Well, I’m not above admitting that life has been a whirlwind lately. I’ve barely had time for anything extra over the past week or so, which, unfortunately, includes this space.

So, I’ll try to get caught back up with my used-to-be-daily feature of minor league starts with this one big one.

Saturday, May 2

  • Sam Howard (Staunton 2012), for A Asheville: 4 IP, 10 hits, 8 earned runs, 2 BB, 8 K’s, loss, 12-3, game score of 16
  • Elih Villanueva (Luray 2007), for AA Bowie: 7 IP, 5 hits, 1 earned run, 1 BB, 5 K’s, win, 2-1, game score of 67
  • Chris Pike (Harrisonburg 2012-13) for A Bowling Green: 6 IP, 5 hits, 1 earned run, 2 BB, 5 K’s, win, 10-4, game score of 61
  • Taylor Cox (New Market 2012) for A Fort Wayne: 4.1 IP, 6 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned, 3 BB, 1 K, loss, 5-4, game score of 43
  • Brad Mills (Harrisonburg 2005) for AAA Nashville: 5 IP, 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 3 BB, 6 K’s, win, 5-4, game score of 52
  • Tyler Thornburg (Winchester 2008) for AAA Colorado Springs: 3 IP, 8 hits, 2 earned runs, 0 BB, 2 K’s, win, 4-2, game score of 37
  • Harrison Cooney (Front Royal 2012) for A Inland Empire: 5 IP, 8 hits, 2 earned runs, 1 BB, 3 K’s, win, 8-4, game score of 45

Sunday, May 3

  • Taylor Hill (Winchester 2008) for AAA Syracuse: 6.1 IP, 6 hits, 2 earned runs, 0 BB, 5 K’s, win, 7-3, game score of 58

Monday, May 4

  • Matt Benedict (Haymarket 2009-10) for A Bradenton: 7 IP, 3 hits, 0 runs, 0 BB, 5 K’s, win, 3-0, game score of 76

Tuesday, May 5

  • Austin Gomber (Luray 2012) for A Peoria: 8 IP, 4 hits, 0 runs, 0 BB, 7 K’s, win, 2-1, game score of 81- can’t get too much better than this!
  • Blaine Sims (New Market 2010) for A Lancaster: 5 IP, 5 hits, 4 earned runs, 1 BB, 3 K’s, loss, 8-1, game score of 43
  • Chad Kuhl (New Market 2012) for AA Altoona: 6 IP, 8 hits, 6 runs, 3 earned runs, 2 BB, 1 K, loss, 10-7, game score of 37
  • Javier Salas (Luray 2011) for A Brevard County: 5.1 IP, 5 hits, 1 earned run, 1 BB, 4 K’s, win, 2-1, game score of 57
  • Chris Devenski (Woodstock 2011) for AA Corpus Christi: 4 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 5 BB, 6 K’s, win, 6-1, game score of 59
  • Brandon Sinnery (Winchester 2009) for AA Mobile: 6.1 IP, 10 hits, 6 earned runs, 0 BB, 5 K’s, win, 8-6, game score of 34

Wednesday, May 6

  • Ryan Yarbrough (Luray 2012), for A Bakersfield: 6 IP, 7 hits, 1 earned run, 0 BB, 2 K’s, win, 3-2, game score of 56. Trey Cochran-Gill (Harrisonburg 2012) got the win in this one… and a blown save, too.

Thursday, May 7

  • Elih Villanueva (Luray 2007), for AA Bowie: 7 IP, 6 hits, 2 earned runs, 0 BB, 5 K’s, win, 4-2, game score of 62. Elih is now 4-2, 2.78 in 35.2 innings. I would say he should be pitching in AAA…
  • Taylor Cox (New Market 2012), for A Fort Wayne: 4.1 IP, 8 hits, 8 earned runs, 4 BB, 3 K’s, loss, 8-5, game score of 14. Ouch. Taylor is now 0-3, 7.23 in 23.2 IP.
  • Tyler Thornburg (Winchester 2008), for AAA Colorado Springs: 5 IP, 2 hits, 1 earned run, 3 BB, 2 K’s, loss, 2-1, game score of 58. Tyler hit a triple in this game! He’s now 0-0, 2.31 in 11.2 IP on the mound.
  • Brad Mills (Harrisonburg 2005), for AAA Nashville: 6.1 IP, 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 BB, 5 K’s, loss, 4-1, game score of 58. Brad is slowly getting his stats back to his standards: he’s 0-4, 5.19 in 26 IP.
  • Brian Holmes (Harrisonburg 2010), for A Lancaster: 6 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB, 10 K’s, win, 2-0, game score of 77. Double digit strikeouts! Brian is now 2-1, 2.73 in 26.1 IP.

Friday, May 8

  • Reed Garrett (New Market 2013) for A Hickory: 5 IP, 4 hits, 1 earned run, 2 BB, 3 K’s, win, 3-2, game score of 56. Reed is 2-2, 3.75 in 24 IP in 2015.
  • Max Povse (Staunton 2013) for A Rome: 3 IP, and nothing. No hits, runs, walks, or strikeouts. Win, 13-0, game score of 59. Dale Carey (Luray 2011) got a hit off one of Max’s relievers. This was Max’s first start since April 22- he just came back from the disabled list. Max is now 1-1, 2.87 in 15.2 innings.
  • Sam Howard (Staunton 2012) for A Asheville: 7 IP, 2 hits, 1 earned run, 0 BB, 5 K’s, win, 5-1, game score of 74. Sam’s longest, and probably best, outing of the year so far. He’s 1-3, 5.48 in 23 innings. Jay Gonzalez (Harrisonburg 2011) and Jamill Moquete (Winchester 2012) both went 0-4 for Delmarva in this one.
  • Scott Copeland (Staunton 2007) for AAA Buffalo: 6 IP, 6 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 BB, 3 K’s, loss, 4-3, game score of 53. Fresh off his major league debut, Scott threw the first 6 innings of this 14-inning game, and is now 2-1, 1.74 in 31 innings. Ryan Schimpf (Luray 2008) unfortunately went 0-7 for Buffalo.
  • Chris Pike (Harrisonburg 2012-13) for A Bowling Green: 7 IP, 7 hits, 2 earned runs, 1 BB, 2 K’s, win, 5-2, game score of 56. Chris is now 4-1, 3.00 in 27 innings.

Saturday, May 9

  • Taylor Hill (Winchester 2008) for AAA Syracuse: 5 IP, 9 hits, 6 earned runs, 1 BB, 1 K, win, 9-8, game score of 25. Taylor is now 2-1, 4.86 in 33.1 innings. If Stephen Strasburg is out for an extended time, Taylor may get a call up to Washington.
  • Austin Chrismon (Strasburg 2013) for A Quad Cities: 5 IP, 5 hits, 1 earned run, 0 BB, 5 K’s, win, 6-3, game score of 58. Austin is 4-1, 2.17 in 29 innings in 2015- he’s throwing really well!

Scheduled Starts for Sunday, May 10

  • Drew Rucinski (Luray 2009-10) for AAA Salt Lake