Minors Report for 6/17/10 (Marcos Vechionacci; Shaeffer Hall)

Minor Leagues Report — By Tom K on June 17, 2010 10:02 pm

Scranton:

Jesus Montero actually legged out a triple tonight, but that was one of the three hits Scranton was able to muster as they got shutout, 2-0.

The triple was Montero’s second of the season (which probably means that if Brett Gardner was running, they would have been inside-the-park home runs).

Zack McAllister only lasted four innings in this one, laboring through 88 pitches. He allowed both runs on six hits, walking two and striking out three. McAllister (22) is now 5-4 with a 4.56 ERA (71 IP, 83 H, 17 BB, 46 K) on the season.

Some minor promotion news: Reliever Eric Wordekemper (26) has been promoted from Trenton. He went a scoreless inning tonight, allowing two hits and striking out two. For Trenton, Wordekemper pitched very well (3-0, 2.88 ERA, 34.1 IP, 26 H, 8 BB, 35 K). I wouldn’t expect much of anything from him, though he could make a major league appearance or two. ———————————————————

Trenton:

Shortstop Luis Nunez did his best impression of Scranton’s Eduardo, going 3-for-4 with a home run, four RBI, and two runs scored to lead Trenton to a 8-4 victory.

Nunez (23) hit well in limited duty for Tampa in 2009, putting up a .304/.362/.462 line in 158 at-bats. Eduardo is the much bigger prospect, but Luis has a little bit of talent too.

Marcos Vechionacci went 2-for-4 with two runs scored to raise his line to .295/.367/.456.

In other minor promotion news, Tim Norton was promoted from Tampa to Trenton. Tonight, he pitched two scoreless innings of relief, striking out 3. The now-27 year old pitcher has bounced around a bit in the organization, starting & relieving while battling injuries. It’s never too late for a reliever to bloom, but his time is obviously running out. He was 0-0 with a 1.69 ERA for Tampa, striking out 32 while walking only 3 in 21.1 innings.

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Tampa:

Shaeffer Hall continues to befuddle minor league hitters, though he only lasted 5.2 innings in this one. In those 5.2 innings, he allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on six hits, while walking one and striking out five as Tampa took the win. Hall is now 3-0 with a 1.04 ERA in three starts for Tampa, and 5-2 with a 1.69 ERA in 13 starts overall. (85.1 IP, 65 H, 13 BB, 63 K, 1 HR, 1.40 GB/FB)

At the plate, Melky Mesa went 1-for-4 with a two run home run, his 6th of the season. He is now hitting .244/.325/.407 on the season, and is at .326/.404/.652 in 42 June at-bats.

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Charleston:

Slade Heathcott had one of Charleston’s lowly three hits as they fell, 6-1. Heathcott is now 18-for-55 and is on an 8-game hitting streak.

Emerson Landoni, who went 5-for-5 last night, went 2-for-3 tonight with a solo home run.

Tags: Brett Gardner, Emerson Landoni, Eric Wordekemper, Jesus Montero, Joba Chamberlain, Luis Nunez, Marcos Vechionacci, Shaeffer Hall, Tim Norton, Zach Kroenke