Quinn Priester made his second rehab appearance on Tuesday night for the Indianapolis Indians. Priester threw five innings, allowing one run on three hits,...
The Pirates have Gold Glove third basemen in Ke'Bryan Hayes and Jared Triolo. They've got another candidate in the system in power hitter Jack Brannigan.
Two 3-run innings pushed the Suns past the Power tonight. �The Power scored their innings in the 3rd inning, when CF Robbie Grossman singled, and both LF Quincy Latimore and SS Chase D'Arnaud walked. �3B Jeremy Farrell picked up two RBI with a double that scored Grossman and Latimore. �The Power also had two singles by RF�Austin McClune,�and one b 1B Erik Huber, and three other Power batters walked. �Their biggest threat after the 3rd inning came in the 5th, when Huber and McClune both singled to lead off the inning, but three ground outs ended the inning without a run scoring. �
Maurice Bankston suffered the loss for the Power, his 3rd of the season. �He pitched 4 innings and allowed 4 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks, while striking out 4 batters. �Hagerstown scored one run in the bottom of the 1st inning on a walk, a ground out, and an RBI single. �Bankston was responsible for the first of the Suns' 3-run innings, which came in the 4th. �The lead-off batter doubled, but then was picked off second base by C Josue Peley. �Bankston then got into trouble with two walks and three singles. �Owen Brolsma pitched 2 scoreless innings, allowing only a walk. �Brian Leach came on to pitch the 7th, and he was responsible for the second of the 3-run innings. �A single and a walk set up Suns' 1B Tyler Moore for a 3-run home run, to give the Suns a 7-2 lead. �
Three Curve pitchers combined to pitch a shut-out, limiting Harrisburg to 7 hits and one walk. Jared Hughes earned his first win of the season with 5 scoreless innings of work, allowing 3 hits and the walk, while striking out 4 batters. �The only serious jam he got into came in the 4th inning, with a hit batter and a single. �A ground out put the base runners on the corners, but Hughes struck out the next two batters to end the inning. �Jeff Sues followed Hughes with �another 3 scoreless innings, giving up a single in each innnig, and striking out 2 batters. �Josh Hill finished things up with a scoreless 9th inning, with a single and a game-ending double play. �
3B Pedro Lopez led the Curve offense with 3 hits, including one double, and RF Brad Corley homered. �The first Curve run scored in the 3rd inning, when SS Brian Friday singled, stole second base, and came around to score on Lopez's first single. �Lopez singled again in the 6th inning, and Corley brought him in with his 2-run bomb over the left field wall. �Lopez's double brought in two more runs in the 7th inning, after CF James Boone singled and Friday was hit by a pitch. �
Altoona notes:
Danny Moskos talks about his recent outing on his blog. �He reports feeling much more comfortable on the mound, and credits the mechanical work he's been doing between starts. �The blog he refers to, by Disco Hayes of the Royals' organization, is here. �They have baseball in Colombia?
The Lynchburg Hillcats had a scheduled day off today. �