August 22, 2007 at 1:15 am
Filed under Audio, Baseball, Chris Young
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A cold night had a bitter end.
Luis Castillo's single up the middle capped a two run Mets rally off of San Diego Padres closer Trevor Hoffman in the bottom of the ninth inning, giving New York their fourth straight victory, 7-6.
Hoffman threw just 11 pitches and retired only one batter he faced - Mike DiFelice - who sacrificed Lasting Milledge to second base after the Mets' right fielder led off the final frame with a single to left.
San Diego had scored a run of their own in the top of the inning off Mets closer Billy Wagner, providing the Padres with a short-lived 6-5 lead.
Before these dramatics, former Princeton basketball center Chris Young pitched five difficult innings, battling the elements, a previously undisclosed injury and a red-hot Carlos Beltran.
On a misty, wet August night with temperatures nose-diving into the 50s, in front of a one-third full Shea Stadium, Young struggled to find the strike zone early. Luis Castillo walked on five pitches with one out in the first, advanced to second on a wild pitch and moved over to third on a balk when Young lost the ball out of his throwing hand as he began his windup.
Carlos Beltran sliced Young's 1-0 offering the opposite way and over the left field wall for Beltran's third home run in as many consecutive at-bats. The 375-foot shot was the fifth home run Young has allowed this year and the 26th round tripper of Beltran's season.
In his first at bat, leading off the top of the third, Young watched three pitches go past without taking his bat off his shoulder before singling hard to left center. Young came around to score on Milton Bradley's single to right. The Padres would leave the bases loaded and San Diego trailed 2-1 heading into the bottom of the third.
Mets starter John Maine equaled Young's plate appearance, singling softly to left past short on a 0-2 pitch. Maine moved to second when Young walked Luis Castillo on four pitches and Beltran struck for a second time with two outs, a laser beam of a double to right which made the score 4-1 Mets.
While his speed wasn't where he wanted it to be, Young's control improved as the game wore on.
Moises Alou hit a broken bat single to left leading off the fourth, but Young retired the next three Mets, striking out Mike DiFelice and John Maine to end the inning.
To start bottom of the fifth, Jose Reyes was fooled by an 0-2 curveball for a strikeout. Castillo popped out to short and David Wright flew out to right fielder Brian Giles in foul territory. Young was through five innings using just 64 pitches.
With the steady drizzle that had fallen since morning finally over, San Diego put up two runs in the top of the sixth. Mike Cameron lead off with a loud home run to left, his 16th of the year. Josh Bard doubled into the right field corner with two outs and Marcus Giles, pinch hitting for Chris Young, tripled Bard home when Alou misjudged a sinking line drive in left. This sent John Maine to the showers, 118 pitches after his night began.
In his office after the game, Manager Bud Black revealed Young left with "lower back tightness" after the fifth inning. This tightness is believed to be related to Young's sprained left oblique muscle that sent him to the disabled list in July. Young said his back began to give him problems after his start versus St. Louis on August 9th.
The Padres moved in front for the first time with two runs in the seventh. Mike Cameron doubled home Adrian Gonzalez to take Young off the hook for the loss and Khalil Greene put San Diego up 5-4 with a single to center.
Carlos Beltran tied the score in the bottom of the eighth with an opposite-field single off Heath Bell for his fifth RBI.
A frustrated Young spoke briefly following the game about this new injury and the effect it has had on his velocity. Young admitted that instead of throwing pitches in the 88-91 mph range, he has been only reaching 84-88 on the radar gun with his fastball and his pitches have been lacking life. "My body's not letting me go 100%," Young said.
Young's back will be reevaluated later this week. His status for Sunday's scheduled start in Philadelphia is undetermined.
August 21, 2007 at 10:23 am
Filed under Chris Young, Denver, Today's News, Will Venable
Chris Young and the San Diego Padres are in New York for the first time this season, facing the Mets at 7:10 pm ET tonight (weather permitting). We will have postgame audio from the locker room available for princetonbasketball.com donors later this evening.
Will Venable was 1-4 on the night as San Antonio dropped a 3-2 decision to Arkansas in the finale of their three game series.
The Rocky Mountain News stops by Denver's summer basketball camp to talk with head coach Joe Scott.
"Was I looking for something else? All I know is that I liked what we were doing there (at Princeton) in terms of the development of our program," Scott said. "At the same point, things had changed there. Does that mean I was looking for something else? I don't know. I just know things were changing there, which, in my opinion, wasn't the best situation or the most advantageous."
August 20, 2007 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Today's News, Will Venable
I'll be covering Chris Young in his start at Shea Stadium against the Mets on Tuesday night. If any princetonbasketball.com subscribers have interview questions you would like me to try and ask Chris, please contact me.
Will Venable went 0-4 in San Antonio's 4-0 loss to Arkansas on Saturday, his batting average dipping to .274. Venable rested on Sunday and was not in the lineup as the Missions defeated the Travelers 7-1.
August 16, 2007 at 10:16 am
Filed under Chris Young, Today's News, Will Venable
C. Young - 6.0 IP 3 H 0 ER 2 BB 6 K 1.93 ERA. 95 pitches, 66 strikes.
Chris Young threw six innings of shutout baseball on Wednesday night, but Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez was Young's equal, keeping San Diego off the board. Young struck out the first four Rockies he faced, lowering his league-low ERA to 1.93. Colorado picked up two runs off the Padres bullpen in the seventh after both starters had finished their performances and Colorado was on their way to the 3-0 win.
"I definitely was a little sharper today. My fastball command was a lot better," Young said. "I still feel like I'm not quite there with my stuff. But there's no pain ... I think there's some weakness. I was talking to [Mike Cameron] about it, and he said it can take a couple of months."
Will Venable was 1-3 at the plate in San Antonio's 6-4 victory over Springfield. Venable was also picked off on the basepaths for the first time this season.
August 15, 2007 at 9:32 am
Filed under Chris Young, Northwestern, Today's News
Chris Young and the San Diego Padres host Colorado tonight at 10:05 pm ET.
For the first time, every Northwestern conference game will be televised nationally, most by the new Big Ten Network.
August 11, 2007 at 11:00 am
Filed under Armond Hill, Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
C. Young (9-4) - 6.0 IP 3 H 4 ER 5 BB 5 K 2.02 ERA. 105 pitches, 58 strikes.
Chris Young threw six innings of one-run baseball in his return on Thursday evening, but could not retire a batter in the seventh. Young left the game versus St. Louis trailing 2-0 with two men on base. Reliever Doug Brocall would get the first two men he faced out, but pinch hitter Rick Ankiel hit a three run home run to provide the game's final margin.
"A little rusty, but overall not bad," Young said, assessing his outing. "I felt good. I had no problems with my side at all. I came out of hit healthy. That's a big step forward."
Princeton coach Sydney Johnson will throw out the first pitch at Tuesday's Trenton Thunder game.
The Trenton Times offers up two tidbits about the 2007-08 Princeton schedule: The Tigers' game versus CCSU on November 11th will be the season-opener and the Iona game now has a date - three days later on November 14th at Jadwin.
Will Venable was 1-4 with three strikeouts in San Antonio's 5-1 loss to Springfield on Thursday. Venable homered for the fifth time this season and scored three times on Friday as the Missions defeated the Cardinals 5-3.
Joe Scott's Denver team has released its schedule for the upcoming season.
Armond Hill is profiled in today's Eagle Tribune.
An article in the East Hampton Star mentions a letter Pete Carril once wrote to the paper.
August 9, 2007 at 9:12 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
Chris Young takes to the hill for the first time since July 25th. Young faces the Cardinals in the rubber game of the Padres' three game series with St. Louis starting at 8:10 pm ET.
Princeton's official press release for the Maui Invitational has been published.
"These are all terrific programs and the opportunity to compete against them in Maui will certainly serve as a challenge," says Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. "We'll work our hardest to be ready to take advantage of that opportunity."
Will Venable was 1-6 with two runs scored in San Antonio's 12-8 victory over Springfield. The Missions have a one game lead over Frisco in the Texas League's Southern Division.
August 7, 2007 at 9:12 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
Chris Young is still on track to come off the disabled list and start Thursday against the Cardinals.
Princeton's first round opponent for the Maui Invitational? Duke. The game will be broadcast on ESPN2 at 9:00 pm ET. The Tigers' second opponent will be either Arizona State or Illinois.
Will Venable was 1-3 with a run scored in San Antonio's 5-1 victory over Frisco.
Former Princeton star and current Brown head coach Craig Robinson will be the special guest at the Hoops. Action. Change. basketball tournament finals in New Hampshire.
August 2, 2007 at 9:35 am
Filed under Armond Hill, Basketball, Chris Young, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
Princeton will host Manhattan College at Jadwin Gym on December 16th.
Boston assistant coach Armond Hill just finished coaching the Celtics' Summer League team in Las Vegas. The team went 3-2.
Chris Young is tentatively scheduled to come off the disabled list and start for the Padres on August 9th at St. Louis.
The San Antonio Missions ended their five game losing streak on Wednesday night. Will Venable was 0-4 with a stolen base in the team's 5-1 victory.
August 1, 2007 at 9:45 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
Back from my annual vacation in Canada. Here's the week in review...
Another game from the tentative 2007-08 schedule has a date. Princeton will play at Penn State on December 12th. Joe Scott's Denver team will be in Happy Valley three days later for a meeting with the Nittany Lions.
Dan Connelly is Princeton's new Director of Basketball Operations.
The Padres placed Chris Young on the Disabled List on Saturday, retroactive to July 25th.
An anonymous American League scout sees Will Venable as one of six or seven San Antonio Missions players that project as future major leaguers.
Venable's team has lost five straight in Texas League play.
June 26th: 0-3 with a run scored in a 9-5 loss to Midland.
June 27th: 0-4 in a 7-1 loss to Midland.
June 28th: 2-4 with a run scored and a double in a 7-5 loss to Midland.
July 31st (game one): 1-4 with a double in a 4-3 loss to Corpus Christi.
July 31st (game two): 1-4 in an 8-4 loss to Corpus Christi.
July 25, 2007 at 8:59 am
Filed under Chris Young, Today's News
C. Young - 2.0 IP 0 H 0 ER 0 BB 1 K 1.82 ERA. 28 pitches, 16 strikes.
Chris Young pitched two shutout innings on Tuesday before leaving the Padres' game versus Colorado with an oblique strain. Young is listed as day-to-day and it is not yet known if he will miss his next scheduled start on Sunday.
"I've never had anything like it ... I didn't even know what the sensation I was feeling," said Young, who breezed through his first two innings before leaving when he couldn't make his warm-up tosses in the third inning without pain. "It could be minor, it could be severe. Hopefully, it won't be too bad."
July 24, 2007 at 8:58 am
Filed under Chris Young, Denver, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable
The Padres have lost four of five, and Chris Young looks to fix that trend tonight in Colorado against the Rockies. First pitch is at 9:05 pm ET.
The Denver Post has an article about Chris Young in today's paper, including quotes from Joe Scott.
"He still has the same calmness about him," Scott said. "He knows who he is and sticks to doing what he does best. I wish I could be there (tonight), but I am out here [in Las Vegas] trying to find Chris Youngs for our program."
Central Connecticut State will start their season at Jadwin Gym on November 11th.
Will Venable was 1-4 with a run scored in San Antonio's 5-4 win over second place Corpus Christi.
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