Germano Makes AAA Debut

[homerun21]

In the bottom of the 4th inning now. Germano's stats so far:

4 IP, 4 H, ER, 2 K

Sounds good so far to me, hasn't walked anyone and is getting lots of ground balls. Only blemish so far is in the 3rd. He gave up 3 singles in a row.

[redsrbetter]

Not bad. Hopefully he is working on things rigt now too. This is definitely a good look for his first outing.

[homerun21]

5 Ip, 7 H, 3 Er, 2 K

[homerun21]

6 Ip, 7 H, 3 Er, 3 K

[redsrbetter]

Good 6th! How many BB does he have tonight?

[homerun21]

Zero.

[homerun21]

Here's the play-by-play for those that want to follow along.

7 Hubbard flies out
7 Hoover ground out 6-3
7 Laker strikes out
7 Due up for the Bulls Laker, Hoover, Hubbard

6 Zapp flies out to third
6 Bannon strikes out
6 Holbert grounds out 6-3
6 Due up for the Bats Holbert, Bannon, Zapp

6 Deardorff strikes out
6 Munson pops out to short
6 Snyder flies out to center
6 Due up for the Bulls Snyder, Munson, Deardorff

5 Swann strikes out
5 Denorfia singles but is out at second
5 Bergolla grounds out 6-3
5 Due up for the Bats Bergolla, Denorfia, Swann

5 Young hits into 5-4-3 double play
5 Upton scores
5 Cortez singles to CF
5 Upton steals third
5 Hoover scores
5 Upton doubles to RF
5 Hoover steals second
5 Hubbard F8
5 Hoover reaches on infield single
5 Due up for the Bulls:Hoover, Hubbard, Upton

4 Perez strikes out
4 Asadoorian doubles to RF
4 Sardinha strikes out
4 Zapp strikes out
4 Due up for the Bats: Zapp, Sardinha, Asadoorian

4 Laker grounds out 5-3
4 Deardorff singles LF
4 Munson F7
4 Snyder grounds out 5-3
4 Due up for the Bulls: Snyder, Munson, Deardorff

3 Bannon F8
3 Perez scores
3 Holbert walks
3 Swann strikes out
3 Denorfia walks
3 Bergolla reaches on E6
3 Perez reaches on infield single
3 Asadoorian F4
3 Due up for the Bats: Rick Asadoorian, Perez, Bergolla

3 Young F8
3 Hubbard scores
3 Corter singles to RF
3 Upton singles to CF
3 Hubbard singles to CF
3 Hoover strikes out
3 Laker F8
3 Due up for the Bulls: Tim Laker, Paul Hoover, Trinidad Hubbard

2 Dane Sardinha hits int fielder's choice
2 A.J. Zapp F8
2 Bannon singles to RF
2 Holbert homers to LF
2 Swann strikes out
2 Due up for the Bats: Pedro Swann, Aaron Holbert, Jeff Bannon

2 Deardorff grounds out 5-3
2 Munson grounds out to first
2 Snyder strikes out
2 Due up for the Bulls: Earl Snyder, Eric Munson, Jeff Deardorff

1 Denorfia picked off at 1B
1 Denorfia singles to LF
1 Bergolla F4
1 Perez F8
1 Due up for the Bats: Santiago Perez, William Bergolla, Chris Denorfia

1 Young grounds out 5-3
1 Cortez F7
1 Upton grounds out 4-3
1 Due up for Durham: B.J. Upton, Fernando Cortez, Delmon Young


Tonight's starting pitchers are: For Durham: RHP Jason Hammel (1-0, 4.43) For Lou: RHP Justin Germano (7-6, 3.70 w/PORT)
Welcome to Louisville Slugger Field for tonight's game between the Durham Bulls (45-60) and the Louisville Bats (52-54)

[homerun21]

Germano's night is done. His final numbers...

7 IP, 7 H, 0 BB, 3 ER, 4 K

I'll take it.

[Sea Ray]

Germano's night is done. His final numbers...

7 IP, 7 H, 0 BB, 3 ER, 4 K

I'll take it.

That's solid. 7 base runners in 7 innings. Ground ball pitchers like him won't ever have impressive strike out stats but what you hope for is that they make up for that with double plays. Looks like he got one of those from the noted you posted. Guys like him can turn into Derek Lowe or Brian Lawrence, two guys we'll see this week. I like the fact that he's already had a taste of the big leagues. He's gotten those first few learning experiences out of the way. While it's true some guys like him turn into AAAA players but some become serviceable major league pitchers and those kind of pitchers are an upgrade from what we've had this summer