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Four pitchers from Greensboro — Carmen Mlodzinski, Grant Ford, Austin Roberts and Bear Bellomy — are joining Indianapolis to give the Indians some pitching depth over the season’s last few days.
INDIANAPOLIS
(7:05pm)
Starting Pitcher: Beau Sulser 3 IP, 5 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
Notable Performances:
Oneil Cruz 1-2, HR (5), 3 BB
Rodolfo Castro 0-4, BB
Jared Oliva 1-4, 2B
Canaan Smith-Njigba 1-4
Diego Castillo 0-3
Yerry De Los Santos 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Game Recap:
Indianapolis (60-66) lost to Nashville, 8-3. Beau Sulser has been taking one for the team pretty much the whole month of September, as he seems to be wearing down. He gave up five runs over three innings in this one, leaving him with a 9.55 ERA for the month. Grant Ford, just up from Greensboro, made his AAA debut and recorded only two outs, giving up three runs. Yerry De Los Santos threw two scoreless innings, fanning three. Christian Bethancourt pitched the ninth. Indy managed to get a little offense after the early, 8-0 deficit. Mainly it came on a two-run, 116-mph EV bomb from Oneil Cruz, his fifth in six games in AAA. Reliever Cam Alldred got his first pro hit in his second pro AB, just before the bomb. Hunter Owen had two hits.
DSL PIRATES BLACK
Starting Pitcher: Antwone Kelly 3.1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K
Notable Performances:
Shalin Polanco 1-3
Enmanuel Terrero 1-3
Game Recap:
The Black team (33-22) lost to the Dodgers Shoemaker, 5-4. Starter Antwone Kelly gave up three runs over three and a third innings. He left with a 4-3 lead, but Luis C. Gonzalez gave up two runs over the last two and two-thirds. The Pirates had only four hits, all singles, but had help from four errors.
DSL PIRATES GOLD
Starting Pitcher: Patricio Ress 4.1 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Notable Performances:
Jeral Toledo 1-3
Gustavo Armas 1-3
Jauri Custodio 1-3
Game Recap:
The Gold team (19-36) rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh and beat Colorado, 4-3, on a walkoff single by Juan Machado. Patricio Ress started and gave up all of the runs, two of them unearned, over four and a third innings. The Pirates had seven hits, all singles. They got a run in the first on a two-out single by Eybert Escalona. In the seventh, trailing 3-1, the Pirates loaded the bases with nobody out. The next two hitters struck out, but pinch hitter Miguel Sosa singled to tie the game, then Machado won the game with an infield hit.
