9/12 Minor Athletics (Playoff Edition)

by asyouwish33 on Sep 13, 2008 10:55 AM PDT

It is awesome to see the young guys succeeding in the lower levels. Hopefully the taste of winning will continue as they move up the system. I know when Huddy, Mulder, and Zito were in the minors, Billy emphasized the importance of winning down there in order to get that winning experience ready for Oakland. Well, here are the results from the last two games.

SAC--

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sacramento	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	8	14	1
Oklahoma	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	11	1

Sacramento
Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Denorfia RF	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.515
Buck LF	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321
Putnam LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Gonzalez, C CF	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.379
Bankston DH	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	.258
Conrad 2B	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	.258
Rogowski, C 1B	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.412
Murphy 3B	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333
Padron, R C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Petit SS	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.375
Knoedler C-3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.192
Mazzaro P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Lansford P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Kilby P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Wing P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Prinz P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

I'm not sure what is going on with Denorfia but the guy is a hitting machine. Buck and Gonzalez are trying to prove the belong and doing a good job showing it. Sacto showed some good power. I envy it as an A's fan.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Mazzaro	4.1	7	4	3	4	1	0	3.97
Lansford (W, 1-0)	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.38
Kilby	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	7.94
Wing (H, 2)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00
Prinz (S, 1)	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4.50

I know I will be crucified for saying this, but I believe Lansford should get another look at SP. I know we are stacked and he struggled in his attempt early this year and last year, but he has shown better control and he is still very young. I think it is tough to label a guy a middle or long reliever at the age of 21. I would agree with a lot of people that Mazzaro will be trade bate this off season.

Game 4--PPD

STO--Domination city

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lancaster	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	1
Stockton	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	2	X	9	10	1

Stockton
Player	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Gilbert LF	4	1	3	1	0	0	6	0	0	.302
Horton SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.361
Carter 3B-1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.344
Spencer 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.308
Arrieche 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Donaldson C	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400
Brown, C CF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.206
Martinez, F 2B	3	3	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	.303
Mitchell DH	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	.324
Massaro RF	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.276
Moore P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Glushon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Heuser P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Benacka P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Again, good to see Carter taking more walks. By the looks of their average, Donaldson and Spencer continue to impress.
Game 2:

Final	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lancaster	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	8	3
Stockton	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	X	5	6	1

Carter 3B-1B 1-4, 2B, 2RBI
Spencer 1B 1-4 2R, 2B

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Ross	5.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0.90
Gordon	1.2	3	1	0	0	3	0	5.79
Currin (W, 1-1)	1.1	0	1	1	2	1	0	7.56
Demel (S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

nice start for Ross.

Game 3--Tonight

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Comment: ppd game...

game postphoned for Saturday is the Sacto-Okla City game scheduled for noon cdst. One for Stockton is still scheduled according to minleabaseball. Thought I was going to get to watch part of final Sacramento game and turned on internet and found it was canx. No rain on wx that I can see and same front running through my area in kansas and no rain except maybe a light drizzle here.

Charlie Brown GO A'S WIN

by Charlie Brown on Sep 13, 2008 11:25 AM PDT reply actions

Isn't there like a major hurricane bearing down?

They bumped the game up so that they wouldn’t have to cancel it outright, but it looks like they couldn’t move it early enough.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Sep 13, 2008 12:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Thanks

Trying to finish so fast I got mixed up. (that’s what she said)

by asyouwish33 on Sep 13, 2008 12:14 PM PDT up reply actions

Keep up the good work on posting. I do follow the games now that they

are just including a couple minor league teams and Stockton has been on internet tv.

Charlie Brown GO A'S WIN

by Charlie Brown on Sep 13, 2008 11:28 AM PDT reply actions

I hope the day comes in future years...

when I can watch all Rivercats games on TV from my place in Santa Clara. It would be pretty sweet to get a daily look at the future.

"Some of the men didn't wait for the women and children to jump off the sinking ship that is our season." - 67MARQUEZ

by notsellingjeans on Sep 13, 2008 2:31 PM PDT reply actions

Watch the A's

It’s pretty sweet to get a daily look at the future.

I'm not a big wine guy... Where do you grow the BEER?

by str8tarrow on Sep 14, 2008 7:02 AM PDT reply actions

clarification please

So looking at the stats, are they for just the past 2 games, or entire post-season, or entire season? Ex. Bankston has 2H, 5 AB, while Conrad has 1H, 5AB – yet both post the same BA of .258??

by rollierollieOxenfree on Sep 15, 2008 12:00 AM PDT reply actions