Five teams in action today, as the FCL Pirates and the DSL Pirates Black are both off today. Greensboro and Bradenton both have noon start times today. Cody Bolton makes his first appearance in nearly a month after dealing with an illness. He gets the start for Indianapolis.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Prospect Watch: Good Starting Pitching in the DSL, Not So Much Higher Up
TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
Game Time: 7:05 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Cody Bolton (2-1, 2.89)
- Final Line: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 SO
Notable Performances:
Tucupita Marcano 2-for-4
Rodolfo Castro 2-for-4
Jack Suwinski 0-for-4
Bligh Madris 2-for-4
Travis Swaggerty 1-for-4
Game Recap:
Starter Cody Bolton made his first appearance in a month, missing time due to illness. He went two innings in his return, allowing two runs (one earned) on two hits, two walks and one strikeout. He now has a 2.96 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 48.2 innings. Noe Toribio followed with three perfect innings, striking out three batters. His last outing was three shutout innings on one hit, no walks and six strikeouts. Eric Stout followed with 1.1 scoreless, retiring all four batters he faced. Hunter Stratton allowed a run in his 2/3 of an inning. Indianapolis lost 3-0. Despite getting shutout, Tucupita Marcano, Bligh Madris and Rodolfo Castro each had two hits. Travis Swaggerty hit his eighth double.
DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE
Game Time: 6:35 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Aaron Shortridge (0-0, 6.00)
- Final Line: 3 IP, 6 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO
Notable Performances:
Connor Scott 1-for-4, 2B
Jared Triolo 0-for-4
Blake Sabol 1-for-4, 2B
Liover Peguero 0-for-4
Matt Fraizer 1-for-3, RBI, BB
Game Recap:
Aaron Shortridge had a rough outing in Altoona’s Wednesday night loss. He went three innings, allowing eight runs (seven earned) on six hits and three walks. Jeffrey Passantino followed with one run over 3.1 innings, striking out six batters. Colin Selby allowed three runs (two earned) over 1.1 innings. Nick Dombkowski came on to get the final batter of the eighth, as Altoona lost 12-3. The Curve got the scoring going first, getting a two-run homer from Fabricio Macias, his first in Altoona. Eight Bowie runs later, they got their third and final run on a Matt Fraizer single. Blake Sabol hit his 14th double and Connor Scott hit his 16th double.
HIGH-A: GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS
Game Time: 12:00 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Matt Eckelman (NR)
- Final Line: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO
Notable Performances:
Dariel Lopez 2-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Endy Rodriguez 1-for-1, 3 BB
Abrahan Gutierrez 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Yoyner Fajardo 3-for-5, RBI
Hudson Head 1-for-5
Game Recap:
Greensboro put together 18 hits, eight walks and nine hits with runners in scoring position, leading to a 19-5 win on Wednesday afternoon. Dariel Lopez got the scoring started with his 15th homer in the first inning. Yoyner Fajardo and Ernny Ordonez added back-to-back RBI singles. That was all of the scoring until the fifth when Jacob Gonzalez hit a two-run homer, his sixth. Abrahan Gutierrez followed with a two-run homer, his eighth. Eli Wilson then hit a two-run double, making it 9-1 at the time. Fajardo added a two-run single in the sixth, then a single by Ordonez and a ground out by Wilson made it 13-4. An error scored one run, then Dariel Lopez singled home another. Mike Jarvis, who didn’t even start the game, capped the scoring with a grand slam. Before leaving early with the one-sided score, Endy Rodriguez reached four times on three walks and a single, then scored three runs. He now has a .914 OPS. Gonzalez had four hits and three runs. Fajardo had three hits and two runs.
Matt Eckelman was demoted to Greensboro, which might only be temporary, but he got the start today and allowed one run in two innings. Domingo Gonzalez got the win with three scoreless, striking out five batters. Cristian Charle has been pitching great this year, but he was touched up for three runs in two innings. Jack Carey allowed a run in his 1.2 frames.
Sean Sullivan was activated from the injured list.
LOW-A: BRADENTON MARAUDERS
Game Time: 12:00 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Carlos Jimenez (1-5, 3.40)
- Final Line: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 SO
Notable Performances:
Tsung-Che Cheng 0-for-4, 2 BB
Jase Bowen 2-for-3, 2 RBI, BB, HBP
Juan Jerez 1-for-4, RBI
Sergio Campana 1-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Maikol Escotto 1-for-4, RBI, BB
Deivis Nadal 0-for-3, 2 BB
Game Recap:
Starter Carlos Jimenez allowed two walks and a hit batter through two scoreless/no-hit innings. The final out of the second inning was a liner that hit him in the arm, though the out was made on the play. He did not return for the third inning. Sergio Umana took over and allowed two runs over four innings, which raised him to a 1.59 ERA for the season. Carlos Lomeli allowed two runs in one inning and Darvin Garcia finished out a 13-5 win with one run over two innings.
Bradenton scored first, getting a two-run homer in the first from Sergio Campana, his fourth homer of the year. Jase Bowen singled home the third run, then the fourth scored on an error. Maikol Escotto singled home the fifth run in the third. In the fifth, Angel Basabe tripled home a run, then scored on a Darwin Baez single. A wild pitch scored the eighth run, then Bowen and Juan Jerez had back-to-back RBI singles. Norkis Marcos singled in two runs late, then an error brought in lucky run #13. Bradenton had 11 hits and ten walks in the game. Tsung-Che Cheng had two walks and two runs scored.
Rodolfo Nolasco was placed on the 7-day IL, retroactive to yesterday.
RK: DSL PIRATES GOLD
Game Time: 11:00 AM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Dermis Ordonez (1-2, 7.24)
- Final Line: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 0 SO
Notable Performances:
See recap
Game Recap:
This game was suspended due to rain with the Pirates (home team) losing 3-2 in the middle of the fifth. Starter Dermis Ordonez allowed two runs in three innings, and Fares Sanchez committed back-to-back balks to bring in a run during his two innings. Eddy Rodriguez, who homered twice on Monday, hit his sixth homer in this game. The two teams are scheduled to meet once more this year, so they should finish up this game on August 5th.
