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Prospect Watch: Quinn Priester Part of Altoona DH, Mike Burrows Set for Indy

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The two DSL teams are in action, but the FCL Pirates are off.  They played on Wednesday this week and that’s normally an off-day, so we won’t see them until Monday.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS

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TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

Game Time: 7:05pm

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Mike Burrows

  • Final Line: 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

Notable Performances:

  • Hoy Park 1-4, HR (5), BB
  • Rodolfo Castro 2-5
  • Travis Swaggerty 1-2, 2 BB, SB
  • Mason Martin 2-4, 2B
  • Cody Bolton 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Game Recap:

Indianapolis (50-52) lost to Louisville, 8-3.  Mike Burrows lasted five innings, but it wasn’t a good start.  He gave up four runs, three earned.  Cody Bolton worked an inning and two-thirds without giving up a run.  Indy pulled to within 4-3 in the bottom of the eighth, but Cam Vieaux got torched for four runs in the top of the ninth.  Hoy Park hit a two-run home run, his fifth longball in AAA.  Mason Martin had a single and a double, and Rodolfo Castro had two singles.  Travis Swaggerty had a hit, two walks and a steal.  Drew Maggi made his Pirates re-debut, going 1-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Jack Suwinski went 0-for-4 and Diego Castillo was 0-for-3 with a walk.

DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE

Game Time: 4:00pm

Game One Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Quinn Priester

  • Final Line: 4.2 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K

Notable Performances:

  • Andres Alvarez 2-3, SB
  • Connor Scott 1-3, HR (4)
  • J.C. Flowers 2.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Game Recap:

Altoona lost game one to Akron, 4-1.  Quinn Priester got hit around quite a bit, allowing eight hits over four and two-thirds innings.  He allowed only one run until the fifth, when he got knocked out after two more scored.  J.C. Flowers stranded two of Priester’s runners, then gave up one run over the last two and a third.  The offense didn’t show up.  Connor Scott homered, his fourth longball of the year, and Andres Alvarez had two singles as well as his 19th steal.  Apart from two walks and a hit batsman, that was it.

Game Two Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Colin Selby

  • Final Line: 1.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K

Notable Performances:

  • Jared Triolo 2-4, 2B, 3B
  • Liover Peguero 1-3
  • Carmen Mlodzinski 5.1 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K

Game Recap:

The second game didn’t go much better, with the Curve (48-53) losing, 4-2.  Colin Selby, who’s returning from injury, started and worked an inning and two-thirds.  He gave up four hits and one run.  Carmen Mlodzinski went the rest of the way.  He gave up the other three runs to take the loss, although he only allowed four hits and didn’t walk anybody.  The Curve again managed just three hits.  Jared Triolo had a double and a triple, and Liover Peguero had a single.  Altoona had a shot in the bottom of the seventh thanks to four straight, one-out walks, but Triolo hit into a double play to end the game.

HIGH-A: GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS

Game Time: 7:35pm

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Nick Garcia

  • Final Line: 1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

Notable Performances:

  • The report is negative.

Game Recap:

Greensboro (43-56) nearly got no-hit in losing to Bowling Green, 6-0.  Nick Garcia started and lasted only one inning, giving up four hits and two runs.  He threw 28 pitches, so it’s not clear whether the pitch count is the reason he came out.  Domingo Gonzalez followed with three shutout innings, but Matt Eckelman gave up three runs in the fifth inning.  The Hoppers, meanwhile, didn’t get a hit until Yoyner Fajardo singled with one out in the eighth.  Luke Brown singled in the ninth for the only other hit.

LOW-A: BRADENTON MARAUDERS

Game Time: 7:00pm

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Joelvis Del Rosario

  • Final Line: 5 IP, 7 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

Notable Performances:

  • Tsung-Che Cheng 2-4, 2B, 3B
  • Rodolfo Nolasco 1-3
  • Jase Bowen 2-5, HR (14)
  • Lolo Sanchez 2-5
  • Jack Brannigan 2-4, HR (1), BB, 2 SB
  • Jasiah Dixon 2-4, 3B, SB.

Game Recap:

Bradenton (51-49) beat Fort Myers, 9-6.  Several rehabs have moved to the Marauders.  Nick Gonzalez was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and a bases-loaded walk.  Lolo Sanchez was 2-for-5.  Grant Ford threw an inning and a third and allowed two runs.  Starter Joelvis Del Rosario worked four shutout innings, but gave up two runs, one earned, in the fifth.  The offense had a dozen hits.  Jack Brannigan had a single and his first pro home run; he also walked, stole two bases and drove in two runs.  Jase Bowen also had a single, homer and two RBIs.  The dinger was his 14th, matching his total from last year.  Since the beginning of June, he’s batting .314.  Tsung-Che Cheng had a double and a triple.  Jasiah Dixon had a single, triple and steal.

RK: DSL PIRATES BLACK

Game Time: 11:00am

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Diego Chiquillo

  • Final Line: 1 IP, 0 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 3 K

Notable Performances:

  • Angel Rodriguez 0-1, BB, 2 HBP
  • Ewry Espinal 1-2, BB, SB
  • Rodolfo De La Cruz 1-3, HR (4)
  • Greiber Mendez 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K

Game Recap:

The Black team (20-26) lost to the Cubs Blue, 4-2.  The game mostly went wrong in the second inning.  Starter Diego Chiquillo got through the first, but he began the second with three straight walks.  After an error, he exited.  Chiquillo was charged with three runs, one earned.  The bullpen gave up just one more run and the Cubs had only three hits total.  The Pirates had only four, including Rodolfo De La Cruz’ fourth home run of the season.  Ewry Espinal had a hit and a walk.  Angel Rodriguez reached three times, on a walk and two hit batsmen.  Eduardo Oviedo stole two bases.

RK: DSL PIRATES GOLD

Game Time: 11:00am

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Andres Silvera

  • Final Line: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K

Notable Performances:

  • Yordany De Los Santos 1-3
  • Eddy Rodriguez 1-1, B, HBP
  • Wesley Zapata 1-3
  • Samuel Escudero 1-3, SB
  • Gustavo Armas 1-2, 2B, BB

Game Recap:

The Gold team (31-14) blanked the NYY Bombers, 4-0.  Andres Silvera worked five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and a walk.  He now has an ERA of 0.79 and WHIP of 0.73 through nine starts.  Luis C. Gonzalez finished the seven-inning game with two hitless innings.  The runs all came in the fourth.  Wesley Zapata had a two-run single, Samuel Escudero singled in a third run and Gustavo Armas brought Escudero in with a double.  Rodriguez also had a walk and a hit batsman, so he reached base three times.  Armas reached twice.

Wilbur Miller
Wilbur Miller
Having followed the Pirates fanatically since 1965, Wilbur Miller is one of the fast-dwindling number of fans who’ve actually seen good Pirate teams. He’s even seen Hall-of-Fame Pirates who didn’t get traded mid-career, if you can imagine such a thing. His first in-person game was a 5-4, 11-inning win at Forbes Field over Milwaukee (no, not that one). He’s been writing about the Pirates at various locations online for over 20 years. It has its frustrations, but it’s certainly more cathartic than writing legal stuff. Wilbur is retired and now lives in Bradenton with his wife and three temperamental cats.

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