International League (AAA) LOUISVILLE BATS

Manager: David Bell LAST GAME (WEDNESSDAY): Louisville 1 Rochester 4 NEXT GAME (TODAY): at Rochester (Twins) Game 3 of a 4-game series (0-2)
Louisvilles Probable Pitcher:

Despite striking out a season-high 8 batters, RHP Chad Reinenke was saddled with the loss tossing 5.0 innings, allowing 4 runs (3 earned) on 6 hits and walking 1The lone Bats runs came on a Rochester error in the 6th inning that allowed 3B Kristopher Negron to scoreNegron swiped 2 bases and now has 13 steals on the seasonCF Feliz Perez collected 2 of the Bats 5 hits.

RHP Brett Tomko (0-4, 3.55, 7gs)

REDS FARM REPORT

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Southern League (AA) PENSACOLA BLUE WAHOOS

Manager: Jim Riggleman LAST GAME (TUESDAY): Birmingham (WSox) 0 Pensacola 2 The Blue Wahoos were off yesterday and will begin a 5-game set at Jacksonville tonight.

MINOR LEAGUE NEWS

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS
PITCHING LEADERS CLUB W-L ERA IP BAK 4-1 0.68 40.0 BAK 2-2 1.98 41.0 PNS 4-1 2.09 38.2 DAY 3-2 2.47 43.2 DAY 2-3 2.89 43.2 Radhames Quezada DAY 1-4 2.93 40.0 Mark Serrano PNS 2-0 3.09 32.0 Brett Tomko LOU 0-4 3.55 38.0 BATTER Tony Cingrani Chad Rogers Kyle Lotzkar Justice French Tanner Robles H 23 34 29 37 34 31 27 39 BB 10 11 18 13 14 23 6 18 SO 53 32 35 40 30 28 34 32

NEXT GAME (TODAY): at Jacksonville (Marlins) Game 1 of a 5-game series (0-0)

Pensacolas Probable Pitchers:

RHP J.C. Sulbaran (2-3, 3.09, 7gs)

California League (A) BAKERSFIELD BLAZE

Manager: Ken Griffey LAST GAME (WEDNESDAY): Stockton (As) 5 Bakerseld 4 RHP Daniel Wolford suffered the loss for the Blaze allowing a run in the 9th inning that broke a 4-4 tieSS Billy Hamilton nabbed 3 bags and now has 38 stolen bases in 2012CF Bryson Smith (6th inning) and RF Theo Bowe (7th inning) both hit solo homers accounting for half of Bakerselds 4 runsRHP Chad Rogers made his 8th start of the campaign (ND, 5.0ip, 4h, 2r, 2er, 2bb, 4k, 1hr).

NEXT GAME (TODAY): at Lake Elsinore (Padres) Games 1 of a 3-game series (0-0)
Bakerselds Probable Pitcher:

BATTING LEADERS BATTER CLUB AVG AB H HR RBI Henry Rodriguez PNS .348 132 46 2 15 Billy Hamilton BAK .340 144 49 1 13 Bryson Smith BAK .336 128 43 4 23 Donald Lutz BAK .307 153 47 11 34 Mike Costanzo LOU .303 109 33 6 24 Ryan LaMarre PNS .291 148 43 1 10 Steve Selsky DAY .287 122 35 1 15 Didi Gregorius PNS .287 136 39 0 10 Ryan Wright DAY .273 154 42 1 16 STOLEN BASES PLAYER CLUB Billy Hamilton BAK Theo Bowe BAK Kristopher Negron LOU Ryan LaMarre PNS HOME RUNS PLAYER CLUB Donald Lutz BAK Cody Puckett PNS David Vidal PNS Mike Costanzo LOU Travis Mattair LOU SB 38 13 13 10

RHP Josh Smith (1-4, 5.71, 7gs)

Midwest League (A) DAYTON DRAGONS

Manager: Delino DeShields LAST GAME (WEDNESDAY): Dayton 1 Bowling Green 4 CF Steve Selsky gave the Dragons a brief 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the top of the 6th inningIn the bottom of the frame, RHP Mike Dennhardt allowed 3 runs suffering a blown save and lossRHP Stalin Gerson started and pitched 5.0 scoreless innings (ND, 4h, 1bb, 2k)SS Juan Perez went 2-for-4 with a triple and run scored to lead Daytons offensive attack.

NEXT GAME (TODAY): at Bowling Green (Rays) Game 2 of a 3-game series (0-1)
Daytons Probable Pitcher:

RHP Jacob Johnson (NR)

Pioneer League (R) BILLINGS MUSTANGS

Manager: Pat Kelly SEASON BEGINS 6/18: vs. Missoula (DBacks) The Mustangs kick off their 39th season as a Reds afliate on June 18...Pat Kelly returns as the manager and will be joined in 2012 by pitching coach Tony Fossas and hitting coach Ray Martinez.

HR 11 7 7 6 6

NEXT GAME (6/18): vs Missoula (DBacks) Game 1 of a 3-game series (0-0)

Probable Pitcher:

Steve French

ORGANIZATIONAL STANDINGS
TEAM Louisville Pensacola Bakersfield Dayton Billings AZL Reds TOTALS 1ST HALF W-L Place 12-29 4th 19-21 T-3rd 23-16 2nd 14-26 8th 2ND HALF W-L Place OVERALL W-L WIN% GB 12-29 .293 -11.0 19-21 .475 -5.0 23-16 .590 -2.5 14-26 .350 -13.5 68-92 .425

Arizona League (R) AZL REDS

Manager: Jose Miguel Nieves SEASON BEGINS 6/21: vs. AZL Mariners The Arizona League Reds begin their season on June 21... Manager Juan Miguel Nieves will be joined by pitching coach Derrin Ebert and hitting coach Jorge Orta.

NEXT GAME (6/21): vs. Mariners Game 1

Probable Pitcher:

Oscar Goldman