10 (Brandon Laird; David Phelps)

Minor Leagues Report — By Tom K on June 20, 2010 9:45 pm

Tampa had the day off. Scranton:

One of those days where there isn’t too much to report on in Scranton.

Jesus Montero went 0-for-4 as Scranton was able to pound out eight hits…but only one run. That run came off of the bat of Reegie Corona (23, IF), who hit a solo home run. Corona is actually an interesting prospect in his own right – but he hasn’t hit in Scranton this year (.218/.292/.331; 25 walks, 42 K in 69 games). Last year for Trenton, he put up a solid .287/.397/.397 line with more walks than strikeouts (56/50). He still flashes some speed, as he is 7-for-8 stealing bases this year and was 16-for-20 doing it last year. Eduardo Nunez contributed a hit, dropping his June line to .333/.358/.436.

Rumolo Sanchez was all over the place today, lasting only 4.2 innings, allowing six hits and five walks. Amazingly, he also only allowed one run. He struck out three. —————————————– Trenton:

Well, he did it again. Brandon Laird connected on home run #16 today, while little Austin Krum hit a game-winning two-run home run in the 8th inning of a 4-3 decision.

Laird is at .293/.345/.545 on the season. In his last ten games, he’s put up a bit of a weird line: .200/.289/.600. That’s because he has eight hits in those 10 games…five of which went over the fence.

Krum’s blast was his second of the season and he is now hitting .262/.360/.323 with 12 steals in 19 attempts. Any future he has is of a backup outfielder – and to make himself more valuable, he has to be better stealing bases.

David Phelps had an off-day for him, as he hit the lowest possible outing to qualify for a quality start. He went six innings, allowing three runs on five hits. He walked only one and struck out 10. In 13 starts, he is 5-0 with a 2.19 ERA (82.1 IP, 57 H, 21 BB, 77 K, 2 HR, 1.23 GB/FB).

Tim Norton pitched two scoreless innings in relief to get his first Double-A victory. In four innings with Trenton, he has allowed one hit and no walks while striking out seven. ———————————————– Charleston:

A bit of a heart-breaker today as Charleston allowed a run in the first inning….and went on to lose, 1-0. They were only able to muster three hits in the loss, one of which was by JR Murphy (.244/.296/.309).

On the hill, Michael Solbach was the hard-luck loser, allowing that one run on just one hit in five innings. He did walk three though, while striking out one. The 24-year old is 1-2 with a 2.86 ERA this season (17 games, 3 starts, 44 IP, 43 H, 11 BB, 46 K, 2 HR).