63.4 F
Pittsburgh

Prospect Watch: Altoona Shows Off Power in Victory

Published:

The four full-season teams all play Sunday afternoon, with the first game starting at noon. The three short-season teams are all off today. I’ll fill in the TBD when it becomes available.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS

Prospect Watch: Kevin Padlo Keeps Hitting for Indy

TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

Game Time: 3:05 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Miguel Yajure (2-2, 6.56)

  • Final Line:  5 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO

Notable Performances:

Cal Mitchell 1-for-4, RBI

Diego Castillo 2-for-3, RBI, BB

Jack Suwinski 0-for-4

Travis Swaggerty 0-for-3

Carter Bins 1-for-3

Game Recap:

Miguel Yajure pitched well in his last two games, but one inning did him in on Sunday, He gave up four runs in the third inning, on his way to four runs over five innings on five hits, three walks and four strikeouts. He now has a 6.85 ERA in 44.2 innings with Indy this year. Things got worse with the bullpen, as Nick Mears, Travis MacGregor and Zach Matson all allowed multiple runs in the 11-2 loss. The Indians scored first on a single by Cal Mitchell. They were down 4-1 when Diego Castillo hit his second homer in the sixth. He also hit a double and had a walk.

DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE

Game Time: 1:05 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Luis Ortiz (3-8, 5.21)

  • Final Line: 4 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 SO

Notable Performances:

Jared Triolo 1-for-4, HR, RBI

Endy Rodriguez 2-for-4, HR, RBI

Blake Sabol 2-for-4, 2B, HR, RBI

Liover Peguero 0-for-4

Malcom Nunez 1-for-3, RBI

Connor Scott 1-for-4, 2B

Matt Fraizer 0-for-3

Game Recap:

Altoona won 6-1 on Sunday, giving them a 53-55 record for the season. Luis Ortiz started and went four innings, allowing one run on three hits, one walk and five strikeouts. He has 108 strikeouts this season in 103.1 innings. The team record for strikeouts is held by Ian Snell with 142. Altoona has 30 games left, so he could challenge that record. Nick Dombkowski had a dominant two innings, retiring all six batters he faced, four on strikeouts. Enmanuel Mejia, Colin Selby and Bear Bellomy each tossed a scoreless frame. Jared Triolo hit his seventh homer to start the game. Blake Sabol hit his 13th homer in the fourth, then Andres Alvarez followed with a two-run homer, his 18th of the season. Endy Rodriguez homered in the fifth, his second since joining Altoona. Malcom Nunez capped the scoring with a sac fly in the eighth. Sabol hit his 19th double and Connor Scott hit his 20th double.

HIGH-A: GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS

Game Time: 2:00 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Ricky DeVito (3-4, 5.71)

  • Final Line:  3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 SO

Notable Performances:

Jase Bowen 0-for-3, BB

Dariel Lopez 0-for-4

Hudson Head 0-for-4

Game Recap:

Greensboro lost 4-0 on Sunday, dropping them to a 46-60 season record.  Starter Ricky DeVito tossed three shutout innings. Adrian Florencio followed with one run in two innings, which was enough to saddle his with his tenth loss. Matt Eckelman gave up three runs in two innings. Cameron Junker tossed two scoreless. The offense put together five hits and five walks, with the team going 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position. Luke Brown tripled for the only extra-base hit. Yoyner Fajardo had a good game, collecting a single and two walks. Eli Wilson had a single and a walk

LOW-A: BRADENTON MARAUDERS

Game Time: 12:00 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Po-Yu Chen (3-6, 4.63)

  • Final Line:  3 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 SO

Notable Performances:

Tsung-Che Cheng 1-for-4, BB

Sergio Campana 0-for-4

Tres Gonzalez 2-for-4

Juan Jerez 0-for-4

Deivis Nadal 0-for-3, RBI, BB

Game Recap:

Bradenton lost 7-1 to finish their weekend, giving them a 56-51 record on the season. Po-Yu Chen allowed solo runs in the first and second innings, finishing with two runs on four hits and two walks in three innings. He now has a 4.67 ERA and 92 strikeouts in 86.2 innings. Drew Irvine followed with two runs in two innings. Sergio Umana allowed two runs in one inning. Mitchell Miller walked three and one scored, while recording one out. Darvin Garcia and Wilkin Ramos had scoreless outings. The Marauders scored their only run in the bottom of the first inning when a bases loaded walk to Devis Nadal brought in Tsung-Che Cheng. Bradenton had seven hits in the game and they were all singles.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

Related Articles

Article Drop

Latest Articles