Down on the Farm

Triple – A

Louisville 7 – Rochester 2

Chris Heisey hit his 4th homerun in Louisville (17th of the season) in a 2-5 game. Heisey had 2 rbis and scored 2 runs.  Danny Dorn went 2-4 with a double and an rbi.  Wes Bankston went 1-5 but scored a run and drove in 2. 

Jared Burton pitched a scoreless 8th inning which gave him the win.  Burton is 3-0 in Louisville with a 0.82 ERA.  Sam LeCure made the start and went 6 innings, allowing 2 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks while striking out 3.

Double – A

Carolina 6 – West Tennessee 4

Jose Castro went 3-4 with 3 singles, a run scored, and an rbi.  Todd Frazier supplied the big blow by belting his 13th homerun of the season in a 1-4 game.  Frazier had just 1 hit, but drove in 3 rbis and scored a run.

Greg Atencio pitched a scoreless 8th inning for his first win of the season.  Sean Watson pitched a scoreless 9th inning for his 5th save on the year.

Class A Advanced

Fort Myers 6 – Sarasota 1

Jason Louwsma had a single and an rbi.  The Reds managed just 3 hits as a team.

Matt Fairel dropped to 1-2 with the Reds with the loss.  Fairel allowed  5 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings pitched.  He struck out 3.

Single – A

Dayton 10 – Lansing 9

Tony Brown’s grand slam in the 3rd inning capped off a 7-run inning for the Dragons who hung on to a 10-9 win.  Brown went 2-4 with the 4 rbis and run scored.  Alexis Oliveras went 3-6 with 3 singles and 3 strikeouts.  Cody Puckett and Kevyn Feiner had 2 hits each.  Puckett went 2-5 with a double, 2 runs scored, an rbi, and 2 stolen bases.  Feiner went 2-5 with a run scored and a stolen base.

Chase Ware pitched 4.1 innings of relief, allowing 1 run on 3 hits and a walk to pick up the win.  The win is Ware’s first of the season.

Rookie Leagues

GCL Twins 5 – GCL Reds 4

Despite having 15 hits, the Reds still could not score enough runs to win.  Trey Manz went 3-4 with a double, homerun, 2 rbis, and a run scored.  Carter Morrison, Billy Hamilton, and Jefry Sierra each went 2-5.  Morrison and Sierra each had an rbi while Hamilton tripled and scored a run.

Matteo Pizziconi gave up 2 runs on 2 hits and a walk in 2 innings of relief to pick up his first loss of the year. 

Billings did not play yesterday.