Padres Report - August 14th

Padres’ Minor League Report – August 14, 2006

Hitters:

AAA – George Kottaras --- 1-4; RBI, SO
AAA – Termel Sledge --- 1-3; HR (16), R, 3 RBI, BB, SO
Lo-A – Will Venable --- 3-5; 2 HR (7), 2 R, 3 RBI, SO
SS – Michael Epping --- 2-3; HR (3), 2 R, 3 RBI, BB
SS – Chad Huffman --- 2-2; 2 BB
R- Rayner Contreras --- 3-4; 2 R, RBI, BB
R – Kyler Burke --- 2-4

Pitchers:

AAA – Mike Thompson --- 7.2 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR

Commentary:

Triple-A Portland scored 8 runs with 4 of those runs coming on three HR. In case you’re new to my analysis, I didn’t (and won’t) mention the HR’s from guys who are really non-prospects. In this case a couple of our so-called “4-A hitters,” 29 year-old Justin Leone and 28 year-old Luke Allen, hit the other two HRs.

Another news flash for any new readers: I like Will Venable. Call it a “man-crush.” Will is now batting .313 and has 31 doubles to go with his 7 home runs. I can’t wait to watch how many doubles he’ll smack into that cavernous right-center field in Lake Elsinore next year.

I didn’t post Cedric Hunter’s line (he hit a single and walked), but he still got on base two times out of five plate appearances. Oh yeah, he lowered his batting average and his on-base percentage in the process. This man-crush is bigger than the one I have for Venable…