Sorry for the late post.
The Pirates beat the Reds in the River City 9-5 as the beloved (By Boston Fans) Bronson Arroyo had his second control troubled outing vs crappy teams in a row.
Arroyo,who Red Sox fans seem to look at as the new coming of Juan Marichal,allowed the Nationals in his last start and then the Bucs to bat around in the 1st inning,as Pittsburgh plated 4 runs against him.
Xavier Nady's 3 run shot(his 7th) was the big blow for Pittsburgh,while Jason Bay added 3 RBI as well.
Adam LaRoche homered in the 9th for his 5th long ball of the year and his average neared the Mendoza Line at .199 for the season.
B.P. Chacon lasted 3 and 2 thirds in his attempt to add "Stability" to the rotation.
Great work there!
John Grabow grabbed the garbage win (1-1),while the Pirates newest addition Brian Rogers had an interesting evening.
2 batters,2 home runs allowed-evening over,demoted to Indianapolis for Josh Sharpless.
Good night everybody!
The Hagerstown Suns used an error by outfielder Bobby Andrews to help blast a tight game open to defeat the Delmarva Shorebirds 7-1.
Entering the Hagerstown 7th,the Suns lead 2-1 on the back of Leonard Davis' 8th homer of the year,but Andrews dropped a routine fly to put the Shorebirds on the skids.
The Suns scored 3 unearned runs in the 7th on just one hit and added 2 more insurance runs in the 8th.
Erik Arnesen picked up his 3rd win in a row for Hagerstown,as he allowed just 1 run in his 5 innings.
Jeff Moore picked up a hard luck loss,allowing 5 runs in 6 and 1 third,but only 2 were earned.
The series concludes today and the Suns then go back on the road for a week.
Bullpen Notes
Top Prospect battle
Chris Marrero 2 for 4,2 doubles.
Billy Rowell 1 for 3 ,HBP
On the signing front
Not much other than Oriole roving instructor Tom Lawless.
Lawless was borderline unfriendly,when I asked if he would sign,he growled "Maybe when I get down that way".
Lawless was standing about 10 yds away,leaning against a fence.
To his credit,he did sign for me without being asked when he was near me,but still made a less than favorable impression.
Brian Rogers certainly had a bad outing last night and the decision to give Chacon the rotation slot was part of why Rogers was recalled,but seemed a bit quick to send him back to AAA after 1 bad outing in garbage time.
If you wanted Josh Sharpless ,why not him when Rogers was the choice?
The Hagerstown Suns sent young SS Stephen King to extended spring training and then likely to Short Season Vermont,when their season begins.
King was the Nationals 3rd round selection in last year's draft,but was overmatched at the bat and had huge throwing problems defensively.
Also seemed to struggle with maturity,throwing equipment and arguing with umpires.
This was best for King and the Nationals,King will likely be the Suns starter at short next season.
For all the hype recently on Chuck Liddell and Ultimate Fighting,Liddell's blow out loss to Quinton Jackson exposes the UFC's long term problem.
People will inevitably get tired of paying 45 bucks for 3 mins of action.
Pro Wrestling became worked for a reason,all those years ago.
The reason?Real fighting (with few rules) does not last long and and can be downright dull as the fighters become more defensive.
I am not knocking UFC but this media nonsense on UFC killing Boxing seems really premature to me.
I would not say it is a fad (like this Poker crap),but it should settle into being a niche' sport in the long haul.
Mansfield Ohio's undefeated 168 lb contender Anthony Hanshaw will fight faded self-promoter Roy Jones in July.
Here is hoping Hanshaw knocks Roy into retirement.
Lake County 3rd sacker Jared Goedert continues to dominate SAL pitching,but is blocked at Kinston by fellow prospect Wes Hodges.
I have been told however,that Goedert could be promoted to Kinston as a SECOND BASEMAN.
The Tribe would use the position change to make room for both players at Kinston.
Back later or tomorrow with Pirates-Reds and Suns-Shorebirds
Photo Credit
Arroyo-AP Photo-David Kohl
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