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Minor League Schedule: 5/17/11

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For a more in depth review of yesterday’s games please check out our minor league wrap-up which can be found here. With Altoona back in action tonight, five teams will be going for the first time this year. The next team to start up their schedule will be the Dominican Sumer League team in late May followed by State College on June 19th and the Gulf Coast League team the following day. Lineups for today’s games will be posted as soon as they are made available.

Locke looks for his 3rd win tonight in Akron

AAA: Indianapolis (15-24) VS Buffalo (17-22) 7:05pm
Probable starter: Justin Wilson (3-3 2.36)

Game notes: Chase d’Arnaud went 2-4 yesterday with 2 stolen bases. He raised his average to .267 on the year and .346 since May started. Alex Presley went 1-3 with a walk, double and his 11th stolen base. He is now hitting .340 on the season, third highest average in the International League. Gorkys Hernandez returned to the lineup after missing a week with hamstring issues.

AA: Altoona (18-17) @ Akron (18-19) 7:05pm
Probable starter: Jeff Locke (2-3 3.35)

Game notes: Altoona had the day off yesterday. They resume their schedule today with a 3 game series in Akron. Altoona is currently in first place in their division with a three game lead over three teams including Akron. They are also just 2 games ahead of the last place team.

High-A: Bradenton (18-19) VS Clearwater (24-14) 6:00pm
Probable starter: Quinton Miller (2-3 8.90)

Game notes: Phillip Irwin pitched 6 innings allowing just one unearned run on 4 hits, one walk and 4 strikeouts. He lowered his ERA to 0.82 after 22 IP. Diego Moreno threw 2 scoreless innings with 4 K’s. Evan Chambers went 2-2 with a walk and his first home run of the season. David Rubinstein went 2-3 and improved his average to .337.

Low-A: West Virginia (18-18) @ Lexington (18-20) 7:05pm
Probable starter: Tyler Waldron (4-1 4.30)

Game notes: Zack Von Rosenberg went just 2.1 IP last night giving up 6 earned runs, all coming in the 3rd inning. Zac Fuesser followed him with 4.2 IP giving up 2 runs while striking out five. Matt Curry hit his 7th homer of the year. Eric Avila went 2-4 with a double,triple, 2 RBI’s and 3 runs scored.

VSL: VSL Pirates (0-1) @ VSL Tigers (0-0) 11:00am

Games notes: The VSL Pirates opened their season yesterday with an 8-3 loss. Dilson Herrera went 1-3 with a walk. Kelly Aponte hit a solo home run. Carlos Esqueda went 1-3 with a double and a walk. Roberto Espinoza was the opening day starter. He went just 3.2 IP giving up 5 runs with 6 strikeouts.

Indianapolis Lineup:

d’Arnaud-2b

Ciriaco-ss

Presley-cf

Bowker-lf

Hague-1b

Harrison-3b

Lambo-rf

Brown-c

Wilson-p

Altoona game vs Akron was postponed due to rain

Bradenton Lineup:

Grossman-rf

Cunningham-2b

Cabrera-c

Baker-1b

E.Gonzalez-3b

Chambers-cf

Santos-lf

White-dh

B.Gonzalez-ss

West Virginia Lineup:

Maggi-ss

Rojas-cf

Curry-1b

Howard-rf

Marquez-dh

Vasquez-lf

Diaz-c

Mort-2b

Avila-3b

The VSL game for today was postponed due to rain

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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