For a more in depth review of yesterday’s games please check out our minor league wrap-up which can be found here. Indianapolis has off today, they resume their schedule tomorrow night. Bradenton broke their 7 game losing streak in a big way last night, winning 9-0 and getting a masterful pitching performance from Brett Lorin. Please take note of the early morning start time for Altoona. Lineups for today’s games will be posted as soon as they are made available.
AAA: Indianapolis (20-27) @ Pawtucket (24-21) 7:05pm 5/26
Probable starter: Rudy Owens (3-3 4.17)
Game notes: Indianapolis lost for the second straight day while scoring just one run each game. They managed just 4 hits yesterday, all of them singles. Indy was 9-2 in their previous 11 games. They have off today while they travel to Pawtucket for a 4 game series starting Thursday night.
AA: Altoona (22-22) VS Bowie (23-22) 10:30am
Probable starter: Michael Colla (2-1 2.65)
Game notes: Quincy Latimore went 1-3 with 2 walks during yesterday’s 3-2 loss to Bowie. The Curve managed just 5 hits and Tony Sanchez had the only extra base hit, a double. Diego Moreno joined the Curve bullpen and pitched 1 scoreless inning. With Bradenton he had a 1-3 4.96 ERA in 16.1 IP with 2 saves.
High-A: Bradenton (19-27) VS Lakeland (23-23) 7:00pm
Probable starter: Kyle McPherson (3-1 3.35)
Game notes: Brett Lorin pitched 6 scoreless innings allowing just 2 hits and 1 walk while striking out six. In his last seven appearances he has a 1.26 ERA over 28.1 IP. Calvin Anderson went 4-5 with his 7th homer. Jarek Cunningham went 2-5 with his 10th homer. Robbie Grossman went 1-3 with 2 walks. Aaron Baker went 2-4 with his team leading 36th RBI.
Low-A: West Virginia (20-23) @ Delmarva (26-19) 7:05pm
Probable starter: Brandon Cumpton (4-3 5.94)
Game notes: West Virginia had off yesterday. They resume their schedule today in Delmarva for a 4 game series. They currently sit in last place in their division, 7.5 games behind the leader Hagerstown.
VSL: VSL Pirates (4-3) VS VSL Tigers (0-6) 11:00am
Games notes: Oderman Rocha made his 2nd start and fared poorly again giving up 4 earned runs in 2.2 IP. He now has allowed 8 runs in 4 innings. Jose Marrujo gave up 1 run in 3.1 IP. He has allowed just 4 baserunners in 9 IP so far. Jordan Galvez went 2-4 with 2 RBI’s. He was 1-13 coming into the game. Eduardo Rangel went 2-3 with a HR and 3 RBI’s. He came into the game 0-13. Dilson Herrera went 1-3 with 2 runs scored.
Altoona Lineup:
Holt-2b
Marte-cf
Latimore-lf
Mercer-ss
Farrell-3b
Fryer-c
Watts-dh
Durham-1b
Chalk-rf
Bradenton Lineup:
Grossman-rf
Cunningham-2b
Cabrera-c
Baker-1b
E.Gonzalez-3b
Chambers-cf
Anderson-dh
Santos-lf
B.Gonzalez-ss
West Virginia Lineup:
Maggi-ss
Rojas-cf
Curry-1b
Howard-rf
Emsley-Pai-c
Noris-lf
Diaz-dh
Mort-2b
Avila-3b
