose Arredondo, and Jose Diaz (S -13) each threw a hitless inning for the Bats.
Denis Phipps was 2-3 with a double and was the only hitter with multiple hits.
AA
Josh Smith threw 7 shutout innings, allowing 4 hits and 2 walks while striking out 4. Drew Hayes threw a scoreless inning.
Donald Lutz went 3-5, Yorman Rodriguez went 2-5 with a homer (4), and Ray Chang went 2-4.
High A
Juan Perez went 3-4 with a triple and a walk, Junior Arias went 3-5 with a triple. Arias also had a stolen base (19), was caught stealing (10), and was picked off. Brent Peterson went 2-3. Juan Duran went 1-2 with a homer (17) and 2 walks.
Jake Johnson threw 6 innings, allowed 2 runs on 5 hits, he struck out 5. Ben Klimesh threw a hitless inning walking 2 and striking out the side and Sean Lucas threw 2 hitless innings, striking out 2.
Daniel Pigott went 2-4 with a homer (4) and was picked off. Sammy Diaz went 2-3 with a walk and a stolen base.
Nick Travesio started and went 5 innings, allowing a run on a hit, while walking 3 and striking out 3. Joel Bender threw a hitless inning, striking out the side.
Rookie
Adam Matthews went 2-4 with 2 doubles, Daniel Paula, Avain Rachel (also made his 14th error), and Ronald Bueno all went 2-4.
Fabian Roman threw 2 scoreless innings, allowing a hit and a walk, striking out 1. Oswaldo Mieres thew 1.1 hitless innings, with a walk and a strikeout.
AZL Reds season is over.