I had huge plans to write the defining screed capturing the 2008 season to date, masterfully written with painstaking research, with statistics that may not have even been invented yet, but check out nevertheless, and insights that would blow your mind.
Instead, I've spent the last two hours getting a wild bird out of my apartment, and then trying to figure out how the hell it got in my apartment in the 20 minutes I was making my coffee run, considering I live in a complex, have just two windows with screens and there are no holes in either of them.
And I have to drive to Boston later this morning. F'in bird.
Check back later today for a live blog from the stands at Fenway Park Game time is 4:30 EST. I'm guessing Charlie Haeger is starting for the Knights.
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Minor league roundup:
- Pawtucket 6, Charlotte 5
- Clayton Richard had a triumphant return to Charlotte, allowing two runs on seven hits over six innings, walking nobody and striking out four.
- Derek Rodriguez (1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 3 BB 0 K) and Jason Childers (1/3 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 0 K) were awful.
- Mike MacDougal (1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 K) was not, oddly.
- Brad Eldred and Cole Armstrong both hit two-run homers; Chris Getz went 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
- Montgomery 2, Birmingham 1
- Aaron Poreda struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits.
- Joseph Torres and Kanekoa Teixeira threw one scoreless inning apiece.
- Brandon Allen hit a solo homer; Lee Cruz went 3-for-4 with a double.
- Winston-Salem 9, Potomac 4
- John Shelby homered, doubled, tripled and drove in five runs.
- Paulo Orlando had three hits, stole three bases and scored three runs. He also walked.
- Joe Persischina went 2-for-2 a double, RBI and three walks
- John Ely allowed one unearned run over six innings, striking out six to only three hits and one walk. He has allowed just one earned run over his last 22 innings.
- Kannapolis 3, Greenville 2
- Jim Gallagher drove in all three runs, going 2-for-4 with a triple.
- Johnnie Lowe struck out six over six innings, allowing two runs.
- Santo Luis and Adam Bowling combined for five strikeouts over three perfect innings of relief.
- Kingsport 5, Bristol 2
- Gregory Infante allowed two runs on three hits and three walks over six innings, striking out three.
- Justin Greene went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, his 25th stolen base and his seventh caught stealing.
- Casper 5, Great Falls 1
- Mike Grace hit his 11th homer, a solo shot.
- Kent Gerst went 2-for-3 with a walk.
- Dan Remenowsky and Enrique Lechuga each threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings.