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Daily Video Rundown
Endy Rodriguez
Endy Rodriguez picked up a single and two walks last night, improving his Altoona stat line to a .356/.442/.678 line. He has also shown off stellar defense behind the plate, with a 45% caught stealing rate. Below is his latest perfect throw.
Perfect throws from Endy
If you watch that video closely, Rodriguez takes action the moment the pitch is thrown. He shifts his position as the ball is released, waiting to catch it, but also getting ready to throw down to second. He receives the ball while starting to jump out of the crouching position. The ball was in and out of his glove, and thrown down to second, almost as quickly as if the batter laid his bat out there to line the pitch. The throw is on point to the second base side of the bag, just getting the runner.
Endy Rodriguez is making a lot of headlines for his offense. His defensive skills seem almost like instinct at this point.
Blake Sabol
Sabol hit his 18th homer of the season, and fourth with Indianapolis, to lead off the bottom of the ninth.
.@Blake_Sabol24 is good at baseball. pic.twitter.com/gLLgtCp4ym
— Indianapolis Indians (@indyindians) September 18, 2022
Sabol was hitting for a .281/.347/.486 line with Altoona this year. He was promoted to Indianapolis in the last month, where he has a 315/.448/.611 line and four homers in 54 at-bats.
Connor Scott
Connor Scott hasn’t shown a lot of power this year. The outfielder last homered on August 10th, before connecting for two last night. Below is a video of the second homer, which set a franchise record for the Altoona Curve.
Franchise history for the @AltoonaCurve!
Connor Scott's 2nd dinger of the night is the team's 142nd of the year, a single-season record. pic.twitter.com/7I3rmNMSyD
— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) September 18, 2022
Brendt Citta
Citta had a .667 OPS with Altoona this year. He’s in his age 25 season, so he was a bit old for Double-A, but filled out their outfield nicely. He has since moved up to Indianapolis, where he has a .266/.352/.450 line in 125 plate appearances. Last night, he added his fourth homer.
.@Bcitta10 can swing it.
Aaron Shortridge
I’m going to let John Dreker sum up the recent outing from Shortridge.
Altoona's Aaron Shortridge deserves some praise. He had Tommy John surgery after the lost 2020 season. Returns in June this year to pitch for the first time in three years. He threw seven shutout innings tonight. One earned run in his last four starts #Pirates
— John Dreker (@JohnDreker) September 18, 2022
Here was Shortridge getting a called third strike in his start last night.
@Shortridge35 has tossed 7 scoreless innings and set down 15 straight hitters! pic.twitter.com/P74bHgFp4n
— Altoona Curve (@AltoonaCurve) September 17, 2022
