Down on the Farm - 4/7/13

AAA - Oklahoma City 14 Memphis 10 (11 innings)

In a wild back-and-forth affair, the RedHawks (3-1) overcame an early deficit of 7-2, and a ninth inning deficit of 9-8 to defeat the Redbirds 14-10. Jake Elmore led the offense with 5 hits, Marc Krauss and Trevor Crowe homered, Brandon Laird and Jimmy Paredes each had three hits and Robbie Grossman reached base 5 times (2 hits, 3 walks) as Oklahoma City had 17 hits and drew 11 walks in the game. Jose Valdez was charged with a blown save in the 8th, but ended up throwing 2 2/3 scoreless innings and earned his first win of the season.

AA - Corpus Christi 3 Tulsa 2

Enrique Hernandez doubled home Jonathan Meyer in the bottom of the 8th for the go-ahead run as the Hooks (3-1) erased an early 2-1 deficit and defeated the Drillers 3-2. Hernandez added a game-tying solo homer in the 4th inning and finished 3 for 4 in the game. Meyer had two doubles while Carlos Perez and Austin Wates each also had two hits in the win. Matthew Heidenreich (1-0) tossed 3 innings in relief to earn his first win of the season and Jason Stoffel pitched a perfect 9th to earn his second save.

Advanced A - Lancaster 10 High Desert 4

Preston Tucker homered and drove in 3, and Drew Muren and Rafael Valenzuela each added home runs of their own as Lancaster (3-1) made it 3 out of 4 over the High Desert Mavericks. Andrew Aplin added 3 hits and Nolan Fontana scored 3 runs as the JetHawks broke the game open with a 5-run 8th. Theron Geith earned the win in relief while Luis Cruz tossed 4 scoreless innings with 6 strikeouts to earn his first save.

Low A - Quad Cities 3 Kane County 1 (13 innings)

Teoscar Hernandez tripled with one out in the 13th and scored the go ahead run on a passed ball to give Quad Cities (4-0) their fourth straight win. Brian Holmes started and tossed 5 scoreless innings while John Neely added three scoreless innings in relief. Cameron Lamb (1-0) retired the final four hitters to earn his first win of the season and complete the sweep. Last year's top pick Carlos Correa went 0 for 5, but did score an insurance run in the 13th. He's now hitting .300 (6/20) with 8 runs batted in four games into the season.