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Prospect Watch: Altoona Hits and Pitches Their Way to Victory

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Indianapolis has a day game today. Altoona is still in the playoff race, with just five games left in their season.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS

Prospect Watch: Davis Homers in Altoona Victory

TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

Game Time: 1:35 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Osvaldo Bido (3-7, 4.53)

  • Final Line: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB,  5 SO

Notable Performances:

Tucupita Marcano 0-for-4

Ji-hwan Bae 1-for-4, 2B

Blake Sabol 0-for-3

Game Recap:

Indianapolis lost their afternoon game on Wednesday by a 4-3 score. Osvaldo Bido had a strong start, allowing one run on three hits, two walks and five strikeouts in five innings. He had a 2.61 ERA in August and a 2.25 ERA so far through three starts in September. Cam Vieaux had a busy sixth inning, allowing one run on three hits, a walk and two strikeouts. Hunter Stratton took the loss with two runs allowed. Nick Mears tossed two shutout innings. The Indians had just three hits all game and one walk. Jose Godoy hit a two-run homer and Brendt Citta doubled in a run in the first. Ji-hwan Bae hit his 21st double and scored on the Citta hit. Drew Maggi stole his 21st base.

DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE

Game Time: 6:00 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Kyle Nicolas (1-4, 4.24)

  • Final Line:  5.2 IP,  5 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 6 SO

Notable Performances:

Liover Peguero 1-for-3, HR, RBI, 2 BB, 2 SB

Nick Gonzales 2-for-5, 2B, RBI

Endy Rodriguez 2-for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, BB

Matt Gorski 3-for-5, 3 RBI

Malcom Nunez 0-for-2, 3 BB

Henry Davis 0-for-4

Connor Scott 0-for-4

Game Recap:

Altoona got great pitching and great hitting in an 8-0 win over Reading. Kyle Nicolas tossed 5.2 shutout frames on five hits, one walk and six strikeouts. He now has a 3.97 ERA in 90.2 innings, with 101 strikeouts. Nick Dombkowski and Austin Roberts combined to face 11 batters over the final 3.1 innings, with six strikeouts and the only batter reached on a wild pitch on a strike out. Liover Peguero hit his tenth homer, walked twice and stole two bases, giving him 27 steals on the season. Matt Gorski had three singles and drove in three runs. Endy Rodriguez had a single, double, run, two RBIs and a walk. His double was his 14th for Altoona, giving him 37 on the season. Malcom Nunez walked three times. Lolo Sanchez hit his fifth homer.

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.

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