Down on the Farm: AA Report

New Britain Rock Cats

Starting Pitchers
1.) Errol Simonitsch - 7-11 / 3.91 ERA / 119.2 inn / 75-31 K-BB
2.) Glen Perkins - 2-10 / 3.97 ERA / 93 inn / 100-34 K-BB
3.) Kevin Slowey - 3-3 / 3.16 ERA / 42.2 inn / 34-7 K-BB
4.) Brian Duensing - 1-1 / 3.24 ERA / 16.2 inn / 9-7 K-BB
5.) Adam Harben - 2-6 / 4.02 ERA / 87.1 inn / 41-50 K-BB

Errol Simonitsch made 3 starts, picking up 1 win and 1 loss in 15.2 innings. His ERA rose by .10 points, and he struck out 13 with 6 walks.

Glen Perkins, suffering from a sore arm, made only 1 start and pitched only 2 innings. His ERA went down by .08 points, and he struck out 4 with 2 walks.

Kevin Slowey made 2 starts, winning 1 and losing 1. He pitched 12.2 innings, lowering his ERA by .14 points and picking up 12 K's against 4 BB's.

Brian Duensing made 2 starts, pitching 11 innings while winning and losing 1 game each. His ERA dropped by 1.52 points, and he had 8 K's against 5 BB's.

Adam Harben returned to the rotation, started 2 games and pitching 8 innings while losing a game. His ERA went up by .28 points, and he had 6 K's against 4 BB's.

Relief Pitchers
1.) Levale Speigner - 3-2 / 3.44 ERA / 55 inn / 37-14 K-BB
2.) Tristan Crawford - 2-4 / 4.04 ERA / 69 inn / 68-25 K-BB
3.) Julio DePaula - 1-2 / 2.62 ERA / 44.2 inn / 31-18 K-BB
4.) Nick Blackburn - 5-7 / 5.33 ERA / 96.1 inn / 58-32 K-BB
5.) Justin Olson - 6-4 / 5.46 ERA / 62.2 inn / 74-29 K-BB
6.) Jay Sawatski - 1-1 / 4.40 ERA / 47 inn / 43-17 K-BB
7.) Matt Guerrier - 2-0 / 1.04 ERA / 8.2 inn / 10-3 K-BB

Levale Speigner made 5 appearances for 4.2 innings. His ERA rose by .40 points, and he took a loss. He had 3 K's and 3 BB's.

Tristan Crawford pitched in 4 games covering 9.1 innings. His ERA rose by .12 points, and he had 6 K's against 3 BB's.

Julio DePaula pitched in 5 games covering 8.2 innings. His ERA rose by .12 points, and he had 2 K's against 3 BB's.

Nick Blackburn got into 3 games and pitched 5.2 innings. His ERA rose by .17 points, and he struck out 6 while walking 4.

Justin Olson actually started 2 games this week, because Glen Perkins hasn't been able to pitch much due to his injury. He lost both games, pitching 6 innings. His ERA rose by 1.01 points, and he had 7 K's against 3 BB's.

Jay Sawatski moved to the bullpen, making 4 appearances and pitching 6.2 innings. His ERA went down by .29 points, and he had a very nice 8-1 K-BB ratio.

Matt Guerrier is with the Rock Cats in name only. He is with the Twins, but won't be activated from the Disabled List until his arm is ready to go after he threw 48 pitches on Sunday. He did a very nice job in his rehab stint, and should be ready to contribute to the Twins upon his activation.

Catchers
1.) Kyle Geiger - 11 games / .167 BA / 1 HR / 3 RBI
2.) Steve Lomasney - 45 games / .199 BA / 2 HR / 13 RBI
3.) Jose Morales - 61 games / .215 BA / 3 HR / 22 RBI

Kyle Geiger made 7 starts at C. His batting average rose by 94 points, but is still pretty miserable. He hit his 1st HR and picked up 2 RBI's.

Steve Lomasney made 3 starts behind the plate. His batting average rose by 10 points and he picked up an RBI.

Jose Morales came off the disabled list and made 2 starts behind the plate. His batting average rose by 3 points.

Infielders
1B - Doug Deeds - 95 games / .286 BA / 7 HR / 44 RBI
2B - Felix Molina - 86 games / .269 BA / 9 HR / 39 RBI
3B - Matt Moses - 91 games / .253 BA / 12 HR / 50 RBI
SS - Alexi Casilla - 16 games / .303 BA / 1 HR / 6 RBI
DH - Daniel Matienzo - 93 games / .251 BA / 13 HR / 59 RBI
IF - Matt Tolbert - 44 games / .263 BA / 3 HR / 22 RBI

Doug Deeds started 8 games at 1B, 1 in LF, and 1 in RF. His batting average went down by 7 points, but he did hit a HR and picked up 4 RBI's.

Felix Molina started 8 games at 2B and 1 at DH. His batting average went up by 8 points, and he hit 2 HR's and 5 RBI's.

Matt Moses made 10 starts at 3B and 2 at DH. His batting average jumped by 9 points, and he hit 2 HR's with 9 RBI's.

Alexi Casilla started 11 games at SS. His batting average went down by 45 points, but he hit a HR and picked up 4 RBI's.

Daniel Matienzo started 8 games at DH and 4 at 1B. His batting average went up by 7 points, and he hit a HR with 4 RBI's.

Matt Tolbert started 4 games at 2B, 2 at 3B, and 1 at SS. His batting average went down by 24 points, but he did pick up 3 RBI's.

Outfielders
LF - Garrett Guzman - 36 games / .275 BA / 4 HR / 10 RBI
CF - Denard Span - 99 games / .283 BA / 1 HR / 33 RBI
RF - Trent Oeltjen - 80 games / .290 BA / 1 HR / 28 RBI
OF - Scott Whitrock - 56 games / .201 BA / 2 HR / 12 RBI

Garrett Guzman started 9 games in LF and 1 at DH. His batting average fell by 9 points, but he did hit a HR and picked up 1 RBI.

Denard Span started 10 games in CF. His batting average fell by 3 points and he picked up 1 RBI.

Trent Oeltjen started 6 games in RF, 2 in LF, and 2 in CF. His batting average fell by 13 points.

Scott Whitrock started 5 games in RF. His batting average fell by 9 points.