5/28/2008

Tonight's Rattler Starting Pitcher (5/28)

RHP NATHAN ADCOCK: Selected by the Mariners in the fifth round of the 2006 draft out of North Hardin (KY) High School.

SCHOOL DAYS: In Adcock’s senior season, he went 12-2. He struck out seventeen in a game three times in that season and totaled 140 K’s.

FIRST PRO SEASON: Adcock made ten appearances (six starts) for Seattle’s Arizona League affiliate after the draft. He was 0-2 with a 3.31ERA and struck out 31 batters in 35-1/3 innings.

FIRST PRO START: Adcock pitched one inning on July 14 against the AZL Rangers in his first professional start. He allowed an unearned run on one hit with one strikeout and no walks. Adcock got a no decision.

FIRST PRO WIN: Adcock picked up his first professional win against Kane County at home on May 22. He allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits over six innings. He walked two and struck out four. The Rattlers were up 6-3 when Adcock left and picked up a 6-5 win. That game is his only appearance against the Cougars.

RATTLER DEBUT: Adcock pitched 2/3 of an inning in relief in the second game of a doubleheader against Clinton on April 10 at Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Adcock walked a pair and struck out one as the LumberKings scored three unearned runs.

LAST SEASON: Adcock started 2007 with the Timber Rattlers. He was 2-8 with a 3.70 ERA in 17 appearances (16 starts). Opponents scored 60 runs in 87-2/3 innings pitched, but only 36 of those runs were earned. He was promoted to High Desert on July 20 and went 1-3 with an 8.84 ERA in five starts. In his two stops in the Mariner system, Adcock struck out 77 and walked 60 in 106 innings.

LAST WIN: Adcock picked up his first win of the season with seven shutout innings at Great Lakes on May 6. He struck out a career high nine batters and walked just one in a 6-0 win over the Loons.

LAST START: Adcock got knocked out of the game after two innings at Cedar Rapids on May 22. He allowed four runs on four hits with two walks and four strikeouts. All four runs scored were in the first inning in a 6-0 Rattler loss.

SCORELESS SKEIN: Adcock went 17-2/3 innings without allowing a run from the second inning of his start at Lansing on May 1 through two outs in the first inning of his start against Kane County on May 17.

VS. KANE COUNTY ‘08: Adcock got a no decision against Kane County on May 17 in Grand Chute. He allowed single runs in the first and second innings, but kept the Cougars off the board for his last five innings. The Rattlers rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Kane County 4-2.

PROFESSIONAL BESTS:
INNINGS PITCHED: 7.1 (6/2/07 vs. Quad Cities)
STRIKEOUTS: 9 {2x} (Last: 5/12/08 vs. Burlington)

1 comment:

harvester said...

FYI- Wisconsin Timber Rattler Daniel Carroll (currently on disabled list), his new bride Chelsea, and their wedding attendants will be featured on a new TLC Network wedding show to air on TV this Sunday, June 1st. The show is called "Rock the Reception" and will feature their "first dance" at their wedding taught to them by choreographers that the show hired.

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