Down On The Farm: Joyce Still On Fire, Homers And Drives In 4
Matt Joyce, Reid Brignac May 7th. 2009, 6:00amDurham 8, Charlotte 7. Mitch Talbot struggled but picked up the win after giving up 4 runs in 5 innings on 5 hits and 4 walks…Reid Brignac was 3-4 and now has his average over .300 (.302). He hit his 9th double and stole his first base…Matt Joyce was 2-4 with a 2-run home run, his third, and 4 RBI…Justin Ruggiano was 0-4 with a walk.
Birmingham 13, Montgomery 4. Aneury Rodriguez dropped to 0-5 after giving up 5 runs (4 earned) on 4 hits and 4 walks in 5 innings…Eddie Morlan pitched a perfect inning of relief…Desmond Jennings was 0-3.
Charlotte 5, Jupiter 1. Alex Cobb picked up his first win, allowing only 1 run in 6 innings. He struck out 3 and walked 1…Greg Sexton drove in 3.
Bowling Green 9, Augusta 3. Michael Jarman picked up his second win with 7 innings of 3-run ball…Tim Beckham was 0-5…Mike McCormick hit his second home run and drove in 2.
Notes from Down on the Farm…
- Reid Brignac has teamed up with “We Play Green,” a group of athletes that are “committed to raising awareness about recycling and waste production.” [Durham Bulls]
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Is it possible we could see coinciding promotions for Jennings & Joyce in the near future? Right now both guys look like they belong at a level above where they are right now.
I think that is exactly where we are heading, but the Rays need to open a spot at the big league level first which means moving Gross or Kapler.
Then the answer would be Gross to stay with Maddon’s righty/lefty platoon. At this point, they both probably derserve the promotions but not sure the Rays are in any hurry.
How could they promote Jennings, he’s in a slump now, at least by his standards, 0-3 that brings his avg down to .391 and slg down to .627