Padres Farm Report (16 May 08)
Fri, May 16, 2008 at 12:58 amby Geoff Young
Triple-A — Portland 7, Las Vegas 6
Craig Stansberry (SS): 2-for-4, BB
Chase Headley: 2-for-5, 2B, HR
Brian Myrow: 4-for-4, 2 2B, BB
Chip Ambres: 2-for-4, HR, BB
Will Venable: 2-for-5, 2B, HR
Nick Hundley: 0-for-4, PB
Matt Antonelli: 1-for-3, 2B, BB
Cesar Ramos: 5.2 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 1 HR, 2 BB, 4 SO (10 GO)
Adam Bass: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO
Jared Wells: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO
Myrow continues to hit everything thrown his way… Wells gets credited with a save for his performance.
Double-A — Corpus Christi 13, San Antonio 10
Chad Huffman: 2-for-5, HR, BB
Kyle Blanks: 1-for-4, BB, SF
Colt Morton: 2-for-5, BB
Seth Johnston (3B): 3-for-6, HR, 2 E
Craig Cooper (CF): 1-for-5
Drew Macias (PH): 0-for-1
Mike Ekstrom: 1.1 IP, 7 H, 9 R, 2 HR, 2 BB, 2 SO
Manny Ayala: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 BB, 1 SO
Neil Jamison: 2 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 1 SO
Fugly outing for Ekstrom… Ayala made his 2008 debut.
High-A — Stockton 2, Lake Elsinore 0
Cedric Hunter: 1-for-4
Eric Sogard (DH): 0-for-4
Kellen Kulbacki: 1-for-3
Rayner Contreras: 0-for-2, BB
Ernesto Frieri: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 2 BB, 2 SO, WP
Reader Didi and I trekked up to The Diamond for Thursday afternoon’s game. The Storm managed two hits all day, so there isn’t much in the way of highlights.
Kulbacki looked real good at the plate and, surprisingly, in the field. He flied out to center in the second, struck out looking in the fifth, and laced a single over the shortstop’s head in the seventh. The fifth-inning strikeout came after he crushed a ball down the right-field line that had home-run distance but hooked just foul, perhaps partly aided by a 15-mph wind blowing from left to right. Kulbacki also made a fantastic catch in the seventh on a fly ball tailing away from him in right field. He got a good jump on the ball, tracked it well, and laid out to make the grab. It was a pretty athletic play.
On the mound, Frieri spun five shutout innings before tiring. The scoreboard had his fastball at 91-93 mph, and guys generally weren’t getting good swings on it. Frieri gave up a walk, ground ball single, and double to start the sixth, though, and was lifted. This was Frieri’s second start of the year after 15 straight relief appearances, so the fact that he tired shouldn’t be surprising.
Also, the salmon teriyaki at Kokoro was excellent.
Low-A — Fort Wayne 7, West Michigan 5
Luis Durango (DH): 1-for-3, BB
Felix Carrasco (DH): 1-for-1
Justin Baum: 2-for-5
Shane Buschini: 0-for-5
Yefri Carvajal: 1-for-3, BB
Bradley Chalk: 1-for-2, 2 BB
Jeremy Hefner: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 4 SO
The Wizards trailed, 5-0, headed to the bottom of the fifth inning but kept clawing their way back into this one. They eventually scored three in the eighth to take a 7-5 lead they would not relinquish. Kinda surprising for a team that hasn’t hit all year.
Tags: brian myrow, chase headley, chip ambres, craig cooper, craig stansberry, eric sogard, fastball, kellen kulbacki, lake elsinore, manny ayala, matt antonelli, mike ekstrom, nick hundley, strikeout, will venable








