Three early games on Wednesday. Things didn’t go well for Indianapolis and Altoona, with both clubs getting hit hard. Bradenton didn’t get a good outing from their starter either, but they came back for an extra-innings win. Greensboro won the lone night game, with Anthony Solometo as the headline pitching prospect tonight.
YESTERDAY’S RESULTS
Prospect Watch: Pirates Get Some Welcome Pitching Performances
TRIPLE-A: INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS
INDIANAPOLIS @ MEMPHIS
Score: Memphis 12, Indianapolis 7
Indianapolis Starter: Kent Emanuel (0-0, 0.00)
Pitching Line: 1.2 IP, 7 H, 9 ER, 1 BB, 3 SO
Box Score: LINK
Top Performers:
- Nick Gonzales 2-for-4, BB
- Endy Rodriguez 0-for-4, HBP
- Cal Mitchell 1-for-5, 2B, RBI
- Malcom Nunez 2-for-5, HR, 3 RBI
Game Recap:
Kent Emanuel threw shutout ball in his first two appearances this year, including a start for Indianapolis. Things went the complete opposite on Wednesday afternoon. He lasted just 1.2 innings, allowing nine earned runs on seven hits, a walk and a hit batter.
JC Flowers came on to finish off the second inning. He allowed two runs on two hits in 3.1 innings, with no walks and six strikeouts. Hunter Stratton struck out the side in the sixth on 11 pitches. Daniel Zamora allowed a run in the seventh. Colin Selby tossed a scoreless eighth in the 12-7 loss.
Malcom Nunez hit his second homer of the season and drove in three runs. Nick Gonzales reached base three times on two singles and a walk. Tyler Heineman drove in two runs while connecting on a double and a triple.
Chris Owings landed on the Injured List today. Josh Bissonette started at shortstop and collected three hits.
Cal Mitchell and Chavez Young each hit their third double. Aaron Shackelford hit his fourth double.
DOUBLE-A: ALTOONA CURVE
ALTOONA VS BOWIE
Score: Bowie 9, Altoona 3
Altoona Starter: Justin Meis (0-1, 6.43)
Pitching Line: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO
Box Score: LINK
Top Performers:
- Henry Davis 0-for-3, BB
- Liover Peguero 0-for-4
- Matt Gorski 1-for-3, 2B, BB
Game Recap:
Starter Justin Meis got roughed up early and Altoona couldn’t make it back, losing 9-3 to Bowie. He allowed four earned runs over 4.1 innings, giving up five hits and three walks, while picking up just one strikeout. Matt Eckelman was solid with 1.2 scoreless. Oliver Garcia allowed three runs in the seventh. Juan Minaya gave up a run in his 1.1 innings. Tyler Samaniego surrendered a run in the ninth. The five pitchers combined for ten walks, with everyone chipping in.
Altoona scored two runs in the fifth on an Andres Alvarez sacrifice fly and a Dylan Shockley single. Alvarez drove in another run in the ninth on an infield single that scored Matt Gorski. Shockley had two of the team’s six hits. Gorski’s second double of the season was the only extra-base hits. He scored two runs and he drew a walk. Lolo Sanchez had two walks.
HIGH-A: GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS
GREENSBORO VS GREENVILLE
Score: Greensboro 3, Greenville 2
Greensboro Starter: Anthony Solometo (0-0, 5.87)
Pitching Line: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 SO
Box Score: LINK
Top Performers:
- Tsung-Che Cheng 0-for-4
- Jase Bowen 0-for-3, BB
- Hudson Head 0-for-3
- Maikol Escotto 1-for-3
Game Recap:
Anthony Solometo made his third start of the season on Wednesday. He went 4.1 innings on five hits, two runs, two walks and eight strikeouts. He threw 51 of his 80 pitches for strikes. This was his longest outing of the season. He now has a 5.25 ERA and 16 strikeouts in 12 innings.
Mitchell Miller followed Solometo with four strikeouts over 1.2 scoreless. He stranded an inherited runner. Will Kobos tossed two shutout frames, before giving way to Cy Nielson in the ninth. He came on with a 3-2 lead and shut the door for the save. His two strikeouts gave Greensboro pitchers 15 strikeouts total in the game.
All of the runs in this game scored on two swings. Solometo served up a two-run homer in the second inning. Eli Wilson hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning.
Jackson Glenn had two of Greensboro’s five hits. Mike Jarvis hit his third double and stole his fourth base. Tsung-Che Cheng failed to get any hits/walks, but he did manage to steal two bases.
LOW-A: BRADENTON MARAUDERS
BRADENTON VS DAYTONA
Score: Bradenton 6, Daytona 5 (11 innings)
Bradenton Starter: Wilber Dotel (0-0, 8.10)
Pitching Line: 3.2 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 3 SO
Box Score: LINK
Top Performers:
- Jesus Castillo 0-for-5, RBI, BB
- Shalin Polanco 1-for-4, 2B, RBI, 2 BB
- Jauri Custodio 1-for-5
- Braylon Bishop 1-for-4, RBI
Game Recap:
Starter Wilber Dotel had a rough day with the control, which led to three runs (two earned) over 3.2 innings. He allowed two hits, walked four and hit a batter, leading to 76 pitches thrown in his abbreviated outing.
Yoldin De La Paz followed Dotel with 1.1 scoreless frames, finishing his day with three walks and three strikeouts. He needed 32 pitches to get four outs. Ryan Harbin and Elijah Birdsong each pitched well, tossing two hitless/shutout frames apiece. Harbin gave up one hit, while Birdsong retired all six batters he faced, three on strikeouts.
Darvin Garcia had the strange line in the tenth of allowing a run, while retiring all three batters he faced. He gave up an unearned run in the 11th as well, but still got the victory when Bradenton scored twice in the bottom of the inning.
The Marauders scored their first run in the fourth on a Braylon Bishop single, with an error allowing a second run to score. Geovanny Planchart then singled in a run tied to the game 3-3.
A ground out by Alexander Mojica in the tenth tied the game 4-4. Bases loaded walks to Jesus Castillo and Shalin Polanco ended the game.
Polanco hit his first double, which was the only extra-base hit for Bradenton. He also drew two walks. Tres Gonzalez had two hits and two walks, as well as a stolen base. He was the only Marauder with more than one hit.
