Montero & Heathcott shine on Saturday

Triple-A Scranton (7-6 loss to Rochester in 12 innings, walk-off style) faced the Twins’ top prospect and a personal fave
Kevin Russo, 2B: 0 for 6, 2 K – 0 for 11 with 5 K so far
Chris Dickerson, CF: 3 for 5, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
Jesus Montero, C: 3 for 6, 1 R, 1 HR, RBI – he hit another ball to the warning track
Jorge Vazquez, 1BL 1 for 6, 1 RBI, 4 K
Justin Maxwell, RF, Brandon Laird, 3B & Greg Golson, LF: all 1 for 5, 1 BB – Maxwell struck out three times & stole a base … Laird scored a run … Golson hit a solo jack, stole a bag, struck out thrice & threw a runner out at the plate with his rocket arm
Jordan Parraz, DH: 2 for 6, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K
Ramiro Pena, SS: 3 for 6, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI – Ramiro hit a homer? I don’t believe it
Hector Noesi, RHP: 5 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 4-4 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) – 62 of 90 pitches were strikes (68.9%) … a little too hittable, but it’s just his first start of the year
Eric Wordekemper, RHP: 2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1-3 GB/FB – 16 of 30 pitches were strikes (53.3%)
Buddy Carlyle, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-0 GB/FB – eight of his ten pitches were strikes
Kevin Whelan, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB. 1 K, 0-1 GB/FB – 12 of his 13 pitches were strikes (92.3%) … blew the save by allowing a homer to a guy with some big league time … they’re going to miss having Jon Albaladejo to nail things down in the ninth
Lance Pendleton, RHP: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 2-3 GB/FB – 23 of 39 pitches were strikes (59%)

Double-A Trenton (4-1 loss to New Hampshire)
Austin Romine, C: 1 for 4, 1 E (throwing) – picked a runner off first with a snap throw
Ray Kruml, RF: 2 for 3, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Everyone Else: combined 0 for 23, 1 R, 4 BB, 10 K – Bradley Suttle scored the only run & got hit by a pitch … Austin Krum, Melky Mesa & Cody Johnson all struck out multiple times
Graham Stoneburner, RHP: 5 IP, 9 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 8-3 GB/FB – BABIP’d
Naoyo Okamoto, LHP: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 2-1 GB/FB
Cory Arbiso, RHP: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GB/FB

High-A Tampa (2-1 win over Lakeland)
Abe Almonte, CF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 SB – that’s his second straight game with a double … he had three all of last season
Carmen Angelini, SS, Rob Lyerly, 3B, Luke Murton, 1B & Zoilo Almonte, LF: all 1 for 4 – Angelini got picked off first … Lyerly struck out three times … Murton drove in a run, struck out & committed a pair of fielding errors … Almonte doubles, scored a run & K’ed twice
Taylor Grote, RF: 0 for 4, 3 K – eek
Mitch Abeita, C: 0 for 2, 1 BB
DeAngelo Mack, DH: 0 for 3, 2 K
Walt Ibarra, 2B: 2 for 3, 1 RBI – got picked off first
Josh Romanski, LHP: 6 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 HB, 7-5 GB/FB
Mark Prior, RHP: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1-2 GB/FB – I wonder if he buys the guys fancy spreads after every game
Scottie Allen, RHP: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K – kinda bummed that he’s not in the rotation, but that could change
Ronny Marte, RHP: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 4-0 GB/FB – stranded all three inherited runners

Low-A Charleston (7-3 win over Lexington)
Slade Heathcott, CF: 2 for 5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 2 K – threw a runner out at the home … I’m tellin’ ya, huge year
Anderson Feliz, 2B: 0 for 4, 1 RBI, 1 E (fielding)
J.R. Murphy, C: 1 for 5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 E (throwing) – third position in as many games … second straight game with a jack
Gary Sanchez, DH: 0 for 4, 1 R, 1 BB
Rob Segedin, 3B: 1 for 4, 1 BB, 1 K
Ramon Flores, LF: 1 for 1, 2 R, 3 BB, 1 HBP – that’s a beast OBP game right there … dude’s got a great eye and bat control, would not be surprised if he walked more than he struck out this year
Kelvin DeLeon, RF: 2 for 4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Kyle Roller, 1B & Jose Mojica, SS: both 1 for 4 – Roller drove in a run & struck out twice … Mojica scored a run
Mikey O’Brien, RHP: 6 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 8-3 GB/FB – always been a fan … little guy (5-foot-11, 185 lbs.) but lots of command
Tommy Kahnle, RHP: 2 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 2-2 GB/FB
Nathan Forer, RHP: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0-1 GB/FB