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Minor League Schedule: 4/23/11

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For a more in depth review of yesterday’s games please check out our minor league wrap-up which can be found here. Tim will be in Altoona today to cover the final game of the series in Richmond and will have a complete report following the conclusion of the game. West Virginia was rained out last night which leads to a very interesting set of pitchers for today’s doubleheader. Lineups for today’s games will be posted as soon as they are made available.

Von Rosenberg gets his third start of the season during today's doubleheader

AAA: Indianapolis (5-11) @ Columbus (10-5) 4:05pm
Probable starter: Brian Burres (0-2 2.55)

Game notes: Rudy Owens pitched 5 innings allowing 4 earned runs with 7 strikeouts. Blaine Boyer made his debut and allowed 3 runs on 3 walks and a hit while recording just two outs. Chase d’Arnaud hit his first homer of the season, driving in the team’s only run.

AA: Altoona (7-7) @ Richmond (6-9) 6:35pm
Probable starter: Aaron Pribanic (1-0 2.25)

Game notes:   Starling Marte went 3-7 with 6 RBI’s including a bases loaded triple in the 15th inning leading Altoona to an 11-5 win. The Curve bullpen pitched 10 scoreless innings last night including 3 from Tom Boleska. Tim Alderson threw 2 scoreless innings lowering his ERA to 1.93 after five appearances covering 9.1 innings.

High-A: Bradenton (7-9) VS Palm Beach (5-11) 7:00pm
Probable starter: Jeff Inman (0-0 2.25)

Game notes: Kyle McPherson pitched 7 shutout innings allowing just 6 baserunners, 5 were singles with one HBP and he struck out six. Robbie Grossman hit his first homer of the season and Jarek Cunningham went 3-5 with an RBI, all 3 hits were doubles.

Low-A: West Virginia (6-8) @ Kannapolis (10-4) 6:05pm
Probable starter: Colton Cain (1-0 0.00) and Zack Von Rosenberg (0-0 5.40)

Game notes: Yesterday’s game was postponed due to rain and will be made up today as part of a doubleheader consisting of two 7 inning games. Yesterday’s scheduled starter Colton Cain will be pushed back to today and Zachary Von Rosenberg will be starting on his normal scheduled day.

Indianapolis Lineup: POSTPONED

Altoona Lineup:

Holt-2b

Marte-cf

Mercer-ss

Fryer-c

Latimore-lf

Farrell-3b

Ford-1b

Chalk-rf

Pribanic-p

Bradenton Lineup:

Grossman-rf

Cunningham-2b

Chambers-cf

Baker-1b

Cabrera-c

Anderson-dh

E.Gonzalez-3b

Santos-lf

Brown-ss

West Virginia Lineup:(game one,Cain starting)

Maggi-ss

Rojas-cf

Curry-1b

Noris-lf

Howard-rf

Emsley-Pai-c

Vasquez-3b

Mort-2b

Marquez-dh

West Virginia Lineup: (game two,Von Rosenberg starting)

Maggi-ss

Rojas-cf

Curry-dh

Avila-3b

Howard-1b

Diaz-c

Grovatt-rf

Mort-2b

Vasquez-lf

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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