Altoona was off on Sunday. Bradenton and Greensboro wrapped up their first half week, while Indianapolis finished up their first full week of action.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Prospect Watch: Mike Burrows Leaves With Injury, Bradenton Gets No-Hit
TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Quinn Priester (0-1, 14.73)
- Final Line: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO
Notable Performances:
- Travis Swaggerty 2-for-5, 2B, 3B, RBI
- Tucupita Marcano 2-for-4, 2B, 3 RBI, BB
- Endy Rodriguez 2-for-4, RBI, BB
- Nick Gonzales 0-for-2, 2 RBI, BB
Game Recap:
Indianapolis got a nice start from Quinn Priester, after he had a rough season debut that left him with a 14.73 ERA. He went five innings in this game, allowing one run on two hits, three walks and four strikeouts. He threw 73 pitches, with 46 going for strikes. Robert Stephenson continued his rehab with a scoreless appearance, throwing one inning on two walks and two strikeouts. He threw 11 of 22 pitches for strikes. Cody Bolton struck out the side on 16 pitches in his only frame. Angel Perdomo finished out the game with two no-hit innings on two walks and four strikeouts. Indianapolis won 8-1.
Tucupita Marcano continued his hot streak to start the season. He went 2-for-4 with two runs, three RBIs, a walk and his seventh double. He has a 1.446 OPS through these early stages. Travis Swaggerty hit his fourth double and second triple. He had two runs and an RBI. Endy Rodriguez had two singles, a run, RBI and a walk. Nick Gonzales drove in runs on two sacrifice flies.
Ben Cherington gave an update on Mike Burrows, who left yesterday’s game early.
DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE
Altoona had Easter Sunday off
HIGH-A: GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Jaycob Deese (NR)
- Final Line: 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO
Notable Performances:
- Maikol Escotto 0-for-5
- Jase Bowen 1-for-4, BB
- Sammy Siani 0-for-3, BB, 2 SB
Game Recap:
Jaycob Deese tossed three innings in his season debut, allowing one run on two hits and a walk, with three strikeouts. The 2022 17th round pick threw just four innings last year after signing. He was followed by Drew Irvine, who allowed two runs, while recording just one out. It could have been much worse, but Michell Miliano worked around a bases loaded jam to strand three runners. Miliano ended up recording five outs without a hit or walk, with four of those outs coming on strikeouts. Dante Mendoza tossed two scoreless. Oliver Mateo threw shutout ball in the eighth. Will Kobos threw two scoreless for the 4-3 win in ten innings.
Mike Jarvis started this game with a home run. He ended up collecting three hits. One of those other hits was a third inning RBI single that made it 2-1. Greensboro got their third run on a strikeout, as Ernny Ordonez and Sammy Siani were both running on the pitch and the catcher threw the ball away. Siani later laid down a sacrifice bunt for the decisive run. Angel Basabe had two hits and a run scored. He collected his first double, as did Brenden Dixon. The Grasshoppers went 1-for-12 with runners in scoring position, stranding 11 runners in the game.
LOW-A: BRADENTON MARAUDERS
Box Score: LINK
Starting Pitcher: Braxton Ashcraft (NR)
- Final Line: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 SO
Notable Performances:
- Enmanuel Terrero 0-for-4
- Jack Brannigan 0-for-3, 2 BB
- Javier Rivas 3-for-5
- Jesus Castillo 1-for-3, BB
- Braylon Bishop 0-for-2, HBP
Game Recap:
The Pirates sent pitchers Kent Emanuel and Braxton Ashcraft to Bradenton on a rehab assignments Sunday. Emanuel is a pitcher with big league experience, while Ashcraft was injured mid-2021 in Low-A and hasn’t pitched since. The latter looked impressive during his first game in 21 months, throwing three shutout innings on one hit, no walks and five strikeouts. He came out looking like he didn’t miss any time, filling the strike zone with breaking balls and a fastball that was sitting 95-97 MPH. He threw 31 of his 38 pitches for strikes.
Emanuel followed with a shutout inning, striking out two of the three batters he faced, while needing just eight pitches.
JP Massey was out next and had a busy fifth inning, with two singles, a walk and two strikeouts. He showed an impressive assortment of pitches, including a few nasty breaking balls and his fastball was up to 96 MPH, but the control wasn’t great. His second inning did not go well for control, though he picked up two more strikeouts. A walk, hit batter and fielder’s choice turned into three runs without the ball going into play thanks to two wild pitches and a throwing error by the catcher. Massey tossed a scoreless third inning of work, finishing with five strikeouts.
Yunior Thibo and Carlos Lomeli finished off the 4-2 loss by going one inning each. Thibo allowed a run.
The offense was led by Javier Rivas, who picked up three singles and scored a run. However, he also grounded into a game-ending double play with the tying run on base. Bradenton had seven hits and seven walks in the game, so they had their chances to score. They went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Deivis Nadal had the only extra-base hit, his first double. He drove in both runs, though they came on a sacrifice fly and a bases loaded walk. Tres Gonzalez had two hits, a run scored and a stolen base.
