Daily Farm Round-Up: 8-8-12

It was a horrible night offensively for every team besides Cory Spangenberg and the Storm. Spangenberg collected 5 hits, and McElroy and Miller both went yard as the Storm won 6-3. The rest of the affiliates combined for 6 runs and 21 hits over 5 games.

Hitting Prospect of the Day: Cory Spangenberg
Pitching Prospect of the Day: Matt Branham/Kevin Quackenbush

Game 1: Tucson Padres 0, Albuquerque Isotopes 4
Anthony Contreras-SS: 1-3
Jedd Gyorko-3B: 2-3
Matt Clark-1B: 0-3, 2K
Nick Hundley-C: 0-3, 3K
Blake Tekotte-CF: 1-3
Jorge Reyes-SP: 6.0 IP, 10H, 4ER, 2BB, 2K, HR Allowed

Game 2: Tucson Padres 2, Albuquerque Isotopes 7
Beamer Weems-SS: 0-3
Andy Parrino-LF: 0-2, BB, K
Jedd Gyorko-3B: 0-1, K
Sawyer Carroll-RF: 2-3, 2RBI
Vince Belnome-1B: 1-3
Andrew Werner-SP: 4.2 IP, 6H, 3ER, 2BB, 6K
Cory Burns-RP: 1.0 IP, 4H, 4ER, BB, K
Notes: It was an extremely rough day offensively for the T-Pads. After getting shutout and only managing 6 hits in game 1, they can only garner 3 hits in game 2. Nick Hundley in particular struggled greatly. He went 0-3 with 3 strikeouts in his last game before being called up to the Padres. After a successful major league debut, Cory Burns gets shelled in his first appearance since being sent down.

San Antonio Missions 1, Springfield Cardinals 2
Reymond Fuentes-CF: 0-2, BB
Jonathan Galvez-2B: 1-4
Nathan Freiman-1B: 0-4, K
Cody Decker-LF: 0-3, BB, 2K
Rymer Liriano-RF: 1-3, BB
Ali Solis-C: 1-4, 2b, 2K
Matt Jackson-SP: 5.0 IP, 7H, ER, 5K
Notes: The Missions’ bats went quiet tonight; they only collected 5 hits throughout this game. Despite the lousy offensive output, Rymer Liriano was able to tally a single and raise his hitting streak to 9. Liriano struggled immediately after being called up to San Antonio, but has since picked up his hitting pace and is hitting .258 on the year with San Antonio.

Lake Elsinore Storm 6, Inland Empire 66ers 3
Chris Bisson-SS: 2-5, RBI
Cory Spangenberg-2B: 5-5, RBI, Run scored
Justin Miller-3B: 1-5, HR(11), 2RBI, Run scored
Tommy Medica-1B: 2-4, Run scored
Casey McElroy-DH: 2-5, HR(5), 2RBI, Run scored
Donavan Tate-CF: 2-3, 2BB, 2 Runs scored
Matt Branham-SP: 6.0 IP, 3H, 2BB, 8K (W, 5-2)
Kevin Quackenbush-RP: 1.0 IP, H, K (S, 23)
Notes: Cory Spangenberg has his first multi-hit game since coming off the DL. He collected an astounding 5 hits in the game, and raised his average to .290. Miller and McElroy continue to be offensive forces as both of them went yard. Miller is attempting to break out of a slump; he was hitless in 5 of his last 6 games. Kevin Quackenbush collected his 23^rd save and lowered his ERA to 0.68. He has 64 strikeouts in 52 innings pitched.

Fort Wayne TinCaps 3, West Michigan Whitecaps 1
Travis Jankowski-CF: 1-4, 3b, RBI, Run scored
Jace Peterson-SS: 1-3, RBI, Run scored
Mike Gallic-LF: 0-2, RBI, 2K
Yeison Asencio-RF: 1-3, K
Travis Whitmore-2B: 0-3, K
Kyle Gaedele-LF: 0-2, BB, K, Run scored
Colin Rea-SP: 6.0 IP, 2H, ER, 4BB, 4K (W, 4-7)
Matthew Stites-RP: 1.0 IP, 2K (S, 11)
Notes: Colin Rea has his best start since June 8^th, and he really needed it as the TinCaps only had 3 hits throughout the entire night. Matthew Stites continued to dominate; he collected his 11^th save with a perfect 9^th and has hasn’t allowed a single run over his last 10 appearances. He owns a minuscule 0.46 ERA on the year (39 innings). Travis Jankowski has quietly put together a 10 game hitting streak (he has 8 one hit performances during that time span). He’s hitting .293 over his last 10 games and .236 on the year.

Eugene Emeralds 0, Yakima Bears 2
Ronnie Richardson-CF: 0-3, BB, 2K
Alberth Martinez-RF: 0-3, BB, K
Jeremy Baltz-LF: 0-4, K
Dane Phillips-C: 0-4
Maxx Tissenbaum-2B: 0-2, 2BB
Goose Kallunki-1B: 2-4
Joe Ross-SP: 3.1 IP, 4H, 2ER, BB, K, HR Allowed
Brandon Alger-RP: 3.2 IP, 3H, BB, 4K
Notes: That’s the 2^nd start in a row where the Emeralds’ offense has been blanketed with Joe Ross pitching. Struggling offenses have been a common theme tonight for the Padres’ minor league affiliates as Eugene could only collect 4 hits. Brandon Alger was one of the lone bright sports tonight as he threw almost 4 shutout innings and lowered his ERA to 0.79.