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Pittsburgh Pirates Prospect Watch 5/17/11

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DAILY SUMMARY

Top Pitcher: Justin Wilson (5.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 0 HR)

Top Hitter: John Bowker (3-for-5, 2B, 4 RBI)

Home Runs: Adalberto Santos (1)

INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS (AAA)

Wilson allowed a run in 5.2 innings.

Box Score

Result: Indianapolis 10, Buffalo 1

Starting Pitcher: Justin Wilson (5.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 0 HR)

Top Hitter: John Bowker (3-for-5, 2B, 4 RBI)

Notes: Indianapolis got a great effort from their offense.  John Bowker (.333) led the way, going 3-for-5 with a double and four RBIs.  Chase d’Arnaud (.271) extended his hitting streak to seven games, going 2-for-5 with his ninth stolen base of the year.  Alex Presley (.349) went 3-for-5 with two doubles.  Josh Harrison (.326) went 2-for-5 with a double.  Dusty Brown (.276) went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs.

Justin Wilson (4-3, 2.27) had another typical start, allowing one run on two hits in 5.2 innings, with four walks and four strikeouts.  Wilson threw 95 pitches, 56 for strikes.  Justin Thomas (4.12) pitched 1.1 perfect innings.  Evan Meek (0.00) made a rehab appearance, pitching a shutout inning, with one hit and three strikeouts.  Chris Leroux (6.43) also added a shutout inning, with two hits allowed.

ALTOONA CURVE (AA)

Altoona was postponed today.

BRADENTON MARAUDERS (A+)

Miller allowed two runs in 5.2 innings.

Box Score

Result: Clearwater 3, Bradenton 2

Starting Pitcher: Quinton Miller (5.2 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 0 HR)

Top Hitter: Adalberto Santos (2-for-3, HR, BB, SB)

Notes: Following a five inning, two run outing, Quinton Miller (2-4, 7.97) returned to make another decent start, allowing two runs on eight hits in 5.2 innings, with a walk and five strikeouts.  One of the two runs scored off of Jason Erickson (5.12), who pitched 2.1 innings, allowing an unearned run on a walk and a hit.  Duke Welker (3.45) pitched a perfect inning.

Robbie Grossman (.245) went 2-for-5.  Adalberto Santos (.304) went 2-for-3 with a walk, his first homer of the year, and a stolen base.  Ramon Cabrera (.408) went 1-for-3 with a walk.

WEST VIRGINIA POWER (A)

West Virginia was postponed today.

VSL Pirates (RK)

The VSL Pirates were postponed today.

Tim Williams
Tim Williams
Tim is the owner, producer, editor, and lead writer of PiratesProspects.com. He has been running Pirates Prospects since 2009, becoming the first new media reporter and outlet covering the Pirates at the MLB level in 2011 and 2012. His work can also be found in Baseball America, where he has been a contributor since 2014 and the Pirates' correspondent since 2019.

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