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Prospect Watch: Thursday Night Action in Indianapolis

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Indianapolis has seven games left on the schedule, including tonight’s contest with Jerad Eickhoff on the mound. The Indians have been eliminated from the playoff race already, but their lineup got a lot more interesting with additions from Altoona.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS

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TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

Game Time: 7:05 PM

Box Score: LINK

Starting Pitcher: Jerad Eickhoff (6-7, 5.06)

  • Final Line: 4 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 SO

Notable Performances:

Tucupita Marcano 1-for-4, BB

Endy Rodriguez 1-for-4, 3B, 2 RBI

Malcom Nunez 0-for-3, BB

Blake Sabol 1-for-3, BB

Travis Swaggerty 1-for-4, SB

Game Recap:

Indianapolis won 6-4 on Thursday night. Jerad Eickhoff allowed one run over four innings to start the game. Travis MacGregor tossed two scoreless with no hits. Cam Alldred threw a shutout frame, followed by two runs from Zach Matson and one from Cam Vieaux, who loaded the bases in the ninth before getting the final out. Hoy Park singled in the first run for the Indians. An error and a double play grounder each brought in runs. Mason Martin hit his 18th homer in the sixth. Endy Rodriguez tripled in the other two runs. That gave him 67 extra-base hits on the season. Travis Swaggerty stole his 18th base. Jared Oliva doubled twice, scored two runs and stole his 20th base. He had a .958 OPS in August and he’s up to a 1.007 OPS in September.

Matt Gorski was placed on the Injured List, ending his season. Tyler Beede cleared waivers and has been sent outright to Indianapolis. He is active tonight.

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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