Pitch By Pitch

Over the past few days, the Pirates have continued to sign their 2009 draft picks, and they now have a total of 12 signings.

1st Rounder, Tony Sanchez signed, and he has been playing for State College.
1st Round Supplemental Pick, Victor Black signed, and he will be assigned to State College.
2nd Rounder, Brooks Pounders signed, and he will be assigned to the Gulf Coast League.
9th Rounder, Brock Holt signed, and he will be assigned to State College.
11th Rounder, Aaron Baker signed.
21st Rounder, Philip Irwin signed.
23rd Round – Jose Hernandez signed and has been playing for State College.
24th Round – Jason Erickson signed and has been playing for State College.
30th Round – Ty Summerlin signed and has been playing for State College.
33rd Round – Patrick Irvine signed and has been playing for State College.
42nd Round – Marc Baca signed and has been playing for State College.
43rd Rounder, Ed Fallon signed.

Also of note, the Pirates 2008 1st round draft pick, Pedro Alvarez, has been promoted to AA-Altoona. He will make his AA debut on Tuesday night. Dustin Molleken, Michael Dubee, and Miles Durham will join Alvarez in Altoona.

Brad Lincoln was promoted to AAA-Indianapolis.

Four errors and a whole lot of hits in two disastrous innings doomed the State College Spikes on their opening night against the Williamsport Crosscutters. The Cutters got 8 hits in the top of the 5th, and they took advantage of a Spikes’ error and hit-by-pitch to score 8 runs and blow the game wide open. They added 5 more hits and 5 more runs in the top of the 9th to complete their destruction of the Baby Bucs.

Friday night’s game at sold-out Medlar Field at Lubrano Park featured some of the Pirates’ 2008 draft picks and some of the 2009 draft picks that have already signed with the club.

2008
11th Round – David Rubinstein
34th Round – Matthew Payne
35th Round – Tyler Cox
36th Round – Kyle Morgan
38th Round – Alan Knotts
39th Round – Albert Fagan
50th Round – Craig Parry

2009
23rd Round – Jose Hernandez
24th Round – Jason Erickson
30th Round – Ty Summerlin
33rd Round – Patrick Irvine
42nd Round – Marc Baca

Pirates’ first round draft pick, Tony Sanchez, will join the team today in Williamsport where they will finish out the final two games of the opening series.

     Game of 6/19/2009 -- Williamsport at State College (N)

  Williamsport       AB  R  H RBI    State College      AB  R  H RBI  
James J, cf           5  1  1  0   Garcia E, cf          3  1  1  0   
Castro L, lf          6  2  5  2   Hernandez J, ph-lf    1  0  0  0   
Barnes J, ss          6  1  2  1   Vasquez A, ss         3  0  2  0   
Murillo F, 1b         5  2  2  3   Willemburg B, ss      0  0  0  0   
Batts S, 2b           4  2  1  1   Byler J, dh           3  0  0  0   
Hewitt A, 3b          4  1  1  1   Irvine P, ph-dh       1  0  0  0   
Dabbs M, rf           4  2  1  0   Morgan K, 1b          4  0  1  0   
Warren T, dh          5  3  3  4   Rubinstein D, rf      2  0  0  0   
Rodriguez J, c        5  1  3  2   Parry C, c            4  0  0  0   
                                   Payne M, 3b           4  1  1  0   
                                   Rosero C, lf-cf       4  0  2  1   
                                   Pedron F, 2b          3  0  0  0   
                                   Summerlin T, 2b       0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     44 15 19 14                        32  2  7  1   

Williamsport     100 180 005 -- 15
State College    110 000 000 --  2

  Williamsport         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lebron S (W)          5.2  6  2  2  1  5
Massingham E          1.1  1  0  0  0  2
Long J                1.0  0  0  0  1  2
Grieve S              1.0  0  0  0  1  1

  State College        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Cox T (L)             4.2 10 10  8  1  4
Knotts A              1.1  3  0  0  0  1
Erickson J            1.0  0  0  0  0  1
Baca M                1.0  1  0  0  0  1
Fagan A               1.0  5  5  5  1  0

E -- Cox T, Vasquez A, Rubinstein D, Pedron F
DP -- Williamsport 1, State College 2
LOB -- Williamsport 6, State College 6
2B -- Garcia E, Payne M, Murillo F 2, Warren T, Morgan K
3B -- Warren T
HR -- Castro L
SB -- Vasquez A
CS -- Castro L
SF -- Hewitt A
HBP -- by Cox T (Dabbs M)
PB -- Rodriguez J
T -- 2:42
A -- 5593

Rounds 4 through 30 of the 2009 draft are scheduled for today.

Round 4 – #115 – Zackry Dodson – LHP – Medina Valley HS
Round 5 – #145 – Nathaniel Baker – LHP – Mississippi
Round 6 – #175 – Zachary Von Rosenberg – RHP – Zachary HS
Round 7 – #205 – Trent Stevenson – RHP – Brophy Jesuit Prep School
Round 8 – #235 – Billy Cain – LHP – Waxahachie HS
Round 9 – #265 – Brock Holt – 2B – Rice
Round 10 – #295 – Joseph Schoenfeld – C – Santiago HS
Round 11 – #325 – Aaron Baker – 1B – Oklahoma
Round 12 – #355 – Jeffrey Inman – RHP – Stanford
Round 13 – #385 – John Gourley – SS – Eastern Wayne HS
Round 14 – #415 – Marcos Reyna – RHP – Bakersfield College
Round 15 – #445 – Peter Bako – C – Connors St College
Round 16 – #475 – Matthew Den Dekker – CF – Florida
Round 17 – #505 – Jordan Cooper – RHP – Shelbyville Central HS
Round 18 – #535 – Ryan Beckman – RHP – Grayson County College
Round 19 – #565 – Joshua Urban – RHP – Dripping Springs HS
Round 20 – #595 – Sam Spangler – LHP – Hawaii
Round 21 – #625 – Phillip Irwin – RHP – Mississippi
Round 22 – #655 – Carmine Giardina – LHP – Tampa
Round 23 – #685 – Jose Hernandez – LF – Texas San Antonio
Round 24 – #715 – Jason Erickson – RHP – Washington
Round 25 – #745 – Aaron LaFountaine – OF – John W North HS
Round 26 – #775 – Matthew Dermody – LHP – Norwalk HS
Round 27 – #805 – Paul Luquette – C – Isidore Newman School
Round 28 – #835 – Kyle Hooper – RHP – Saugus HS
Round 29 – #865 – Michael Heller – RHP – Cardinal Mooney School
Round 30 – #895 – Ty Summerlin – SS – Southeastern Louisiana