AA Dish: Sandoval��^TMs Streak Reaches 13

Posted Jul. 23, 2008 12:23 pm by Ben Badler
Filed under: AA Dish, Daily Dish

Pablo Sandoval is starting to answer some of the questions about his Cal League performance, a pack of Fisher Cats performed well, Allen Craig kept his hitting streaks going and there��^TMs a huge pitching prospect duel in the Texas League tonight.

EASTERN LEAGUE

Prospect Of The Day

Pablo Sandoval didn��^TMt rank among the Giants��^TM top 30 prospects entering the season, but he should rank prominently in the 2009 version of the Prospect Handbook. After batting .359/.412/.597 in 273 at-bats with high Class A San Jose in the California League, Sandoval earned a promotion to Connecticut. There��^TMs always skepticism of a guy putting up those kinds of enormous numbers in the hitter-friendly Cal League, but through 24 games in the Eastern League, Sandoval is batting .343/.368/.578 in 102 at-bats. That includes yesterday��^TMs outburst, as Sandoval went 3-for-7 with a home run, a double and six RBIs, extending his hitting streak to 13 games.


Low A Dish: Big V Walks Off

Posted Jul. 23, 2008 9:44 am by Jim Shonerd
Filed under: Daily Dish, Low A Dish

Angel Villalona punctuated an eventful evening, Madison Bumgarner dominated for seven innings and Zach Britton won his 10th game.

South Atlantic League

Prospect Of The Day

It was a bit of an up-and-down night for Augusta (Giants) first baseman Angel Villalona, but it ended a high note. He went 2-for-5 on the night in the GreenJackets��^TM 5-4 win over Lake County (Indians). He doubled and later came around to score in the bottom of the sixth, but he also committed a critical fielding error in the top of the eighth that helped Lake County erase a 4-0 deficit and tie the game. The 17-year-old didn��^TMt take long to redeem himself. With one out in the bottom of the 10th, Villalona launched a 2-0 pitch from Lake County��^TMs Dallas Cawiezell over the left field wall, the first walk-off home run of his pro career.

"Earlier in the season if Villalona makes an error like that he may have not been able focus and concentrate enough to come back and redeem himself," Augusta manager Andy Skeels told the Augusta Chronicle. "These are the times that are turning points in a guy��^TMs career. You can see the development taking place."

For the season, Villalona raised his line to .250/.299/.424 in 328 at-bats.

Prospect Nuggets

For seven innings, Augusta lefthander Madison Bumgarner was his usual dominant self, shutting Lake County out on just three hits and one walk, to go with six punchouts. But things came unglued when Bumgarner went back out for the eighth, as he allowed a walk and two singles to start the inning before being relieved. All three of those runners would eventually come around to score, making this just the third time he��^TMs given multiple earned runs in his last 15 starts … West Virginia (Brewers) center fielder Caleb Gindl went 4-for-4 with a double in a 7-0 win over Rome (Braves) … Delmarva (Orioles) lefthander Zach Britton turned in his fifth quality start in his last six outings. He went six against Hickory (Pirates) and allowed only one run on three hits while walking two and striking out five. Britton improved to 10-5, 2.82 for the year, making him the league��^TMs fourth 10-game winner.

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