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Prospect Watch: Lots of Runs Scored Around the System

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The full season teams are all in action today. The short-season teams are all off today. Altoona has a night game, while the other three clubs play during the afternoon. I’ll fill in the missing starting pitchers once they become available.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS

Prospect Watch: Quinn Priester Part of Altoona DH, Mike Burrows Set for Indy

TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

Game Time: 1:35 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Jerad Eickhoff (5-4, 4.18)

  • Final Line:  3.2 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO

Notable Performances:

Rodolfo Castro 0-for-4, BB

Travis Swaggerty 0-for-1, 4 BB, SB

Diego Castillo 2-for-4, 2 RBI, BB

Game Recap:

Indianapolis won an 11-8 game on Sunday. Jerad Eickhoff gave up five runs in 3.2 innings. After Cam Alldred got the final out of the fourth, Nick Mears got knocked out of the fifth with just one out, though he only have up one run. Noe Toribio gave up two runs in 2.2 innings. Eric Hanhold retired all six batters he faced on ground outs. Indianapolis scored first on a Jamie Ritchie single in the second. Drew Maggi doubled home a run in the fourth. Diego Castillo singled in two runs in the fifth. A ground out , wild pitch and error each scored one run in the sixth. Ritchie singled in a run in the seventh. Hoy Park and Jared Oliva picked up the last two RBIs on outs. Travis Swaggerty walked four times and stole his 11th base. Oliva doubled twice (13 on the season) and stole his 14th base.

DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE

Game Time: 6:00 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Aaron Shortridge (0-2, 9.68)

  • Final Line:  4 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER,

Notable Performances:

Blake Sabol 0-for-4

Jared Triolo 0-for-4

Connor Scott 0-for-4

Liover Peguero 2-for-3, BB, 3 Runs

Matt Fraizer 0-for-3, BB

Game Recap:

Altoona couldn’t match the road output from the rest of the system today, losing 6-4. Aaron Shortridge got the start and allowed two runs, one earned. Cristofer Melendez and Nick Dombkowski each allowed two runs, while Austin Roberts and Bear Bellomy threw shutout ball. Aaron Shackelford and Liover Peguero provided the offense. Shackelford had a single, his 18th double, 19th homer, three RBIs and a walk, as well as his eighth stolen base. He was 0-for-17 with ten strikeouts this week before Sunday’s game. Peguero had two singles, a walk and three runs scored. The rest of the team combined for two singles in 27 at-bats.

HIGH-A: GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS

Game Time: 2:05 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Sean Sullivan (2-4, 5.05)

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

Notable Performances:

Yoyner Fajardo 3-for-5, 3B, RBI, BB

Dariel Lopez 3-for-6, 3 Runs, 2 RBI

Abrahan Gutierrez 1-for-2, 3 BB

Game Recap:

Greensboro won a slugfest 11-7, despite the fact that they didn’t hit any homers. Sean Sullivan started and allowed three unearned runs in three innings.  Jack Carey allowed one run in three innings, then Santiago Florez gave up two runs while recording one out. Eddy Yean followed with one run in 1.2 innings, and Cameron Junker tossed a scoreless ninth. Greensboro had just one run in the first five innings, scoring on an error on a pick-off throw. In the sixth, Jackson Glenn hit a bases loaded double. Dariel Lopez had a two-run single in the seventh, followed soon after by a bases loaded walk to Luke Brown. Jacob Gonzalez doubled in a run in the eighth. Francisco Acuna had an RBI double in the ninth, then after a wild pitch scored a run, Yoyner Fajardo tripled in the 11th run. Lopez and Fajardo each had three hits. Acuna, Glenn, Gonzalez and Eli Wilson each had two hits.

LOW-A: BRADENTON MARAUDERS

Game Time: 1:00 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Po-Yu Chen (3-6, 4.33)

  • Final Line:  4.2 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO

Notable Performances:

Tsung-Che Cheng 2-for-4, RBI, 2 BB

Sergio Campana 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB

Juan Jerez 2-for-3, HR, 3 RBI

Jase Bowen 1-for-6, 2 RBI

Bubba Chandler 1-for-6, 3B

Deivis Nadal 0-for-6

Game Recap:

Po-Yu Chen had a rough outing due to two homers. He gave up five earned over 4.2 innings. He struck out six, giving him 92 strikeouts in 83.2 innings. Sergio Umana recorded the final out in the fifth, then Carlos Campos gave up three runs in 1.2 innings. Johan Montero allowed a run in 1.2 innings. Mitchell Miller record two outs without a run. Carlos Lomeli allowed one unearned run in three innings, as Bradenton won 12-10 in 12 innings. The Marauders scored two runs in the first on a Jase Bowen single. He came into the game leading the league with 64 RBIs. Sergio Campana doubled in two runs in the second. Tsung-Che Cheng had an RBI single in the fourth. Juan Jerez hit a three-run homer in the seventh, his fifth homer. Bubba Chandler tripled and scored on a wild pitch after the Jerez homer. In the 11th, Bradenton scored again on a wild pitch. A passed ball scored a run in the 12th, then Jack Brannigan doubled in a run.

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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