Greensboro has a noon start time today. The other three affiliates all start at night. Mike Burrows will be on the mound tonight for Altoona, fresh off of winning the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week award. As of the start of this week, he led the league in ERA, WHIP and he was second in BAA, and among Pirates he led in ERA, WHIP and strikeouts.
TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
Game Time: 8:05 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Osvaldo Bido (0-3, 4.72)
- Final Line: 5 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO
Notable Performances:
Canaan Smith-Njigba 2-for-6, 2B, 2 RBI
Travis Swaggerty 2-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, BB
Ji-hwan Bae 2-for-5, RBI
Mason Martin 1-for-5, RBI
Carter Bins 2-for-4, 2B, HR, 3 RBI
Game Recap:
Osvaldo Bido was cruising through his start until he allowed a run in the fourth and two more in the fifth. He retired the first ten batters of the game before giving up a solo homer. He now has a 4.81 ERA in 39.1 innings, with 38 strikeouts. Cam Alldred tossed shutout ball in the sixth. Nathan Kirby threw shutout ball in the seventh. Zach Matson took over in the eighth and put up a zero. Blake Weiman finished off the 13-3 win.
The offense was firing on all cylinders for Indianapolis. Travis Swaggerty hit his third homer, singled and walk. He scored three runs and drove in three. Cartin Bins hit his third double and his second homer, finishing with three RBIs. Canaan Smith-Njigba hit a single and his 13th double. He scored twice and drove in a pair. Josh Bissonette had two hits, two runs and an RBI. Bligh Madris and Taylor Davis each scored a pair of runs. Ji-hwan Bae had two singles and an RBI. Indianapolis did all of that damage despite striking out 15 times.
DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE
Game Time: 6:00 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Mike Burrows (3-0, 1.90)
- Final Line: 3 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 SO
Notable Performances:
Jared Triolo 2-for-4, RBI
Liover Peguero 2-for-4
Matt Fraizer, 1-for-3, 3B, HBP
Matt Gorski 0-for-2, 2 BB, RBI
Connor Scott 0-for-3, BB
Game Recap:
Mike Burrows proved that baseball is a strange game on Wednesday. He’s been the best pitcher all year for the Pirates and then he goes and gives up seven hits, four walks and three runs in three innings, seeing his night end early due to reaching 80 pitches. He had the best WHIP and lowest ERA for all Pirates pitchers prior to tonight. That 1.90 ERA went up to 2.36 (which is still very good). Tahnaj Thomas replaced Burrows in the fourth and he tossed two shutout innings, striking out three batters. Travis MacGregor gave up two runs over three innings, while picking up five strikeouts. Austin Roberts tossed a scoreless ninth, but Altoona lost 5-3. The Curve scored solo runs in the seventh, eighth and ninth. The first run scored on a Matt Gorski ground out. The second run came home on a Jared Triolo single. Blake Sabol singled home a run in the ninth and represented the tying run on base, but Andres Alvarez popped out to end the game. Liover Peguero is batting .316 after collecting two hits.
HIGH-A: GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS
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Game Time: 12:00 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Adrian Florencio (1-6, 7.63)
- Final Line: 3 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO
Notable Performances:
Dariel Lopez 1-for-4
Endy Rodriguez 2-for-4
Abrahan Gutierrez 0-for-4
Hudson Head 1-for-4
Game Recap:
Adrian Florencio had a tough start on Wednesday afternoon, then things didn’t get any better after he left. He went three innings, allowing five runs on five hits and two walks, raising him to an 8.29 ERA on the season. He was followed by Logan Hofmann, who gave up four runs in his two innings of work. Garrett Leonard took over in the sixth and allowed one run over two innings. Oliver Mateo and Eddy Yean each tossed a scoreless frame in the 10-4 loss. Greensboro got their offense all in the seventh inning. Fabricio Macias started the scoring with an RBI single. Ernny Ordonez followed with a three-run homer, his fourth home run of the season. That was the only extra-base hits for the Grasshoppers. Endy Rodriguez had two hits and a run scored.
LOW-A: BRADENTON MARAUDERS
BRADENTON MARAUDERS WEEK: 5/31
Game Time: 6:30 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Joelvis del Rosario (2-1, 3.34)
- Final Line: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 SO
Notable Performances:
Sergio Campana 1-for-4, BB, SB
Rodolfo Nolasco 2-for-3, HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB
Jase Bowen 0-for-4
Alexander Mojica 0-for-4
Angel Basabe 0-for-3, BB
Juan Jerez 0-for-4
Deivis Nadal 1-for-4
Game Recap: We recently featured Joelvis del Rosario here during our Bradenton week article drop. He came into this day with no earned runs over his last two starts (ten innings). He extended that to three starts with perhaps his best career outing. He went six shutout innings on five hits, no walks and seven strikeouts. That lowered him to a 2.78 ERA in 35.2 innings, with 36 strikeouts. He threw 90 pitches tonight, with 61 going for strikes. Three relievers followed with a shutout inning each in the 4-0 win. Cristian Charle lowered his ERA to 1.93, Dante Mendoza lowered his to 1.04, and then Nick Mears (on rehab) tossed a shutout inning for the third time.
Bradenton got all that they needed in the first inning on an error that made it 1-0. Rodolfo Nolasco drove in two runs with his third homer in the third inning. Nolasco added an insurance run in the seventh with an RBI single. Nolasco also added two walks and an outfield assist, plus he scored the first run of the game. Sergio Campana had a single, walk and his 11th stolen base. Mike Jarvis stole his eighth base.
