DAILY SUMMARY
Top Pitcher: Brad Lincoln (7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 0 HR)
Top Hitter: Chase d’Arnaud (3-for-4, HR, 2 RBI)
Home Runs: Chase d’Arnaud (3), Matt Curry (8), Rogelios Noris (1), Daniel Grovatt (1)
INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (AAA)

Result: Indianapolis 6, Buffalo 1
Starting Pitcher: Brad Lincoln (7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 K, 0 HR)
Top Hitter: Chase d’Arnaud (3-for-4, HR, 2 RBI)
Notes:Â Brad Lincoln (4-3, 4.27) put up his best start of the 2011 season, pitching seven shutout innings, allowing four hits, one walk, and striking out seven. Â In his last four starts, spanning 25 innings, Lincoln has a 1.80 ERA and a 23:6 K/BB ratio. Â Cesar Valdez (3.04) pitched a shutout inning, allowing one hit. Â Tim Wood (4.70) allowed a run on two hits in an inning of work, with no walks and two strikeouts.
Chase d’Arnaud (.285) extended his hitting streak to eight games with a big night at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs. Â In the month of May, d’Arnaud has a .377/.409/.541 line in 61 at-bats. Â That’s brought his season total up to a .285/.358/.444 line in 144 at-bats. Â Gorkys Hernandez (.239) went 2-for-3 with a double. Â Josh Harrison (.333) went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Â Alex Presley (.346) went 1-for-4 with a double.
ALTOONA CURVE (AA)

Result: Akron 16, Altoona 6
Starting Pitcher: Jeff Locke (4.2 IP, 7 H, 8 R, 8 ER, 6 BB, 5 K, 1 HR)
Top Hitter: Jordy Mercer (2-for-3, 2B, 2 BB, 2 RBI)
Notes:Â Jeff Locke (2-4, 4.68) had his worst start of the season, allowing eight runs on seven hits in 4.2 innings, with six walks and five strikeouts. Â Bryan Morris (4.11) made his return from the disabled list in what pretty much amounts to a rehab appearance, allowing four runs, two earned, in an inning of work. Â Brian Leach (7.42) allowed four runs on four hits, getting just two outs. Â Things got so bad that outfielder Jose Hernandez (0.00) came on to pitch the 8th inning. Â Surprisingly, Hernandez not only pitched a perfect inning, but struck out the side. Hernandez is currently hitting for a .235 average. Â Might a position change be in his future?
Starling Marte (.327) went 2-for-4 with a triple, a walk, and two runs. Â Jordy Mercer (.237) went 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, and two RBIs. Â Miles Durham (.230) went 2-for-4 with a double.
BRADENTON MARAUDERS (A+)

Result: Dunedin 13, Bradenton 3
Starting Pitcher: Nate Baker (1.2 IP, 6 H, 7 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 0 HR)
Top Hitter: Robbie Grossman (3-for-4, 2B, BB, 2 R)
Notes:Â Nate Baker (2-3, 5.59) was hurt by his defense tonight, lasting only 1.2 innings, and allowing seven runs, two earned, on six hits. Â Eliecer Navarro (6.23) allowed one run on three hits in 4.1 innings. Â Porfirio Lopez (5.49) allowed five runs, three earned, on four hits in two innings. Â Duke Welker (3.24) pitched a shutout inning, allowing a walk and striking out two.
Robbie Grossman (.259) went 3-for-4 with a double. Â Aaron Baker (.273) went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Â Baker has been in a slump lately, with a .151/.207/.208 line in May, after a hot start in April. Â He is currently blocking Matt Curry from a promotion to Bradenton.
WEST VIRGINIA POWER (A)

Result: Lexington 4, West Virginia 2; West Virginia 9, Lexington 3
Starting Pitcher: Jameson Taillon (4.0 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR); Tyler Waldron (4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR)
Top Hitter: Matt Curry (3-for-6, HR, 3 RBI)
Notes:Â Jameson Taillon (1-1, 2.84) took his first pro loss tonight, allowing four runs, three earned, on seven hits in four innings. Â Taillon struck out four and didn’t issue a walk. Â Brooks Pounders (1.89) pitched two shutout innings, allowing two hits and a walk. Â Drew Maggi (.198) recorded the only hit of the game, going 1-for-3, although the West Virginia offense combined for five walks.
Tyler Waldron (4.00) started game two, allowing a run on three hits in four innings. Â Kevin Decker (1-1, 2.66) allowed two runs, one earned, on two hits in three innings, with a walk and four strikeouts. Â Matt Curry (.361) went 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs. Â Daniel Grovatt (.295) went 3-for-4 with a homer. Â Rogelios Noris (.250) went 2-for-4 with a triple, a homer, and three RBIs. Â Kawika Emsley-Pai (.429) went 3-for-3 with a double.
VSL Pirates (RK)
Result: Pirates 16, Rays 8
Starting Pitcher: Andy Otamendi (3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 0 HR)
Top Hitter: Kelly Aponte (4-for-5, 2B)
Notes:Â Dilson Herrera (.375) went 2-for-5 with a run and a stolen base. Â Jose Roman (.250) went 2-for-4 with a double and four runs. Â Kelly Aponte (.556) went 4-for-5 with a double. Luis Sucre (.375) went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, and three RBIs. Â Ulises Montilla (.333) went 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, and three runs.
I think its about time to give Lincoln another ML shot. It would be nice to skip Karsten tomorrow (since the rainouts would allow it) and give Lincoln a start on his normal days rest. I don’t think it will happen, but I’d like to see it.
Unless Curry is the worst fielding 1B ever, he needs to be promoted. He’s got a 1.141 OPS while Calvin Anderson is eating up ABs in Bradenton.
Good news on Lincoln, D’Arnaud and Grossman.
I read somewhere else that Curry is a horrible 1bman. Also, Taillon’s outing might have been better with some good defense behind him?
Jose Hernandez top pitcher? I laughed out loud when I saw his pitching line in the box score
lol
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