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May 21, 2006

Minor leaguers roundup: Stetter pitches part of 24-inning loss

By Dennis Clark

Relatively speaking, former Indiana State pitcher Mitch Stetter played a “small” role as his Nashville Sounds finished on the short end of a 5-4 loss to the visiting New Orleans Zephyrs as the teams completed a Pacific Coast League record-tying 24-inning marathon on May 6.

Stetter pitched three scoreless innings — innings 14 through 16 — for the Sounds. The game-deciding run was the first scored by either team in 15 innings as both teams remained scoreless from innings 10 to 23.

The Sounds and Zephyrs completed the final six innings of the contest on the second day after playing to a 4-4 tie through 18 innings on the night before when the game was halted due to a curfew rule.

The lengthy affair, lasting a mere eight hours and seven minutes, was the longest in both teams’ histories. The 24 innings matched the existing PCL mark originally set on June 8, 1909 in a game between San Francisco and Oakland and “later” equaled on Sept. 10, 1911 in a game between Sacramento and Portland.

Several other PCL records tied or broken in the contest:

n Broken — Most at bats one team (Nashville with 81; previous mark 64) at-bats both teams (166; previous mark 109), most pitchers used by both teams in a single game (17; previous mark 14), the Sounds’ batting strikeouts (29, previous record 20), most combined strikeouts in a PCL game by both teams (48, previous mark 29), hits allowed by Nashville (22)

n Tied — Used 40 combined players in the game, matching the existing PCL mark (set in 1947), Nashville used nine different pitchers in the game (including shortstop Chris Barnwell) to match the single-game mark for one club (set in 1964).

Individual records set were Nashville first baseman Brad Nelson striking out seven times to establish a new Sounds single-game and PCL single-game record. Barnwell's 11 at-bats in the contest set a new Sounds single-game record.

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Adam Larson, a Terre Haute resident, was released by the Somerset Patriots of the independent Atlantic League on May 8. In just three appearances this season, covering just two innings, Larson allowed four runs, three earned. He allowed home runs in his final two outings on May 3 and 6.

He had a 0-0 record with an earned run average of 13.50.

Larson was originally drafted out of Middle Tennessee State by the Chicago White Sox. He advanced as far as Triple A Charlotte in 2004, before being released. In 2005, he played in the independent Northern League, then was traded to Somerset where he finished the season.

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Further news of pro baseball players from Indiana State and with Wabash Valley connections:

n Clint Barmes continues to struggle offensively, going 3 for 32 (.094) in the period of May 6-17. All three of his hits were doubles, with three RBI. He has been relegated to pinch hitting duties in two of the Rockie’s last four games.

n Alex Graman has been hit hard in the two outings since his best game of the year on May 2 (eight innings, one run). On May 9 at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, he went three innings, allowing six earned runs on eight hits. On May 16 at Hiroshima, he was chased after one inning, allowing four hits, five runs (two earned). Those two losses drop his season record to 3-4, while his ERA soared from 3.10 to 4.43.

n Mitch Stetter has appeared six times in the past two weeks, two outings were just 1/3-of-an-inning efforts, both being strike outs. In a combined 6 1/3 innings, he allowed just one run, five hits, two walks, eight strikeouts. His ERA has fallen from 5.14 to 3.38.

n John Purdom hit safely in just six of his 11 games played the last two weeks, going 6 for 39 (.154), his batting average dropping from .244 to .214.

n Ronald Prettyman hit an apex of a .363 batting average on May 4, but after going 8 for 47 (.170) his BA fell to .302. On Wednesday and Thursday, he has rebounded by going 3 for 7 with a double to finish the week hitting .308.

n Matt Zaleski lowered his ERA from 1.50 to 1.04 in the past two weeks, but saw his won-lost record drop to 0-2. In a total of 10 1/3 innings covering seven relief appearances, he allowed just two runs (one earned) on seven hits. On Wednesday, he allowed just an unearned run to drop to 0-2 after a 3-1 loss vs. Salem. The next day, he came right back to pitch two shutout innings.

n Joe Thatcher has recorded four saves (six on the season) over the last two weeks. In seven relief appearances, he has tossed seven innings, allowing two runs (one earned), five hits, two walks and eight strikeouts. He earned saves against Greensboro, Lexington and Asheville twice (May 10 and 11).

n Chris Hall opened his American Association season on May 12 with the Sioux Falls Canaries going 5 for 13 in his first three games. Since then he has gone 1 for 15 to drop his batting average from .355 to .214.

n Chris Jones has made three more quality starts in the past two weeks, but had no decisions in all three outings. The three starts were a combined 16 innings, allowing five runs, 15 hits, five walks, 12 strikeouts.

— Compiled by Dennis Clark



(Listed by league level)

Through games of Friday

Position players

Player (Team; Class-Parent club) AB R H HR RBI Avg.

Clint Barmes (Colorado Rockies) 149 21 32 2 25 .215

John Purdom (Sarasota; A-Reds) 117 13 25 1 14 .214

Ronald Prettyman (Inland Empire; A-Mariners) 157 19 48 1 15 .306

Lenny Leclercq (Arizona; R-Brewers) awaiting team assignment

Chris Hall (Sioux Falls; Ind.) 28 5 6 0 1 .214

Pitchers

Pitcher (Team; Class-Parent club) IP H BB SO W-L Sv ERA

Alex Graman (Seibu Lions, Japan) 44.2 48 13 23 3-4 0 4.43

Mitch Stetter (Nashville; AAA-Brewers) 13.1 14 6 11 2-2 0 3.38

Matt Zaleski (Winston-Salem; A-White Sox) 17.1 14 3 9 0-2 0 1.04

Joe Thatcher (West Virginia; A-Brewers) 11.1 12 2 13 0-2 6 1.59

Christopher Jones (Greenville; A-Red Sox) 26.0 20 11 24 2-0 0 2.08

Ken Geiersbach (Billings; A-Reds) season begins June 20

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