Future Redbirds

Colorado Springs (Rockies affiliate) 11, Memphis 7

Mike Smith; who’s filling in for the recently disabled Chris Narveson who’s out with either an oblique injury or shoulder issue (I’m hearing conflicting reports), got roughed up today, giving up 7 runs on 8 hits over 5 innings. He struck out 4 and walked 1.
Chris Lambert only got one out in relief and gave up 4 runs on 3 walks and a hit.
Catcher Brian Esposito went 3 for 4.
Nick Stavinoha went 2 for 5 with 2 strikeouts.
Recent call up from Springfield and 26 year old shortstop Mike McCoy doubled and walked twice.
Edgar Gonzalez hit a base clearing double, going 1 for 5 for the day.
Ryan Christianson went 2 for 3 with a HR and a walk.

Springfield 9, Arkansas (Angels affiliate) 4

After missing ten games with a sore shoulderJon Jay was in the mix of things, scoring three runs and went 1 for 3 with 2 walks. He also stole a base.
Bryan Anderson went 1 for 3 with 2 walks.
Joe Mather has is tapering off a bit after his hot April. He went 0 for 5 with a K and left 5 runners on base. He also had 2 errors, one fielding the other throwing. That’s a bad day.
Tyler Greene went 2 for 5 with 3 K’s.
Diminutive outfielder Sean Danielson (5′8″, 165) is hitting .432 (.380 GPA) in 44 at bats. He went 2 for 5 with a walk. According to firstinning.com, 36% of his batted balls are liners. Danielson started the season playing in Palm Beach.
Cory Rauschenberger threw 6 innings of 2 hit ball, which sounds great and all, but he walked 5 and struck out just 2. He also hit to batters. He did however have a nifty GB/FB ratio of 13-3.
Jason Motte (not Chris Perez, interestingly) saved the game, going 2.1 innings and struck out 2 to 2 hits. His other 5 outs all came on the ground.

Palm Beach was off today.

Quad Cities 3, Burlington Bees (Royals affiliate) 2

Tyler Herron struck out 5 in 5 innings, allowing just 1 run on 3 hits and a walk.
Daryl Jones went 2 for 5.
Donovan Solano also went 2 for 5.
Luke Gorsett went 2 for 4.
Brandon Buckman doubled and drove in a run for his only hit. His 35 RBIs lead the MWL by a good margin. He also leads the league in HRs (9) and slugging .656.