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Prospect Watch: Rough Day for Priester and Indianapolis

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Two games today, with Indianapolis playing an early afternoon game and Altoona playing at night. Cody Bolton gets the early start and Quinn Priester will pitch the night game, looking to continue his strong run at Double-A.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS

Prospect Watch: Altoona Hits and Pitches Their Way to Victory

TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

Game Time: 12:05 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Cody Bolton (4-2, 3.23)

  • Final Line:  2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 SO

Notable Performances:

Tucupita Marcano 2-for-4, HR, RBI

Ji-hwan Bae 0-for-4

Blake Sabol 1-for-3, HBP

Travis Swaggerty 0-for-4

Game Recap:

Indianapolis got crushed on Thursday afternoon, despite hitting three homers early in the game. Cody Bolton pitched two scoreless innings, though he allowed two hits, two walks and threw 28 of his 56 pitches for balls. Travis MacGregor, Joe Jacques and Cam Alldred struggled in relief, combining to allow 12 runs, 13 hits and five walks in 5.2 innings. Tucupita Marcano homered in the first, Josh VanMeter hit a homer in the second, and Jared Oliva homered in the third. All were solo shots in the 12-3 loss. The Indians had three singles and three walks as well. Marcano, Oliva, VanMeter and Blake Sabol each reached twice.

DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE

Game Time: 6:00 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Quinn Priester (4-3, 2.13)

  • Final Line:  3.2 IP, 8 H, 7 ER, 2 BB, 5 SO

Notable Performances:

Liover Peguero 1-for-3, BB, SB

Endy Rodriguez 0-for-4

Matt Gorski 0-for-3, HBP

Malcom Nunez 1-for-4

Matt Fraizer 1-for-3

Game Recap:

Quinn Priester had a forgettable game on Thursday night in Altoona’s 9-0 loss. He went 3.2 innings, allowing seven earned runs on eight hits, two walks and five strikeouts. His ERA went from 2.13 at the start of the day to 2.87 at the end of the game. Omar Cruz had a nice relief appearance, going 2.1 innings with no hits and five strikeouts. He stranded three inherited runners in the fourth. The offense wasn’t any better. Liover Peguero had a decent night with a single, walk and his 28th stolen base. The team had six hits and they were all singles. No one had more than one. Peguero drew the only walk.

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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