Leury Bonilla is a man for every position in West Tennessee's regular-season finale
Monday, September 6, 2010 | 5:32 pm
Just saw my favorite boxscore of the year in the Class AA West Tennessee DiamondJaxx' final regular-season game. For the DiamondJaxx, there's this:
Bonilla, L. CF-LF-RF-2B-SS-3B-1B-C-P.
Leury Bonilla, in his sixth minor league season with the Mariners and hardly a one-dimensional player, played every position on the field. He was far from all-field (and pitch)/no-hit. Bonilla hit a two-run homer in West Tennessee's four-run first inning.
Here is the boxscore from the game.
Folks in Jackson, Tenn., not only saw Bonilla become a man of every position, they watched what literally became the last regular-season game by the DiamondJaxx. The organization announced after the game that the team's name will change to the Jackson Generals next year. Here is the story from the DiamondJaxx ... er ... Generals ... site on the name change.
On the field, the DiamondJaxx beat Chattanooga 8-0 in their final game before the Southern League playoffs. Despite all the movement, the ball didn't find Bonilla until the seventh when he caught a popup at first base.
On the mound in the ninth, he struck out Jaime Pedroza to start the inning before Pedro Baez singled. Bonilla then got Alfredo Silverio to ground into a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.
Bonilla signed with the Mariners as a non-drafted free agent in 2002. He's hardly a stranger to every position on the field.
He played them all except center field during the 2007 season at Class A Wisconsin, pitching twice and recording a save by striking out the only hitter he faced Aug. 4 at Fort Wayne.
He also struck out two in an inning of relief in 2008 at Class A High Desert.
Last year at West Tennessee, Bonilla played games at catcher, first base, second, third, shortstop, left field and right field, and he pitched an inning at High Desert after being sent there in July.
Today also marked the first game at West Tennessee for shortstop Nick Franklin, who we wrote yesterday was being moved there after Carlos Triunfel landed on the disabled list because of a bruised finger on his right hand. Franklin started at shortstop, but played second base in the fifth when Bonilla spent an inning at short.
Bonilla, L. CF-LF-RF-2B-SS-3B-1B-C-P.
Leury Bonilla, in his sixth minor league season with the Mariners and hardly a one-dimensional player, played every position on the field. He was far from all-field (and pitch)/no-hit. Bonilla hit a two-run homer in West Tennessee's four-run first inning.
Here is the boxscore from the game.
Folks in Jackson, Tenn., not only saw Bonilla become a man of every position, they watched what literally became the last regular-season game by the DiamondJaxx. The organization announced after the game that the team's name will change to the Jackson Generals next year. Here is the story from the DiamondJaxx ... er ... Generals ... site on the name change.
On the field, the DiamondJaxx beat Chattanooga 8-0 in their final game before the Southern League playoffs. Despite all the movement, the ball didn't find Bonilla until the seventh when he caught a popup at first base.
On the mound in the ninth, he struck out Jaime Pedroza to start the inning before Pedro Baez singled. Bonilla then got Alfredo Silverio to ground into a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.
Bonilla signed with the Mariners as a non-drafted free agent in 2002. He's hardly a stranger to every position on the field.
He played them all except center field during the 2007 season at Class A Wisconsin, pitching twice and recording a save by striking out the only hitter he faced Aug. 4 at Fort Wayne.
He also struck out two in an inning of relief in 2008 at Class A High Desert.
Last year at West Tennessee, Bonilla played games at catcher, first base, second, third, shortstop, left field and right field, and he pitched an inning at High Desert after being sent there in July.
Today also marked the first game at West Tennessee for shortstop Nick Franklin, who we wrote yesterday was being moved there after Carlos Triunfel landed on the disabled list because of a bruised finger on his right hand. Franklin started at shortstop, but played second base in the fifth when Bonilla spent an inning at short.
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