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Prospect Watch: Peguero and Sabol Lead Altoona to Victory; Matt Gorski Homers Twice

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Both Altoona and Indianapolis have early start time today. Altoona goes first in the morning with Omar Cruz on the mound. Indianapolis has Roansy Contreras listed in their game notes and game recap, but the MiLB schedule says TBD, and the Pirates don’t have a starter named yet. I wrote him in anyway just in case. I’ll fill in Greensboro later. They have Jared Jones listed and it seems unlikely (sarcasm) that he would pitch on back-to-back days. Henry Davis was placed on the 7-day IL, but Jack Hartman will finally make his pro debut with Bradenton.

TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

Minor League Season Preview: 2022 Indianapolis Indians

Game Time: 1:35 PM POSTPONED

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Roansy Contreras (0-0, 2.45)

  • Final Line: Stat lines will be added after the game.

Notable Performances:

  • Stats for the top performers will be posted after the game.

Game Recap:

POSTPONED. Doubleheader tomorrow.

DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE

Minor League Season Preview: 2022 Altoona Curve

Game Time: 11:00 AM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Omar Cruz (2-3, 3.67)

  • Final Line:  3 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO

Notable Performances:

Jared Triolo 0-for-5

Nick Gonzales 2-for-3, BB

Liover Peguero 3-for-4, 3B, 2 RBI

Blake Sabol 4-for-4, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI

Matt Fraizer 0-for-3, BB

Lolo Sanchez 0-for-4

Tucupita Marcano 0-for-4

JC Flowers 3 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO

Game Recap:

Omar Cruz had a rough outing on Wednesday morning, giving up at least one run in all three innings he pitched. He finished with four runs on seven hits and one walk in three innings. He struck out three batters. Cruz now has a 4.50 ERA in 30 innings, with 35 strikeouts. Enmanuel Mejia followed with two shutout innings and two strikeouts. JC Flowers went three innings, and allowed five hits, but he limited the opposition to one run. Colin Selby tossed a scoreless ninth for his fifth save in the 7-5 win, lowering him to an 0.68 ERA. Blake Sabol and Liover Peguero had big days on offense. Peguero had a triple, two singles, three runs and two RBIs. Sabol had two singles, a double and a triple, leading to three RBIs. That big day boosted him to a .940 OPS. Nick Gonzales had a second straight nice game, pushing him to a .741 OPS after two singles and a walk. Andres Alavarez has a 1.039 OPS after hitting his sixth homer in limited playing time.

HIGH-A: GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS

Minor League Season Preview: 2022 Greensboro Grasshoppers

Game Time: 6:30 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Nick Garcia (2-1, 4.71)

  • Final Line:  4.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 SO

Notable Performances:

Hudson Head 1-for-3, HBP

Endy Rodriguez 0-for-2, 2 BB

Matt Gorski 2-for-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI

Abrahan Gutierrez 2-for-4, HR, 3 RBI

Dariel Lopez 1-for-4

Maikol Escotto 0-for-3

Sammy Siani 1-for-3

Eddy Yean 1.1 IP,  3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO

Game Recap:

Nick Garcia got the start for Greensboro on Wednesday night and he went 4.2 innings, allowing three runs on three hits and three walks, with five strikeouts. He now has a 4.91 ERA in 25.2 innings, with 31 strikeouts. Eddy Yean went 1.1 scoreless, but it was adventurous, as he allowed three hits and a walk, while striking out three. He has an 8.16 ERA in 14.1 innings, with 19 strikeouts. Cameron Junker, Nick Dombkowski and Tyler Samaniego each tossed a scoreless frame for the 7-3 win. Samaniego has allowed one run and struck out 20 batters in 14.1 innings. Almost all of the runs came on homers and two players did all of the damage. Matt Gorski hit a solo homer and a three-run homer. Abrahan Gutierrez hit a two-run homer. The other run was the first run for the Grasshoppers and it scored on a single by Gutierrez. Gorski now has 12 homers and a 1.027 OPS. Hudson Head scored two runs. Endy Rodriguez walked twice and scored a run.

LOW-A: BRADENTON MARAUDERS

Minor League Season Preview: 2022 Bradenton Marauders

Game Time: 6:30 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Valentin Linarez (0-3, 8.44)

  • Final Line:  5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 SO

Notable Performances:

Tsung-Che Cheng went 1-for-4, BB, SB

Rodolfo Nolasco 0-for-5

Jase Bowen 2-for-4, RBI

Alexander Mojica 2-for-3, 2B, BB

Fabricio Macias 0-for-4

Juan Jerez 1-for-3, RBI, SB

Sergio Campana 0-for-3, BB, SB

Game Recap:

Bradenton won 4-2 on Wednesday behind a strong pitching performance from Valentin Linarez, who allowed one unearned run on three hits, no walks and six strikeouts. He was named as our Bradenton Player of the Week recently for his start last week in which he threw five shutout innings on two hits, two walks and seven strikeouts. Wilkin Ramos took over in the sixth and allowed two runs while recording one out. Jake Sweeney gave up one unearned run in two innings to close out the game. He struck out four batters, giving him 20 strikeouts in 19.2 innings. Alexander Mojica had a single, double and a walk. Tsung-Che Cheng had a single, walk, run scored and his eighth steal. Juan Jerez had a single, RBI and his sixth steal. Sergio Campana stole his third base. Jase Bowen had two hits, a run and an RBI.

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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