Sewing Crops On The Farm

Benton Moss last week got his first start pitching in the New York Penn League after four relief appearances.  His second start over the weekend produced his first win in professional baseball.  Six appearances this season he has pitched 16.2 innings. His ERA has dropped to 2.16 and he has struck out 20. Pitchers in the NYP League are held to pitch counts and  Benton being a strikeout pitchers he throws a lot of pitches per inning holding down his innings pitched.

Collins Cuthrell keeps hitting home runs in Florence Kentucky.  He has now played 29 games when players that have been on the team the entire season have played 90 games.  His batting average is 291 but he has hit seven homers which is the tops on the Freedom team this year.  He has knocked in 25 runs in 29 games and if this was the majors and this was 162 games that would equate out to about 145 RBI in a season so his hits are driving in runs.

Brian Goodwin numbers are looking better at AA Harrisburg Pa. which would indicate his shoulder surgery that ended his season last year is now behind him.  Brian is now hitting 241, he is up to five homers, four triples and twelve doubles.  He has driven in thirty runs.  Brian's really needs  to improve on is his strikeouts per bats.  Earlier this year it was almost one k per two at bats but he has now got it to one k per 4.5 at bats.  Looks like progress.

Hobbs Johnson has now taken to the mound  17 times and his record at Buloxi Ms.  is 6-4.  He has pitched  83 innings striking out 68.  His ERA is 3.36.  His big bug-a-boo is walks per innings pitched which stands at about one walk per two innings pitched.  He needs to get better control.

The Wilson Post 13 one game playoff against Garner is delayed again.  Something is fishy going on for this one game being delayed with the state tournament right around the corner on Friday.  Sounds to me like eligibility issues on one of the teams.  Sure hope they have decided to flip a coin to determine seeding.

History made in California over the weekend.  First with a tropical storm  off the coast of California the San Diego Padres had their second game at Petco Parked rained out Sunday in the eleven year history of the park.  It is also the first rainout in San Diego history during the month of July.
95 miles up I-4 in Anaheim the Angels were also rained out and their last rainout was in 1983 apparently it just doesn't rain in Southern California just like the 1971 song says.