Minor League Player of the Day: David Vidal (Pensacola Blue-Wahoos) reached base all 4 times yesterday with 2 singles and 2 walks. Whatever curse has been placed on the Reds offense the last 2 games and trickled down to the farm as well. The 4 Reds farm teams scored a combined 5 runs in yesterday’s contests.
Emmanuel Burriss had 2 hits and an RBI while Billy Hamilton added a double and scored the only Bats run.
Armando Galarraga pitched 5 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits, a walk, and striking out 5. Yohan Pino allowed the 2 Gwinnett runs on 3 hits and 2 walks in 3 innings of relief.
David Vidal reached base 4 times in the contest by recording 2 singles and 2 walks. Unfortunately he is still batting .167/.262/.222 on the season in 19 games. Devin Lohman doubled in 4 at-bats. He also drove in a run and scored a run.
Daniel Renken allowed 4 runs in 5.2 innings pitched. Only 2 of the runs were earned and scored via 6 hits, 4 walks, and 1 Pensacola error. He struck out 2.
High-A
Visalia 3 – Bakersfield 1
Ryan Wright had 2 of the Blaze’s 4 hits in the game, going 2-4 with 2 singles and an RBI.
After Carlos Contreras allowed 3 runs in the first 4 innings, the Blaze bullpen of Carlos Gonzalez, El’Hajj Muhammad, and Brian Pearl combined to throw 5 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits and 3 walks while striking out 9 combined.
Low-A
Peoria 3 – Dayton 0
Joe Hudson had 2 singles in 4 at-bats. Junior Arias was perfect at the plate last night. He recorded the “Golden Sombrero” by striking out all 4 times at the plate.
Robert Stephenson dropped to 0-3 on the season with the loss. Stephenson allowed 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks in 5.2 innings pitched. He struck out 4.