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Travis Swaggerty
It wasn’t the best of starts to the season for Travis Swaggerty. The former first round pick was 1-for-8 with four strikeouts in the first two games of the 2022 season.
He has shown off some of that speed, recording a stolen base as well as nearly beating out ground balls for infield singles on multiple occasions.
Friday night he made some better contact, including one where it mattered the most.
Walk off! Travis Swaggerty wins it in the bottom of the ninth with a single. Indians win 3-2. #LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/1MYmaLsbn6
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) April 9, 2022
Swaggerty’s single in the ninth scored Hunter Owen, giving the Indianapolis Indians the walk-off victory. That was one of two hits on the game for Swaggerty, who nearly got a third on an infield hit on a bang-bang play at first.
Liover Peguero
The Altoona Curve fell behind quickly to the Harrisonburg Senators on their Opening Night, but nearly clawed their way back into the game. Liover Peguero opened up the scoring for the Curve, hitting a two-run home run in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Liover Peguero puts the Curve on the board with a 2 run HR! #LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/BEmoIGe9WA
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) April 8, 2022
Peguero, 21, went 1-for-3 on the night, with the home run, two RBIs, two runs scored and a walk in his Double-A debut.
Matt Fraizer
After Peguero put Altoona on the board, Matt Fraizer brought the score within two with a two-run home run of his own.
Welcome back to Altoona Matt Fraizer! A two-run shot makes it a 6-4 game!
LISTEN: https://t.co/aioWvW3Svf
WATCH: https://t.co/6GP894jPtF pic.twitter.com/FBdQOKKO2m— Altoona Curve (@AltoonaCurve) April 8, 2022
Fraizer hit .288/.356/.492 with three home runs, 18 extra-base hits overall, in 37 games with Altoona last year. He went 1-4 on Opening Night with the home run.
Bonus: Cal Mitchell
In a lineup that features Oneil Cruz, Mason Martin, and Rodolfo Castro, it is Cal Mitchell that has recorded Indianapolis’ lone two home runs of the season.
His solo shot was the lone run the team scored on Opening Night, and he recorded his second of the season Friday night.
Cal Mitchell goes yard! His second home run of the season for the Indians. #LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/kJYBAO53a5
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) April 8, 2022
Double Bonus: Chase De Jong
Chase De Jong’s night is over after 4 innings and while he won’t get the decision, he did get the game started off in style, striking out the side! #LetsGoBucs pic.twitter.com/5SPL5HvUqv
— Anthony Murphy (@__Murphy88) April 9, 2022
Getting the Opening Day start last year, Chase De Jong pitched six innings of shutout baseball while striking out 10 for the Indians.
This year, while not as impressive, De Jong put Indianapolis in another position to win, pitching four innings of one run baseball, this time striking out six. That included striking out the side in the first inning.
