I have a soft spot in my heart (and my head) for guys who put up really solid offensive numbers in AA. Travis Chapman, Eric Valent, Jeff Stone, Matt Rizzotti, Steve Susdorf, and, this year, at least so far …. Darin Ruf.

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–Domonic Brown was out of the Lehigh Valley lineup yet again, continuing to recover from his hamstring issues.

—David Buchanan, who started the season very strong for Reading has been struggling lately and had a nasty line last night: 5.1IP 10H 7ER 3BB 0K.

—Darin Ruf has another multi hit game last night and is approaching 50 hits on the young season. His average stands at (.387).

—Cody Asche had three more hits last night for Clearwater, raising his average to .364.

—Stephen Malcolm made his debut at SS for Lakewood last night and went 1-4, with a run scored and stolen base.

Gotta go gear up for Mothers Day.