Minor League Player of the Day: Sammy Diaz (Dayton) went 3-4 with 2 singles, a double, and a walk. He scored a run and had 1 RBI.
AAA
Louisville 5 – Norfolk 3; Game 1
Denis Phipps had 2 doubles in 3 at bats and drove in 2 RBI. Corky Miller went 2-2 with a double and an RBI while Mike Hessman added a double and RBI of his own.
Daniel Corcino improved to 3-9 on the season by going 5 innings, allowing 3 runs on 3 hits and 3 walks while striking out 4. Yohan Pino picked up his 6th save of the season by pitching 2 scoreless innings, allowing a hit and a walk while striking out 2. Anyone else surprised that Pino pitched 2 innings and got the save?
Louisville 1 – Norfolk 0; Game 2
Jason Donald’s double in the 6th inning would be the only hit the Bats would get in the win. But a sacrifice got him over and an out got him in. It was enough offense to get the win.
Armando Galarraga pitched 5 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 5. He picked up the win to run his record to 5-4 on the season. Kevin Whelan pitched a scoreless 6th while Zach Duke picked up his 1st save by pitching a perfect 7th inning.
Devin Lohman was the only player with a multi-hit game and he drove in the lone Wahoos RBI. Lohman finished the game 2-4 with 2 singles, an RBI, and a stolen base.
Ryan Dennick pitched well, but still saw his record fall to 3-7 on the season. Dennick allowed 2 runs on 6 hits and a walk while striking out 8 over 7 innings pitched. In 77.2 innings pitched, Dennick posts a 3.13 earned run average.
High A
Bakersfield 5 – Modesto 3
Juan Silverio went 2-4 with a double and 3 RBI to lead the Blaze past the Nuts. The 3 RBI gives Silverio 33 runs batted in on the season. Steve Selsky had 2 singles and a walk in 4 plate appearances. He also scored a run and drove in a run. Yorman Rodriguez reached base twice in 4 plate appearance and scored 2 runs.
James Allen picked up the win to improve to 5-5 on the season. Allen allowed 2 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 4 in 7 innings pitched. Pat Doyle picked up a 2-inning save despite allowing a run in the 8th and 2 hits. He struck out 5.
Low A
Dayton 7 – South Bend 4
Sammy Diaz went 3-4 with 2 singles and a double. He also scored a run, drove in a run, and added a walk. Seth Mejias-Brean had a solo homerun and a single in 4 at-bats. He scored twice and had an RBI. The homerun was his 2nd of the season. Junior Arias and Jesse Winker each hit a homerun in the game. For Arias, his was a 3-run shot in the 6th inning for his 7th homerun of the season. Winker’s was a 2-run homerun in the 6th for his 9th homer of the year.
Nick Traviesto allowed 1 run in 5 innings pitched to pick up the win. He allowed 4 hits and walked 2 in the win. Traviesto is now 1-1 on the season with Dayton.