- Congrats to the Oceanside Little Leaguers for making it to Williamsport! They beat Green Valley, Nevada, last night, 12-8.
- In Padres news, Junior Herndon won his first big-league game last night. Up 6-0 after seven innings, and already having thrown over 110 pitches, he goes back out to start the eighth. That’s a debatable move. Actually, the debate goes something like this:
Pitcher: C’mon skip, lemme go back out there.
Manager: Nope.Herndon looked good, though he took advantage of the Mets’ inability to generate any offense despite being ahead in the count most of the night.
- Ray Lankford continues to impress, singling in the four-run third and later driving a double down the left-field line. In addition to his two opposite-field hits, he also drew a walk and worked a full count before striking out in his final at-bat.
- D’Angelo Jimenez looks more and more comfortable every day. He went 0-for-1 last night with two walks but was generally a real pain to Mets’ pitchers, working the count, fouling off good pitches, laying off bad ones. This guy does not approach hitting the way most 23-year-olds do. He has a real good idea of what he’s doing at the plate. Jimenez is also calming down in the field, getting to balls, planting his feet, and making good throws. His performance hasn’t been dazzling but right now he’s the best shortstop the Pads have had since Chris Gomez, and Jimenez has a chance to be a whole lot better.
- The incredible exploding Rodney Myers has been released to make room for RHP Jeremy Fikac, a control artist called up from Double-A Mobile.
- Southpaw Eric Cyr had another fine outing last night at Lake Elsinore: 7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 10 SO. I hope to see him pitch Saturday, if he hasn’t been promoted to Mobile by then.
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