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Minor League Schedule: 4/26/11

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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. Bradenton opens up a series today vs the St Lucie Mets who start the day 17-2, the best record in all of baseball.  Altoona at 8-8 is in a three way tie for 1st place in their division. Justin Wilson was originally schedule for yesterday’s doubleheader but he has been moved to tonight’s game. Lineups for today’s games will be posted as soon as they are made available.

Thompson was the E.L. pitcher of the week last week

AAA: Indianapolis (5-14) VS Norfolk (5-13) 7:05pm
Probable starter: Justin Wilson (1-1 3.00)

Game notes: Alex Presley hit his 2nd homer of the season in game one yesterday and added a 2-3 performance in game two. Jose Ascanio returned to the mound just four days after taking a line drive off his head. It was hit by the first batter he faced after moving up to AAA. The Indians got swept in the doubleheader.

AA: Altoona (8-8) @ Harrisburg (8-8) 7:00pm
Probable starter: Aaron Thompson (2-1 2.08)

Game notes: Brock Holt and Starling Marte each went 4-5 yesterday. Holt had two doubles and three runs scored while Marte drove in two runs and had a triple,stolen base and an outfield assist. Jeremy Farrell went 3-4 with his 2nd homerun. Jeff Locke gave up 6 runs in just 5 innings but recorded 10 strikeouts

High-A: Bradenton (10-9) VS St Lucie (17-2) 6:00pm
Probable starter: Nathan Baker (1-0 7.04)

Game notes: Phillip Irwin made his first appearance of the season, pitching two innings to start the game. Brett Lorin pitched 6 scoreless innings in relief. Elevys Gonzalez went 3-3 with 2 walks and 2 runs scored. Robbie Grossman went 2-4 with a walk. Aaron Baker drove in 2 runs, he now has 20 RBI’s on the year. Bradenton swept the 3 game series vs Palm Beach

Low-A: West Virginia (6-11) VS Hagerstown (11-7) 7:05pm
Probable starter: Tyler Waldron (2-1 5.06)

Game notes: Zack Dodson pitched 5 innings yesterday allowing 3 runs, two of them earned while striking out five. Brandon Cumpton pitched out of the pen for the first time this season and pitched three scoreless innings. Zac Fuesser finished up the game with two strikeouts in one scoreless inning of work.

Indianapolis Lineup:

Wimberly – DH

D’Arnaud – 2B

Presley – LF

Hague – 1B

Lambo – RF

Harrison – 3B

Jaramillo – C

Ciriaco – SS

Hernandez – CF

Altoona Lineup:

Holt – 2B

Marte – CF

Mercer – SS

Sanchez – C

Durham – 1B

Latimore – LF

Farrell – 3B

Hernandez – RF

Thompson – P

Bradenton Lineup:

Grossman-rf

Cunningham-2b

Chambers-cf

Baker-1b

Santos-dh

Cabrera-c

Rubinstein-lf

E.Gonzalez-3b

B.Gonzalez-ss

West Virginia Lineup:

Maggi – SS

Ngoepe – 2B

Curry – 1B

Noris – LF

Howard – RF

Rojas – CF

Grovatt – DH

Avila – 3B

Emsley-Pai – C

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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