Domonic Brown coasts home on a sac fly in the third inning last night.
J.A. Happ tosses some warm-up pitches between innings last night.Domonic Brown stole the show in his home debut last night with Lehigh Valley. In the third inning he legged out a single, almost immediately stole second, then advanced to third on the catcher's throwing error, and cruised home on a sac fly by Neil Sellers. Textbook perfect. In the seventh he initiated a 9-5 double play. With two outs in the ninth, he singled, then scored the winning run on a single by Neil Sellers. I left after the first game of a doubleheader and missed seeing the two-run homer Brown hit in game two. All in all, Brown made the transition from Reading to Lehigh Valley look ridiculous.
J.A. Happ pitched his first Triple-A rehab assignment last night, looking a bit sharper than he had in his Double-A stints but still lacking velocity and throwing an awful lot of balls. Happ threw for four+ innings, allowing two runs on six hits, walking four and striking out four. With all the bad news on the injury front, some good news would be welcome.
Because of the injuries to the big club, there were several changes below. One of note was the release of Willy Taveras. (That was quick.) His speed thrilled but little else about his game did. Give Rich Thompson the chance, willya!
