Luis Heredia will get the start tonight for State College. His last start was covered here , one in which he picked up his first win of the season. We also had live coverage of his first, second and third starts of the year. West Virginia has off today. Both Bradenton and Indianapolis play early afternoon games today, while the GCL Pirates play a doubleheader. A full recap of yesterday’s games can be found here.
Triple-A: Indianapolis (60-37) vs Gwinnett (45-53) 1:05pm
Probable starter: Daniel Cabrera (4-4 4.35)
Yesterday’s Result: Indianapolis 5 Gwinnett 8 (Game story)
Daniel Cabrera will make his 15th start of the season tonight for Indianapolis. He has pitched a total of 78.2 innings with Indy(he also made a rehab start with Bradenton), allowing 85 hits, three homers, 28 walks and he has 46 strikeouts. Daniel threw a nine inning complete game in his last start, giving up two runs on six hits and two walks. He pitched against Gwinnett on 6/20, going 5.2 innings with one run allowed on five hits and no walks, picking up the win.
Double-A: Altoona (44-49) @ Richmond (50-47) 7:05pm
Probable starter: Kyle McPherson (1-4 4.40)
Yesterday’s Result: Altoona 2 Richmond 10
Kyle McPherson will make his sixth start of the season tonight. He has pitched a total of 28.2 innings, allowing 29 hits, two home runs, five walks and he has 23 strikeouts. Kyle has gone at least five innings in every start so far and in all five games he has walked one batter. In each of his last two games, McPherson has recorded seven strikeouts. He has lost four straight games.
High-A: Bradenton (43-53 overall 14-12 2nd half) @ Clearwater (52-40 overall 16-10 2nd half) 12:00pm
Probable starter: Matt Benedict (0-4 11.78)
Yesterday’s Result: Bradenton 0 Clearwater 2
Matt Benedict will make his sixth start since being promoted from West Virginia. With the Power, he went 4-4 3.42 in 14 starts, striking out 44 batters in 76.1 innings. With Bradenton, Matt has allowed 36 baserunners in 18.1 innings, giving up four homers, one more than he allowed with WV. In his last two starts combined, Benedict has allowed 14 runs over just three innings of work.
Low-A: West Virginia (37-59 overall 14-12 2nd half) vs Delmarva ( overall 2nd half) 7:05pm 7/19
Probable starter: Zack Dodson (4-5 5.36)
Yesterday’s Result: West Virginia 0 Augusta 2 (game one) West Virginia 2 Augusta 0 (game two)
West Virginia is off today. The Power are currently in fourth place in their division, though they are just one game out in the standings. When they resume play on Thursday, they will begin a four game set at home before going on a seven game road trip.
Short Season A: State College (14-15) @ Mahoning Valley (15-14) 7:05pm
Probable Starter: Luis Heredia (1-1 1.13)
Yesterday’s Result: State College 3 Mahoning Valley 7
Luis Heredia will make his sixth start of the year tonight. He has pitched 24 innings, allowing 20 hits, no homers, six walks and he has 14 strikeouts. Luis has gone five innings in each of his last four starts and he has not allowed more than one earned run in a game yet. He has the third best ERA in the NYPL and the 11th best WHIP, trailing teammates Joely Rodriguez and Clay Holmes.
Rookie: GCL Pirates (14-11) VS GCL Phillies (12-13) 11:00am DH
Yesterday’s Result: Pirates 6 Braves 5
DSL: Pirates1 (23-15) VS Marlins (12-26) 10:30am
Yesterday’s Result: Pirates 5 Red Sox 4
DSL: Pirates2 (15-23) VS DBacks/Reds (7-31) 10:30am
Yesterday’s Result: Pirates 0 Nationals 1
