Tuesday Pebble Report

by Russ Oates on Jun 10, 2008 7:54 AM MDT in Pebble Report

Colorado Springs. L 2-3 - Jayson Nix had his eighth homer and Dustan Mohr hit an RBI double to score the runs.

Glendon Rusch made the start for the Sky Sox and picked up the loss. He allowed three runs over seven innings. Micah Bowie pitched the other inning and allowed two hits.

Tulsa, W 12-3 - In the bottom of the first, the Drillers countered NW Arkansas' sac fly with five runs. Matt Miller and Jeff Kindel had RBI singles before Daniel Carte hot a three-run homer (7). In the bottom of the fourth Miller had another RBI, and Kindel had a sac fly. No, Daniel Carte did not have another home run. Jeff Dragicevich hit a grand slam (9) instead. Kindel (4) homered in the sixth to score the twelfth run. Dexter Fowler had three hits, Eric Young Jr. stole his 14th base, and Corey Wimberly swiped his 28th base.

Brandon Hynick allowed all three runs (two earned) in seven innings. The last two came in his final inning. He walked two and struck out three.

Modesto. L 3-4 in 11 innings - In regulation innings, this game was tied at one. Travis Becktel had an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth. In the bottom of the 10th, Nick Haley's RBI single put the game into another inning of baseball, but Stockton scored two in the top half of the inning. With two outs, Anthony Jackson scored in the bottom of the 11th on a fielding error by the center fielder, followed by a Victor Ferrante strikeout to end the game.

Simon Ferrer made the start and did well. In five innings, he held the Ports to only a run on five hits and a walk. Chris Malone and Will Harris each had two innings of no-run ball before giving way to other pitchers in extra innings. Andrew Johnston allowed one run on three hits in the 10th, and Andy Graham allowed two runs in the 11th on a three hits (the runs scoring on a double and a single).

News and notes from Brian VanderBeek's latest blog entry: Aneury Rodriguez received a five-game suspension, and the others three games; Troy Tulowitzki is rehabbing with the Nuts; Geoff Strickland was released; Todd Ritchie starts for the Nuts tonight.

Asheville - No game scheduled. The Tourists can clinch a spot in the playoffs this week.

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Tulo

Any timeline on Tulo’s return?

by kosmo99 on Jun 10, 2008 8:18 AM MDT reply actions

Thanks

Yeah, I saw the Modesto comment, just wasn’t sure how long he’d be on rehab assignment.

Smart move by Visalia.

Acid Hail (my fantasy team) also looks forward to Tulo’s return.

by kosmo99 on Jun 10, 2008 10:55 AM MDT reply actions

Dust Devils

According to the Tri-City Herald, the Rockies have assigned 26 players to the Tri-City roster from extended spring training:

Catchers: (4)
Jhaysson Agustin, Johnny Bowden, Jordan Pacheco, Austin Rauch

Infielders: (3)
Derek Kinzler, Radames Nazario, Chris Vasami

Outfielders: (5)
Josh Banda, Bo Bowman, Chad Lembeck, Leonardo Reyes & Scott Robinson

Pitchers: (14)
Jonnathan Aristil, Austin Chambliss, Drew Coffey, Kenny Durst, Parker Frazier, Andy Groves, Sean Jarrett (rehab), Ethan Katz (rehab), Mike Marbry, Brandon Miller, Juan Nicasio, David Parker, Bobby Paschal, Josh Sullivan (rehab)

by malakian on Jun 10, 2008 3:37 PM MDT reply actions

Frazier

must have taken a huge step forward in development over the past year to move up to Tri-City.

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by Russ Oates on Jun 10, 2008 6:06 PM MDT up reply actions

What is the roster limit

for short season A? Cant they only have 25? If that is true, they’d have to cut what is there already and have NO room for new draft choices.

by Fungoz on Jun 10, 2008 7:57 PM MDT up reply actions

Northwest League

I might be wrong, but I think the active roster limit is 30.

A few of the 26 they’ve already assigned might be DL-bound though.

by malakian on Jun 10, 2008 8:45 PM MDT up reply actions

Bowden...

ummm…Bowden is catching for Modesto tonight. Does this mean he will be in Tri-Cities when McKenry returns?

by ModNut on Jun 10, 2008 10:21 PM MDT up reply actions

Tulo and Bowden

Tulo isn’t supposed to play tonight in Visalia. He’ll likely go for the Nuts on Wednesday. I’m surprised the Rockies have elected for him to start his rehab on the California League’s worst playing surface.

Does Tri-City really need four catchers? I wouldn’t be surprised if Johnny Bowden stays in Modesto even after Michael McKenry returns from bereavement leave. Bowden (right now at least) is offensively challenged, which makes him fit right in with the Nuts, but he’s excellent behind the plate.

McKenry - .222 average, 5 HR, 31 RBI, 50k, .308 OBP
Bowden - three-for-18, 6 k
Nelson Robledo—.144 (13-for-90) 1 hr, 6 RBI, 26k .250 OBP

by Brian VanderBeek on Jun 10, 2008 4:40 PM MDT reply actions