Home run derby! There were 8 total home runs in the game, 5 from Redbirds. Rick Ankiel smacked his 10th and 11th HR. When it was all said and done, he went 3 for 4 with a walk and 5 total RBIs.
Nick Stavinoha hit a grand slam for his 7th HR.
John Nelson and Skip Schumaker both went deep.
On the negative, Mark Worrell gave up two homers over his two innings of work.
Springfield 5, San Antonio 4 (in 10 innings)
Colby Rasmus hit 2 solo homers, one in the 9th to send the game into extra innings. He went 2 for 4 with a walk and a strikeout.
Juan Lucena drove in the game winning run in the 10th, he went 2 for 5 for the night.
Joe Mather doubled and walked twice.
Eric Haberer allowed 3 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks. He only struck out 1 and got 9 outs on the ground.
Nick Webber allowed the go ahead run to San Antonio. Over 2 innings he allowed 2 hits and a walk, while striking out 2 and getting 4 ground outs.
Palm Beach was off today.
Brad Furnish, Kyle Mura and Kenny Maiques combined for a 4 hit shutout in a 7 inning make up game. Furnish struck out 5 while walking 1 over 4.1 innings pitched. He allowed 3 hits and lowered his ERA to 2.55.
Jared Schweitzer, Brandon Buckman and Luke Gorsett collected the only hits for the Swing. All reached on singles, Schweitzer had 2 hits.
James Rapoport struck out in all three of his ABs.
QC 0, Beloit 4 (Game 2)
In another 7 inning game, the Swing were 1 hit by the Twins’ Danny Vais and Robert Delaney.
Tyler Herron pitched 5 strong innings, not allowing a run on 3 hits and a walk while striking out 3. 10 of his outs came on the ground. After being selected in the supplemental first round of ‘05 out of Wellington High, Herron’s numbers were nothing to write home about. He posted a 5.62 ERA in 05 for Johnson City, bloated by allowing 11 long balls in 50 innings. In 06 he repeated rookie ball, improved his control and did a better job keeping the ball in the yard, but his K/9 ratio fell from 8.88 to 6.98. This season he’s doing a much better job all around. He has a 4:1 K/BB ratio, and 57% of the batted balls against him are grounders. I’d say he’s starting to live up to his promise. He hales from West Palm Beach, it won’t be long before he gets to go pitch in front of his home crowd.
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Is jon jay out for the season?
Adding to the OF woes at Springfield, Cody Haerther is now out after re-injuring himself on Sunday. Initial reports are that he has broken the hamate bone in his right wrist. This is the same wrist that he severely bruised in the first game of this year’s spring training camp. He could be out anywhere from 6 weeks to the end of the season.
RE: Jon Jay
I contacted Mike Lindskog, the voice of the Springfield Redbirds and here’s his reply on Jon -
Sounds like Jay will be heading to extended spring to do some rehabbing for about two weeks…then hopefully rejoin us after that. Shorey did get called up…he’ll be joining us today. Thanks!
Mike Lindskog
“Voice of the Springfield Cardinals”
Manager of Public Relations
Should we be concerned with Ankiel’s power? Schumacher already has 2 dingers and could barely get the ball out of the infield in the majors.
big red…in a word…no. Ankiel’s power is not at all a problem. his ISO (slugging - BA) is .295. Skip’s is .130. Ankiel showed power even when he was a pitcher in the minors. Skip has always just been a toolsy slap and dash type. ankiel’s power is real, my only concern is his ability to take a walk. i’m hoping that comes with experience, he’s still only in his 2nd season as a hitter.