- 6/27 FLA 1 STL 0 Luca Martignoni makes his debut 7.1 IP 3 H 7 K 3 BB van Gaalen SV (8)
- 6/28 STL 15 FLA 14 (13) Josh Reddick 4-6 2B 3 R Jorge Ochoa and Jay Spence each with a grand slam
- Nishida 2-5 2B HR 4 R 2 RBI Nabbe 3-6 2B HR 3 RBI (.249-11-34) Juan Tovar 2-8 grand slam and 5 K's Lupe Medina 3 IP 9 H 1 BB 4 HR 9 ER
- 6/29 STL 7 FLA 2 Lorenzana 5 IP 5 H 5 K 2 BB 4 ER (1-6 5.15)
- 6/30 GM 1 NY 9 FLA 0 Almaguer 6.2 IP 12 K (8-2 3.63) Dominic Bruce Grand Slam 4 RBI's
- Baldwin 1 IP 5 H 6 ER (3-11 6.50)
- 6/30 GM 2 NY 13 FLA 4 Mike Meninger 3-3 2B 2 HR 4 RBI
- Tovar 3-5 (.206-10-30 team captain over .200 for first time) Downs 4 IP 5 H 4 K 3 ER 61 pitches
- It's now beyond obvious Darin Downs doesn't have the stamina to go deep enough into games. Every start is a futile exercise in bullpen restraint. So much so today that CF Rudolfo Duenas got the games final out after van Gaalen threw 61 pitches and gave up 5 runs in 2.1 innings. Going to bring Dave Dunham up for a spot start. The pen is dragging ass right now and none of the starters is on the 4th day. AAA will do a by committee game today.
- Detroit's Loan Auffret went 3-4 hitting 3 homers and driving in 5. Coming off a 55 homer campaign last year he's at .347-31-84
JUNE AWARDS
AL POTM- Loan Auffret .364-12-28
NL POTM- Teagan Ings (TEX) .415-9-26 (.337-27-71)
AL PITCHER- Mike Lloyd (MEM) 5-0 2.12 42 K 29 IP (9-4 3.51)
NL PITCHER- Rodolfo Carmona (SD) 6-0 3.29 38.1 IP 26 K (9-3 4.40)
AL ROOKIE- Juan Barranco .309-4-19 (.328-15-58)
NL ROOKIE- Josh Pulice (POR) .258-6-16 (.230-10-32)
- 7/1 NY 5 FLA 2 Dunham 7 IP 11 H 3 K 3 ER 103 pitches (1-8 7.85 but a HUGE effort to save the pen)
- Joe Linn moved to 4-0 3.14 at AA Clovis last night. In 4 starts he's thrown 28.2 IP 28 H 25 K 4 BB
- 7/2 NY 15 FLA 9 Martignoni 5.1 IP 12 H 10 ER (1-1 7.11) 121 pitches Tovar 3-4 2 R SB (4) Barranco 3-4 2 2B HR 3 RBI (.331-16-61)
- Juan Alvarado 3-5 2B 2 HR 4 RBI Andy Domingue 3-5 HR 3 RBI
- 7/3 BRK 2 FLA 1 Tovar 0-5 4 K 7 LOB Medina 4.2 IP 5 H 2 BB 1 ER 82 pitches
- Phoenx Roadrunner centerfielder Dusty Caspary went 5-5 with 5 RBIin 13-6 win over Memphis
AL POTW- Mike Meininger (NY) 14-28 5 HR 16 RBI (.296-29-65)
ML POTW- Jon Riley (KC) 12-22 5 HR 12 RBI (.257-17-49)