Future Redbirds

Mark Hamilton won the Texas League “Player of the Week”

Hamilton has had a smooth transition from the Florida State League to the Texas League. In 23 games played with the Cardinals, the Baltimore native has looked right at home. This week he helped his team go 4-2 by going 11-for-24 with five runs scored, three doubles, a home run, seven RBIs and an impressive .708 slugging percentage. The 22-year-old posted back-to-back 3-for-5 games in wins against Wichita, driving in five runs to help lead his team.

Eddie Degerman made the cut on BA’s latest Hot Sheet:

The former Rice standout found mixed results in low Class A Quad Cities’ tag-team pitching rotation–Degerman went 1-1, 1.93 in six starts (28 innings) compared to 0-0, 3.20 in six relief appearances (19.2 innings). The trend continued after a July promotion to the Florida State League: Degerman has 13 strikeouts and two earned runs in 11 innings as a starter compared to three earned runs and no strikeouts over three innings in a relief appearance.

DanUp has an eyewitness account of the funky delivery that belongs to Mark Worrell.

And on to three with the daily report:

Memphis 6, Oklahoma 3

Who are you, Jarret Hoffpauir? Hoff went 3 for 4 with a homer and a double, and is now hitting .406 in 32 at bats with 55% of his hits going for extra bases.
Joe Mather went 1 for 4 with a homer, his 24th of the season and 6th for Memphis.
Rick Ankiel went 2 for 3 with a walk.
Blake Hawksworth allowed 1 run on 2 hits and 4 walks, with 3 strikeouts. The one run he allowed was a solo HR.

Springfield 4, Tulsa 5

Er, I know Colby was taken out of the game yesterday after getting hit in the helmet as a precautionary measure, but where was he tonight? Hope his head is fine.
Adam Daniels was roughed up, going 6 innings and allowing 5 runs on 10 hits including a homer. He did however get 11 ground ball outs.
Kyle McClellan struck out 2 in a perfect inning.
Sean Danielson went 3 for 4 with a double and threw out a runner at home.
Jose Martinez went 2 for 3.

Palm Beach 2, Lakeland 3

Luke Gregerson allowed the winning run in the 9th off of a couple of hits.
Chris Narveson allowed 2 runs on 6 hits and a walk, while striking out 4. 1 of the runs was earned.
Brandon Yarbrough doubled and tripled, going 2 for 4.
Dan Nelson went 2 for 4.

The Swing had the night off.

Batavia 3, Oneonta 4

Recently promoted from Johnson City, 2nd baseman Jose Garcia went 3 for 4.
JD Stanbaugh gave up 4 runs on 5 hits over 5 innings, striking out 2 and allowing a homer.

Johnson City 8, Burlington 12

Big night for the cool name posse…

Ateo Folli went 4 for 6 with a double.
Beau “the ladies think I’m sexy” Riportella went 3 for 4 with a walk.
Doggnt Bolivar went 3 for 5 with a double.
Omar Javier allowed 7 runs over 2 innings.

The GCL Cards game was suspended.