Daily Farm Report: Memphis pounds Salt Lake into submission, Johnson City crushes Bluefield in debut

Memphis 12 Salt Lake 9

Notables:

• Greg Garcia (2B): 1-4, R, 2 BB, K
• Randal Grichuk (DH): 1-6, R, HR, RBI, K
• Oscar Taveras (LF): 2-5, 2 R, 2B, 2 RBI, K
• Stephen Piscotty (RF): 2-5, R. 2B, 3 RBI,
• Xavier Scruggs (1B): 3-5, 3 R, 2B, RBI, K
• Shane Robinson (CF): 0-3, R, BB, K
• Pete Kozma (SS): 2-4, R, 2B, 4 RBI, BB
• Tyler Lyons (SP): 3.2 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 4 K, 2 HR
• Eric Fornataro (RP): 1.1 IP
• John Gast (RP): 3.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K

Notes:

• Rough outings for two pitchers who were excellent performers for Memphis in 2013.  Salt Lake is as hitters haven though and the offense picked them up.
• Twelve runs on fifteen hits for Memphis, with the lone HR coming as a solo shot off Grichuk's bat in the first inning.  That's Cardinal baseball, right?

Arkansas 9 Springfield 1

Notables:

• Mike O'Neill (LF): 0-4, K
• Aledmys Diaz (SS): 1-2
• James Ramsey (CF): 0-4, K
• Jon Rodriguez (1B): 0-4, K
• Patrick Wisdom (3B): 1-2, R, 2 K, E
• David Popkins (RF): 2-3, 2B
• Kyle Hald (SP): 4 IP, 6 H, 6 ER, BB, 2 K, 3 HR

Notes:

• Kyle Hald's first rough outing in over a month, with all the damage coming on home runs.
• Lefty Michael Roth held Springfield in check and is having a fine season for the Travs.

Palm Beach 6 Charlotte 1

Notables:

• Charlie Tilson (CF): 1-5, R, 2B, 2 K
• Breyvic Valera (DH): 2-3, 2 RBI, BB
• Luke Voit (1B): 0-4, R, RBI, BB, 2 K
• Alex Mejia (SS): 1-4, K
• David Washington (RF): 0-3, RBI, BB, K
• Joe Cuda (SP): 6 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 4 K

Batavia 8 State College 4

Notables:

• Leobaldo Pina (SS): 3-5, 2 R, K
• Jake Stone (DH): 1-4, 2 BB, 3 K
• Nick Thompson (LF): 1-3, BB, 2 K
• Rowan Wick (RF): 0-3, 2 BB, K
• Danny Diekroeger (3B): 0-5, BB, K
• Collin Radack (CF): 2-5, R, K

DSL Mariners 6 DSL Cardinals 5

Notables:

• Luis Bandes (RF): 3-5, R, HR, RBI, K
• Hector Linares (SS): 2-4, R, BB, 2 K, 2 SB
• Oscar Cotes (3B): 3-4, R, K

Johnson City 13 Bluefield 0

Notables:

• Oscar Mercado (SS): 2-6, R, RBI, 2 K, SB
• Chris Rivera (3B): 1-4, R, HR, 2 RBI
• Jose Godoy (C): 4-5, 2 R, 2 2B, 6 RBI
• Casey Turgeon (2B): 3-4, 3 R, 2 2B, BB, K
• Landon Beck (SP): 3 IP, 4 H, K
• Juan Perez (SP): 3 IP, BB, 5 K

Notes:

• It's nice to start your season out with a 13 run shutout.  Let's keep that up for as long as possible fellas!
• They keep moving Chris Rivera to positions that require him to show more power and he keeps showing more power when they do. I can't wait to see his first game at DH where he homers in his first four plate appearances.

Today's Probables:

Memphis: Angel Castro

Springfield: TBD

Palm Beach: Silfredo Garcia

Peoria: Jimmy Reed (Game 1), Chase Brookshire (Game 2)

State College: Daniel Poncedeleon (First Pro Start, 2014 draftee)

Johnson City: Steven Farinaro

GCL Cards: TBA

DSL Cards: TBA