Minor matters

From Jamie Ramsey:

Includes today’s Chattanooga game.

The Reds and Dragons today jointly announced a 4-year extension of their player development contract. The agreement guarantees affiliation between the Reds and Dragons through the 2012 baseball season.

Louisville beat Norfol. . . Matt Belisle with another fine rehab start (7ip, 8h, 1r, 1bb, 6k, 105TP) . . . Marcus McBeth keeps putting up zeroes out of the bullpen . . . Jerry Hairston with the big hit of the night (3-run homer) . . . Kevin Barker makes Louisville history (has now played for the Redbirds, RiverBats and Bats) . . . he comes off the DL just in time for “Dog Day” at Slugger Field tonigh . . . Lookouts lose this afternoon (11:30 start . . . Sean Henry homers for the second straight day . . . B.J. Szymanski keeps his hitting streak alive and leads the Southern League with a .417 batting average . . . Chattanooga won last night behind the right arm of Daryl Thompson - the reigning Southern League Pitcher of the Week turned out another solid performance (5.2ip, 5h, 1r, 0bb, 7k, 1hr). . . Craig Tatum with 3 hits . . . Sarasota lost yesterday (10:30am start) . . . Juan Francisco homered. . . Justin Turner has 6 hits in his last 10ab . . . The Dragons lost a heartbreaker last night . . . after erasing a late 3-run deficit, they lose in 11 innings (a 2-run homer with 2 outs and 2 strikes) . . . Kel Jones almost hit for the cycle (he needed a single) . . . Todd Frazier belted his 5th homer.



REDS LEAGUE LEADERS
Jerry Hairston (International), .421ba
Louisville Bats (International), .272ba
Homer Bailey (International), 19.0ip
B.J. Szymanski (Southern), .417ba
Daryl Thompson (Southern), 0.51era
Daryl Thompson (Southern), 17.2ip
Mike Griffin (Southern), 8 doubles
Mike Griffin (Southern), 8xbh
Luis Bolivar (Southern), 10 runs
Drew Stubbs (Florida State), 7 steals
Sarasota Reds (Florida State), .290ba
Juan Francisco (Florida State), 19h
Juan Francisco (Florida State), 7 doubles
Juan Francisco (Florida State), 10xbh
Chris Valaika (Florida State), 19h
Todd Frazier (Midwest), 5HR
Todd Frazier (Midwest), 10xbh
Todd Frazier (Midwest), 14 runs