Two early afternoon games today, two night games today. I’ll fill in the missing pitchers once they become available. Po-Yu Chen goes for Bradenton today. He leads the team with 99 strikeouts, which ranks tenth in the Florida State League, though he’s just six strikeouts away from fifth place.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
Game Time: 6:35 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Jerad Eickhoff (5-5, 4.62)
- Final Line: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO
Notable Performances:
Diego Castillo 0-for-4, BB
Ji-hwan Bae 1-for-4, RBI, BB, SB
Travis Swaggerty 3-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 BB
Blake Sabol 0-for-2, 2 BB
Game Recap:
Indianapolis won 9-4 to move to 67-60 on the season. Travis Swaggerty had three hits, including his ninth homer of the season. He walked in his two other plate appearances. Hoy Park had himself quite a day, hitting his tenth homer and driving in four runs. He’s put together a big weekend over the last three days, with eight hits, including two doubles and two homers. Ji-hwan Bae stole his 23rd base. Drew Maggi picked up his 14th double and 19th steal. Bligh Madris hit his 19th double. Jerad Eickhoff got the win with two runs over five innings (the four Pirates starting pitchers combined for no walks in 19 innings today). Four relievers each tossed one inning to finish off the game.
DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE
Game Time: 1:00 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Carmen Mlodzinski (4-8, 5.12)
- Final Line: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 SO
Notable Performances:
Liover Peguero 0-for-5
Nick Gonzales 3-for-3, 2B, BB, HBP
Endy Rodriguez 1-for-4, RBI, BB
Henry Davis 1-for-5, RBI
Malcom Nunez 2-for-3, BB
Matt Fraizer 1-for-3, BB
Game Recap:
Starter Carmen Mlodzinski threw four scoreless innings, leading the way to a 5-2 Altoona win. He allowed just two hits, with no walks and five strikeouts, throwing 37 of his 59 pitches for strikes. The bullpen of Nick Dombkowski, Brad Case and Colin Selby combined for two runs over five innings without a walk or a strikeout. Nick Gonzales reached base in all five plate appearances, including his 17th double. Andres Alvarez had three hits, including his 20th homer. He had two runs and two RBIs. Henry Davis and Endy Rodriguez each drove in a run.
HIGH-A: GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS
Game Time: 6:30 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Justin Meis (3-4, 4.70)
- Final Line: 7 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 SO
Notable Performances:
Hudson Head 1-for-4
Abrahan Gutierrez 0-for-3, BB
Jase Bowen 3-for-4, HR, RBI
Sammy Siani 0-for-3, RBI, BB
Game Recap:
Justin Meis threw seven perfect innings on Sunday night, striking out seven batters, while throwing a total of 75 pitches, with 50 going for strikes. He threw seven shutout innings earlier this week on three hits and two walks. Santiago Florez retired the first four batters he faced before allowing a single to break up the perfect game and no-hitter. He kept the shutout though, as Greensboro won 6-0. The Grasshoppers put this game away early, as all they needed was an RBI single from Jacob Gonzalez in the first, the third batter of the game. Later that inning, Sammy Siani walked with the bases loaded and Jackson Glenn was hit with the bags full. The final three runs scored on solo homers from Mike Jarvis, Gonzalez and Jase Bowen, who had three hits in the game.
LOW-A: BRADENTON MARAUDERS
Game Time: 12:00 PM
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Po-Yu Chen (4-7, 4.44)
- Final Line: 3.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 4 SO
Notable Performances:
Tsung-Che Cheng 0-for-3
Matt Gorski 2-for-3
Termarr Johnson 0-for-3, RBI
Jack Brannigan 0-for-3
Sergio Campana 2-for-4
Game Recap:
Bradenton lost 11-2 on Sunday, as defense hurt them early, and Fort Myers continued to pile on throughout the game. Po-Yu Chen started and went three innings, allowing five on seven hits, with three of those runs being earned. He has 103 strikeouts on the season, tops among all Bradenton players. Five relievers followed and all gave up 1-2 runs except Carlos Lomeli, who tossed a scoreless inning. The little bit of offense was led by two hits each from rehabbing Matt Gorksi, and Sergio Campana. Termarr Johnson had an RBI on a sacrifice fly. Tannder Tredaway followed with an RBI ground out. Tres Gonzalez hit a double, which was the only extra-base hit. Jack Brannigan went 0-for-3, leaving him 1-for-23 this week and 5-for-49 in his last 13 games.
