Durham. (no games scheduled)
Montgomery 9, West Tenn 3. Brian Baker is now 5-1 after his 9th start, allowing just 1 run on a solo home run in 7 innings…Desmond Jennings went 2-2 with 3 walks and added his 8th home run. He is now hitting .318.
Charlotte 8, Jupiter 2. David Newmann improved to 5-4, giving up 2 runs in 6 innings…Shawn O’Malley went 3-5 and scored twice…Shawn Riggans made his second rehab start, playing DH and going 1-3 with a walk…Shawn Williams hit a 3-run home run, his first, and drove in 4.
Lakewood 4, Bowling Green 3. Chris Andujar allowed just 2 hits and 2 walks in 5 scoreless innings…Tim Beckham went 0-4 with 2 strikeouts.
Notes from Down on the Farm…
- Reid Brignac started at shortstop for the International League in the triple-A all-star game and went 1-3 with an RBI double. Dale Thayer had the longest stint of any IL pitcher going 1.2 innings, walking 1 and striking out 1. [MiLB]
- Gerry Hunsicker will be in Montgomery to watch the Biscuits (Desmond Jennings?) in a few days. [Biscuit Crumbs]
- Jon Weber received a peculiar endorsement offer. [Watching Durham Bulls Baseball]
1 Comment
Quick odds poll:
- Odds Jennings is promoted to AAA by August: ?
- Odds Jennings is a September callup to the big club: ?
I think #1 is in the “more likely than not” range, #2 has a small chance of happening, but definitely greater than 0.