Sunday Pebble Report
Colorado Springs, W 12-3 - Ian Stewart and Joe Koshansky each had a homer last night, the fourth one for both. Jonathan Herrera collected two hits, three RBI, and his second stolen base of the season. Edwin Bellorin and Chris Frey had two-hit, two-RBI nights. Seth Smith and Sean Barker combined for six walks and four runs.
Jose Capellan struck out six and and allowed three runs on four hits and three walks in five innings. Those three runs, however, came in the second inning when he hit two and issued two walks. Alberto Arias, Josh Newman, and Steven Register threw four innings of one-hit relief. Register struck out all three batters he faced.
Tulsa, W 8-4 - Big night for the bats as the Drillers had four home runs. Dexter Fowler hit his third of the season in the first inning as part of a 4-for-5, one steal night, Jeff Dragicevich followed in the second inning with his first of the season, Eric Young Jr. also hit his first as part of a 3-for-5 night in the third inning, and Chris Nelson, not to be outdone, hits his first homer that same inning.
Tomas Santiago went five innings, allowed all four runs, and struck out seven. Adam Bright (1 2/3 IP) and Ryan Mattheus (1 1/3 IP) each allowed tow hits, but did not see a run cross the plate. Casey Weathers pitched the ninth and walked one.
The Drillers face a rehabbing Mark Mulder today.
Modesto. W 5-2 - Aneury Rodriguez held Lake Elsinore to two hits over seven innings. He struck out seven and walked two. Zach Simons pitching line says he allowed two runs, but Andrew Johnston replaced him with one out recorded after the bases were loaded on a single and two hit by pitches. Unfortunately, Johnston balked while facing his first batter, bringing in one run. The second run charged to Simons came on a ground out. Another ground out led to Johnston picking up his fourth save.
Cole Garner was the only player on offense not to record a hit. Mike Paulk, Victor Ferrante, Daniel Mayora, and Geoff Strickland all had two-hit nights. Strickland, however, had the only extra base hits of the nights for the Nuts. Both were doubles. He also had an RBI and a stolen base. Ferrante drove in two runs.
Brian VanderBeek had the chance to interview Dan O'Dowd when he visited Modesto to hand out rings. Check it out here.
Asheville - Postponed. Jason McGill has pieces on Brian Rike and Asheville closer Randall Taylor.
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Great article by BrianVanderBeek...
Showed a lot of respect for the ball club and why the Rockies are such a class organization. My favorite quotes from that article were:
”...I could call the A’s and they’d get back to me the second day. If I call the Rockies, someone is answering on the second ring.” Vanderbeek
”...The people who received rings in Modesto got the exact same ring that was presented to Todd Helton. The people here are just as important as the people performing on the field in Denver.” Dan O’Dowd
”...One of the first things I noticed when I went to Rockies spring training in Tucson was that every player at every level wore the same gear. There was no hand-me-down gear being worn by minor-league teams.” Vanderbeek
There's only one Rocktober!!
Capellan
Not a great start by any means for Capellan, but at least he’s still in the system and the 6 K’s hopefully speak well of his “stuff”. Which is a good thing since every time I see Denny Bautista in the Detroit boxscores so far….. He’s pitching up to the potential we always hoped for but never saw after getting him in the Shealy trade. Then again, judging by shealy so far, we’re still the winner in that trade based on Affeldt’s one season here alone. Sadly, it now appears we MAY have gave up on Bautista a bit too soon though.
Just wanted to
try and see what the thoughts are on the surprises or positives, and the disappoints for each level. I have a top 5 (1 from each level and a wildcard), and 5 disappointments so far.
AAA
Positive- Herrera
Disappointment- Reynolds
AA
Positive- Fowler
Disappointment- Hynick
High-A
Positive- Rodriguez
Disappointment- Cox
Low-A
Positive- Chacin
Disappointment- Christensen
Wild Card
Positive- Taylor (Asheville)
Disappointment- Morrillo (Colo Spgs)
Does anyone else have some thoughts on this?

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