Triple – A
Louisville 10 – Indianapolis 2
The Bats belted 3 homeruns to blow out Indy. Darnell McDonald went 3-4 with a homerun, 2 doubles, a walk, 2 rbis, and 3 runs scored. With the terrible play we see nightly from Willie Taveras, it is getting hard to ignore the fact that Darnell is hitting .324/.358/.544 in AAA. Yeah, I know, we saw him earlier this season and he was terrible, but those numbers are pretty nice! Juan Francisco went 2-4, hit his 2nd homerun with Louisville, and had a double. He drove in 3 rbis and scored a run. Wes Bankston hit his 16th homerun of the season and drove in 3 rbis. Luis Bolivar and Chris Denove each had 2 hits.
Matt Maloney allowed 1 run on 5 hits and did not walk anyone in 6 innings of work. He struck out 7 and improved his record to 9-8 on the year and lowered his AAA ERA to 2.96 on the season.
Double – A
Jacksonville 6 – Carolina 3
Zack Cozart and Sean Henry each went 2-4 for the Mudcats. Henry had a double and an rbi while Cozart scored a run. Carson Kainer and Jason Bour each added an rbi.
Zach Ward pitched only .1 inning of relief, but that was enough to get the loss. Ward allowed 2 runs on 2 hits to drop his record to 0-4 on the season. Joseph Krebs allowed his first earned run in 15 innings of relief work since joining the Double – A team.
Class A Advanced
Justin Reed, Alex Buchholz, Dave Sappelt, and Denis Phipps each went 2-4 in this game for the Reds. Reed had a triple and scored a run, Buchholz added an rbi, Sappelt scored a run, and Phipps doubled and drove in a run.
Lance Janke fell to 0-2 with the loss. Janke pitched 3.1 innings, allowing 6 runs (5 earned) on 7 hits and a walk while striking out 2.
Single – A
This game only went 7 innings. The Dragons line score: 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error. Enough said.
Rookie Leagues
Henry Rodriguez went 3-4 and Juan Silva went 2-3 in the loss.
Luis Machuca pitched 4 innings of relief, allowed 3 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks to pick up the loss. The loss drops his record to 1-1 on the season.
Mark Fleury went 2-4 with a homerun, 2 rbis, and a run scored. The homerun was his 2nd of the season. Mariekson Gregorius hit his 1st homerun of the season and drove in 2 rbis in a 1-4 night.
Leonardo Astorga allowed 4 runs on 7 hits and a walk in 6 innings to drop to 2-5 on the season.