Saturday’s game had no Pittsburgh Pirates in the starting lineup, but it ended up being a rough day for two of their prospects, in addition to Peoria losing 11-7 to Scottsdale, dropping the Javelinas to a 10-10 record with nine games left in the season.
Canaan Smith-Njigba got a pinch-hitting opportunity in the ninth that turned into a very unfortunate decision on his part that will no doubt cost him some of the few remaining games. He was hit by a pitch and decided to charge the mound. There’s video, but I’m not sharing it because it’s not PG on Smith-Njigba’s part (language) and it starts after they have already got down on the ground. You can find it on Twitter if you want, but it’s really nothing unless a better video has been posted since I checked.
The other rough day was Carmen Mlodzinski getting hit around in his only partial inning of work. He gave up three runs on three hits, a hit batter and a walk, while recording just two outs. If you’re looking for a silver lining to the outing, both outs were strikeouts. He threw 31 pitches, with 18 going for strikes.
There’s some good news from yesterday’s game. Nick Gonzales is okay after getting hit yesterday, according to his dad on Twitter.
Peoria is off on Sunday.
