Minor League Player of the Day: Jaren Matthews (AZL Reds) 2-4, 2 homeruns, 2 runs scored, 2 RBI
AAA
Leading 3-2 going to the 9th inning, the Bats tacked on a few insurance runs (or 8).  The Bats pounded out 4 homeruns, including Juan Francisco’s 3rd, Zack Cozart’s 14th, Wladimir Balentien’s 14th, and Wilkin Castillo’s 8th of the season.  Francisco, Cozart, and Castillo had 2 hits each.  Yonder Alonso went 4-5 with a run scored.
Matt Maloney pitched 6 innings, allowing 1 unearned run on 3 hits and a walk while striking out 3.  Maloney improved to 7-5 on the season and now has a 3.26 ERA in Louisville.  Russ Springer pitched a scoreless inning of relief, allowing only 1 hit.  Aroldis Chapman gave up a hit and a walk in .2 innings pitched.  One of 3 Louisville errors led to an unearned run charged to Chapman.
AA
Kris Negron went 2-4 and pitcher Scott Carroll went 2-2 with a double and a run scored.
Unfortunately, Carroll was better at the dish than he was on the mound.  Scott gave up 4 runs on 4 hits and 5 walks in 6 innings pitched to pick up the loss and drop to 2-5 on the season.
High A
Brodie Greene scored twice and drove in a run thanks to a 2-3 game.  Jose Gualdron and Cody Puckett each went 2-4 with 2 singles in the game.
Andrew Bowman pitched 2.1 innings of relief, striking out all 5 batters he faced.
A
The game between Dayton and Burlington was rained out.  According to the Dayton site on MiLB.com, since the two teams do not play again this season, the game has been canceled and will not be made up.
Rookie
Devin Lohman went 2-4 with a double, run scored, and an RBI.  Trey Manz was also 2-4.  Manz also scored a run.  Oliver Santos was only 1-4, but had a triple, 2 runs scored and drove in 2 RBI.
Daniel Corcino pitched 5 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits and walking 1 while striking out 2.  The win was his first of the season, giving him a 1-2 overall record.  Relievers Ryan Smith and Blaine Howell allowed only 1 more hit and struck out 6 to preserve the shutout.
AZL Reds 8 –  AZL Indians 5
Jeff Taylor went 1-3, but scored twice and hit his 1st homerun of the season.  He also drove in 2 RBI.  Our player of the day, Jaren Matthews, hit his first two homeruns of the season.