Toledo 3 Columbus 8
Chris Shelton was 1 for 4 with a walk. David Espinosa walked twice. Henry Mateo had the only extra base hit and reached base 3 times. Dennis Tankersly allowed 11 hits and 8 runs and was knocked out in 4 2/3 innings.
Erie 4 Connecticut 2
Kody Kirkland doubled and homered. Jeff Lafish added a double and a single. Dallas Trahern allowed just 1 unearned run on 7 hits in 7 1/3 innings with 4 K’s and 12 ground outs.
Lakeland 1 St. Lucie 11
Cameron Maybin was 1 for 4 with 3 ground balls to third and a line drive to centerfield. Danny Worth was 2 for 4 with a triple. Kyle Sleeth only lasted an inning surrending 5 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks. Why is he still on the 40 man roster?
Quad Cities 4 West Michigan 8
Michael Bertram was 3 for 5 with 3 RBI. Jeramy Laster also had 3 hits. James Skelton was 1 for 2 with 3 walks. Matt O’Brien went 8 innings allowing 4 unearned runs on 8 hits with 6 K’s.
Oneonta 18 Lowell 7
Guillermo Moscoso only allowed 1 run in 6 innings, but who cares when the offense plates 18? Casper Wells had 4 hits. Chris Carlson and Ronnie Bourquin each had 3 (including a homerd and 6 RBI for Carlson).
GCL Tigers DNP
For real. Kyle Sleeth needs to be taken off the 40 man roster. I was advocating this way back in June and earlier. I don’t get it.
Perhaps DD doesn’t want to admit a mistake on Sleeth?
Bill, any idea if Maybin will make it to Erie this year or will the Tigers start him out there next spring?
I think he may be the first to go when they have to make a tough roster decision (which there will be plenty of this offseason). But I can’t think of a time since Spring Training (when they thought he looked promising) when keeping Sleeth on there has cost them anybody.
I’d agree with that Matt.
Thinking Man – I thought that they would have moved Maybin up by now, and his injury certainly impacted the timeline. At this point there’s only a few weeks left in the Erie season. Not sure ifthey’ll still do it.