Notes From Today's Games 5/14

Written by Greg Fertel | 14 May 2010

Majors

Seattle Mariners Rule 5 pick from the Yankees Kanekoa Texeira had a good outing. He pitched two no hit innings, allowing one walk while striking out three. Seattle probably isn't going to do much contending this season, so it looks like Texeira is going to stick. He's a solid reliever, but it isn't too big of a loss for the Yanks.
Former Yankee and current Diamondback Ian Kennedy had another strong start. He started out with six shutout innings and then gave up a lead-off home run to Brian McCann in the seventh inning. After that, he gave up two more singles and was taken out of the game. Both of those runners scored against a reliever, so Kennedy's final line doesn't look too good: 6.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HR.
Juan Miranda started for the second straight game and got his first hit of the season. He is slotted at eighth in the lineup and is hitless in his first 8 plate appearances with one walk.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

Chan Ho Park made his first rehab appearance and pitched well. He was sitting in the low 90s and pitched a shutout inning. In the process, he struck out two and allowed one hit.
Coming in relief for Park was Romulo Sanchez, who pitched phenomenally: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K. In his last three appearances(one in the majors), Romulo has thrown 17.2 innings, allowed 10 hits and 4 walks while striking out 21. This is a nice stretch from Sanchez that shows just how dominant he can be.
SS Eduardo Nunez had three singles in five at-bats today. I have a post on him coming up tomorrow, as he has seemingly tailed off over the past few weeks.
Jesus Montero caught and went 1 for 4 with a triple. It was the third triple of his career and first since sometime in Tampa last season.

Trenton

I need to do a better job of paying attention. Apparently Justin Christian is back with the Yankees organization and playing for the Thunder. He isn't off to a very good start and has a sub-.500 OPS on the season.
Austin Romine DH'd again today. He has a sore arm, which explains why he has been at DH for the past few games.

Tampa

Melky Mesa got himself over the Mendoza line by going 2 for 4. He is now hitting .212 on the season. On the other hand, Neil Medchill went 0 for 3 and is now hitting a paltry .183 on the year. Not that expectations were high, but that has to be at least a little disappointing considering how well he hit in the NYPL last season.

Charleston

Kyle Higashioka had another rough game, going 0 for 4 with a strikeout. He is now batting .196 on the season, which is very disappointing. Hopefully he can turn it around. Jimmy Paredes went 2 for 4 with a double and two strikeouts. Luke Murton went 3 for 5 with 2 doubles. He has been very good so far this season.