July 28, 200323 yr Triple-A Albuquerque crushed Las Vegas, 9-3, as RHP Justin Wayne allowed just one unearned run in 7 innings to secure his 4th win and CF Abraham Nunez doubled, tripled, scored a run, and knocked in 2 runs. Wayne has a 3.84 ERA in 16 starts with the Isotopes and Nunez is hitting .344 in 25 games RF Jeremy Hermida was 2-for-4 with a steal, a run scored, and 2 RBIs for Greensboro. Hermida keeps on runnin' away. He has 22 thefts on the season. He's also hitting .293 now. C Angel Molina was 3-for-4 with a double, a big fly (6), 3 runs scored, and 2 RBIs for Greensboro in a lost to Lakewood. *AND the day before RF Jeremy Hermida doubled, homered (6), stole yet another base, and scored 2 runs and RHP Josh Johnson pitched a brilliant game to notch his 4th win as Low-A Greensboro waltzed by Lakewood, 4-0. Hermida, the Marlins' #1 pick in the 2002 draft, has homered in consecutive days and has raised his average to .293. He's also stolen 21 bases this season. Johnson (6-7, 220) has a 3.78 ERA in 11 starts and has only permitted 40 hits and 14 walks in 52.1 innings, registering 40 Ks. * The new HOT lefty in the GCL is on the Marlins staff LHP Jon-Michael Nickerson surrendered 2 unearned runs and 3 hits in 5 innings, walking 2 and K'ing 7 to help lift the Low-R GCL Marlins to a 5-2 triumph over the GCL Dodgers. Nickerson, 18, is now 3-0 on the season and is 2nd in the GCL in ERA (1.09) and tied for 4th in Ks (37). *Two top arms in Greensboro(single A) RHP Yorman Bazardo matched up against Hamels and pitched solidly, giving up one unearned run and 4 hits in 6 innings, walking 2 while fanning 6. Bazardo's ERA is 3.59. RHP Lincoln Holdzkom continues to pitch well out of the Greensboro pen. Holdzkom struckout 5 batters in 2 scoreless innings of relief last night and he's now rung up 74 batters in 57 innings this season. He's only allowed 36 hits. The 21-year-old right-hander is one of the best reliever prospects in the minors. * Two Big bats in Jamestown(short-season) 3B Lee Mitchell and 1B Ryan Bear had 3 hits apiece for Jamestown. Bear is 9th in the NYPL in batting (.326) in a lost to Oneonta 13-6. *Josh is back! DH Josh Willingham went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer, 2 runs scored, and 3 RBIs and LF Kenny Berkenbosch was 2-for-4 with an RBI to help power the Low-R GCL Marlins to a 6-4 win over the GCL Braves. Willingham is just coming back from knee surgery. He's the Marlins' top catching prospect in the system. Berkenbosch is hitting .240
July 28, 200323 yr so is thi josh wllingham the next mike piazza or something? :lol Or the next Ivan Rodriguez...
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