Fun win Friday night. A buddy of mine scored us some sweet seats in the Toyota Terrace for the excellent price of free. Among other things we got to see Greg Maddux pitch a gem and Chase Headley knock his first homer in San Diego.

My wife and I particularly enjoyed watching Headley and Khalil Greene homer, as well as watching Paul McAnulty battle in the eighth to work a walk against Detroit’s Joel Zumaya and then fall over the fence along the right-field foul line to make a game-ending catch. We saw all three of those players when they were at Lake Elsinore (not at the same time), and it’s cool to see them now contributing at the big-league level.

The only irritating aspect of the game is that Heath Bell was credited with the victory despite being the least effective pitcher the Padres ran out there. No disrespect to Bell, who usually does a terrific job, but nobody was less deserving of the win on Friday…

Triple-A — Portland 4, Tucson 3

Matt Antonelli: 0-for-4 (.190/.314/.278, 43 BB, 45 SO)
Vince Sinisi (LF): 1-for-4, E (.266/.296/.344, 4 BB, 13 SO)
Chip Ambres (RF): 1-for-4, HR (.305/.391/.587, 35 BB, 58 SO, 7 SB)
Brian Myrow: 0-for-4 (.343/.473/.548, 60 BB, 55 SO)
Will Venable (CF): 1-for-3 (.314/.359/.474, 11 BB, 41 SO)
Peter Ciofrone (PH): 1-for-1 (.292/.372/.443, 24 BB, 33 SO)
Clay Hensley: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 HR, 1 BB, 1 SO (2.90 ERA, 5.81 K/9, .229 BAA)
Dirk Hayhurst: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 0 SO (4.94 ERA, 11.29 K/9, .267 BAA)
Enrique Gonzalez: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO (4.34 ERA, 7.71 K/9, .275 BAA)
Joe Thatcher: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 2 SO (1.26 ERA, 9.42 K/9, .192 BAA)

Hensley threw 81 pitches in his longest outing of the season.

Double-A — Midland 2, San Antonio 1

Drew Macias: 0-for-2, BB (.275/.388/.427, 46 BB, 44 SO, 12 SB)
Chad Huffman: 0-for-3, HBP (.287/.380/.419, 38 BB, 45 SO)
Kyle Blanks: 1-for-4 (.308/.401/.425, 34 BB, 34 SO)
Craig Cooper: 0-for-3 (.282/.340/.410, 17 BB, 50 SO)
Seth Johnston: 0-for-3, BB (.240/.303/.404, 24 BB, 39 SO)
Jose Lobaton: 0-for-3, BB (.255/.313/.382, 15 BB, 39 SO)
Matt Buschmann: 5 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 4 BB, 5 SO, WP (3.48 ERA, 8.69 K/9, .271 BAA)

Someone suggested I track Johnston a while back, but a 25-year-old third baseman should dominate Double-A. I’m not sure he’s really worth following.

High-A — Lancaster 9, Lake Elsinore 8

Eric Sogard: 2-for-5, 2B (.321/.424/.419, 49 BB, 31 SO, 6 SB)
Rayner Contreras: 2-for-4, 2B, BB, SB (.319/.417/.431, 21 BB, 30 SO, 9 SB)
Cedric Hunter: 2-for-5 (.306/.368/.405, 31 BB, 25 SO)
Kellen Kulbacki (DH): 2-for-4, BB (.238/.357/.420, 36 BB, 45 SO)
Mitch Canham: 2-for-5, 2B (.297/.414/.420, 46 BB, 39 SO, 7 SB)
Cesar Carrillo: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO (4 GO)
Drew Miller: 4 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 2 HR, 1 BB, 3 SO, WP (6.08 ERA, 7.30 K/9, .307 BAA)

I don’t have a pitch count for Carrillo, but he faced six batters so I’m guessing in the 20-25 range. Of course, with all the time he’s missed, anything is good at this point… Contreras and Kulbacki stay hot… Kulbacki is hitting .328/.443/.656 in June… Canham’s line calls to mind Scott Hatteberg circa 2004.

Low-A — Lansing 6, Fort Wayne 5

Luis Durango: 0-for-2, 2 BB (.271/.379/.325, 36 BB, 33 SO, 9 SB)
Drew Cumberland (SS): 0-for-4 (.271/.335/.333, 16 BB, 22 SO, 14 SB)
Justin Baum: 1-for-4 (.259/.345/.448, 29 BB, 58 SO)
Felix Carrasco: 1-for-3, BB (.259/.321/.486, 20 BB, 88 SO)
Yefri Carvajal: 1-for-3, HR, BB (.269/.299/.379, 12 BB, 54 SO)
Brad Chalk: 0-for-4 (.239/.344/.291, 21 BB, 22 SO, 7 SB)
Wynn Pelzer: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 BB, 1 SO
Robert Woodard: 4.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 HR, 0 BB, 5 SO, HBP

Short-Season-A — Boise 7, Eugene 6

Jeudy Valdez: 1-for-5, 2 E
Sawyer Carroll (RF/3B): 1-for-4, HR, BB
Logan Forsythe: 0-for-1, BB
Logan Gelbrich: 0-for-2, 2 BB, E