Tuesday, June 01, 2010

at Frisco 9, Tulsa 6

AA: at Frisco 9, Tulsa 6
Record: 30-20, +5.0

Blake Beavan had a memorable May: six wins in six starts, 2.23 ERA, and 40.1 innings with 28 strikeouts and just four walks. He won the league’s Picher of the Week award twice in three weeks. Yesterday, Beavan began with six scoreless innings on four hits, no walks and two strikeouts. Unfortunately, the 7th was less kind, as he gave up three runs while retiring only batter (via strikeout). Rehabbing Warner Madrigal was shaky again (0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R), and Josh Lueke allowed two runs on three hits in two innings.

Frisco scored eight runs in the 4th, all against Colorado’s Christian Friedrich, the 25th-overall pick of the 2008 draft. Matt Lawson went 3-4 with two doubles, a walk, and four driven in. Both Emerson Frostad and Taylor Teagarden homered off Friedrich. The three combined for all of the team’s nine RBIs.

Pitcher Danny Gutierrez’s 50-game suspension for violating baseball’s Drug Prevention and Treatment Program ends… now. No word on where he’ll be assigned, or when. Gutierrez spent a few minutes with AA Frisco after being acquired in late 2009 and also appeared in the Arizona Fall League.

League leaders:
Matt Lawson – 8th in runs (30), 3rd in doublers (13), 6th in walks (25), 4th in OBP (.412), 5th in slugging (.470), 3rd in batting average (.317)
Blake Beavan – 6th in ERA (2.71), 1st in innings (69.2), 6th in strikeouts (45), 1st in WHIP (0.90)
Richard Bleier – 6th in innings (58.67)
Tanner Roark – 7th in WHIP (1.17)
Zach Phillips – 7th in saves (4)
Team Pitching – 3rd in runs allowed (195), 2nd in strikeouts (395), 1st in WHIP (1.20)
Team Defense -- 1st in fewest errors (29, 14 fewer than any other team)

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