Fish Farm Report: July 7th

GCL Marlins (6-6)

Gulf Coast League (Rookie)

On Thursday afternoon in Roger Dean Stadium, the GCL Astros (6-7) defeated the GCL Marlins, 2-0.

Jorge Guzman started for the Astros, and struck out six in three innings, allowing only one hit and earning a no-decision. Cristian Javier (2-0, 3.38) earned the win, striking out four and allowing four hits in five innings. Joel Effertz (0-1, 1.80) started and lost for the Marlins. He gave up three hits and two walks in two innings.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Joel Effertz (L, 0-1)	2.0	3	1	1	2	1	0	1.80
Kyle Fischer	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Alberto Guerrero	3.0	2	0	0	4	3	0	1.80
Remey Reed	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.00
Michael Mertz	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Preston Guillory	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00

Walker Olis and Sean Reynolds were the only Marlins to finish with more than one hit, earning two each, and nobody collected an extra base hit. The team totaled just five and struck out 12 times while drawing only one walk.

The Astros scored their first and game-winning run in the second inning, on an Oscar Campos RBI-single, then added an insurance run in the seventh on a Wilson Amador RBI-groundout.

Player	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Mathew Brooks	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.256
Walker Olis	LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Yefry Reyes	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.111
Branden Berry	1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.304
Sean Reynolds	CF	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.176
Terry Bennett	RF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200
Rodrigo Vigil	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400
Gunner Pollman	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.263
Luis Pintor	2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.318
Marcos Rivera	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167

The Marlins will host the GCL Mets (6-5) tomorrow at noon.

DSL Marlins (6-22)

Dominican Summer League (Rookie-FRL)

On Thursday morning at Boca Chica North West, the DSL Phillies (11-18) defeated the Marlins, 3-0. Edison Suriel (1-2, 2.57) lost despited pitching five innings of two-hit, one-run ball. He was one-upped by Phils starter Jean Carlos Valdez (1-2, 2.78), who alllowed two hits and a walk in six innings.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Edison Suriel (L, 1-2)	5.0	2	1	1	3	4	0	2.57
Anderson Vera	4.0	4	2	1	2	1	0	4.61

Wiklerman Rasquin was the only Marlin to get two hits, as the team combined to hit safely just three times. They drew two walks and went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position, leaving six on base.

The Phillies scored in the second inning, when Dixon Gutierrez stole home for a 1-0 lead. In the seventh, the Phillies added two more on an Ismael Rosado RBI-single and a Yeremy Nunez RBI-groundout.

Player	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Jose Vilera	CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259
Wiklerman Rasquin	LF	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	.223
Welbin Bautista	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.227
Anderson Castro	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204
Ezequiel Alfonzo	2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.216
Enmanuel Rodriguez	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.095
Christian Capellan	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091
Bryan Biegel	DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.045
Ronal Reynoso	SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.191

Tomorrow, the Phillies will host the Marlins in the same place, with the first pitch scheduled for 10:30AM.

Batavia Muckdogs (5-15)

New York-Penn League (Single-A Short Season)

The Batavia Muckdogs are taking their first day off of the short NYPL season (of four). Tomorrow night at 7:05PM, they'll start a three-game series at Centennial Field against the Vermont Lake Monsters (10-10). Jose Diaz (0-2, 13.06) will face Heath Bowers (1-2, 1.35).

Greensboro Grasshoppers (50-35)

South Atlantic League (Single-A)

Greensboro won the first game of their current four game series with the Kannapolis Intimidators (33-52) by a 5-2 final with 4,624 in attendance at NewBridge Bank Park. It was their eighth-straight win.

Steven Farnworth started for the Grasshoppers, earning a no-decision while allowing two hits and two walks in five shutout innings. His counterpart with the Intimidators, Brannon Easterling, also earned no decision, allowing two earned runs in six innings. Ryley MacEachern (1-0, 5.68) earned the win for the Hoppers, striking out two in two perfect innings of relief.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Steven Farnworth	5.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	3.08
Jordan Hillyer (BS, 1)	1.0	1	2	2	2	1	1	5.68
Ryley MacEachern (W, 1-0)	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5.68
CJ Robinson (S, 16)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1.80

Greensboro jumped out to an early advantage, scoring on a Josh Naylor sacrifice fly and a Roy Morales RBI-single for a 2-0 first inning lead. Kannapolis answered in the sixth on a two-run Landon Lassiter (2) home run to center field.

In the eighth inning, Kyle Barrett led off with his first homer of the season with what would eventually prove to be the game winning run. Roy Morales added an RBI-sac fly to score Anfernee Seymour, and Justin Twine took home on a Johan Cruz throwing error to make it 5-2.

Player	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Anfernee Seymour	SS	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.264
Justin Twine	2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.240
Josh Naylor	1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.254
Angel Reyes	DH	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	.302
Roy Morales	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.304
Isael Soto	RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.236
Aaron Blanton	3B	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.197
Casey Soltis	LF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.158
Kyle Barrett	CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.287

Tomorrow night at 7PM, Justin Jacome (0-1, 3.66) will face Max Beatty (1-1, 2.13) in game-two of the series.

Jupiter Hammerheads (38-45)

Florida State League (Single-A Advanced)

The St. Lucie Mets (43-48) defeated the Jupiter Hammerheads, 8-5 in front of 477 at Roger Dean Stadium on Thursday night.

Jupiter scored first, crossing the plate twice in the second on an Arturo Rodriguez RBI-groundout and a Brian Schales RBI-single, but the Mets scored three runs in the top of the third on a Lednier Ricardo RBI-double, a Patrick Biondi RBI-groundout, and a Vinny Siena RBI-double for a 3-2 St. Lucie lead.

The Hammerheads scored in the bottom of the third on a John Norwood RBI-single and a Dexter Kjerstad RBI-triple to take a 4-3 lead, but gave it back again in the top of the fourth when David Thompson scored on a double-play ball and Lednier Ricardo hit a ground-rule RBI-double.

Jupiter tied it in the sixth on an Arturo Rodriguez RBI-single, then the two teams traded zeroes until the ninth inning, when Patrick Biondi hit a two-RBI single and a Vinny Siena RBI-single.

Player	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Jeremias Pineda	CF	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273
Junior Sosa	RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.206
Taylor Ard	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.228
John Norwood	DH	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	.270
Brad Haynal	1B	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.252
Rony Cabrera	PR-SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Dexter Kjerstad	LF	4	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	.235
Avery Romero	3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227
Arturo Rodriguez	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	.250
Chris Hoo	PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248
Brian Schales	2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	.218
Rehiner Cordova	SS-1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.156

Cory Luebke started for the Hammerheads, striking out two in one perfect inning. Esmerling De La Rosa (2-3, 4.03) lost the contest, giving up three earned runs in 0.2 innings. Ben Griset (2-1, 0.84) won for the Mets, despite posting an in-game WHIP of 3.000 (he walked two in 0.2 innings).

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Cory Luebke	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Jorgan Cavanerio	3.0	7	5	5	2	0	0	.417
James Buckelew	4.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2.58
Esmerling De La Rosa (L, 2-3)	0.2	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.03
Travis Ballew	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.35

Today's game against the Mets was a one-game makeup. The Hammerheads will remain at home to host the Tampa Yankees (51-33) for four games, starting tomorrow at 6:30PM. Michael Mader (3-5, 4.19) will get the start opposite Domingo Acevedo (1-1, 2.78).

Jacksonville Suns (37-47)

Southern League (Double-A)

The Suns won their third in a row against the hosting Biloxi Shuckers, 9-1 in front of 2,261 at MGM Park on Thursday night to clinch their current five-game series.

Matt Tomshaw (2-1, 3.91) earned the win, going five shutout innings and striking out six. He got 51-of-71 into the strikezone and earned a 68 GameScore. Jorge Ortega (1-7, 4.89) didn't fare as well, earning a GameScore of 6 and allowing eight earned runs in one inning.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Matt Tomshaw (W, 2-1)	5.0	4	0	0	0	6	0	3.91
Sean Donatello	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.84
Tyler Higgins	2.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	4.15

Every position player for Jacksonville ended up with at least one hit, including six players with multi-hit games as the team totaled 15. The Suns assault of Ortega started in the first. Yefri Perez and James Roberts each hit safely, Moises Sierra got hit by a pitch, and Brian Anderson broke it open with a two-RBI-single. After a Ronnie Mitchell walk and Garrett Weber reaching safely on an error by opposing shortstop Angel Ortega, Francisco Arcia followed with a two-RBI double to make it 5-0.

The carnage didn't stop there for Ortega, who started the second by giving up a single to James Roberts and a double to JT Riddle, followed by a Moises Sierra two-RBI single before getting replaced by Gage Smith. He allowed an RBI-double to Ronnie Mitchell to make it 8-0.

The score would remain the same until the bottom of the eighth, when Biloxi finally got on the board with a Tyrone Taylor RBI-single. The Suns reestablished their eight-run lead in their half of the ninth on a Ronnie Mitchell RBI-single.

Player	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Yefri Perez	CF	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259
James Roberts	2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230
JT Riddle	SS	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.258
Moises Sierra	RF	4	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.330
Brian Anderson	3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	.196
Ronnie Mitchell	LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	.302
Garrett Weber	1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.200
Francisco Arcia	C	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.259
Matt Tomshaw	P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Sean Donatello	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Tyler Higgins	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

The Suns and Shuckers will close out the series tomorrow as Jake Esch (8-6, 4.11) gets the nod opposite Brandon Woodruff (3-5, 5.15) starting at 8:10PM.

New Orleans Zephyrs (41-44)

Pacific Coast League (Triple-A)

The Zephyrs and the Nashville Sounds (48-40) collected five hits apiece in a 1-0 New Orleans win in front of 7,487 at First Tennessee Park. Peter Mooney collected the only RBI with a third inning RBI-single to score Adrian Nieto.

Player	POS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
Robert Andino	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.263
Peter Mooney	2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.250
Xavier Scruggs	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.279
Destin Hood	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.251
Matt Juengel	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249
Tomas Telis	C	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.311
Carlos Corporan	C	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.148
Isaac Galloway	RF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.260
Kenny Wilson	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.214
Adrian Nieto	DH	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.171

Jose Urena started for the Zeps, striking out six in 4.2 innings and allowing four walks with only two hits. Craig Breslow (1-3, 6.46) got the win, striking out three in 1.1 innings, Cody Ege pitched two innings of shutout ball, and Brian Ellington got his first save of the season at the triple-A level, striking out two in the ninth. Jess Hahn (1-5, 3.60) took the loss despite a pretty good game, with five strikeouts, four baserunners, and six innings completed.

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Jose Urena	4.2	2	0	0	4	6	0	3.63
Craig Breslow (W, 1-3)	1.1	0	0	0	1	3	0	6.46
Cody Ege (H, 4)	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	3.51
Brian Ellington (S, 1)	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.51

Tomorrow, the Zeps and the Sounds will begin game two at 8:05PM, with Dylan Axelrod (5-4, 4.09) taking on Zach Neal (6-1, 2.61).