More Huber action, Thompson back to minors, Balfour on MILB DL

Some updates from Tuesday and Wednesday:

• Justin Huber started today's game for the rapidly-becoming-woeful Padres. He played 8 innings in left field, and had 3 plate appearances. He walked once, struck out once and grounded out once. The Padres lost to the Phillies 7-4. No sign of Brad Harman in this game
• It was a pretty short stay in the bigs this time round for Rich Thompson. He has been sent back to triple-A, as Angels' manager Mike Sciosia recalled a minor league catcher and infielder. Thompson pitched one inning of relief in this little stint, and hopefully we will see more of him later in the year. In his first appearance back at Salt Lake today, Thompson had a shocker. He pitched to 3 batters in the seventh, and walked all three. Only 3 of his 15 pitches were strikes. :( Hopefully he will bounce back in his next appearance.
• Grant Balfour has been on the 7 day disabled list for Durham Bulls, with a thigh injury that is not considered serious
• Phil Stockman has continued with some very hot form for the Richmond Braves. He has not allowed a run in six appearances since 8 April. Today the big man pitched 1.2 innings, and gave up 1 hit, striking out 2. He has now pitched 15.1 innings this year, in 8 appearances, he has 1 win, 1 save and has given up 8 hits and 4 walks for 2 runs. His ERA is 1.17, and he has struck out 17. Perhaps if Peter Moylan's elbow injury turns out being horrible, Phil could earn a call up to the bigs. According to one Atlanta writer, it may well be that Moylans 08 season could be over already