Eddie's Farm: August 25

Oklahoma City (61-72)

OKC won 7-6 in 10 innings. Dallas Keuchel shut down the Iowa Cubs with 7 IP allowing 4H/1ER with 3K:0BB. Jordan Lyles struggled in his return to OKC, lasting 1.1 IP while giving up 5H/4ER with 1K:1BB. Jeff Fulchino got the win in relief, throwing .2 IP allowing 1H/0ER.

1B-Brett Wallace was a force for the RedHawks, as he continued his hot hitting going 4x5 with 2 2B and 2R/3RBI. 2B-Oswaldo Navarro delivered the walkoff single as he went 1x5 on the night. Wallace is hitting .359/.465/.462 with 15BB:19K since his demotion, but has yet to hit a HR for OKC through 78 AB.

Man of the Match: Brett Wallace

Corpus Christi (48-80)

Postponed, to be played as part of a double header today.

Off Day Spotlight: OF-Adam Bailey

Adam was the 23^rd round pick in the 2010 draft out of the Univ. of Nebraska and 23 years old. He started the year at Lexington, where he hit .282/.329/.494 with 16 HR and 19BB:57K in 312 AB and was named a Sally League Mid-Season All-Star before being promoted to Lancaster. In his month with the JetHawks, Bailey hit .289/.316/.430 with another 5 HR and 5BB:23K in 128 AB. Since his promotion to Corpus, he’s hitting .326/.333/.500 with 1 HR and 1BB:7K in 46 AB. His combined line on the season is .288/.326/.477 with 22 HR and 25BB:86K in 486 AB across the three levels. Bailey also has an astounding 21 OF assists this season. He doesn’t strike out too much for a power hitter and if he can improve his BB rate I think he has a good chance of continuing his quick rise through the system.

Lancaster (48-81)

Lancaster gave up 9 runs in the 8^th inning to lose to the 66ers 14-6. Starter Robert Donovan went 7 IP allowing 8H/5ER with 2K:1BB. Then three pitchers failed to record a single out as 8 straight 66ers reached based to start the 8^th. Michael Ness gave up 2H/2ER, Colton Pitkin allowed 1H/1ER, and Kirk Clark gave up 2H/4ER with 2BB. All with 0 IP.

At the plate, CF-Austin Wates was 2x4 with 1R/1RBI as the DH. 3B-Jonathan Meyer went 1x3 with 1R/2RBI on a HR.

Man of the Match: Jonathan Meyer

Lexington (54-74)

The Legends won 5-4 in 10 innings, their second extra inning game in as many nights. Tommy Shirley got the start but ended his scoreless innings streak, going 2 IP with 1H/3ER and 2K:4BB. Alex Sogard stepped up HUGE in relief, throwing 5 IP giving up 4H/1ER with an amazing 10K:1BB. Gabriel Garcia finished out the game with 3 IP only allowing 1BB/0H/0ER with 3K to get the win. Sogard, whose brother Eric recently hit his first ML HR as an IF for the A’s, has a 4.27 ERA with 103K:24BB in 97 IP for Lexington this season. His ERA may be inflated some by luck, as his FIP is currently 3.55.

RF-Domingo Santana continued his fireworks show, going 2x4 with 2R/2RBI and 1HR, his 4^th in 9 games with Lexington. 2B-Delino DeShields was 2x5 with 2R/1RBI and hit his 8^th HR of the season.

Man of the Match: Alex Sogard

Tri-City (30-36)

The Valley Cats lost to Brooklyn by the familiar score of 7-4. Four of the last five games against Brooklyn have ended 7-4!

Starter Nick Tropeano went 4 IP allowing 3H/1R/0ER with 7K:2BB . Travis Blankenship took the loss, going 1 IP giving up 3H/4R/1ER with 1K:1BB. Tropeano, the 5^th round pick in this year’s draft, is 2-2 with a 2.61 ERA and 56K:19BB in 48.1 IP while only allowing 1 HR this season.

1B-Rafael Valenzuela was 2x5. RF-Drew Muren was 2x3 with 2R/1RBI and 1 BB.

Man of the Match: Drew Muren

Greeneville (25-38)

Greeneville lost 7-2 to the Burlington Royals. The Astros went halvsies on pitching duties, as starter Chris Lee went 4 IP allowing 2H/2R/1ER with 5K:2BB. Luis Ordosgoitti gave the other 4 IP giving up 6H/5ER with 6K:2BB.

2B-Josh Magee went 2x4 with 1R. RF-Ariel Ovando was 1x4 with 1 2B and 1R.

Man of the Match: Josh Magee

GCL Astros (19-34)

Game Cancelled due to rain. The last game of the season is scheduled for noon today against the Mets, assuming there’s not more rain.

Off Game Spotlight: 3B-Kyle Redinger

Redinger, the 11^th round pick in the 2010 draft, has struggled in his second go-round in the GCL. He’s hitting just .151/.244/.202 through 135 plate appearances, with 10BB:42K. He did get 5 HBP, so that’s something. His defensive numbers are identical to last season, as he’s committed 10 errors in 102 chances.

After two poor seasons with the GCL Astros, I don’t see Redinger making an impact in our farm system.

DSL Astros (26-40)

Season over.