7/17 Games

[whitesoxfan]

Charlotte-Louisville 6:05
Birmingham-Montgomery 7:05
Myrtle Beach-Winston-Salem 6:00
Charleston-Kanny 6:05
Johnson City-Bristol 6:00
Orem-Great Falls 8:00

[sox1970]

Nice AA debut for Brandon Allen. 2 homers off David Price.

[KyWhiSoxFan]

Louisville 6, Charlotte 2
Richar, 1 for 4, RBI
Bourgeois, 1 for 3, RBI
Getz, Fields, Cook all 1 for 4, Fields 2Ks
Huffman, Blasi, 1 for 3 each
Egbert (L, 3-7), 4 IP, 9H, 6R, 5ER, 3K
Rodriguez, 2 IP, 2H, 0R
MacDougal, 1 IP, 1H, 0R
Wassermann, 1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0.72 ERA

Montgomery 5, Birmingham 3
Loaiza made his Birmingham debut and pitched 2 innings, with 0 hits, 1 BB, 2 Ks
Allen, 2 for 4, 2 HRs
Gartrell, 1 for 3, HR
Price, 2 for 4
Negron, 2 for 5
Castillo, 1 for 4
Nanita, 1 for 4
Day (L, 0-3), 3 IP, 3H, 4R, 4BB, 3K
Hernandez (BS, 3), 2 IP, 3H ,0R, 1K
Babula, 0.1 IP, 1H, 1R, 1K
Rote, 0.2 IP, 0H, 0R

Top draft pick David Price for Montgomery pitched 5 innings and gave up 7 hits and 3 HRs, with 3 Ks, raising his ERA to 2.03. He did not get the decision.

Myrtle Beach 5, Winston-Salem 4
Lang, 2 for 4, 2 HRs
Shelby, 1 for 4, RBI
Sanchez, 1 for 4, RBI
Hernandez, 2 for 3, 2B, 1BB
Orlando, 1 for 5
Retherford, 1 for 5
Persichina, 1 for 2, 2BB
Long (L, 4-9), 4.2 IP, 8H, 4R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9K
Zaleski, 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1R, 0ER, 1 BB, 3K
Mabee, 2 IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 3K

Charleston 7, Kannapolis 5 in 11 innings
Fleisher, 2 for 5, 2B, 3 RBI
Marrero, 2 for 5, HR
Gallagher, 0 for 4, RBI
Mollenhauer, 1 for 4
Escobar, 1 for 4
Morel, 1 for 5
Miranda, 1 for 4, 2R, BB
Socolovich, 2 IP, 5H, 5R, 4ER, 2 BB, 2K
Luis, 4 IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 6K
Corley, 1 IP, 0H, 0R, 2K
Hunt, 2 IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 4K
Stephenson (L, 0-1), 2 IP, 3H, 2R, 1BB

[Adele_H]

Originally Posted by sox1970

Nice AA debut for Brandon Allen. 2 homers off David Price.

That is very impressive.

I know the guy is a dead-ringer for Willie Harris facially, but how does he compare to, say, Ryan Howard talent/tools-wise?

[Craig Grebeck]

Originally Posted by Adele_H

That is very impressive.

I know the guy is a dead-ringer for Willie Harris facially, but how does he compare to, say, Ryan Howard talent/tools-wise?

He doesn't.

Originally Posted by sox1970

Nice AA debut for Brandon Allen. 2 homers off David Price.

Good to hear Birmingham getting some reinforcements considering AA has absolutely nobody, offensive-wise.

[KyWhiSoxFan]

Originally Posted by btrain929

Good to hear Birmingham getting some reinforcements considering AA has absolutely nobody, offensive-wise.

Ain't that the truth. Maybe Allen has a chance at the majors, but I wouldn't bet you a penny to a dollar that any of the other position players at Birmingham will make it to the big leagues. That team just can't hit.

[He gone]

Originally Posted by KyWhiSoxFan

Louisville 6, Charlotte 2
Richar, 1 for 4, RBI
Bourgeois, 1 for 3, RBI
Getz, Fields, Cook all 1 for 4, Fields 2Ks
Huffman, Blasi, 1 for 3 each
Egbert (L, 3-7), 4 IP, 9H, 6R, 5ER, 3K
Rodriguez, 2 IP, 2H, 0R
MacDougal, 1 IP, 1H, 0R
Wassermann, 1 IP, 0H, 0R, 0.72ERA

Rob Mackowiak hit a HR for the Bats.

[Adele_H]

Originally Posted by Craig Grebeck

He doesn't.

What's he most similar to, then? Limited ceiling?

[California Sox]

Originally Posted by Craig Grebeck

He doesn't.

Another homer for Allen tonight.

[Britt Burns]

Originally Posted by Adele_H

What's he most similar to, then? Limited ceiling?

Maybe a poor man's Daryle Ward? That's about the best I can think of.

[KyWhiSoxFan]

Before everyone writes off Brandon Allen, I'd give him time to develop before casting final judgment. I have not seen him play, but he's only 22 and has shown nice progress the last year. He's always been valued as being one of the best power hitters in the Sox minors.