Reds Minor League Game Review – 4/12/15

Louisville lost 6-3. Box Score

• Irving Falu went 1-4 with an RBI.
• Eugenio Suarez went 1-4 with a double.
• Donald Lutz went 1-4 with a double.
• Josh Satin went 1-4 with a solo home run (1).
• Dan Johnson went 1-3 with a walk.
• Steve Selsky went 1-3 with a run and was hit by a pitch.
• Ivan De Jesus went 2-4 with a double and a run.
• Homer Bailey (rehab) allowed 3 earned (4 total) in 5.2 innings with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts.
• Sam LeCure threw 1.1 perfect innings with a strikeout.

Game Notes

Homer Bailey made a rehab start for the Bats on Sunday and it was hit-and-miss. He struggled with find the strikezone at times, particularly with his offspeed stuff. He threw 91 pitches and just 56 strikes in 5.2 innings of work. The Bats grabbed an early 1-0 lead on a Josh Satin home run to lead off the 2nd innings. Toledo took control in the 4th and 5th, scoring three runs. Tucker Barnhart had a sac fly and was followed by an Irving Falu single that brought in the tying run in the bottom of the 5th. Two errors in the 6th inning led to the go ahead run for the Mudhens and they didn’t look back, holding onto and extending the lead later in the game as they picked up the victory.

Pensacola won 4-0. Box Score

• Zach Vincej went 1-2 with a walk and 2 runs.
• Kyle Waldrop went 1-3 with a home run (1) and 3 RBI.
• Seth Mejias-Brean went 0-1 with 2 walks.
• Juan Perez went 0-1 with 2 walks.
• Wandy Peralta threw 5.0 shutout innings with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts.
• Chad Rogers threw a shutout inning with a walk.

Game Notes

After a shutout top of the 1st by Wandy Peralta, Kyle Waldrop put Pensacola up 3-0 with a towering home run to right field. That was all that Peralta would need in his Double-A debut. The left hander fired five shutout innings on 76 pitches with three strikeouts before handing the game over the Chad Rogers. Rogers picked up the save with a shutout 6th inning, which wound up being the final of the game as the rains came along and wiped out the final three innings.

Daytona won 2-0. Box Score

• Robert Ramirez went 1-4 with a solo home run (1).
• Cam Maron went 1-3 with a walk.
• Jeff Gelalich went 1-3 with a walk and 2 steals.
• Nick Howard threw 5.0 shutout innings with 4 walks and 3 strikeouts.
• Barrett Astin threw 2.0 perfect innings with a strikeout.
• El’Hajj Muhammad threw a shutout inning with a strikeout.
• Evan Mitchell threw a perfect inning with a strikeout.

Game Notes

Robert Ramirez hit a solo home run in the top of the 1st inning, giving Daytona a 1-0 lead. Unknown at the time, that would be enough to win a pitching duel. The Tortugas padded their lead in the 4th inning with Phillip Ervin scored on a Chad Wallach sac fly. In a game where each team only had three hits, that was more than enough. Nick Howard came out and fired five shutout innings, though he struggled with his control at times, walking four batters. Barrett Astin followed up with two more shutout innings. El’Hajj Muhammad and Evan Mitchell each tossed shutout innings for the 8th and the 9th to seal the win and move Daytona to 2-1 on the season.

Dayton lost 8-3. Box Score

• Ronald Bueno went 1-4 with a walk and a run.
• Gavin LaValley went 1-3 with a walk.
• Avain Rachal went 1-3 with a walk.
• Jimmy Pickens went 2-4 with a run and a steal.
• Garrett Boulware went 1-4 with a double, RBI and a run.
• Brennan Bernardino threw a perfect inning with a strikeout.
• Brian Hunter threw 2.0 shutout innings with 2 walks and 3 strikeouts.

Game Notes

South Bend grabbed a 3-0 lead in the top of the 3rd innings, but the Dragons stormed back and scored three runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. Jimmy Pickens got things started with a single and he followed with a stolen base. Garrett Boulware doubled him in. Boulware scored on a fielders choice later in the inning to make it 3-2. Ronald Bueno came in to score on a ground out that tied up the game. The score stayed there for an inning before the Cubs got the lead back with a single run in the 5th. They would put the game away in the 7th, scoring four more runs to make it 8-3.

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